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Marco Risi
Marco Risi (born 4 June 1951) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, film producer and cinematographer. Born in Milan, he is son of director Dino Risi. After graduating from Liceo Scientifico, Risi joined the faculty of philosophy, but abandoned his studies after two years. He began his career as an assistant of his uncle, Nelo Risi, for ''A Season in Hell'' (1971) and thereafter for directors such as Duccio Tessari, Steno, Alberto Sordi. He also collaborated with some scripts for films directed by his father. He made his directorial debut in 1977, with the RAI television documentary ''Appunti su Hollywood''. After three quite successful comedy films, since 1987 Risi's cinema focused into more complex social and political issues, such as the military service seen as a traumatic experience (''Soldati - 365 all'alba''), the juvenile delinquency in and out of prison (''Mery per sempre'' and '' Ragazzi fuori''), the crash of Itavia Flight 870 (''Il muro di Gomma''), the gang rape ... [...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] |
Montréal World Film Festival
The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto International Film Festival is North America's only accredited non-competitive festival). The public festival, which was founded in 1977 as a replacement for the defunct Montreal International Film Festival (1960–68), is held annually in late August in the city of Montreal in Quebec. Unlike the Toronto International Film Festival, which has a greater focus on Canadian and other North American films, the Montreal World Film Festival has a larger diversity of films from all over the world. The festival was cancelled in 2019. In 2022, former festival president Serge Losique announced plans to revive the festival as the Global Montreal Film Festival, with a 2022 edition featuring free screenings of a selection of films that had previously screene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Rubber Wall
''The Rubber Wall'' ( it, Il muro di gomma) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi. The film, which deals with the crash of Itavia Flight 870, entered the competition at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.Edoardo Pittalis, Roberto Pugliese, ''Bella di Notte'', August 1996. Plot Italy, on the evening of June 27, 1980, a civil aircraft of the Itavia, flying from Bologna to Palermo, disappears in flight. Its remains are near Ustica: eighty victims. The causes are mysterious. Cast * Corso Salani: Rocco Ferrante *Angela Finocchiaro: Giannina *Ivano Marescotti: Giulio * Antonello Fassari: Franco * Carla Benedetti: Sandra *Pietro Ghislandi: Corrà * David Zard: Agente Segreto * Mario Patané: Paolo * Eliana Miglio: Anna *Gianfranco Barra: Minister of Defence *Ivo Garrani: Admiral Chief of the Defence Staff *Sergio Fiorentini: General Chief of Staff of the Air Force *Luigi Montini: General Air Force Spokesman *Tony Sperandeo: Air Force NCO * David Brandon : Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boys On The Outside
''Boys on the Outside'' ( it, Ragazzi fuori, idiomatically ''Hustlers Outside'') is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Marco Risi in the neo-neorealistic style and written by Aurelio Grimaldi. Released in 1990, it is the sequel to the 1989 film ''Forever Mery''. It stars Francesco Benigno, Alessandra Di Sanzo and Salvatore Termini. Synopsis ''Boys on the Outside'' is the sequel of the 1989 drama film ''Forever Mery'', and features most of the same characters. The film is largely set in ZEN, a bleak, economically deprived quarter on the northern outskirts of Palermo, Sicily, at the end of the 1980s. Its protagonist is ''Natale Sperandeo'' (played by Palermo-born actor Francesco Benigno), a young man who has just been released from Malaspina, a juvenile detention centre. Unable to find legitimate work, he takes up with his former gang, consisting of unemployed youths like himself, and perpetrates an armed robbery. The film also traces the divergent paths taken by his former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forever Mery
''Forever Mary'' ( it, Mery per sempre), is an Italian dramatic film directed by Marco Risi and released in 1989. It stars Michele Placido, Claudio Amendola, Alessandra Di Sanzo, Francesco Benigno, Roberto Mariano, Maurizio Prollo, Filippo Genzardi, Alfredo Li Bassi, Salvatore Termini, Luigi Maria Burruano, Gianluca Favilla, Giovanni Alamia and Tony Sperandeo. Synopsis ''Mery per sempre'' is set in ''Rosaspina'', a fictional juvenile detention centre (based on a real facility named ''Malaspina'') in Palermo, Sicily, during the 1980s. The protagonist, ''Marco Terzi'' (Michele Placido), is a teacher who has been transferred to Palermo from Milan. He obtains a temporary position as teacher inside the institution, waiting to start teaching in a high school, and has great difficulty in establishing a rapport with the young, hostile students; in particular, ''Natale Sperandeo'' (Francesco Benigno), the leader of the group, who is inside for murder, and ''Pietro Giancona'' (Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Love At First Sight (1985 Film)
''Love at First Sight'' ( it, Colpo di fulmine) is a 1985 Italian comedy film directed by Marco Risi. Plot At the age of thirty Carlo is a chronic and complex boy, in full existential crisis, left by his wife for a more mature and self-confident man, and fired from a job he has never loved. Having reached the limit of endurance, he decides to change scenery for a while and, accepting the invitation of his historic friend Massimo, he leaves Rome to spend a few weeks in Venice, the city where man has rebuilt his life. Massimo also has a bankruptcy story behind him, from which his 11-year-old daughter Giulia was born. Carlo has not seen his friend's daughter for some years, and when he meets Giulia for the first time, he is strangely struck. Even the girl immediately shows a strong sympathy towards her father's young friend, with a very different character compared to the adults she knows. The time spent in the lagoon soon leads Carlo to forget his ex-girlfriend, while the commitme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Boy And A Girl (1983 Film)
''A Boy and a Girl'' (Italian: ''Un ragazzo e una ragazza'') is a 1983 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Marco Risi. Cast *Jerry Calà as Calogero Bertoletti *Marina Suma as Anna De Rosa *Sandro Ghiani as Mario *Monica Scattini as Carmen *Francesca Ventura as Matilde *Serena Grandi as Prostitute See also * List of Italian films of 1983 A list of films produced in Italy in 1983 (see 1983 in film): References Sources * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian films 1983 1983 Films Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a ... References External links * 1983 films Italian romantic comedy films 1983 romantic comedy films Films directed by Marco Risi Films scored by Manuel De Sica 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-romantic-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Going To Live By Myself
''I'm Going to Live by Myself'' ( it, Vado a vivere da solo) is a 1982 Italian comedy film. It marked the feature film debut of Marco Risi. The film achieved a "cult" status and generated a 2008 sequel, '' Torno a vivere da solo''. Plot Milan, Italy early 1980s. A college student is finally able to rent a loft and live alone. But freedom so desired was marred by a thousand misfortunes, until the arrival in his life of a beautiful French, who will love and marry. Cast * Jerry Calà as Giacomino * Elvire Audray as Françoise * Francesco Salvi as "Telefono amico" friend * Franz Di Cioccio as landlord * Lando Buzzanca as Giuseppe * Renato Scarpa as Professor Release The film was released in Italy on December 9, 1982 See also * List of Italian films of 1982 A list of films produced in Italy in 1982 (see 1982 in film): References Footnotes Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1982at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamam (film)
''Hamam'' ( it, Il bagno turco, also known as ''Steam: The Turkish Bath'') is a 1997 Italian-Turkish-Spanish film directed by Ferzan Özpetek about the powerful transformations certain places can cause in people. Synopsis Francesco (Alessandro Gassman) and Marta ( Francesca d'Aloja) are an uptight Italian couple running a small design firm. Their marriage, once the most important thing to both, has lost all meaning. Francesco loses interest in Marta, prompting her to start an affair with their business partner. Francesco's aunt Anita, the black sheep of the family, dies in Istanbul, where Francesco goes to try to sell the property he has inherited as quickly as possible. The family who had managed the property under Anita's supervision and direction welcomes him with hospitality, but they are concerned about what the future holds for them. Their young son Mehmet ( Mehmet Günsür) is particularly eager to show their handsome guest around. When Francesco discovers the property ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferzan Özpetek
Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome. He completed his education attending art history and costume design classes at the Navona Academy. He also attended director classes at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. After receiving stage experience with Julian Beck's Living Theatre, he moved to the cinema landscape, by working as a director assistant to Massimo Troisi, Maurizio Ponzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Sergio Citti and Francesco Nuti. His first work was as Troisi's assistant director for ''Scusate il ritardo'', followed by Ponzi's '' Sono contento'', where he had a small role performing as a “ madonnaro". His directorial debut was with '' Hamam'', an Italian, Spanish and Turkish co-production. The movie, released in May 1997, was presented at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento For Best Producer
The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics. This is the list of Nastro d'Argento awards for Best Producer. Angelo Barbagallo, Mario Cecchi Gori and Nanni Moretti are the most awarded Producers in this category, with 5 awards each. 1950s *1954 – Peg Film – ''I Vitelloni'' *1955 – Dino De Laurentiis, Carlo Ponti – ''La Strada'' *1956 – Cines – ''Amici per la pelle'' *1957 – Carlo Ponti – ''The Railroad Man'' *1958 – Dino De Laurentiis – ''Nights of Cabiria'' *1959 – Franco Cristaldi – ''A Man of Straw'', ''La sfida'', ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' 1960s *1960 – Goffredo Lombardo – for the whole productions *1961 – Dino De Laurentiis – for the whole productions *1962 – Alfredo Bini – for the whole productions *1963 – Goffredo Lombardo – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
