''August Vacation'' ( it, Ferie d'agosto, also known as ''Summer Holidays'') is a 1995
Italian
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comedy-drama
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film directed by
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
Early life and work
Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicily#Demographics, Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former sin ...
.
The film was awarded with the
David di Donatello
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for
Best Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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Plot
Cast
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Silvio Orlando
Silvio Orlando (born 30 June 1957) is an Italian actor.
Orlando was born and raised in Naples, where he started acting in theatre in 1976. He made his film debut in 1988 with a supporting role in the comedy '' Kamikazen: Last Night in Milan'', ...
: Sandro Molino
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Laura Morante
Laura Morante (born 21 August 1956) is an Italian film actress.
Life and career
Morante was born in Santa Fiora, province of Grosseto (Tuscany), the daughter of lawyer and playwright Marcello Morante, who was the son of Irma (née Poggibonsi) ( ...
: Cecilia Sarcoli
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Ennio Fantastichini
Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955 – 1 December 2018) was an Italian actor.
Life and career
Born in Gallese, province of Viterbo, Fantastichini studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. His breakout role wa ...
: Ruggero Mazzalupi
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Paola Tiziana Cruciani
Paola Tiziana Cruciani (born 29 May 1958) is an Italian actress, comedian and playwright.
Life and career
Born in Rome, Cruciani studied acting at the "Laboratorio Teatrale", a theatre workshop directed by Gigi Proietti, graduating in 1981. B ...
: Luciana
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Sabrina Ferilli
Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theater and film actress. Listed among the best Italian actress, she has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in ''Me, Myself and ...
: Marisa
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Piero Natoli
Piero Natoli (22 November 1947 – 8 May 2001) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter.
Born in Rome, Natoli entered the cinema industry as an assistant director to Marco Bellocchio. After an intense career as a documentarist for RAI, in ...
: Marcello
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Agnese Claisse: Martina
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Rocco Papaleo
Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Born in Lauria ( Basilicata), he moved to Rome to study math at university but left soon to attend the theatre school. He made his theatrical debut in 19 ...
: Brigadiere
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Silvio Vannucci: Mauro Santucci
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Antonella Ponziani
Antonella Ponziani (born 29 February 1964) is an Italian actress.
Born in Rome, she attended the academy Mimo Teatro Movimento, under the guidance of Lidia Biondi. She debuted in 1986, in Salvatore Samperi's ''La Bonne'', and appeared in Fede ...
: Francesca
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Teresa Saponangelo
Teresa Saponangelo (born 22 October 1973) is an Italian film, television and stage actress.
Life and career
Born in Taranto, Saponangelo is the daughter of a workman and a housewife. Her father died when she was two years old, and in 1976 she ...
: Irene Vitiello
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Gigio Alberti
Gigio Alberti (born 19 June 1956) is an Italian actor.
Background
Born in Milan as Luigi Alberti, he studied at the acting school of the Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1981. His career is mainly associated to Gabriele Salvatores, with whom he ...
: Roberto
See also
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List of Italian films of 1995
A list of films produced in Italy in 1995 (see 1995 in film):
See also
*1995 in Italian television
External linksItalian films of 1995at the Internet Movie Database
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1995 films
Films directed by Paolo Virzì
Italian comedy-drama films
1995 comedy-drama films
Commedia all'italiana
Films set on islands
1990s Italian-language films
1990s Italian films
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