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Roberto Accornero
Roberto Accornero (born 9 March 1957) is an Italian television, film and voice actor. In the several roles he played, there was that of father Angelo Dell'Acqua in the miniseries John XXIII: The Pope of Peace, and that of captain Aloisi in the series Il maresciallo Rocca. Film * ''Il diavolo sulle colline'', dir. Vittorio Cottafavi (1985) * ''The Two Lives of Mattia Pascal'', dir. Mario Monicelli (1985) * ''Remake'', dir. Ansano Giannarelli (1987) * ''The Peaceful Air of the West'', dir. Silvio Soldini (1990) * ''Who Killed Pasolini?'', dir. Marco Tullio Giordana (1995) * ''We All Fall Down (1997 film), We All Fall Down'', dir. Davide Ferrario (1997) * ''L'educazione di Giulio'', dir. Claudio Bondi (2000) * ''Sleepless (2001 film), Sleepless'', dir. Dario Argento (2001) * ''It Can't Be All Our Fault'', dir. Carlo Verdone (2003) * ''The Best of Youth'', dir. Marco Tullio Giordana (2003) * ''The Voyage Home (2004 film), The Voyage Home'', dir. Claudio Bondi (2004) * ''I giorni d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivrea
Ivrea (; pms, Ivrèja ; ; lat, Eporedia) is a town and ''comune'' of the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Piedmont region of northwestern Italy. Situated on the road leading to the Aosta Valley (part of the medieval Via Francigena), it straddles the Dora Baltea and is regarded as the centre of the Canavese area. Ivrea lies in a basin that in prehistoric times formed a large lake. Today five smaller lakes — Sirio, San Michele, Pistono, Nero and Campagna — are found in the area around the town. On July 1, 2018, the site which is known as "Industrial City of the 20th Century" was listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. History Ivrea and its surroundings have been inhabited since the Neolithic era; the Celts are believed to have had a village in Ivrea from around the 5th century BC. However, the town first officially appears in history as an outpost of the Roman Republic founded in 100 BC, probably built to guard one of the traditional invasion routes into nort ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
It Can't Be All Our Fault
''It Can't Be All Our Fault'' ( it, Ma che colpa abbiamo noi) is a 2003 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. Plot In the study of a psychologist, the eight stars of the film are waiting for placement in the office. However the psychologist dies of a heart attack and so the eight patients should look for a new doctor. But in the end they decide to make a therapy group to better understand their problems. Cast * Carlo Verdone: Galeazzo "Gegè" Tinacci * Margherita Buy: Flavia * Anita Caprioli: Chiara * Antonio Catania: Ernesto * Lucia Sardo: Gabriella * Sergio Graziani: father of Gegè * Roberto Accornero Roberto Accornero (born 9 March 1957) is an Italian television, film and voice actor. In the several roles he played, there was that of father Angelo Dell'Acqua in the miniseries John XXIII: The Pope of Peace, and that of captain Aloisi in the ...: Massimo References External links * 2003 films Italian comedy films Films directed by Carlo Verdone 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivano De Matteo
Ivano De Matteo (born 22 January 1966) is an Italian director, screenwriter, and actor. Life and career Born in Rome, De Matteo formed as an actor in the drama laboratory "Il Mulino di Fiora", and later formed a stage company together with his romantic partner and longtime collaborator Valentina Ferlan. He made his film debut in Pasquale Pozzessere's '' Verso Sud''. As an actor, he had his breakout in 2008, with the role of Er Puma in the TV-series ''Romanzo criminale – La serie''. The same year, he won the Nastro d'Argento for best actor in a short film for his performance in Giorgio Caputo's ''Action''. After directing a documentary film, ''Prigioniero di una fede'', which received a special mention at the Turin Film Festival, De Matteo made his feature film directorial debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama ''Final Stage''. Selected filmography ;As director * ''Final Stage'' (2002) * '' La bella gente'' (2009) * '' Balancing Act'' (2012) * '' The Dinner'' (2014) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dinner (2014 Film)
''The Dinner'' ( it, I nostri ragazzi) is a 2014 Italian drama film directed by Ivano De Matteo. It is loosely inspired by the novel of the same name by Herman Koch. It was screened in the Venice Days section at the 71st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Europa Cinemas Label as Best European Film. Cast *Luigi Lo Cascio : Paolo * Giovanna Mezzogiorno : Chiara *Alessandro Gassman : Massimo * Barbora Bobulova : Sofia * Rosabell Laurenti Sellers: Benedetta *Jacopo Olmo Antinori: Michele *Lidia Vitale: Giovanna * Roberto Accornero Roberto Accornero (born 9 March 1957) is an Italian television, film and voice actor. In the several roles he played, there was that of father Angelo Dell'Acqua in the miniseries John XXIII: The Pope of Peace, and that of captain Aloisi in th ... as professor Michele See also *'' The Dinner'' (2013) *'' The Dinner'' (2017) References External links * 2014 films Italian drama films 2014 drama films Films directed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Martone
Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film '' L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film ''Noi credevamo'' competed for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. He was also the stage director for Lorenzo Ferrero's opera '' Charlotte Corday'', which was premiered at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989. His 2014 film ''Leopardi'' has been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Filmography * '' Perfidi incanti'' (1985) * '' Nella città barocca'' (1985) * '' Morte di un matematico napoletano'' (1992) * '' Rasoi'' (1993) * '' Miracoli, storie per corti'' (1994) * '' L'unico paese al mondo'' (1994) * '' L'amore molesto'' (1995) * ''Una storia Saharawi'' (1996) * '' I vesuviani'' (1997) * '' La terra trema'' (1998) * '' Teatro di guerra'' (1998) * ''Lulu'' (2001) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi Credevamo
''We Believed'' ( it, Noi credevamo) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Mario Martone, based on a screenplay by Martone and Giancarlo De Cataldo inspired by events around the 19th-century Young Italy political movement and based on the novel of the late art historian Anna Banti. Nominated for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, the film was released in Italy on 12 November 2010. Plot The film is divided into four chapters, titled "Le scelte" ("Choices"), "Domenico," "Angelo," and "L'alba della Nazione" ("Dawn of the Nation"). The story follows three boys growing up in the Cilento Valley in southern Italy in the early 19th century in what was then the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Salvatore, who is all about patriotic spirit, Domenico, who believes in friendship, and Angelo, a restless and violent man. In 1828 all three join Young Italy, a political movement seeking unification if Italy founded by Giuseppe Mazzini. Following this decision, their l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Saura
Carlos Saura Atarés (born 4 January 1932) is a Spanish film director, photographer and writer. Along with Luis Buñuel and Pedro Almodóvar, he is considered to be one of Spain’s most renowned filmmakers. He has a long and prolific career that spans over half a century. His films have won many international awards. Saura began his career in 1955 making documentary shorts. He quickly gained international prominence when his first feature-length film premiered at Cannes Film Festival in 1960. Although he started filming as a neorealist, Saura quickly switched to films encoded with metaphors and symbolism in order to get around the Spanish censors. In 1966, he was thrust into the international spotlight when his film ''La Caza'' won the Silver Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival. In the following years, he forged an international reputation for his cinematic treatment of emotional and spiritual responses to repressive political conditions. By the 1970s, Saura was th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I, Don Giovanni
''I, Don Giovanni'' (Italian: ''Io, Don Giovanni'') is a 2009 Spanish-Italian-Austrian Drama (film and television), drama film directed by Carlos Saura. The film narrates the life of Lorenzo da Ponte, an Italian Freemason who wouldn't give up his libertinism, despite being ordered to do so as a priest of the Roman Catholic Church. When the Holy Inquisition accused da Ponte of having betrayed the Christian faith through his licentiousness and publication of criticisms against the church (influenced by Casanova), condemning him to the exile, his close friend Giacomo Casanova wrote a presentation letter for Antonio Salieri, before da Ponte had to leave Venice for Vienna. Here, Salieri introduced him to Mozart, and da Ponte wrote le ''Nozze di Figaro''. At the intervention of Casanova, da Ponte persuaded Mozart to publish a second edition of the ''Don Giovanni'', which was performed in presence of the Emperor Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II, to great success. Cast * Lorenz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Capotondi
Giuseppe Capotondi (born 1 January 1968) is an Italian director of feature films, music videos and commercials signed to Oil Factory in the United States and Factory Films in the United Kingdom. Before signing with Factory Films, he worked with Battlecruiser and Soixan7e Quin5e. Capotondi's feature-length debut, ''The Double Hour'' starring Filippo Timi and Kseniya Rappoport, was released on 6 November 2009 after premiering in competition in the Venice Film Festival that September. Videography *Negrita - "Rumore" (1994) *Zucchero - "Papà Perchè" (1995) * Ligabue - "Certe notti" (1995) *Ligabue - "Viva!" (1995) *Mietta - "Oggi Dani è più felice" (1995) *Soon - Il Fiume (1996) *Furslide - "Over my head" (1998) *Skunk Anansie - " Charlie Big Potato" (1999) *Skunk Anansie - "Secretly" (1999) *Melanie C - " Goin' Down" (1999) *Our Lady Peace - "Is Anybody Home?" (1999) * Sunna - "Power Struggle" (2000) *Pale 3 featuring Skin - "You can't find peace" (2000) *Bush - "Inflatable" ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Double Hour
''The Double Hour'' ( it, La doppia ora) is a 2009 Italian romantic thriller film. It is directed by Giuseppe Capotondi, produced by Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, and stars Filippo Timi and Kseniya Rappoport. Principal photography began in October 2008 in Turin, Italy. The film opened in Italy on October 9, 2009, after premiering in competition at Venice Film Festival in September 2009, where it eventually won the Volpi Cup award for Best Actress for Rappoport. It was also screened at the 2009 Toronto Film Festival. Samuel Goldwyn Films released ''The Double Hour'' in the US on April 15, 2011. Plot Sonia, a maid in a hotel in Turin, is cleaning a guest's bathroom when the guest apparently jumps out the bedroom window to her death. Later, Sonia attends a speed dating event where she meets Guido, a former policeman who now works as a security guard. They strike up a friendship, and spend some time together after the event. As they part, Guido notices that the time is 23:23 - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Faenza
Roberto Faenza (born 21 February 1943) is an Italian film director. Born in Turin in 1943, Faenza received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Career Faenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, ''Escalation (1968 Italian film), Escalation'', a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed ''H2S'', an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC. In 1978 he directed ''Forza Italia!'', a ferocious satire on the power of the Italian Christian Democrat party covering thirty years of Italian political history. The film was withdrawn from the theatres on the day Aldo Moro, president of the Christian Democrats, was kidnapped, and re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Giorni Dell'abbandono
''The Days of Abandonment'' ( it, I giorni dell'abbandono} is a film of 2005 by Roberto Faenza, set in Turin, based on the novel ''The Days of Abandonment'' by Elena Ferrante. Synopsis Olga (Buy), literary translator, wife and mother of two is suddenly abandoned by her husband (Zingaretti) for a younger woman. With this she enters into a painful lapse that turns into despair that brings her to sleep and food deprivation. She encounters a neighbour musician (Goran Bregović) that moves something in her. After a descent into hell and eventual rise from despair, Olga lives an insight that makes her realize that she was not losing her mind for the lost love but discovers the meaning of losing her dignity and being imprisoned in a single role, which she must break in order to enjoy life. Cast *Margherita Buy: Olga *Luca Zingaretti: Mario *Goran Bregovic: Damian * Alessia Goria: Mendicante * Gea Lionello: Lea *Gaia Bermani Amaral: Carla *Sara Santostasi: Ilaria * Simone Della Croc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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