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Vittoria Puccini
Vittoria Puccini (born 18 November 1981) is an Italian film and television actress. Since her success as the lead actress in 2003-2005 costume drama television series ''Elisa di Rivombrosa'', she has continued to work in television and movie productions. She has a daughter (born 2006) with Italian actor and ''Elisa di Rivombrosa'' co-star Alessandro Preziosi. Her newest production is the television series ''Il Processo'', where she played one of the main roles. Filmography Film *''Tutto l'amore che c'è'', directed by Sergio Rubini (2000) *''Paz!'', directed by Renato De Maria (2002) *'' Operazione Appia Antica'', directed by Carlo Lizzani (2003) *''But When Do the Girls Get Here?'', directed by Pupi Avati (2005) *''At a Glance'', directed by Sergio Rubini (2008) *'' Kiss Me Again'', directed by Gabriele Muccino (2010) (2011) *''The Perfect Life'', directed by Lucio Pellegrini (2011) *''Steel'', directed by Stefano Mordini (2012) *''Magnificent Presence'', directed by Ferzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico anno 2013, datISTAT/ref> Florence was a centre of medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy (established in 1861). The Florentine dialect forms the base of Standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pupi Avati
Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, ''The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' Zeder'' (1983). Early life and career Pupi Avati was born in Bologna in 1938. After attending school and studying Political Science at the University of Florence, he started working at a frozen food company. At the same time, he developed a passion for jazz, becoming a proficient clarinetist. In the second half of the 1950s, he formed and played in the Doctor Dixie Jazz Band, of which Lucio Dalla was also a member. Although he initially intended to be a professional musician, Avati felt he lacked the necessary talent. In the mid-1960s, he decided to dedicate himself to cinema after seeing Federico Fellini's ''8½'' and its portrait of the role of a director. Avati's passion for music, as well as his love for his hometown, which was the setting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18 Presents
''18 Presents'' ( it, 18 regali) is a 2020 Italian drama film written and directed by Francesco Amato, with Vittoria Puccini, Benedetta Porcaroli and Edoardo Leo in lead roles. The film is based on an actual Italian woman, Elisa Girotto, who had planned and allocated 17 years of birthday gifts for her daughter Anna before her death in September 2017 due to a terminal breast cancer. Girotto had been diagnosed with cancer at the time that she gave birth to her daughter, in August 2016 at the age of 40. The film was released on 2 January 2020, and received positive reviews for its emotional screenplay. Elisa's husband Alessio Vincenzotto was also credited for his story about his wife. It was also streamed on Netflix on 8 May 2020, which was Mothers' Day in the United States. Plot A pregnant mother Elisa (Vittoria Puccini) gives birth to her baby daughter Anna (Benedetta Porcaroli) and attempts to be part of her life by allocating 18 sentimental emotional gifts for her unborn daught ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Place (film)
''The Place'' is a 2017 Italian thriller drama film directed by Paolo Genovese, who also co-authored the script. The film is a cinematographic adaptation of the 2010 American television series ''The Booth at the End'' created by Christopher Kubasik. The movie features; Marco Giallini, Alessandro Borghi, Sabrina Ferilli, Giulia Lazzarini, Vinicio Marchioni, Valerio Mastandrea, Silvio Muccino, Rocco Papaleo, Vittoria Puccini, and Alba Rohrwacher. The plot centers on a seemingly random group of nine people who want to fulfill their greatest wishes, so they enter into a Faustian pact with a mysterious man who is able to give them what they want in exchange for fulfilling his own requests. Plot A mysterious man dressed in a business suit sits at the table in a cheap restaurant called "The Place" and is ready to listen to requests and wishes of various people coming to him. In return for the fulfillment of their requests, he makes his own demands, which often sound terrible or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Genovese
Paolo Genovese (born 20 August 1966) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Rome, after graduating in Economics and Business Genovese started his career at McCann Erickson, directing over one hundred commercials and winning several awards. In 1998 he started collaborating with Luca Miniero co-writing and co-directing the short film ''La scoperta di Walter''; the duo made their feature film debut in 2002, with the critically acclaimed comedy film '' A Neapolitan Spell''. Genovese made his solo-directing debut in 2010, directing ''The Santa Claus Gang''. In 2016, his film '' Perfect Strangers'' won the Award for Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature Film at the Tribeca Film Festival and was awarded best film at the David di Donatello Awards. On November 9, 2019, it was announced that Hollywood Gang, Leone Film Group and Lotus Productions will co-produce the Genovese's ''The First Day Of My Life'' from a screenplay by Kirk Jones, Marco B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tutta Colpa Di Freud
''Tutta colpa di Freud'' (Italian for "All Freud’s Fault") is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Paolo Genovese. It was a box office hit, grossing over 8 million euros. The theme song "Tutta colpa di Freud" by Daniele Silvestri won the Ciak d'oro for best original song. Plot Francesco is a psychologist who loves the theories of Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating pathologies explained as originating in conflicts ..., who finds himself alone with three daughters: Martha, Sarah, and Emma. Francesco, who is an expert analysis of sex, begins to hate Freud, because it turns out that the daughters have a complicated love life: one is a lesbian, another still loves an old man over thirty years older than her, while the last is closed in on herself. Cast References External links * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferzan Özpetek
Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome. He completed his education attending art history and costume design classes at the Navona Academy. He also attended director classes at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. After receiving stage experience with Julian Beck's Living Theatre, he moved to the cinema landscape, by working as a director assistant to Massimo Troisi, Maurizio Ponzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Sergio Citti and Francesco Nuti. His first work was as Troisi's assistant director for ''Scusate il ritardo'', followed by Ponzi's '' Sono contento'', where he had a small role performing as a “ madonnaro". His directorial debut was with '' Hamam'', an Italian, Spanish and Turkish co-production. The movie, released in May 1997, was presented at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnificent Presence
''Magnificent Presence'' ( it, Magnifica presenza, also known as ''A Magnificent Haunting'') is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Pietro Pontechievello is a gay man who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro quickly learns of strange and mysterious presences. The house is haunted by the ghosts of members of a theater company dating back to the times of fascism, and now they do not know that are dead. Indeed, the ghosts believe they are on leave to participate in a new show, and Pietro does not know how to drive the intruders from the building. Cast * Andrea Bosca - Luca Veroli * Margherita Buy - Lea Marni * Loredana Cannata - Casting * Giuseppe Fiorello - Filippo Verni * Elio Germano - Pietro Pontechievello * Paola Minaccioni - Maria * Ambrogio Maestri - Ambrogio Dardini * Anna Proclemer - Livia Morosini * Vittoria Puccini - Beatrice Marni * Cem Yılmaz - Yusuf Antep * Alessandro Roja Alessandro Roja (born 4 Septem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Mordini
Stefano Mordini (born 10 August 1968) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is married to actress Valentina Cervi with whom he has two children. Filmography * '' Smalltown, Italy'' (2005) * ''Steel'' (2012) * ''Pericle Pericle is a masculine given name of Romanic origin. Notable people with the name include: * Pericle Fazzini (1913–1987), Italian painter and sculptor * Pericle Felici (1911–1982), Italian prelate of the Catholic Church * Pericle Martinesc ...'' (2016) * '' The Invisible Witness'' (2018) * '' The Players'' (2020) * '' You Came Back'' (2020) * '' The Catholic School'' (2021) References External links * 1968 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steel (2012 Film)
''Steel'' ( it, Acciaio) is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Stefano Mordini. It is based on the 2010 novel ''Steel'' (''Acciaio'') by Silvia Avallone. The film is set in the industrial town of Piombino, Tuscany and focuses on a working class family involved in the Piombino steel plants' crisis. It premiered at the 69th Venice International Film Festival on 3 September 2012. Cast *Michele Riondino as Alessio *Vittoria Puccini as Elena *Matilde Giannini as Anna *Anna Bellezza as Francesca *Francesco Turbanti as Mattia * Luca Guastini as Cristiano *Monica Brachini as Sandra *Massimo Popolizio Massimo Popolizio (born 4 July 1961) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Massimo Popolizio studied at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome in 1984, Popolizio started his career as a stage actor and, after gradu ... as Arturo References External links * 2012 films 2010s Italian-language films 2012 drama films Italian drama films Films directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucio Pellegrini
Lucio Pellegrini (born 20 October 1965) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Early life On 20 October 1965, Pellegrini was born in Asti, Italy. Career Pellegrini started his career in 1992 as a television writer, collaborating with RAI, Mediaset and MTV.Roberto Poppi. ''Dizionario del cinema italiano, I registi''. Gremese 2002. p. 329. After directing a short film (''Biodegradabile'', 1997) and several commercial shorts, in 1999 he made his feature film debut with the comedy film ''E allora mambo!'', which got him a nomination for Silver Ribbon for Best Director. Filmography * ''E allora mambo!'' (1999) * ''Tandem'' (2000) * '' Now or Never'' (2003) * ''La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima'' (co-directed with Gianni Zanasi, 2005) * ''Unlikely Revolutionaries ''Unlikely Revolutionaries'' ( it, Figli delle stelle) is a 2010 Italian crime-comedy film directed by Lucio Pellegrini. It was shot between Rome and in Cervinia, Aosta Valley. The film was s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Perfect Life
''The Perfect Life'' ( it, La vita facile) is a 2011 Italian comedy film directed by Lucio Pellegrini. It was screened out of competition at the 2011 Montreal World Film Festival. Cast *Pierfrancesco Favino: Mario * Stefano Accorsi: Luca *Vittoria Puccini: Ginevra *Camilla Filippi: Elsa *Ivano Marescotti: Sergio * Angelo Orlando: Salvatore * Djibril Kébé: Thomas See also * List of Italian films of 2011 This is a list of films produced in Italy in 2011 (see 2011 in film). Of the 100 or so Italian films released in 2011, about half of them were comedies. 2011 See also *2011 in Italy *2011 in Italian television References External linksIta ... References External links * 2011 films Italian comedy films 2011 comedy films Films directed by Lucio Pellegrini 2010s Italian films Fandango (Italian company) films {{2010s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
