Fabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author.
Life and career
Born in
Milan
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, in the 1940s Carpi began his career as a film critic for the newspapers ''Libera Stampa'' and ''
L'Unità
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''. In 1951 he moved to Brasil, where he started collaborating to some screenplays. Returned in Italy in 1954, until 1971 he was active as a screenwriter for notable directors such as
Antonio Pietrangeli
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,
Dino Risi
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and
Vittorio De Seta
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Nastro d'Argento
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for the screenplay of
Nelo Risi
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's ''
Diary of a Schizophrenic Girl
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''. Starting from 1957 he was also a critically acclaimed novelist and essayist. His novel ''Patchwork'' won the
Bagutta Prize
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in 1998.
After a 1968 documentary short, in 1972 Carpi made his feature film debut with the drama ''Corpo d'amore''. His films were referred to as "figuratively accurate, literary, often metaphorical and difficult to understand", "deep explorations of the human psyche".
Selected filmography
* ''
A Flea on the Scales
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Cast
* Waldemar Wey as Dorival
* ...
'' (1953, only screenwriter)
* ''
The Peaceful Age
''The Peaceful Age'' ( it, L'età della pace) is a 1974 Italian drama film written and directed by Fabio Carpi. It was screened in the International Critics' Week at the 1975 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
Cast
* O. E. Hasse as Simone
* Macha ...
'' (1974)
* ''
Basileus Quartet
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Cast
* Héctor Alterio as Alvaro
* Omero Antonutti as Diego
* Pierre Malet as Edo
* François Simon as Oscar Guarneri
* Michel Vitold as ...