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Renato Scarpa
Renato Scarpa (14 September 1939 – 30 December 2021) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 85 films from 1969 to 2019. Scarpa died on 30 December 2021, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' St. Michael Had a Rooster'' (1972) * ''Don't Look Now'' (1973) * ''Giordano Bruno'' (1973) * '' Somewhere Beyond Love'' (1974) * '' Piedone a Hong Kong'' (1975) * ''Suspiria'' (1977) * ''An Average Little Man'' (1977) * '' Il mostro'' (1977) * '' Fun Is Beautiful'' (1980) * ''Men or Not Men'' (1980) * '' Ricomincio da tre'' (1981) * ''Buddy Goes West'' (1981) * '' West of Paperino'' (1981) * '' Spaghetti House'' (1982) * ''I'm Going to Live by Myself'' (1982) * ''A.D.'' (1985) * ''Via Montenapoleone'' (1987) * ''The Icicle Thief'' (1989) * ''Les secrets professionnels du Dr Apfelglück'' (1991) * ''Il Postino'' (1994) * ''Joseph'' (1995) * ''Roseanna's Grave'' (1997) * ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'' (1999) * ''The Son's Room'' (2001) * ''Palestrina - Prince of Music'' (2009) * '' T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Via Montenapoleone (film)
''Monte Napoleone'' ( it, Via Montenapoleone) is a 1986 Italian film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast * Carol Alt as Margherita * Luca Barbareschi as Guido * Corinne Cléry as Chiara * Renée Simonsen as Elena * Renato Scarpa as Francesca's Husband * Paolo Rossi as Luca * Gianfranco Manfredi * Lorenzo Lena as Francesca's Daughter * Sharon Gusberti as Raffaella * Daniel Gélin as Padre di Elena * Valentina Cortese as Madre di Guido * Johan Bramberg as Tom * Marisa Berenson as Francesca * Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter. Biography Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his spor ... as Roberto The "long version" for television An alternative cut of the film was made for television which lasted about three hours and was broadcast in two episodes. References External links * 1986 films Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommaso (2016 Film)
''Tommaso'' is a 2016 Italian comedy-drama film written by, directed by and starring Kim Rossi Stuart. It was screened out of competition at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival. Plot After a lengthy relationship, Tommaso manages to get away from Chiara, his companion. Now waiting for him - he thinks - is endless freedom and countless adventures. He is a young, handsome, kind and romantic actor, but he perpetually swings between elan and resistance and soon realizes he is only free to repeat the same script: in short, he is a "ticking bomb" on the road of the women he meets. His relationships always end in the same painful way, between unspeakable thoughts and paralyzing fears. This repetition compulsion is one day finally interrupted and within him it generates an absolute void. Tommaso is now alone and has no more escape: he has to confront that moment of his past when everything stopped. Cast *Kim Rossi Stuart as Tommaso *Cristiana Capotondi as Federica * Camilla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santini's Network
Santini's Network (original title: ''La Rete di Santini'') (2014) is a biographical film by German filmmaker Georg Brintrup on the life of Roman music collector Fortunato Santini (1777–1861) and how his famous private assembly of manuscript scores grew into the greatest music collection of the age. Plot The subject portrays an extraordinary story and a fascinating itinerary of survival through unusual episodes in the progress of culture. When, at the turn of the eighteenth century, the Roman clergyman, Fortunato Santini, played by Italian actor Renato Scarpa, discovers at the age of twenty his fervent passion for music, he decides to dedicate the rest of his life to collecting the manuscript scores of the great composers, either autographs in their own hand or scores written out by professional copyists. These manuscripts kept and preserved the heritage of musical works until their reproduction and publication as printed scores. Over the course of fifty years his music collec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
We Have A Pope (film)
''We Have a Pope'' (original title: ''Habemus Papam'') is a 2011 Italian-French comedy-drama film directed by Nanni Moretti and starring Michel Piccoli and Moretti. Its original title is Latin for "We have a pope", the phrase used upon the announcement of a new pope. The story revolves around a cardinal who, against his wishes, is elected pope. A psychoanalyst is called in to help the pope overcome his panic. The film premiered in Italy in April 2011 and played in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. Plot On the death of the pope, the conclave meets in Rome. Early ballots end with black smoke, since none of the main candidates reaches the quorum. After several rounds of voting, Cardinal Melville is elected, though he had not previously been considered a frontrunner. After a moment of hesitation, he accepts his election and becomes pope immediately. At the moment of the public announcement, with the faithful are gathered in St. Peter's Square and the cardinal proto-de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Tourist (2010 Film)
''The Tourist'' is a 2010 American romantic thriller film co-written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and starring Angelina Jolie, Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, and Timothy Dalton. It is a remake of the 2005 French film '' Anthony Zimmer''. GK Films financed and produced the film, with Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions releasing it in most countries through Columbia Pictures. The $100 million budget film went on to gross $278 million at the worldwide box office. Despite negative reception from the critics, the film was nominated for three Golden Globes, with a debate arising over the question as to whether it was a comedy or a drama. Henckel von Donnersmarck repeatedly stated it was neither genre, calling it "a travel romance with thriller elements," but that if he had to choose between the two, he would choose comedy.Tim AppeloGlobe Comedy Nom for 'The Tourist': Now, That's Funny ''The Hollywood Reporter'', December 14, 2010, accessed February 2, 2011. Plot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Palestrina - Prince Of Music
''Palestrina - Prince of Music'' is an Italian/German 2009 music film directed by Georg Brintrup. The subject is the life and music of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina (ca.1525-1594), a famous Italian Renaissance composer of sacred music. He is the best-known 16th-century composer of the Roman School. Filmed in March 2009 on locations mainly in and around L'Aquila and Rome, most of the ancient buildings and historical interiors in the city of L'Aquila were destroyed by the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake, only a few days after the end of shooting. Palestrina’s music in the film is directed by Flavio Colusso and the Roman Ensemble Seicentonovecento. The film was also titled ''The Liberation of Music'' or ''Die Befreiung der Musik'' when released in Germany. Plot “To achieve artistic and economic independence, Palestrina works with great diplomacy in the shadow of the powerful Roman Catholic Church. Despite strict ecclesiastical rules, he succeeds in modernizing music.” press comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Son's Room
''The Son's Room'' ( it, La stanza del figlio) is a 2001 Italian film directed, written and produced by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around the city of Ancona, with a cast led by Moretti, Laura Morante and Jasmine Trinca. The film competed at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival and received positive reviews. It won numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or and the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot In Ancona, Giovanni is a therapist, whose 17-year-old son Andrea is accused of stealing a rare ammonite fossil from his school. Andrea is suspended and protests his innocence, but later confesses to his mother Paola he and his friend stole it as a prank, and intended to return it before it broke. Giovanni and Andrea make plans to go jogging together, but Giovanni is called to the distant home of a patient who is severely distressed about a possible cancer diagnosis. Instead, Andrea goes s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Talented Mr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roseanna's Grave
''Roseanna's Grave'' (also known as ''For Roseanna'') is a 1997 American romantic dramedy film directed by Paul Weiland. In his review, Roger Ebert concludes that ''Roseanna's Grave'' "isn't of much consequence, perhaps, and the gears of the plot are occasionally visible as they turn. But it's a small, sweet film that never tries for more than it's sure of, and the actors find it such a relief to be playing such goodhearted characters that we can almost feel it." ''For Roseanna'' was the name given to the film in its festival release. Plot Cast * Jean Reno as Marcello * Mercedes Ruehl as Roseanna * Polly Walker as Cecilia * Mark Frankel as Antonio * Trevor Peacock as Fredo Iaccoponi * Fay Ripley as Francesca * George Rossi as Sergeant Baggio * Alfredo Varelli Alfredo Varelli (born Alfredo Ciavarella, 31 August 1914, date of death unknown) was an Italian film actor whose career spanned more than six decades. Varelli was born ''Alfredo Ciavarella'' and debuted in Alessandro B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph (1995 Film)
''The Bible: Joseph'' is a 1995 German/Italian/American television miniseries about the life of Joseph from the Old Testament. It aired on TNT and was filmed in Morocco. Plot In Egypt, Joseph is a Hebrew slave to Potiphar, chief of Pharaoh's palace guard. The overseer Ednan torments Joseph for his refusal to show deference, but Joseph earns his respect by reading, and Ednan increasingly relies on Joseph. Potiphar's wife unsuccessfully tries to seduce Joseph, and falsely accuses him of rape. Joseph explains his life story to Potiphar to restore trust. Joseph is the eldest son of Jacob and Rachel. Their large family is marred by discord and violence. One day, Jacob gives Joseph a beautiful coat, which causes his envious half-brothers to sell Joseph into slavery. Potiphar announces that Joseph will go to Pharaoh's prison for humiliating his wife. In prison, Joseph earns a reputation as a talented interpreter of dreams. He makes two accurate interpretations of the dreams of the roy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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