Ficarra e Picone, Giffoni Film Festival 2010

Salvatore Ficarra Salvatore Ficarra (born 27 May 1971, in Palermo) and Valentino Picone (born 23 March 1971, in Palermo) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone. Life and career They started in 1993 along wi ...

(born 27 May 1971, in Palermo) and

Valentino Picone Salvatore Ficarra (born 27 May 1971, in Palermo) and Valentino Picone (born 23 March 1971, in Palermo) are an Italian comedy duo who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone. Life and career They started in 1993 along ...

(born 23 March 1971, in Palermo) are an Italian

comedy duo A double act (also known as a comedy duo) is a form of comedy originating in the British music hall tradition, and American vaudeville, in which two comedians perform together as a single act. Pairings are typically long-term, in some cases f ...

who work on stage, films, television and books as Ficarra e Picone.

Life and career

They started in 1993 along with Salvatore Borrello as a comedy trio, performing together on stage as "Chiamata Urbana Urgente". In 1998, the two remaining members began to use their surnames: Ficarra & Picone. In 2000, Ficarra e Picone made their film debut with '' Ask Me If I'm Happy'' by

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, and two years later they made the first film as main actors, ''

Nati stanchi ''Nati stanchi'' (a.k.a. ''Born Tired'') is a 2002 Italian comedy film co-written by and starring the comic duo Ficarra e Picone. Plot Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they fi ...

''. On 25 April 2005, ficarra and Picone were the TV anchor-men four episodes of '' Striscia la notizia'' to which they collaborated from 27 March 2006 up to 5 December 2020. In 2007 they debuted as directors alongside

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with the film ''

Il 7 e l'8 ''Il 7 e l'8'' () it is a 2007 film, directed by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone and Giambattista Avellino and portrayed by the comic duo Ficarra and Picone. Together with the two comedians, the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato makes her movie deb ...

'', for which they were nominated to David di Donatello for Best New Director and to

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in the same category. Also in 2007 they were featured as comic characters in the story ''Zio Paperone e il rapimento teatrale'' (trad. ''Uncle Scrooge and the Theatrical Kidnapping''), published in the issue 2678 of ''

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''.

Filmography

Film

* ''

'' (2002) * ''

'' (2007) * ''

La matassa ''La matassa'' ("''The skein''") is a 2009 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giambattista Avellino and by Ficarra e Picone. The film was a box office success, ranking first for two weeks at the Italian box office and grossing $10,007,76 ...

'' (2009) * '' Baarìa'' (2009) * '' Women vs. Men'' (2011) * '' It May Be Love But It Doesn't Show'' (2011) * '' Belluscone: A Sicilian Story'' (2014) * '' Andiamo a quel paese'' (2014) * '' It's the Law'' (2017) * '' Once Upon a Time... in Bethlehem'' (2019)

TV series

* '' Framed! A Sicilian Murder Mystery'' (2022-)

Bibliography

* 2003 – ''Vuoti a perdere'', Kowalsky editore * 2004 – ''Stanchi'', Kowalsky editore * 2005 – ''Diciamoci la verità'', Mondadori * 2007 – ''Sono cose che capitano'', Mondadori

Awards

* 2007 – Premio Charlot – '' Striscia la notizia'' * 2007 – Capri Exploit Award * 2009 – Premio Barocco

References

External links

* * * Italian male film actors Film people from Palermo Male actors from Palermo Italian male stage actors Living people Italian comedy duos Italian television presenters Italian comedians Italian male writers Year of birth missing (living people) Mass media people from Palermo {{Italy-actor-stub