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Fabrizio Bentivoglio
Fabrizio Bentivoglio (born 4 January 1957) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and screenwriter. Biography Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan (his father is Venetian). After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter, he left his sporting career because of an injury to his left knee and attended the school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. He debuted on stage acting in ''Timon of Athens'' by William Shakespeare and also pursued his artistic career in cinema. Continuing his studies in medicine, he then moved to Rome. With Dario de Luca and in association with Studio Universal he founded the Tipota Movie Company. With the band Piccola Orchestra Avion Travel he has staged the show ''La guerra vista dalla luna''. He has also filmed the short film ''Típota''(1999) and has completed a tour performing his own songs. The soundtrack of '' Eternity and a Day ''(Italy/France/Greece, 1998) by Theo Angelopoulos contains the track "The Poet", with Bentivoglio's voice. Filmography ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Apartment Zero
''Apartment Zero'', also known as ''Conviviendo con la muerte'' (Spanish: Living with Death),''Conviviendo con la muerte'' (Apartment Zero) is a 1989 British-Argentine psychological- political thriller film co-written and directed by Argentine-born screenwriter Martin Donovan and starring |
Livers Ain't Cheap
''Livers Ain’t Cheap'' (also known as ''The Real Thing'') is a 1996 crime film written and directed by James Merendino and starring James Russo, Jeremy Piven, Emily Lloyd, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Ashley Lawrence, Esai Morales, Gary Busey & Rod Steiger. Plot Rupert Little is an ex-con, has decided to go straight. His little brother James wants to pursue a life of delinquency. After being released from jail, James tells Rupert that while he was in jail, he overheard Dexter, a criminal who was arrested for a purse snatching incident, tells his friend Collin that he plans to heist a nightclub on New Year's Eve. But when James is suddenly gunned down by Collin, who wanted him out of the way, he lies in a hospital bed. When Rupert arrives at the hospital, he learns that James needs a liver transplant. Determined to save him, Rupert decides to execute the heist himself to get the money he needs. After Rupert quits his job, he assembles a crew of ex-cons, including Dexter who had to br ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
School (film)
''La scuola'' (also known as ''School'') is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is loosely based on two books by Domenico Starnone, ''Ex Cattedra'' and ''Sottobanco''. The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot In a grammar school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day of school before the summer holidays. Professor Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher, before the end bitterly remembers what happened in that year and he wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school. But they've paid him off in a somewhat offensive way, given that, as the professor has noted, today's youth are in most cases changed, drifters and without a sense of civic duty. Cast *Silvio Orlando: professor Vivaldi * Anna Galiena: professoressa Majello *Fabrizio Bentivoglio: professor Sperone *Antonio Petrocelli: professor Cirrotta * Anita Zagaria: professoressa Gana *Roberto Nobile: pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Eroe Borghese
''Un eroe borghese'' (also known as ''Ordinary Hero'' and ''An Ordinary Hero'') is a 1995 Italian historical drama film directed by Michele Placido. It is a dramatization of the downfall of the Michele Sindona's financial empire and of the subsequent Giorgio Ambrosoli's murder in 1979. The film won the David di Donatello for Best Producer and a special David di Donatello given to Placido for the "recognized narrative, artistic and civil value of his work". Plot The film takes place in Milan in the seventies and tells the story of the lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli and his investigations into the illicit financial activities of the Sicilian banker Michele Sindona, of whose banks he had been appointed liquidator. In 1974, the lawyer Giorgio Ambrosoli was appointed liquidator of the Italian Private Bank: forty, a fair, honest man in love with his wife Annalori and three children - Filippo, Francesca, Umberto - he got to work, while outside clients and depositors riot over their accounts. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Like Two Crocodiles
''Like Two Crocodiles'' (original Italian title: ''Come due coccodrilli'') is a 1994 Italian- French drama film directed and co-written by Giacomo Campiotti. Plot A successful art dealer, the bastard son of an Italian aristocrat, returns to his family home to avenge himself against his evil stepbrothers. Cast * Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Gabriele * Giancarlo Giannini as Pietro * Valeria Golino as Marta * Sandrine Dumas as Claire * Ignazio Oliva as Gabriele giovane * Angela Baraldi as Antonella Awards and nominations * David di Donatello Awards (Italy) **Won: Best Supporting Actor (Giancarlo Giannini) * Golden Globe Awards (USA) **Nominated: Best Foreign Language Film * Locarno Film Festival (Switzerland) **Nominated: Golden Leopard The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Soul Split In Two
''A Soul Split in Two'' ( it, Un'anima divisa in due, also known as ''A Soul Divided in Two'') is a 1993 Italian romance-drama film directed by Silvio Soldini. The film entered into the 50th Venice International Film Festival, where Fabrizio Bentivoglio was awarded with the Volpi Cup for best actor. Plot Pietro Di Leo, security officer of a department store in Milan, where the girl he is dating also works as a make-up artist, is separated from his wife and with a son that he only sees on weekends. He is a very dissatisfied man, whose psychosomatic suffering (loss of nose bleeds, outbursts of anger, visions) reveals a situation of profound discomfort. One day, however, he meets Pabe, a young Roma who has to get rid of the warehouse and who will then let go when she is caught stealing a perfume. At first intrigued, but then increasingly fascinated, Pietro decides to help her, first giving false testimony in a theft trial of which Pabe was accused, and then taking her away from Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The End Is Known
''The End Is Known'' ( it, La fine è nota, french: La fin est connue) is a 1992 Italian-French mystery film directed by Cristina Comencini. It is an adaptation of the novel with the same name by Geoffrey Holiday Hall, in which the setting is moved from post-war America to 1980s' Italy. Cast *Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Lawyer Bernardo Manni *Valérie Kaprisky as Maria Manni *Carlo Cecchi as "Cervello" (the brain) * Mariangela Melato as Elena Malva *Valeria Moriconi as Elvira Delogu *Massimo Wertmüller as Carlo Piane *Corso Salani as Rosario *Daria Nicolodi as Lawyer Mila *Valeria Milillo Valeria Milillo (born 25 September 1966) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Milillo studied acting at the Accademia dei Filodrammatici in Milan, and attended stage courses in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, and Munich. ... as Archivista * Stefano Viali as Lawyer Anselmi * Marina Perzy as Miss Gerli References External links * 1992 films Italian mystery films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puerto Escondido (film)
''Puerto Escondido'' is a 1992 Italian comedy film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. For this film Diego Abatantuono and Renato Carpentieri were awarded with Silver Ribbons for best actor and best supporting actor. Plot In a bank of Milan, the banker Mario Tozzi is involved in an ambush against him: he is hit by two shots in the bathroom of the building, and as soon as he recovers from convalescence, believing that his assailant intends seriously to kill him, Mario decides to run away from Italy, taking refuge in Mexico. Mario chooses the small and remote land of Puerto Escondido, where he meets two very nice Italians, fled there a long time ago to escape from the frantic life of the city. They are Alex and Anita, which Mario makes friends right away, and he fits in a short time in the life of that place. However, since the money is not there, the three companions try to get away using illegal methods. One night Mario meets in that port his assailant, who is also suffering at th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red American
''Red American'' ( it, Americano rosso) is a 1991 Italian comedy-drama film. It was the directorial debut of Alessandro D'Alatri, who was awarded the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director for his work on the film. The film also won the Globo d'oro, the Grolla d'oro and the Ciak d'oro for the cinematography by Alessio Gelsini Torresi. Cast *Burt Young as George Maniago *Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Vittorio Benvegnù *Valeria Milillo as Antonietta *Massimo Ghini as Questore Santesso *Sabrina Ferilli as Zaira * Tullia Alborghetti as Elvira * Beatrice Palme as Adey *Pino Ammendola as cavalier Gervasutti *Eros Pagni as Oscar Benvegnù *Miranda Martino as Nella Dalpoz See also * List of Italian films of 1991 References External links * 1991 films Italian comedy-drama films 1991 comedy-drama films Films directed by Alessandro D'Alatri 1991 directorial debut films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italia-Germania 4-3
''Italia-Germania 4-3'' is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Andrea Barzini. The title is inspired by the semi-finals of the 1970 FIFA World Cup. Cast *Massimo Ghini as Federico *Giuseppe Cederna as Antonio *Fabrizio Bentivoglio as Francesco * Nancy Brilli as Giulia *Emanuela Pacotto Emanuela Pacotto (June 7, 1965) is an Italian actress and voice actress from Milan who has dubbed over a number of notable roles in anime. Filmography Television animation *Atomic Betty (Betty Barrett/Atomic Betty (Tajja Isen)) (2nd voice) * A ... as Martina References External links * 1990 films 1990 comedy films Italian comedy films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Peaceful Air Of The West
''The Peaceful Air of the West'' ( it, L'aria serena dell'ovest) is a 1990 Italian comedy film directed by Silvio Soldini. Cast * Fabrizio Bentivoglio: Cesare * Patrizia Piccinini: Veronica * Antonella Fattori: Irene * Ivano Marescotti: Tobia * Silli Togni: Clara * Roberto Accornero: Mario References External links * 1990 films Italian comedy films 1990 comedy films Films directed by Silvio Soldini 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
