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The Wind Blows Round
''The Wind Blows Round'' ( it, Il vento fa il suo giro) is a 2005 Italian drama film directed by Giorgio Diritti. Plot Philippe is a former teacher who left everything to become a shepherd in the French Pyrenees. After the construction of a nuclear power plant near his sheep, he decided to leave the area. After an unsuccessful search in Switzerland, he found the village Chersogno in the Maira Valley. The village is inhabited mainly by elderly residents and people who come only for summer holidays. It is a very closed community, which preserves the Occitan language and culture in Italy. After some doubts, the town council finds a home to let to Philip and the villagers set to work to restore it. Initially, the village seems to welcome Philippe, his wife and three children. But soon some misunderstandings arise caused by the new residents who are not always sensitive to local customs and property rights. Especially Philip goats, who venture into abandoned fields get some owners anger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giorgio Diritti
Giorgio Diritti (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Biography Diritti trained by working alongside various authors such as Pupi Avati and made various castings for films in Emilia-Romagna, including Federico Fellini's ''The Voice of the Moon''. He took part in the activity of Ipotesi Cinema, an institute for the training of young authors, founded and directed by Ermanno Olmi. During the years, Diritti directed documentaries, short films and television programs. His debut film, '' The Wind Blows Round'', participates in over 60 national and international festivals, winning over 36 awards and became a "national case", remaining in programming at Cinema Mexico in Milan for more than a year and a half. His second film, ''The Man Who Will Come'', is presented in the official selection of the 2009 Rome Film Festival, where it won the Silver Marc'Aurelio - Grand Jury Prize. In 2013 his film '' There Will Come a Day'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maira Valley
Maira Valley (in Italian ''Val Maira'' or ''Valle Macra'') is a valley in south-west of Piedmont in the Province of Cuneo, Italy. Etymology The valley takes its name from the river Maira, a right-hand tributary of the Po which flows through the valley. Geography The municipalities of the valley are Busca, Villar San Costanzo, Dronero, Roccabruna, Cartignano, San Damiano Macra, Macra, Celle di Macra, Stroppo, Elva, Canosio, Marmora, Prazzo and Acceglio.''Carta Tecnica Regionale'' raster 1:10.000 (vers.3.0) of Regione Piemonte - 2007 Notable summits Among the notable summits which surround the valley (all of them belonging to the Cottian Alps) there are: * Monte Oronaye - 3100 m * Buc de Nubiera - 3215 m * Brec de Chambeyron - 3412 m * Tête de la Frema - 3143 m * Monte Chersogno - 3026 m * Pelvo d'Elva - 3064 m * Rocca la Marchisa - 3072 m * Monte Maniglia - 3177 m * Rocca la Meja - 2831 m * Punta Tempesta - 2679 m * Monte Birrone - 2131 m See also * Cottian Alps The Cott ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Prix (Annecy Film Festival)
The Grand Prix is an award, born in 1985, of the Annecy Italian Film Festival bestowed by the jury of the festival on one of the competing feature films. Grand Prix {, class="wikitable" , - ! Year !! Film !! Director , - , 1985 , , '' Così parlo Bellavista'' , , Luciano de Crescenzo , - , 1986 , , '' GiovanniSenzaPensieri'' , , Marco Colli , - , 1987 , , '' Notte Italiana'' , , Carlo Mazzacurati , - , 1988 , , ''Zoo'' , , Cristina Comencini , - , 1989 , , '' Il prete bello'' , , Carlo Mazzacurati , - , 1990 , , '' L'aria serena dell'ovest'' , , Silvio Soldini , - , 1991 , , ''Condominio'' , , Felice Farina , - , 1992 , , ''Verso sud'' , , Pasquale Pozzessere , - , 1993 , , '' Donne in un giorno di festa'' , , Salvatore Maira , - , 1994 , , '' Portami via'' , , Gianluca Maria Tavarelli , - , 1995 , , '' Empoli 1921: film in rosso e in nero'' , , Ennio Marzocchini , - , 1996 , , ''I magi randagi'' , , Sergio Citti , - , 1997 , , ''Il carniere'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Movies About Immigration To Italy
The filmography on immigration in Italy is a phenomenon started with the arrival of the first migratory flows in Italy, since the 1990s. Italian films 1988 - 1999 * Emir Kusturica, ''Time of the Gypsies'' (United Kingdom/Italy/Yugoslavia, 1988) * Michele Placido, ''Pummarò'' (Italy, 1990) * Marcello Bivona, '' Clandestini nella città'' (Italy/Tunisia, 1992) * Claudio Fragasso, ''Teste rasate'' (Italy, 1993) * Gianni Amelio, '' Lamerica'' (Italy/France/Switzerland, 1994) * Maurizio Zaccaro, '' Article 2'' – L’Articolo 2 - (Italy, 1994) * Renzo Martinelli, '' The Waterbaby - Sarahsarà'' (Italy, 1994) * Various directors, '' Intolerance'' (Italy, 1996) * Carlo Mazzacurati, '' Vesna va veloce'' (Italy/France, 1996) * Matteo Garrone, ''Terra di mezzo'' (Italy, 1996) * Massimo Martelli, ''Pole pole'' (Italy, 1996) * Rachid Benhadj, '' Another Country in My Eyes : The Tree of Hanging Destinies - L’albero dei destini sospesi'' (Italy, 1997) * Bernardo Bertolucci, '' Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Films
2005 in film is an overview of events, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country-specific lists of films released, notable deaths and film debuts. Evaluation of the year Renowned American film critic and professor Emanuel Levy stated on his website, "Despite films like “Crash,” which deals with racism in contemporary America, and geopolitical exposes like ''Syriana'' and ''Munich'', the 2005 movie year may go down in film history as the year of sexual diversity." He went on to emphasize, "It's hard to recall a year in which sex, sexuality, and gender have featured so prominently in American films, both mainstream Hollywood and independent cinema. I am deliberately using the concepts of sexual diversity and sexual orientation, rather than gay-themed movies, because the rather new phenomenon goes beyond homosexuality or lesbianism. For decades, American culture has been both puritanical and hypocritical as far as sexual matters are con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Drama Films
5 (five) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number, and cardinal number, following 4 and preceding 6, and is a prime number. It has attained significance throughout history in part because typical humans have five digits on each hand. In mathematics 5 is the third smallest prime number, and the second super-prime. It is the first safe prime, the first good prime, the first balanced prime, and the first of three known Wilson primes. Five is the second Fermat prime and the third Mersenne prime exponent, as well as the third Catalan number, and the third Sophie Germain prime. Notably, 5 is equal to the sum of the ''only'' consecutive primes, 2 + 3, and is the only number that is part of more than one pair of twin primes, ( 3, 5) and (5, 7). It is also a sexy prime with the fifth prime number and first prime repunit, 11. Five is the third factorial prime, an alternating factorial, and an Eisenstein prime with no imaginary part and real part of the form 3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Immigration
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sensitized ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films Directed By Giorgio Diritti
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still images were recorded on a strip of chemically sens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Drama Films
Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Italian, regional variants of the Italian language ** Languages of Italy, languages and dialects spoken in Italy ** Italian culture, cultural features of Italy ** Italian cuisine, traditional foods ** Folklore of Italy, the folklore and urban legends of Italy ** Mythology of Italy, traditional religion and beliefs Other uses * Italian dressing, a vinaigrette-type salad dressing or marinade * Italian or Italian-A, alternative names for the Ping-Pong virus, an extinct computer virus See also * * * Italia (other) * Italic (other) * Italo (other) * The Italian (other) * Italian people (other) Italian people may refer to: * in terms of ethnicity: all ethnic Italians, in and outside of Italy * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
