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Marco Ponti
Marco Ponti (born 25 July 1967, in Avigliana, Piedmont) is an Italian film director. Life and career He graduated in Modern Letters at the University of Turin and started working as a copywriter and as an assistant at the Faculty of Semiotics at the University of Turin. In 1995 he attended a scriptwriting course the Holden School in Turin; the following year he worked at the same place under the direction of Alessandro Baricco. In 1997 he attended a course for movie writers at the RAI Cinema Fiction School; in the same year he published a book dedicated to Quentin Tarantino. After writing and/or directing some award-winning shorts (Benevenuto a San Salvario won the European Film Award in 1998; Amsterdam won an award for the best short feature and for the best actor at the Saint Vincent Festival in 1999), his debut feature film as a writer / director, Santa Maradona, in 2001 has been one of the smash hits of the year. Starring Stefano Accorsi, Libero De Rienzo, Anita Caprioli e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avigliana
Avigliana (Piedmontese: ''Vijan-a'' ; French : ''Veillane'') is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region or Italy, with 12,480 inhabitants as of January 1, 2017. It lies about west of Turin in the Susa valley, on the highway going from Turin to Frejus, France. It is best known for two maar lakes, Lago Grande and Lago Piccolo. Also nearby is the massive Sacra di San Michele. History In 574, the Lombard King Cleph built a castle here. According to some sources, the battle between the Franks of Pippin the Younger and the Lombards of Aistulf occurred in the nearby in 750. Later Avigliana depended from the Abbey of Novalesa, and subsequently it was a possession of the House of Savoy. Avigliana was captured by Emperor Henry VI in 1187, but later it was acquired by Thomas I of Savoy. In 1536, in the course of the Italian Wars, it was again stormed by French troops. French attacks repeated in 1630 and 1690, the latter ending wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmine Trinca
Jasmine Trinca (; born 24 April 1981) is an Italian people, Italian actress. Trinca was born in Rome, Italy. She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning ''The Son's Room'', receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as Best New Talent of the Year. In 2004, she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress, Nastro d'Argento for ''The Best of Youth (La meglio gioventù)''. Trinca played again with Moretti in ''Il caimano'' (2006). Filmography References External links * Jasmine Trinca's Profile on www.shooting-stars.eu 1981 births Living people Actresses from Rome Nastro d'Argento winners 21st-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Italian television actresses David di Donatello winners Ciak d'oro winners Marcello Mastroianni Award winners {{italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisa (Italian Singer)
Elisa Toffoli (born 19 December 1977), performing under the mononym Elisa, is an Italian singer-songwriter. She is one of few Italian musicians to write and record mainly in English. She draws inspiration from many genres such as Pop music, pop, alternative rock, electronica and trip hop. In Europe she is perhaps most recognised for the single "Luce (Tramonti a nord est), Come Speak to Me", while American audiences may recognise the song "Dancing (Elisa song), Dancing" as featured in both the 2006 and 2007 seasons of ''So You Think You Can Dance (U.S. TV series), So You Think You Can Dance''. On 18 December 2012, her collaboration with Ennio Morricone, "Ancora qui", was featured on Quentin Tarantino's film, ''Django Unchained'' and its Django Unchained (soundtrack), soundtrack album, which was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media. She has released nine studio albums, five compilation album, compilations, two live albums, eight video album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reckless (2018 Film)
''Reckless'' ( it, Una vita spericolata, lit, A reckless life) is a 2018 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Ponti Marco Ponti (born 25 July 1967, in Avigliana, Piedmont) is an Italian film director. Life and career He graduated in Modern Letters at the University of Turin and started working as a copywriter and as an assistant at the Faculty of Semiotics at .... Plot summary A 30-year-old mechanic on the verge of bankruptcy goes to the bank to ask for a loan, but in the blink of an eye, he finds himself the target of a robbery, with the police and the underworld on his tail and an unlikely hostage. Cast References External links * 2018 films 2010s Italian-language films 2018 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Marco Ponti Films produced by Fulvio Lucisano 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Cena Di Natale
''La cena di Natale'' () is a 2016 Italian Christmas comedy film directed by Marco Ponti. The film is a sequel to the 2015 film ''Io che amo solo te (film), Io che amo solo te''. Cast *Riccardo Scamarcio as Damiano Scagliusi *Laura Chiatti as Chiara *Michele Placido as don Mimì *Maria Pia Calzone as Ninella Torres *Antonella Attili as Matilde *Eugenio Franceschini as Orlando Scagliusi *Antonio Gerardi as Franco Torres *Veronica Pivetti as Pina *Eva Riccobono as Daniela *Uccio De Santis as father Gianni *Dario Aita as Mario *Giulia Elettra Gorietti as Deborah *Crescenza Guarnieri as Maura *Ivana Lotito as Mariangela *Angelo De Matteis as Antonio *Massimo De Lorenzo as the doctor References External links * 2016 films 2010s Italian-language films 2016 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Marco Ponti Films produced by Fulvio Lucisano 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Io Che Amo Solo Te (film)
''Io che amo solo te'' () is a 2015 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Marco Ponti and starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Laura Chiatti. It is loosely based on a novel by , who also collaborated to the screenplay of the film. It debuted at the first place at the Italian box office. Plot Ninella's daughter falls in love with the son of Don Mimì ...the man she always dreamed of marrying. Ninella's dream never became reality and history may repeat itself, when her daughter Chiara and Don Mimì's son Damiano find themselves involved in a whirlpool of different obstacles that may compromise their marriage as well. Cast * Riccardo Scamarcio as Damiano * Laura Chiatti as Chiara * Michele Placido as Don Mimì * Maria Pia Calzone as Ninella * Antonella Attili as Matilde * Michele Venitucci as Vito * Luciana Littizzetto as Aunt Dora * Grazia Daddario as Mrs. Campanella * Angela Semerano as Nancy * Eva Riccobono as Daniela * Uccio De Santis as Uccio * Eugenio Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Liberal Passion
''A Liberal Passion'' ( it, Passione sinistra) is a 2013 Italian comedy film co-written and directed by Marco Ponti. It is loosely based on the novel ''Passione sinistra'' by Chiara Gamberale. For her performance Eva Riccobono was nominated for Nastro D'Argento for best supporting actress. Plot Nina and Bernardo live together. The first is an idealist, fixated on politics and decidedly leftist, convinced that everything she does can guarantee a better world. The second is an intellectual and writer, but destined to make the "eternal promise" for life. At the same time, Giulio, arrogant and indifferent, is engaged to Simonetta, a blonde dazed who sometimes stumbles on the subjunctives. Nina and Giulio casually meet and from the first moment they hate each other; in fact each sees the world with different eyes than the other. The boundary between love and hate, however, is very blurred and so they are overwhelmed by passion. All this brings into play the beliefs and ideals of two pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roundtrip (film)
''Roundtrip'' ( it, A/R Andata + Ritorno) is a 2004 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marco Ponti and starring Libero De Rienzo and Vanessa Incontrada. Cast *Libero De Rienzo as Dante Cruciani *Vanessa Incontrada as Nina *Kabir Bedi as Tolstoj *Remo Girone as Dante's Father *Ugo Conti as Man in White *Michele Di Mauro as Skorpio * Fabio Troiano as Smeg * Giuseppe Loconsole as Stampella * Germana Pasquero as Number One See also * List of Italian films of 2004 A list of films produced in Italy in 2004 (see 2004 in film): See also * 2004 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 2004at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 2004 2004 Films Italian Italian(s) ... References External links * Italian comedy films 2004 comedy films 2004 films Films set in Turin Films directed by Marco Ponti 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Pia Calzone
Maria Pia Calzone (; born 10 October 1967) is an Italian actress, best known for playing the boss's wife, as Immacolata "Imma" Savastano, in the television series, '' Gomorrah''. She graduated from Italy's national film school, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and has a degree in literature from the Università degli Studi di Napoli "L'Orientale" in Naples. Calzone has won the Premio Riccardo Cucciolla in 2006 for best lead actress at the Festival di Vasto San Salvo and the Premio Ippocampo for best actress at the Festival di Trieste Maremetraggio 2006. Selected television *'' Era mio fratello'' (2007) *''Anita Garibaldi'' (2012) *'' Gomorrah'' (2014, season 1) *''Sirene'' (2017) Selected filmography *'' Equilibrium'' (2002) *''Dobbiamo parlare'' by Sergio Rubini(2015) *'' Io che amo solo te'' (2015) *''La cena di Natale (2016) *'' Cinderella the Cat'' (2017) *''Blessed Madness ''Blessed Madness'' ( it, Benedetta follia) is a 2018 Italian comedy film A comedy film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michele Placido
Michele Placido (; born 19 May 1946) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. He began his career on stage, and first gained mainstream attention through a series of roles in films directed by the likes of Mario Monicelli and Marco Bellocchio, winning the Berlinale's Silver Bear for Best Actor for his performance in the 1979 film ''Ernesto''. He is known internationally for portraying police inspector Corrado Cattani on the crime drama television series '' La piovra'' (1984–2001). Placido's directorial debut, '' Pummarò'', was screened Un Certain Regard at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Three of his films have competed for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He is a five-time Nastro d'Argento and four-time David di Donatello winner. In 2021, Placido was appointed President of the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara. Early life Placido was born at Ascoli Satriano, into a poor family from Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata; he is a descendant of the known brigand Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riccardo Scamarcio
Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (; born 13 November 1979) is an Italian actor and film producer. Life and career Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, the son of Irene Petrafesa, a painter, and Emilio Scamarcio. He went to train as an actor at the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema in Rome, where he now lives. His debut acting role was in a TV series in 2000, while his first ever lead role in a feature film was in '' Three Steps Over Heaven'' (2004), directed by Luca Lucini. Through this he immediately became well known to the Italian speaking public, especially a young audience. His success brought him prominence as a sex symbol and boosted requests for his acting skills, leading to his role in ''Texas'' (2005), directed by Fausto Paravidino and soon to him joining the cast of ''Romanzo Criminale'', playing a monosyllabic, enigmatic thug character in a powerful portrait of a mafiosi community directed by Michele Placido. In 2006 he acted in ''The Black Arrow'', a TV series broadcast by Canal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polignano A Mare
Polignano a Mare (; Barese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy, located on the Adriatic Sea. The local economy mostly depends on tourism, agriculture and fishing. History The area has been settled since prehistoric times, evidenced by archaeological excavations in the locality of Santa Barbara. It is believed to be the site of the ancient Greek city of '' Neapolis'' of Apulia. Nowadays, some historians suggest that this latter was one of the two colonies founded during the IV century b.C. by Dionysius II of Syracuse; other sources, instead, claim Julius Caesar as the father of Polignano a Mare, which might have been a central hub along the well-known Via Traiana. Thanks to its strategic position on the Adriatic Sea, it soon became a trade centre, at least until the introduction of a Greek coin bearing the "NEAII" inscription. The foreign dominations led the town to a greater development and recognition. The Byzantine Empire, in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
