''Io sono Mia'' ("I am Mia" in Italian, but also "I am Mine") is a 2019
Italian film
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directed by
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It may refer to:
People A–L
*Riccardo Antoniazzi (1853–1912), Italian violin maker
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. The film narrates the life of
Mia Martini
Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ; 20 September 1947 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.James Christopher MongerMia Martini allmusic.comLoredana Loredana is a feminine given name, claimed to be invented by French author Lucile Aurore Dupin (George Sand) in her novel ''Mattea'' (1833), and later used by Luciano Zuccoli in ''L'amore di Loredana'' (1908).
It may have been inspired by the rea ...
, the managers she knew, and her tumultuous relationships with their parents.
Plot
The film begins in 1989 in
Sanremo
Sanremo (; lij, Sanrémmo(ro) or , ) or San Remo is a city and comune on the Mediterranean coast of Liguria, in northwestern Italy. Founded in Roman times, it has a population of 55,000, and is known as a tourist destination on the Italian Rivie ...
1970s
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. Some episodes from her childhood (when her father hits her because she wants to sing and not to study), her artistic career, and family, are spoken during an interview granted to a journalist a few hours before singing at the Festival of 1989.
In the 1970s, Mia participated in the
Festivalbar
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, winning the competition twice, in 1972 and 1973. Then it comes a dramatic period of slander launched in the late 1970s by a producer with whom she refused to work with and who accuses Mia of bringing bad luck. Mia then enters into a troubled love relationship with the Milanese photographer Andrew (inspired by
Ivano Fossati
Ivano Alberto Fossati (born 21 September 1951) is an Italian pop singer from Genoa. He was a member of the progressive rock group Delirium and has worked with Fabrizio De André, Riccardo Tesi, Anna Oxa, Mia Martini, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bass ...
, who did not want to participate in the film) with whom she falls in love with. She has a relationship with him for ten years. The film also evokes the character of the original Anthony who is inspired by
Renato Zero
Renato Fiacchini (born 30 September 1950), known by the stage name Renato Zero (), is an Italian singer, songwriter, producer, dancer and actor whose career spans from the 1960s to the 2020s. Zero is the only artist to have reached the top of th ...
, who also did not want to be mentioned in the movie, just like Fossati.
Cast
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Serena Rossi
Serena Rossi (born 31 August 1985) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has acted in films and on stage, but is best known for her performance in the long-running Rai 3 soap opera ''Un Posto al Sole''.
Biography
Born ...
as
Mia Martini
Mia Martini (; born Domenica Rita Adriana Bertè ; 20 September 1947 – 12 May 1995) was an Italian singer, songwriter and musician.James Christopher MongerMia Martini allmusic.comMaurizio Lastrico as Andrew
* Lucia Mascino as Sandra Neri
* Dajana Roncione as
Loredana Bertè
Loredana Bertè (; born 20 September 1950) is an Italian singer and actress. In her long career she has worked with prominent Italian songwriters such as Pino Daniele, Ivano Fossati, Mario Lavezzi, Mango and Enrico Ruggeri, among others; her siste ...
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Antonio Gerardi
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as Alberigo Crocetta
* Nina Torresi as Alba Calia
* Daniele Mariani as Anthony
* Francesca Turrin as Mia's manager
* Fabrizio Coniglio as Roberto Galanti
* Gioia Spaziani as Maria Salvina Dato
* Duccio Camerini as Giuseppe Radames Bertè
* Simone Gandolfo as chiefredactor
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Corrado Invernizzi
Corrado Invernizzi (born 25 April 1965) is an Italian actor.
Biography
In movies, he appeared in Vincere (directed by Marco Bellocchio) as a psychiatrist, in Ford v. Ferrari, directed by James Mangold as Franco Gozzi (Enzo Ferrari's right han ...
as
Charles Aznavour
Charles Aznavour ( , ; born Shahnour Vaghinag Aznavourian, hy, Շահնուր Վաղինակ Ազնավուրեան, ; 22 May 1924 – 1 October 2018) was a French-Armenian singer, lyricist, actor and diplomat. Aznavour was known for his dist ...
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Edoardo Pesce
Edoardo Pesce (born 12 September 1979) is an Italian actor.
Biography
A student of the actor Enzo Garinei, Pesce began his career on stage, but gained notoriety with the TV series ''Romanzo criminale'' and ''I Cesaroni''.
He received critical ac ...
as
Franco Califano
Franco Califano (14 September 1938 – 30 March 2013) was an Italian lyricist, composer, singer-songwriter, author and actor. During his career he sold about 20 million records.
Life and career
Born in an airplane above Tripoli, Libya, Califan ...
* Mauro Serio as medical doctor
Awards
* Special
Nastro d'Argento
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Serena Rossi
Serena Rossi (born 31 August 1985) is an Italian actress, singer and television personality. She has acted in films and on stage, but is best known for her performance in the long-running Rai 3 soap opera ''Un Posto al Sole''.
Biography
Born ...