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To Rome With Love (film)
''To Rome with Love'' is a 2012 magical realist romantic comedy film written, directed by and co-starring Woody Allen in his first acting appearance since 2006, as well as his most recent appearance in a film he's directed. The film is set in Rome, Italy; it was released in Italian theaters on April 13, 2012, and opened in Los Angeles and New York City on June 22, 2012. The film features an ensemble cast, including Allen himself. The story is told in four separate vignettes: a clerk who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and an Italian funeral director whose uncanny singing ability enraptures his soon to be in-law, an American opera director. Plot Hayley's Story American tourist Hayley becomes engaged to lawyer Michelangelo while spending a summer in Rome. Hayley's parents, Jerry and Phyllis, fly to Italy to meet her fiancé. During the visit, Michelangelo's morticia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, 1935) is an American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades and multiple Academy Award-winning films. He began his career writing material for television in the 1950s, mainly ''Your Show of Shows'' (1950–1954) working alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. He also published several books featuring short stories and wrote humor pieces for ''The New Yorker''. In the early 1960s, he performed as a stand-up comedian in Greenwich Village alongside Lenny Bruce, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Joan Rivers. There he developed a monologue style (rather than traditional jokes) and the persona of an insecure, intellectual, fretful nebbish. He released three comedy albums during the mid to late 1960s, earning a Grammy Award for Best Comedy Album nomination for his 1964 comedy album entitled simply '' Woody Allen''. In 2004, Comedy Central ranked A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romantic Comedy
Romantic comedy (also known as romcom or rom-com) is a subgenre of comedy and slice of life fiction, focusing on lighthearted, humorous plot lines centered on romantic ideas, such as how true love is able to surmount most obstacles. In a typical romantic comedy, the two lovers tend to be young, likeable, and seemingly meant for each other, yet they are kept apart by some complicating circumstance (e.g., class differences, parental interference, a previous girlfriend or boyfriend) until, surmounting all obstacles, they are finally united. A fairy-tale-style happy ending is a typical feature. Romantic comedy films are a certain genre of comedy films as well as of romance films, and may also have elements of screwball comedies. However, a romantic comedy is classified as a film with two genres, not a single new genre. Some television series can also be classified as romantic comedies. Description The basic plot of a romantic comedy is that two characters meet, part ways due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Della Casa
Roberto Della Casa (born 14 October 1942) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1970. Selected filmography References External links * 1942 births Living people Italian male film actors Male actors from Rome {{Italy-film-actor-stub ... [...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] |
Antonio Albanese
Antonio Albanese (born 10 October 1964 in Olginate, Province of Lecco), is an Italian comedian, actor, director and writer. Biography Born in Lombardy to Sicilian parents, he studied at the Civic Drama School in Milan, then opted to pursue an acting career. His first experiences as a comedian date back to 1992, when he made his debut at the Zelig Theatre in Milan. He showcased his acts on the popular Maurizio Costanzo talk show and collaborated with actor-comedian Paolo Rossi. His popularity increased after he joined the Italia 1 show ''Mai dire Gol''. He recently appears on the show ''Che tempo che fa'', presented by Fabio Fazio and aired on Rai 3. From the late 1990s, Albanese also pursued a movie career, working both as an actor, under the direction of Carlo Mazzacurati and Pupi Avati, and also as a director in his own right. Characters *Cetto La Qualunque: A corrupt, perverted Calabrian with organized crime connections, right-wing Senator, running as candidate with a plat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Muti
Ornella Muti (born Francesca Romana Rivelli; 9 March 1955) is an Italian actress. She made her film debut as Francesca Cimarosa in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella.'' Early life Muti was born in Rome to a Neapolitan journalist father and Ilse Renate Krause, a Baltic German sculptor from Estonia. Her maternal grandparents emigrated from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg, Russia) to Estonia. Career Muti modeled as a teenager and made her film debut in the 1970 film ''La moglie più bella'' (''The Most Beautiful Wife''). She has primarily worked in Italian films but made her English-speaking film debut as Princess Aura in ''Flash Gordon'' in 1980. American movies she appeared in include '' Love and Money'' (1982), ''Casanova'' (1987), ''Wait Until Spring, Bandini'' (1989), '' A Season of Giants'' (1990), ''Oscar'' (1991), '' Once Upon a Crime'' (1992), ''Somewhere in the City'' (1998) and '' To Rome with Love'' (2012). In 2008, Muti introduced her own line of jewelry and subs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simona Caparrini
Simona Caparrini is an Italian actress, born in Florence. She is known for: '' To Rome with Love'', directed by Woody Allen, where she plays Aunt Joan, the uptight member of Roman high society; ''Romeo and Juliet'', directed by Carlo Carlei; and the Warner Bros. production ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', directed by Guy Ritchie. Early life Caparrini, originally from Tuscany, graduated at the Theatre of Genova's Drama Academy, completing a three-year program. After her degree, she moved to New York City to study acting at the Union Square Theatre with the American actor George DiCenzo. Career Caparrini's film debut was ''il muro di gomma'', directed by Italian director, Marco Risi. She was eventually chosen by Alberto Sordi, to play Wilma, opposite Sordi himself, in his film '. She gained some fame with this role and promoted the movie in various cities along with Sordi. Caparrini had a cameo role in ''The Postman'' (1994), playing Elsa Morante; then she played Ursula in the feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandra Mastronardi
Alessandra Carina Mastronardi (born February 18, 1986) is an Italian actress. She is best known for her roles in the films '' To Rome with Love'' and '' The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent'', and the television series ''Master of None'', for which she garnered a nomination for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 2017. Early life and career Alessandra was born in Naples, Italy, to a father from Agnone, in the province of Isernia and a mother from Naples, but was brought up in Rome after moving there at the age of five. She attended a Classical Lyceum and then the Sapienza University of Rome where she studied performing arts. Previously she had attended a psychology course at the same institution. She made her debut as an actress in 1997, in the miniseries ''Un prete tra noi'', followed by: '' Amico mio 2'' (1998), directed by Paolo Poeti, ''Lui e lei 2'' (1999), ''Il veterinario'', by José María Sánchez, and ''Il grande To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fabio Armiliato
Fabio Armiliato (born 17 August 1956, Genoa) is an Italian tenor. Career Armiliato has been referred to critically as "the best Chénier of our time" (Landini, ''L'Opera''). In 1992 he sang the role of Mario Cavaradossi at the Vlaamse Opera. The conductor was Silvio Varviso. In 1993, he debuted in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York in ''Il trovatore'', returning later in ''Aida'' and ''Madama Butterfly''. He has also performed in the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, in the Opéra de Paris, and in San Francisco Opera. He performed ''Madama Butterfly'' in La Scala, in the Puccini Festival in Torre del Lago, and in the New National Theatre Tokyo. He worked with Zubin Mehta in a five-act version of ''Don Carlo'' in Munich and Florence. In the 2007/08 season, he made a debut as Alvaro in ''La forza del destino'' in Monte Carlo, followed by ''La fanciulla del West'' in Rome and ''Norma'' in Bologna; in 2008/09, he performed ''Tosca'' in Florence, ''Adriana Lecouvreur'' in Palermo an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Pill
Alison Pill (born November 27, 1985) is a Canadian actress. A former child actress, Pill began her career at age 12, appearing in numerous films and television series. She transitioned to adult roles and her breakthrough came with the television series '' The Book of Daniel'' (2006). That same year, she was nominated for a Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for her performance in ''The Lieutenant of Inishmore'' (2006). Pill had prominent roles in the films ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' (2004), '' Plain Truth'' (2004), ''Milk'' (2008), '' Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' (2010), ''Midnight in Paris'' (2011), ''Hail, Caesar!'' (2016), ''Vice'' (2018), the television series ''In Treatment'' (2009), ''The Pillars of the Earth'' (2010), '' The Newsroom'' (2012–2014), '' American Horror Story: Cult'' (2017), '' Star Trek: Picard'' (20202022), ''Devs'' (2020), and '' Them'' (2021). Early life Pill was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Her father, a professional en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pagliacci
''Pagliacci'' (; literal translation, "Clowns") is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader of a commedia dell'arte theatrical company, who murders his wife Nedda and her lover Silvio on stage during a performance. ''Pagliacci'' premiered at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan on 21 May 1892, conducted by Arturo Toscanini, with Adelina Stehle as Nedda, Fiorello Giraud as Canio, Victor Maurel as Tonio, and Mario Ancona as Silvio. Soon after its Italian premiere, the opera played in London (with Nellie Melba as Nedda) and in New York (on 15 June 1893, with Agostino Montegriffo as Canio). ''Pagliacci'' is the composer's only opera that is still widely performed. ''Pagliacci'' is often staged with ''Cavalleria rusticana'' by Pietro Mascagni, a double bill known colloquially as "Cav and Pag". Origin and disputes Leoncavallo was a little-known composer when Pietro Mascagni's ''Cavalleria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teatro Dell'Opera
The Teatro dell'Opera di Roma (Rome Opera House) is an opera house in Rome, Italy. Originally opened in November 1880 as the 2,212 seat ''Costanzi Theatre'', it has undergone several changes of name as well modifications and improvements. The present house seats 1,600. Original Teatro Costanzi: 1880 to 1926 The Teatro dell'Opera was originally known as the ''Teatro Costanzi'' after the contractor who built it, (1819–1898). It was financed by Costanzi, who commissioned the Milanese architect Achille Sfondrini (1836–1900), a specialist in the building and renovation of theatres. The opera house was built in eighteen months, on the site where the house of Heliogabalus stood in ancient times, and was inaugurated on 27 November 1880 with a performance of ''Semiramide'' by Gioachino Rossini. Designing the theatre, Sfondrini paid particular attention to the acoustics, conceiving the interior structure as a "resonance chamber", as is evident from the horseshoe shape in particular. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
