54th Venice International Film Festival

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Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...

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Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...

Paolo Virzi Paolo is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Paul. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Paolo Art *Paolo Alboni (1671–1734), Italian painter *Paolo Abbate (1884–1973), Italian-American ...

Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...

Jerzy Stuhr Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (; born 18 April 1947) is a Polish film and theatre actor. He is one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors. He also works as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor. He served as the Rector of th ...

Bent Familia ''Bent Familia'' is a 1997 drama set in Tunisia about Amina (Leila Nassim) a married Muslim woman living in Tunis with her two daughters. Even though she is allowed certain freedoms as a Muslim woman this is curtailed when she meets her old fri ...

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Love Stories Love encompasses a range of strong and positive emotional and mental states, from the most sublime virtue or good habit, the deepest interpersonal affection, to the simplest pleasure. An example of this range of meanings is that the lov ...

Jerzy Stuhr Jerzy Oskar Stuhr (; born 18 April 1947) is a Polish film and theatre actor. He is one of the most popular, influential and versatile Polish actors. He also works as a screenwriter, film director and drama professor. He served as the Rector of th ...

The Winter Guest ''The Winter Guest'' is a 1997 drama film directed by Alan Rickman and starring Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson. Plot Set in Scotland on one wintry day, the film focuses on eight people; a mother and daughter, Elspeth (Phyllida Law) and Fran ...

Alan Rickman Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman (21 February 1946 – 14 January 2016) was an English actor and director. Known for his deep, languid voice, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and became a member of the Royal Shakespe ...

Ovosodo Ovosodo (from ''Ovosodo'', a quarter in the historic center of Livorno, the city where the story takes place), also known as ''Hardboiled Egg'', is a 1997 Italian comedy film, written and directed by Paolo Virzì. Cast * Edoardo Gabbriellini: Pi ...

Italo Petriccione Italo Petriccione is a multi-award winning Italian cinematographer who has worked with directors such as Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Virzì, and Leonardo Pieraccioni, during a career spanning more than three decades. He has been nominated six tim ...

Tano da morire ''Tano da morire'' (internationally released as ''To Die for Tano'') is a 1997 Italian musical comedy film written and directed by Roberta Torre. It is loosely inspired by actual life events of Tano Guarrasi, a butcher and a jealous brother of fou ...

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

Film 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 ...

Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 ...

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