Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

– 28 February 1993 in

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) was an Italian

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and

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Biography

He directed the internationally commended film hit ''

Bread and Chocolate ''Bread and Chocolate'' ( it, Pane e cioccolata) is a 1974 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Franco Brusati. This film chronicles the misadventures of an Italian immigrant to Switzerland and is representative of the ''commedia all'italiana'' fi ...

'', one of the finest examples of

Commedia all'italiana Commedia all'italiana (, pl. Commedie all'italiana, "Comedy in the Italian way") or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mari ...

films in the 1970s. In 1979, his film ''

To Forget Venice ''To Forget Venice'' ( it, Dimenticare Venezia) is a 1979 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Brusati. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. Cast * Mariangela Melato as Anna ...

'' was nominated for an

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at the

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. In Italy, the film was awarded the

David di Donatello for Best Film The David di Donatello Award for Best Film (Italian: ''David di Donatello per il miglior film'') is one of the David di Donatello awards presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI). The award recognizes the most outstanding Ita ...

. In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the

33rd Berlin International Film Festival The 33rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 18 February to 1 March 1983. The festival opened with the out of competition film, ''Tootsie'' by Sydney Pollack. The Golden Bear was awarded to the British film '' Ascendancy'' ...

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
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*[https://books.google.com/books?id=t7WVhymRPZEC&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=where+did+franco+brusati+go+to+university&source=bl&ots=3Jtwm2S94Y&sig=ACfU3U3VeUlcGkqmTGD5hRdXotR33kXaMA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiqx_fXooHuAhVH2qwKHfySATQ4ChDoATAIegQICBAC#v=onepage&q=where%20did%20franco%20brusati%20go%20to%20university&f=false Twentieth-century Italian Literature in English Translation - page 138] 1920 births 1993 deaths Film people from Milan Italian film directors 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 20th-century Italian male writers {{Italy-film-director-stub