''A Respectable Man'' ( it, Un uomo perbene) is a 1999 Italian
drama film written and directed by
Maurizio Zaccaro
Maurizio Zaccaro (born 8 May 1952 in Milan, Italy) is an Italian film director, cinematographer, film editor, and screenwriter.
Biography
Maurizio Zaccaro was born in Milan. After ending his study at the Milan Film School (1977) he took on wor ...
. It depicts the judicial case of television presenter
Enzo Tortora
Enzo Tortora (30 November 1928 – 18 May 1988) was an Italian TV host on national RAI television, who was unjustly convicted of being a member of the Camorra and drug trafficking in 1985, and sentenced to 10 years in jail. He was acquitted of ...
, who was falsely accused by several
pentiti to be a
man and who died of cancer a short time after being acquitted.
For his performance
Leo Gullotta won the
David di Donatello
The David di Donatello Awards, named after Donatello's ''David'', a symbolic statue of the Italian Renaissance, are film awards given out each year by the ''Accademia del Cinema Italiano'' (The Academy of Italian Cinema). There are 26 award cat ...
for
best supporting actor.
Cast
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Michele Placido: Enzo Tortora
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Stefano Accorsi
Stefano Lelio Beniamino Accorsi (; born 2 March 1971) is an Italian actor.
Early life and background
Accorsi was born in Bologna. He graduated from Bologna's Theatrical School in 1993, and acted in the theatre for several years before moving to ...
: Lawyer Raffaele Della Valle
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Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress.
Early life
Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, 9 November 1974, a daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on s ...
: Silvia Tortora
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Mariangela Melato: Anna Tortora
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Leo Gullotta: Giovanni Pandico
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Luigi Diberti: Public Prosecutor
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Pino Ammendola
Giuseppe "Pino" Ammendola (born 2 December 1951) is an Italian actor, voice actor, film director and playwright. He has appeared in films since 1966.
Selected filmography
* '' Operazione San Gennaro '' (1966)
* ''Caligula'' (1979)
* ''Camorra ...
: Lawyer Antonio Coppola
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Giuliano Gemma
Giuliano Gemma (2 September 1938 – 1 October 2013) was an Italian actor. He is best known internationally for his work in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly for his performances as the title character in Duccio Tessari's ''A Pistol for Ringo'' (1 ...
: Lawyer Alberto Dall'Ora
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Vincenzo Peluso: Gianni Melluso
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Mariano Rigillo: Judge Antonio Fontana
References
External links
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1999 films
Italian drama films
1999 drama films
Films directed by Maurizio Zaccaro
Films about miscarriage of justice
Films scored by Pino Donaggio
Italian films based on actual events
1990s Italian films
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