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Licia Maglietta
Licia Maglietta (born 16 November 1954) is an Italian actress and stage director, known for her work with Italian director Silvio Soldini. Their collaborations include romances ''Bread and Tulips'' (2000) - for which Maglietta won multiple awards - and '' Agata and the Storm'' (2004). In 2002 she won her second Italian Golden Globe, for Mafia drama '' Red Moon''. Early career Born in Naples, Licia Maglietta later studied theatre, dance and architecture. In 1981 she joined avant-garde stage company "Falso Movimento" (later renamed Teatri Uniti) where she worked with director Mario Martone. She also worked several times in a theatre company with actor Carlo Cecchi, and directed several stage plays. Maglietta began her screen career in the mid 1980s via a run of television roles, including playing Desdemona in a 1985 telemovie based on Shakespeare's ''Othello''. After working with Mario Martone on 1985 short film ''Nella citta Barocca'', she later acted in Martone's first full-leng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naples
Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's administrative limits as of 2022. Its province-level municipality is the third-most populous metropolitan city in Italy with a population of 3,115,320 residents, and its metropolitan area stretches beyond the boundaries of the city wall for approximately 20 miles. Founded by Greeks in the first millennium BC, Naples is one of the oldest continuously inhabited urban areas in the world. In the eighth century BC, a colony known as Parthenope ( grc, Παρθενόπη) was established on the Pizzofalcone hill. In the sixth century BC, it was refounded as Neápolis. The city was an important part of Magna Graecia, played a major role in the merging of Greek and Roman society, and was a significant cultural centre under the Romans. Naples served a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine ''L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The newspaper first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasty Love
''Nasty Love'' ( it, L'amore molesto) (released in the United States as ''Troubling Love'', is a 1995 Italian thriller film directed by Mario Martone. It was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. It is based on the novel of the same name, by Elena Ferrante. The film was shot mainly in Naples, Italy. Plot Delia, a Neapolitan artist who has lived for many years in Bologna, returns to Naples after the sudden death of her mother, who apparently committed suicide by drowning. She doesn't believe the official verdict of suicide, convinced that her mother's exuberance, vivacity and existential positivity, which she remembers very well, would never have led her to do such a thing. She therefore begins to investigate her mother's recent past, given further impetus by disturbing phone calls received from an unknown interlocutor. The fragmentary reconstruction of the last days of her mother's life bring to light remote events that Delia had hidden and buried in her memory, and fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In Treatment (Italian TV Series)
''In Treatment'' is an Italian TV series directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Sergio Castellitto. Cast The actors appearing in the first season are: * Sergio Castellitto as Giovanni Mari: a psychologist in his 50s * Kasia Smutniak as Sara: Giovanni's patient on Monday * Guido Caprino as Dario: Giovanni's patient on Tuesday * Irene Casagrande as Alice: Giovanni's patient on Wednesday * Barbora Bobuľová as Lea: Giovanni's patient on Thursday and Pietro's wife * Adriano Giannini as Pietro: Giovanni's patient on Thursday and Lea's husband * Licia Maglietta as Anna: Giovanni's supervisor and former teacher * Valeria Golino as Eleonora: Giovanni's wife * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, also written Bruni-Tedeschi (; born 16 November 1964), is an Italian-French actress, screenwriter and film director. Her 2013 film, ''A Castle in Italy,'' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. ... as Irene: Alice's mother References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Genoa
Genoa ( ; it, Genova ; lij, Zêna ). is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the List of cities in Italy, sixth-largest city in Italy. In 2015, 594,733 people lived within the city's administrative limits. As of the 2011 Italian census, the Province of Genoa, which in 2015 became the Metropolitan City of Genoa, had 855,834 resident persons. Over 1.5 million people live in the wider metropolitan area stretching along the Italian Riviera. On the Gulf of Genoa in the Ligurian Sea, Genoa has historically been one of the most important ports on the Mediterranean Sea, Mediterranean: it is currently the busiest in Italy and in the Mediterranean Sea and twelfth-busiest in the European Union. Genoa was the capital of Republic of Genoa, one of the most powerful maritime republics for over seven centuries, from the 11th century to 1797. Particularly from the 12th century to the 15th century, the city played a leading role in the commercial trade in Europe, becoming one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agata E La Tempesta
''Agata and the Storm'' ( it, Agata e la tempesta) is a 2004 Italian comedy film directed by Silvio Soldini. Cast * Licia Maglietta - Agata Torregiani * Giuseppe Battiston - Romeo D'Avanzo * Emilio Solfrizzi - Gustavo Torregiani * Marina Massironi - Ines Silvestri * Claudio Santamaria - Nico * Giselda Volodi - Maria Libera * Ann Eleonora Jørgensen - Pernille Margarethe Kierkegaard * Remo Remotti Remo Remotti (16 November 1924 – 21 June 2015) was an Italian actor, playwright, artist and poet. Life and career Born in Rome, Remotti lost his father at 12 years old, then after graduating in Law he moved to Perù, where he attended an a ... - Generoso Rambone * - Daria External links * 2004 films 2004 comedy films Films directed by Silvio Soldini Films set in Genoa Italian comedy films 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agatha And The Storm
''Agata and the Storm'' ( it, Agata e la tempesta) is a 2004 Italian comedy film directed by Silvio Soldini. Cast * Licia Maglietta - Agata Torregiani * Giuseppe Battiston - Romeo D'Avanzo * Emilio Solfrizzi - Gustavo Torregiani * Marina Massironi - Ines Silvestri * Claudio Santamaria - Nico * Giselda Volodi - Maria Libera * Ann Eleonora Jørgensen - Pernille Margarethe Kierkegaard * Remo Remotti Remo Remotti (16 November 1924 – 21 June 2015) was an Italian actor, playwright, artist and poet. Life and career Born in Rome, Remotti lost his father at 12 years old, then after graduating in Law he moved to Perù, where he attended an ar ... - Generoso Rambone * - Daria External links * 2004 films 2004 comedy films Films directed by Silvio Soldini Films set in Genoa Italian comedy films 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciak D'oro
''Ciak'' is a popular Italian film magazine published in Milan, Italy. It is the most popular film magazine in Italy. The title is the Italian word (also spelled ''ciac'', for a film clapperboard. History and profile ''Ciak'' was established in 1985 by Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Each year the magazine publishes the Power List. Ciak d'oro The Ciak d'oro (Golden Ciak) is an Italian annual film award. It was established in 1986 by the magazine ''Ciak''. It is the only award of Italian cinema that has the audience as jury: the readers of the magazine vote the best film, the best director, the best leading actors and the best foreign film of the season, instead the best supporting actors and the winners of the Ciak d'oro for technical categories and for Best Debut are designed by a jury of film critics and specialized journalists. See also *List of magazines published in Italy References External links Official Website 1985 establishments in Italy Ciak Ciak Ciak Ciak ''Ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani''). It is the oldest Italian film award, given every year at the ''Teatro Antico'' in Taormina (Sicily). Awards The awards are currently given in the following categories: *Best Film (''Miglior film''; since 2017) *Best Director (''Miglior regista'', since 2017) *Best Comedy (''Migliore commedia''; since 2009) * Best New Director (''Miglior regista esordiente''; since 1974) *Best Producer (''Miglior produttore''; since 1954) *Best Original Story (''Migliore soggetto'') * Best Screenplay (''Migliore sceneggiatura''; since 1948) * Best Actor (''Migliore attore protagonista'') * Best Actress (''Migliore attrice protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actor (''Migliore attore non protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actress (''Migliore attrice non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award categories, as of 2021. The industry-voted awards are considered the Italian equivalent of the American Academy Awards and rank among top-tier awards such as the Premio Regia Televisiva for television, the Premio Ubu for stage performances, the Sanremo Music Festival, and the annual Venice Film Festival, which hosts the Golden Lion film award. History The David di Donatello film awards follow the same criteria as the American Academy Awards.) The ceremony was established in 1955 in order to honour the best of each year's Italian and foreign films, and first awarded in Rome on 5 July 1956. Similar prizes had already existed in Italy for about a decade, such as the Nastro d.'Gentro, but these were voted on by film critics and journalists. Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bruno Ganz
Bruno Ganz (; 22 March 1941 – 16 February 2019) was a Swiss actor whose career in German stage, television and film productions spanned nearly 60 years. He was known for his collaborations with the directors Werner Herzog, Éric Rohmer, Francis Ford Coppola, and Wim Wenders, earning widespread recognition with his roles as Jonathan Zimmerman in ''The American Friend'' (1977), Jonathan Harker in ''Nosferatu the Vampyre'' (1979) and Damiel the Angel in ''Wings of Desire'' (1987). Ganz received renewed international acclaim for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the Oscar-nominated film '' Downfall'' (2004). He also had roles in several English-language films, including '' The Boys from Brazil'' (1978), '' Strapless'' (1989), ''Luther'' (2003), ''The Manchurian Candidate'' (2004), ''The Reader'' (2008), ''Unknown'' (2011), ''The Counselor'' (2013) and ''Remember'' (2015). On stage, Ganz portrayed Dr. Heinrich Faust in Peter Stein's staging of ''Faust, Part One'' and ''Faust, Part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maître D'hôtel
The ''maître d'hôtel'' (; ), head waiter, host, waiter captain, or ''maître d ( , ) manages the public part, or "front of the house", of a formal restaurant. The responsibilities of a ''maître d'hôtel'' generally include supervising the waiting staff, welcoming guests and assigning tables to them, taking reservations, and ensuring that guests are satisfied. In large organizations, such as certain hotels, or cruise ships with multiple restaurants, the ''maître d'hôtel'' is often responsible for the overall dining experience, including room service and buffet services, while head waiters or supervisors are responsible for the specific restaurant or dining room they work in. Food writer Leah Zeldes writes that the role of ''maître d’hôtel'' originated as a kind of combined "host, headwaiter and dining-room manager" and, in the past, persons with this role were sometimes responsible for such operations as tableside boning of fish and mixing of salads. Traditionally, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
