Antonio Capuano (born 9 April 1940) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. After a long apprenticeship in television as a set designer (working on, amongst other things, the television series Sheridan, squadra omicidi), Capuano debuted in the world of cinema in 1991 with the feature film Vito e gli altri, a film about the difficult life of street children in

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, winner of the eighth Settimana Internazionale della Critica at the

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. Success came in 1996 with the film Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio, which tells the story of a young altar boy abused by his parish priest. Thereafter he directed other films such as Polvere di Napoli (1998) and

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(2001), which won a golden lion nomination at the 58th Venice Film Festival. Another success was La guerra di Mario (2005), for which Capuano won the critics prize at the David di Donatello in 2006. He also directed segments in the collective films L'unico paese al mondo (1994) and I vesuviani (1997), and then Giallo? and L'amore buio. Ciro Capano portrays a semi-fictionalized version of Capuano in

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Selected filmography

* ''Vito and the Others'' (1991) * ''

Sacred Silence ''Sacred Silence'' ( it, Pianese Nunzio, 14 anni a maggio) is a 1996 Italian film directed by Antonio Capuano that deals with a Catholic priest, his pederastic relationship with a Napolitan street boy, and the domination of daily life in Souther ...

'' (1996) * ''

The Dust of Naples ''The Dust of Naples'' ( it, Polvere di Napoli) is a 1998 Italian comedy film written and directed by Antonio Capuano. Cast * Silvio Orlando: Ciriaco - Ciarli * Tonino Taiuti: Gerri * Lola Pagnani: Rosita * Teresa Saponangelo Teresa Sapon ...

'' (1998) * '' Red Moon'' (2001) * '' Mario's War'' (2005) * '' Dark Love'' (2010)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capuano, Antonio 1940 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Film people from Naples Nastro d'Argento winners Italian male screenwriters