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Simona Cavallari (actress)
Simona Cavallari (born 5 April 1971, Rome,Italy) is an Italian actress of the cinema, theatre, and television. Career She made her acting debut in 1982 at the age of eleven in the television film ''Colomba''. In 1985, she had a role in The Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani. She has also performed in "La piovra" television series, and "Il Capo dei Capi", which was aired by Canale 5 in six parts in 2007. In 2009 Cavallari played the female protagonist ''Claudia Mares'' in the Canale 5 miniseries "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi". Her co-stars were Giulia Michelini and Claudio Gioè, the latter with whom she also performed in "Il Capo dei Capi". In 2010 and 2011, she played the same role in the sequels "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 2", "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 3" and "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 4". Selected television series * ''Mino'' (1986) * ' (1991) * ''Il Capo dei Capi ''Il Capo dei Capi'' (''The Boss of the Bosses'') is a six-part It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pizza Connection (film)
''Pizza Connection'' is a 1985 Italian crime film directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival where it won an Honourable Mention. A version of the film dubbed for the USA was titled ''The Sicilian Connection'', a name already held by another film from 1972. Cast * Michele Placido as Mario Aloia * Mark Chase as Michele Aloia * Ida Di Benedetto * Nick Delon * Luigi Maria Burruano * Piergiorgio Capone * Pierluigi Capone * Simona Cavallari as Cecilia Smedile * Massimo De Francovich * Maria Denaro * Domenico Gennaro * Massimo Liti * Leondina Marchese * Leonardo Marino Awards * Nastro d'Argento: ''Silver Ribbon'' award for best actor (Michele Placido) * David di Donatello: ''David'' award for best music (Carlo Savina Carlo Savina (2 August 1919 - 23 June 2002) was an Italian composer and conductor who composed, arranged, and conducted music for films, and is especially remembered for being the music director of films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damiano Damiani
Damiano Damiani (23 July 1922 – 7 March 2013) was an Italian screenwriter, film director, actor and writer. Poet and director Pier Paolo Pasolini referred to him as "a bitter moralist hungry for old purity", while film critic Paolo Mereghetti said that his style made him "the most American of Italian directors". In 1946 Damiano Damiani became part of the so-called Group of Venice with Fernando Carcupino, Hugo Pratt and Dino Battaglia. Life and career Born in Pasiano di Pordenone, Friuli, Damiani studied at the Accademia di Brera in Milan, then made his début in 1947 with the documentary ''La banda d'Affari''. After a few years as a screenwriter, he directed his first feature film in 1960, '' Il rossetto''. Before his career as a big screenwriter, Damiani was first a comic cartoonist in association with the "Group of Venice". Focused on the comic ''Asso di Picche'' (1945–49) the comic featured a masked vigilante who fights crime all over the globe and is in charge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Piovra
''La Piovra'' (; en, The Octopus, referring to the Mafia) is an Italian television drama series about the Mafia. The series was directed by various directors who each worked on different seasons, including Damiano Damiani (first season), Florestano Vancini (second season), Luigi Perelli (from the third to the seventh season and again on the tenth season), and Giacomo Battiato (from the eighth to the ninth seasons). The music was written by Riz Ortolani (first season), Ennio Morricone (from the second to the seventh season and again on the tenth season), and by Paolo Buonvino (from the eighth to the ninth season). The show was successfully exported to over 80 countries during and after its close to 20-year run. All ten seasons were released in Australia on DVD with English subtitles by Aztec International Entertainment, having originally aired on the Special Broadcasting Service television channel. It was also broadcast on MHz Networks in the United States. The first three seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Capo Dei Capi
''Il Capo dei Capi'' (''The Boss of the Bosses'') is a six-part Italian miniseries which debuted on Canale 5 between October and November 2007. It tells the story of Salvatore Riina, alias ''Totò u Curtu'' (Totò the Short), a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily. Riina is played by Palermo-born actor, Claudio Gioè, and the series was directed by Alexis Sweet and Enzo Monteleone. The series is inspired from the eponymous book-inquiry of and Attilio Bolzoni. It was broadcast in the UK in the spring of 2013 on the Sky Arts channel, retitled ''Corleone'' and split into 12 one-hour episodes. Plot First episode (1943–1958) Palermo, 15 January 1993. Cosa Nostra 'superboss' Salvatore Riina has been arrested after 23 years, and receives a visit in prison from his childhood friend, Biagio Schirò, triggering a flashback. In 1943, as a 13 years old boy, Riina is working in the fields around the town of Corleone when he finds a buried bomb. His father decides to take the bomb hom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canale 5
Canale 5 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel of Mediaset, owned by MFE - MediaForEurope. It was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980. On 4 December 2012, Mediaset launched Canale 5 HD, a simulcast of Canale 5 in high-definition. Since January 2013, Canale 5 has been directed by Giancarlo Scheri. History In 1978, Telemilano, a local Milan-based broadcaster became Canale 5 two years later and began broadcasting nationally. Canale 5 was subsequently joined by Italia 1 (in 1982) and Rete 4 (in 1984). 2000s Since 2003, the channel is also free of charge in digital terrestrial areas in areas covered by Mediaset 2 and Mediaset 4 mux, and from 26 November 2010 also in the areas covered by the Mediaset 6 mux through the deferred version of one hour ''Canale 5 +1'', Transferred from 11 July 2011 on mux Mediaset 5. It was also available until 11 July 2011, in high definition (though forced) Canale 5 HD in regions where transiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Michelini
Giulia Michelini (born 2 June 1985) is an Italian actress. Career Michelini was born in Rome, Italy in 1985. She made her acting debut at the age of 17 in 2002 in the third season of the police drama series "Distretto di Polizia", which was televised by Mediaset's Canale 5. In 2003 she debuted in her first feature film, ''Remember Me, My Love'', directed by Gabriele Muccino. From 2009 to 2016 she played Mafia "Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of d ... boss Rosy Abate in the series '' Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi''. In 2017 she starred in ''Squadra antimafias spin-off ''Rosy Abate - La serie''. Filmography Films Television Music videos References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Michelini, Giulia Living people Italian television actresses Italian film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Gioè
Claudio Gioè (born 27 January 1975 in Palermo, Italy) is an Italian actor of the cinema, theatre and television. Career Gioè made his acting debut in the 1997 film "Qui" and has since performed in many other films such as "I cento passi" ("One Hundred Steps", about the life of Peppino Impastato), "La meglio gioventù" ("The Best of Youth"), "Operazione Odissea" and "La matassa". Gioè, however, is best known to Italian viewers for his portrayal of Mafia boss Salvatore Riina in the 2007 television miniseries "Il Capo dei Capi" ("Boss of Bosses"). It was aired by Canale 5 in six parts. In 2009 Gioè had a starring role in another Mafia-related television miniseries, "Squadra antimafia- Palermo oggi", as vicequestore ''Ivan Di Meo''. One of his co-stars is actress Simona Cavallari. In 2010, he starred in the sequel "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi 2". Gioè starred as a young priest with psychic powers in the popular Canale 5 miniseries ''Il tredicesimo apostolo'' which was a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mino (miniseries)
Mino was the eighth ZDF-Weihnachtsserie ( en, Christmas Series), and aired in 1986. The series was broadcast in Germany on ZDF, and consisted of 6 episodes. Broadcasting in Germany began on December 25, 1986. The series was also broadcast in Italy, and consisted of 4 episodes. Broadcasting in Italy began on December 28, 1986. The series was an Italian-German co-production. It was inspired by the Italian novel ''The little Alpino'' by Salvator Gotta. Plot Episodes 1 & 2 1914: Giacomino "Mino" Rasi is the ten-year-old son of a Milan university mathematics professor. His family is friends with the aristocratic Austrian consul Karl Stolz and his much younger wife Freda. In August 1914 the Rasi family travels to Austria to visit the Stolz family. World War I has already broken out, but the spirit is upbeat and both families spend a happy time. That Italy, a member of the Triple Alliance, has remained neutral at the outbreak of the war causes a slight alteration between Karl an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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