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Tony Sperandeo
Tony Sperandeo (born 8 May 1953) is an Italian actor of cinema and television. Sperandeo is notable for frequently playing the roles of tough characters from his native region, Sicily. As of 2011, he was working on ''La Nuova Squadra'', a police drama televised by Rai Tre, as the Superintendent Salvatore Sciacca. Career He was born Gaetano Sperandeo in Palermo. In 1983, his acting career began with a small part in the film '' Kaos'', directed by the Taviani brothers. In 1985, he landed a role in a cinematographic film '' Pizza Connection'', by Damiano Damiani. He also acted in four of the sequels of the popular television drama, ''" La piovra"'', which is about the Mafia and had a little role in The Sicilian of Michael Cimino. He has appeared in many other Italian films, the most notable being ''La scorta'' (" The escort") by Ricky Tognazzi, as well as ''" Ragazzi fuori"'' and ''" Mery per sempre"'', the latter two set in his home town of Palermo. They are both directed by Marc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mery Per Sempre
''Forever Mary'' ( it, Mery per sempre), is an Italian dramatic film directed by Marco Risi and released in 1989. It stars Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Francesco Benigno, Roberto Mariano, Maurizio Prollo, Filippo Genzardi, Alfredo Li Bassi, Salvatore Termini, Luigi Maria Burruano, Gianluca Favilla, Giovanni Alamia and Tony Sperandeo. Synopsis ''Mery per sempre'' is set in ''Rosaspina'', a fictional juvenile detention centre (based on a real facility named ''Malaspina'') in Palermo, Sicily, during the 1980s. The protagonist, ''Marco Terzi'' (Michele Placido), is a teacher who has been transferred to Palermo from Milan. He obtains a temporary position as teacher inside the institution, waiting to start teaching in a high school, and has great difficulty in establishing a rapport with the young, hostile students; in particular, ''Natale Sperandeo'' (Francesco Benigno), the leader of the group, who is inside for murder, and ''Pietro Giancona'' (Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Risi
Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer. Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but abandoned his studies after two years. He began his career as an assistant of his uncle, Nelo Risi, for ''A Season in Hell'' (1971) and thereafter for directors such as Duccio Tessari, Steno, Alberto Sordi. He also collaborated with some scripts for films directed by his father. He made his directorial debut in 1977, with the RAI television documentary ''Appunti su Hollywood''. After three quite successful comedy films, since 1987 Risi's cinema focused into more complex social and political issues, such as the military service seen as a traumatic experience (''Soldati - 365 all'alba''), the juvenile delinquency in and out of prison (''Mery per sempre'' and '' Ragazzi fuori''), the crash of Itavia Flight 870 (''Il muro di Gomma''), the gang rape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piedipiatti
''Piedipiatti'' (, also known as ''Cops'') is a 1991 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Plot Italian cops investigate a drug traffic ring between Italy and Colombia. They have to find out who is the mysterious Italian criminal called “the American” who is making a deal with overseas organized crime. Cast *Renato Pozzetto as Silvio Camurati *Enrico Montesano as Vasco Sacchetti *Anna Benny as Maria Grazia *Antonio Ballerio as Aldo Rotelli *Victor Cavallo as Sergio Proietti *Francesco De Rosa as Tarallo *Angelo Bernabucci as Angelo Bertoli *Norman Sanny as Carlos *Pino Ammendola as Chief Inspector *Mirella Falco as Signora Motta *Roberto Della Casa as Questore of Milan *Giorgio Trestini as Armando Mainardi *Terry Schiavo as Laura References External links *''Piedipiatti''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distributi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Muro Di Gomma
''The Rubber Wall'' ( it, Il muro di gomma) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the crash of Itavia Flight 870, entered the competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. Plot Italy, on the evening of June 27, 1980, a civil aircraft of the Itavia, flying from Bologna to Palermo, disappears in flight. Its remains are near Ustica: eighty victims. The causes are mysterious. Cast * Corso Salani: Rocco Ferrante *Angela Finocchiaro: Giannina *Ivano Marescotti: Giulio * Antonello Fassari: Franco * Carla Benedetti: Sandra *Pietro Ghislandi: Corrà * David Zard: Agente Segreto * Mario Patané: Paolo * Eliana Miglio: Anna *Gianfranco Barra: Minister of Defence *Ivo Garrani: Admiral Chief of the Defence Staff *Sergio Fiorentini: General Chief of Staff of the Air Force *Luigi Montini: General Air Force Spokesman *Tony Sperandeo: Air Force NCO * David Brandon : Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Storia Semplice (film)
''Una storia semplice'' (internationally released as ''A Simple Story'') is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Emidio Greco. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Leonardo Sciascia. It premiered at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival, in which it entered the main competition. The film was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento for best screenplay, two Globi d'oro for best film and best screenplay and a Grolla d'oro for best actor to the ensemble cast. Plot The Sciascia story unfolds with the arrival in Sicily of a medicine rep from Verona. He is unaware that he witnessed a double murder at a rural railway station until he hears about the event on his car radio. He calls on the local police station to help with the enquiries. The police have discovered the body of a retired ambassador, returned after years of absence, in his remote farmhouse, after he had called them about the discovery of an item (a stolen painting) rolled up in the attic. The police did n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Sun Also Shines At Night
''The Sun Also Shines at Night'' ( it, Il sole anche di notte, and also known as ''Night Sun'') is an Italian film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani in 1990. It was screened out of competition at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. The plot is based on Leo Tolstoy's 1911 posthumously published short story "Father Sergius". The court of Czar Nicholas I is replaced by that of Charles III of Spain when he was still Charles VII of Naples. All of the original Russian locations are replaced by ones in southern Italy. Cast * Julian Sands as Sergio Giuramondo * Charlotte Gainsbourg as Matilda * Massimo Bonetti as Prince Santobuono * Margarita Lozano as Sergio's Mother * Patricia Millardet as Aurelia * Rüdiger Vogler as King Charles * Nastassja Kinski as Cristina Del Carpio * Pamela Villoresi as Giuseppina Giuramondo * Geppy Geijeses as Bishop (as Geppy Gleijeses) * Sonia Gessner as Duchess Del Carpio * Tony Sperandeo as Gesuino (as Gaetano Sperandeo) * Matilde Piana as Peasant Wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tre Colonne In Cronaca
''Tre colonne in cronaca'' (''Three columns in the news'') is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Vanzina. It is loosely based on the novel with the same name written by Corrado Augias and Daniela Pasti. For his performance Sergio Castellitto won the David di Donatello award for best supporting actor. Cast *Gian Maria Volonté: Landolfi *Massimo Dapporto: Commissioner Dante Morisi *Sergio Castellitto: Quinto * Demetra Hampton: Kim *Paolo Malco: Bruno Lachioma *Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere: Monica Guarini *Spiros Focás: Bassouri *Angelica Ippolito: Giuditta Guarini *Gianni Bonagura: Petroni *Sandro Ghiani: Urru *Carlo Giuffré: Spanò *Joss Ackland: Gaetano Leporino *Senta Berger: Countess Odessa Bonaveri * Pierfrancesco Aiello: Fabrizio *Silverio Blasi: Castagna *Pina Cei: Margherita * Sandra Collodel: Irene *Clara Colosimo: Old lady with the cats *Tony Sperandeo: Trapani *Ivano Marescotti: Judge Manicardi *Maurizio Mattioli: Car park at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Repenter
''Il pentito'' (internationally released as ''The Repenter'' and ''The Squealer'') is a 1985 Italian crime-drama film directed by Pasquale Squitieri. The film is loosely based on actual events involving, among others, pentito Tommaso Buscetta, judge Giovanni Falcone and banker Michele Sindona. Cast *Tony Musante: Vanni Ragusa *Franco Nero: Judge Falco *Max von Sydow: Spinola *Erik Estrada: Salvo Lercara *Rita Rusic: lover of Vanni Ragusa *Ivo Garrani: Boss *Marino Masè: Carabinieri Lieutenant *Tony Sperandeo: killer *Imma Piro *Claudine Auger *Marina Berti *Philippe Lemaire Philippe Lemaire (14 March 1927 – 15 March 2004) was a French actor. He appeared in more than ninety films between 1946 and 2004. Lemaire was married three times; Nicole Pinton (1949–1951) (divorced); Juliette Gréco Juliette Gréco (; ... * Rik Battaglia References External links * 1985 films 1980s Italian-language films English-language Italian films 1980s English-language films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rita Barbanera
Rita may refer to: People * Rita (given name) * Rita (Indian singer) (born 1984) * Rita (Israeli singer) (born 1962) * Rita (Japanese singer) * Eliza Humphreys (1850–1938), wrote under the pseudonym Rita Places * Djarrit, also known as Rita, a community in the Marshall Islands * 1180 Rita, an asteroid * Rita, West Virginia * Santa Rita, California (other), several places Film, television, and theater * ''Rita'' (1959 film), a 1959 Australian television play * ''Rita'' (2009 Italian film), a 2009 Italian film * ''Rita'' (2009 Indian film), a 2009 Marathi film directed by Renuka Shahane * ''Rita'' (TV series), a Danish television show * RITA Award, an award for romantic fiction * ''Educating Rita'', a 1980 stage play by Willy Russel ** ''Educating Rita'' (film), a 1983 British film based on that play *Rita Santos, an adult mermaid on the TV series ''Mako Mermaids'' Music * ''Rita'' (opera), an 1841 opera by Gaetano Donizetti Albums * ''Rita'' (Rita Yahan-Farouz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaetano Badalamenti
Gaetano Badalamenti (; 14 September 1923 – 29 April 2004) was a powerful member of the Sicilian Mafia. ''Don Tano'' Badalamenti was the capofamiglia of his hometown Cinisi, Sicily, and headed the Sicilian Mafia Commission in the 1970s. In 1987, he was sentenced in the United States to 45 years in federal prison for being one of the leaders in the so-called " Pizza Connection", a $1.65 billion drug-trafficking ring that used pizzerias as fronts to distribute heroin from 1975 to 1984."Extra Cheese: Busting a pizza connection" ''Time'', 23 April 1984. He was also sentenced in Italy to life imprisonment in 2002, for the 1978 murder of |
Mafia Boss
A crime boss, also known as a crime lord, Don, gang lord, gang boss, mob boss, kingpin, godfather, crime mentor or criminal mastermind, is a person in charge of a criminal organization. Description A crime boss typically has absolute or nearly absolute control over the other members of the organization and is often greatly feared or respected for their cunning, strategy, and/or ruthlessness and willingness to take lives to exert their influence and profits from the criminal endeavors in which the organization engages.Manning, George A. ''Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting.'' Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press, 2005. Some groups may only have as little as two ranks (a crime boss and their soldiers). Other groups have a more complex, structured organization with many ranks, and structure may vary with cultural background. Organized crime enterprises originating in Sicily differ in structure from those in mainland Italy. American groups may be structured differently from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Impastato
Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato (; January 5, 1948 – May 9, 1978), was an Italian political activist who opposed the Mafia, which ordered his murder in 1978. Childhood Giuseppe "Peppino" Impastato was born in Cinisi, in the then province of Palermo, into a Mafia family. His father had been sent into internal exile during the fascist era, and was a close friend of Mafia boss Gaetano Badalamenti. His father's brother-in-law, Cesare Manzella, was an important Mafia boss who was killed in car bomb attack in 1963. As an adolescent, ''Peppino'' broke off relations with his father – who kicked him out of the house – and initiated a series of political and cultural antimafia activities.Giuseppe Impastato: his actions, his murder, the investigation and the cover up , by To ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
