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Tony Nardi
Tony Nardi (born 1958) is an Italian-Canadian actor, playwright and theatre director based in Toronto, who has performed on stage and in film and television. Fluent in four languages; he has appeared in French, Italian and English-language productions, including over 60 plays and 70 films and television series. He won the Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role twice, for '' La Sarrasine'' (which he co-wrote) and '' My Father's Angel'', with three additional nominations. His series of monologues, ''Two Letters...And Counting!'', was nominated for a Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Play and earned Nardi a nomination for the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre long list. He has worked with Théâtre français de Toronto, Persephone Theatre, Great Canadian Theatre Company, and the Stratford Festival. He has also taught Acting and Directing courses at the University of Toronto and York University. Career Acting Nardi made his stage debut in a 1978 pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolei
Carolei is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Cosenza in the Calabria region of southern 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 re .... People from Carolei * Orfeo Reda, (1932) painter References Cities and towns in Calabria {{Calabria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Flea In Her Ear
''A Flea in Her Ear'' (french: La Puce à l'oreille) is a play by Georges Feydeau written in 1907, at the height of the Belle Époque. The author called it a vaudeville, but in Anglophone countries, where it is the most popular of Feydeau's plays, it is usually described as a farce. The plot hinges on the central characters having a double: a middle class businessman is indistinguishable from the hall porter of a shady hotel, and the two are persistently mistaken for each other, to the bafflement of both. Premiere The play was first performed at the Théâtre des Nouveautés, Paris, on 2 March 1907. ''Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique'' said of the play, "It is a piece for which we need to invent a new description: funny, pleasing, comical, frenzied, dizzying, it is all those, and more. The action goes forward with such velocity, explosiveness, ''prestissimo'', from start to finish that the actors and the audience cannot catch their breath for even a second." The play se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th Genie Awards
The 30th Genie Awards were presented on April 12, 2010 to honour films released in 2009."Polytechnique sweeps Genie Awards" '''', April 12, 2010. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2010. Controversy Despite having won three awards at the and having been selected as Canada's submission for[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Duce Canadese
''Il Duce Canadese'', aka ''Il duce canadese: Le Mussolini canadien'' (Canada: French title) is a Canadian television miniseries, which aired on CBC Television in 2004. The series revolves around the Alvaro family, an Italian-Canadian family in Montreal during World War II whose lives are tested when family patriarch Angelo ( Tony Nardi) is falsely arrested and imprisoned by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as a national security threat. The series' cast also includes Alexis Bélec, Ron Lea, Gerry Mendicino, Dino Tavarone, Marina Orsini and Carlo Rota Carlo Dante Rota (born 17 April 1961) is a British-born Canadian actor. He has appeared in ''Little Mosque on the Prairie'' and as systems analyst Morris O'Brian on the Fox series '' 24''. He also co-starred as Emilio Solano in ''Jane the Vi .... External links * 2000s Canadian television miniseries 2004 Canadian television series debuts CBC Television original programming Films directed by Giles Walker Works ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiss Me Like A Lover
''Kiss Me Like a Lover'' (french: Embrasse-moi comme tu m'aimes) is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, directed by André Forcier and released in 2016. Set in Montreal in the 1940s, the film stars Émile Schneider as Pierre Sauvageau, a young man who wants to register for the military in World War II but must stay home to care for his paraplegic twin sister Berthe (Juliette Gosselin) as their mother (Céline Bonnier) struggles with depression. With the intimacy of care awakening her dormant sexuality, Berthe attempts to seduce Pierre; although Pierre rejects the advance, the memory of the incident goes on to colour his subsequent relationship with Marguerite (Mylène Mackay), his best friend's girlfriend, and Berthe's relationship with Élio ( Tony Nardi), a university professor. The film's cast also includes Antoine Bertrand, Réal Bossé, Roy Dupuis, France Castel, Denys Arcand, Pascale Montpetit, Julien Poulin, Rémy Girard, Christine Beaulieu, Pier-Luc Funk, Geneviève Schmidt, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corbo
''Corbo'' is a Canadian drama film from Quebec, written and directed by Mathieu Denis."Corbo: Disturbing portrait emerges of radicalized FLQ teen" '''', April 16, 2015. Based on a true story, the film stars Anthony Therrien as Giovanni (Jean) Corbo, the privileged but socially alienated son of wealthy businessman Nicola Corbo ( [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Almost America
''Almost America'' ( it, Come l'America) is a Canadian-Italian drama film, directed by Antonio and Andrea Frazzi and released in 2001. The film centres on the Di Vitos, an Italian family who emigrate to Canada. Sabrina Ferilli stars as Antonia, who brings her children and her sister Paola (Gioia Spaziani) to Canada to join her husband Vincenzo (Tony Nardi), who came two years earlier to find work and build a home for his family; however, after discovering that Vincenzo began a relationship with another woman and fathered a child with her during his absence, she takes her children to Edmonton, Alberta to raise them as a single mother. In Edmonton she befriends Mario (Massimo Ghini), a truck driver who becomes a new love interest for her and a father figure to her children, and trains as a nurse, eventually taking a job in the medical office of doctor Steven (Henry Czerny). The film was released in Canada as a theatrical film, but in Italy as a television miniseries. At the 23rd Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Imaginary Tale
''An Imaginary Tale'' (french: Une histoire inventée) is a 1990 Canadian drama film directed by André Forcier. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Plot Toni (Nardi) is the director of a staged rendition of '' Othello'' in Montreal. It is a pet project of his, financed by his mafia uncle. Unbeknownst to him, the audiences are also rounded up and paid by the same uncle. Some of them have seen every performance of this tragic play, and are understandably bored, so when the backstage romantic events of the actors result in absurd situations onstage, the audience is delighted. There are a huge number of romantic situations going on in this film at the same time. One of them involves Gaston (Lapointe), a somewhat world-weary jazz musician, and Florence (Marleau), a glamorous middle-aged woman who has been pining ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruising Bar
''Cruising Bar'' is a 1989 Canadian comedy film, directed by Robert Ménard (director), Robert Ménard. The film stars Michel Côté (actor), Michel Côté as four separate characters – Serge, a shy nerd; Patrice, a drug-addicted film and television stuntman; Jean-Jacques, a pompous yuppie; and Gérard, an unhappily married man – who are each out on Saturday night hoping to hook up with a woman. The film's cast also includes Louise Marleau, Geneviève Rioux, Véronique Le Flaguais, Pauline Lapointe, Marthe Turgeon, Linda Sorgini and Tony Nardi. The film was highly successful in Quebec, setting the province's then-record gross box office for its first week in theatres, and later reaching the highest box office ever received in the province by a homegrown film with a gross of Canadian Dollar, C$3.36 million in Canada. It was not Quebec's most successful film of the year overall; although its box office in Quebec exceeded that of Denys Arcand's ''Jesus of Montreal'', the Arcand f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Concrete Angels
''Concrete Angels'' is a Canadian musical drama film, directed by Carlo Liconti and released in 1987."Concrete Angels fail to beat odds in T.O.". ''Toronto Star'', December 4, 1987. Set in 1964, the film centres on a group of teenagers in a working class ethnic neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario. After a radio station announces a battle of the bands competition whose prize will be the opportunity to open for The Beatles at Maple Leaf Gardens, the boys form a band with the hopes of winning the competition. The film stars Joseph Di Mambro as Bello, the band's leader and singer; Omie Craden as Ira, the drummer; Luke McKeehan as Sean, the guitarist; and Tony Nardi as Sal, Bello's uncle who owns the neighbourhood pool hall. Nardi received a Genie Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 9th Genie Awards."Un zoo and Mermaids top Genie nominations". ''Toronto Star The ''Toronto Star'' is a Canadian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper. The newspaper is the country' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caffè Italia, Montréal
''Caffè Italia, Montréal'' is a Canadian docudrama film, directed by Paul Tana and released in 1985.Bill Brownstein, "Caffe Italia captures immigrant experience". ''Montreal Gazette'', September 26, 1985. Focusing on the Italian Canadian community in Montreal, Quebec, the film profiles the community's history through a mix of archival footage and historical reenactments of key events acted by a cast led by Pierre Curzi and Tony Nardi. The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma for 1985.Bruce Bailey, "Film made in Montreal takes prize". ''Montreal Gazette The ''Montreal Gazette'', formerly titled ''The Gazette'', is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Three other daily English-language newspapers shuttered at various times during the second half of th ...'', January 29, 1986. References External links * 1985 films Canadian docudrama films Films shot in Quebec Films s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dora Award
The Dora Mavor Moore Award (also known as the Dora Award) is an award presented annually by the Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts which honours theatre, dance and opera productions in Toronto. Named after Dora Mavor Moore, who helped establish Canadian professional theatre, the award was established on December 13, 1978, with the first awards held in 1980. Each winner receives a bronze statue made from the original by John Romano. Awards Awards are given in major divisions: General Theatre (Drama/Comedy/Play, budget over $100,000 and over 150 seats), Musical Theatre (Musical/Revue/Cabaret), Independent Theatre (budget under $100,000 and/or under 150 seats), Dance, Opera, Theatre for Young Audiences, and Touring. Each of these major categories are further sub-divided in an assorted number of awards. In 2018, the awards announced that beginning with the 2019 awards it would discontinue gender-based performance categories, replacing its previous performance categories for m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |