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Annie Belle
Annie Brilland (born 10 December 1956) is a retired French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such directors as Jean Rollin, Ruggero Deodato and Joe D'Amato. Life and career Early life Belle was born in Paris, France and came from a family of engineers. Acting may have seemed to be an odd career choice for her when she was young but she was quite a natural at it. Belle's acting career began to take shape when she attended the Rue Blanche acting school in Paris under master Virilo. Belle explained this in an interview for the Italian book ''99 Donne'' in the 1990s. Films Belle had starred in her first role before she had turned eighteen, in the 1974 Jean Rollin film ''Tout le Monde il en a Deux'' (''Bacchanales Sexuelles'') in which she only had a small role, but a memorable one. Rollin had loved working with Belle so he had decided to cast her in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Cliver
Pierluigi Conti (better known as Al Cliver) (born 16 July 1951) is a retired Italian actor who is perhaps best known for starring in horror and exploitation films, especially ones by directors Lucio Fulci and Jesús Franco. Career Cliver was discovered at the age of 16, he then started doing a few commercials and later at around the age of 22 he got into the world of Italian cinema. He decided to use the name Al Cliver as his stage name, as it was trendy for Italian actors at that time to use American stage names. He decided on after Al Capone, or Al Pacino and his surname was taken from a death row prisoner who wrote a best selling book. Cliver made his acting debut in 1974 in ''Il Saprofita''. He has starred in erotic, adventure and crime movies, but he is mostly memorable for starring in exploitation and horror films such as Lucio Fulci's ''Zombi 2'', '' The Black Cat'', '' The Beyond'' and '' Demonia'', and Jesús Franco's '' Mondo Cannibale'' and '' Devil Hunter''. Pers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mental Disorder
A mental disorder, also referred to as a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as single episodes. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional, usually a clinical psychologist or psychiatrist. The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are usually defined by a combination of how a person behaves, feels, perceives, or thinks. This may be associated with particular regions or functions of the brain, often in a social context. A mental disorder is one aspect of mental health. Cultural and religious beliefs, as well as social norms, should be taken into account when making a diagnosis. Services are b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flixster
Flixster is an American social-networking movie website for discovering new movies, learning about movies, and meeting others with similar tastes in movies, currently owned by parent company Fandango. The formerly independent site, allows users to view movie trailers as well as learn about new and upcoming movies at the box office. It was originally based in San Francisco, California and was founded by Joe Greenstein and Saran Chari on January 20, 2006. It was also the former parent company of Rotten Tomatoes from January 2010 to February 17, 2016. On February 17, 2016, Flixster, including Rotten Tomatoes, was acquired by Fandango. History In February 2016, Fandango acquired Flixster and began migrating Flixster Video users to its competing service called FandangoNow, closing the Flixster Video service. On August 28, 2017, Flixster shut down its digital redemption and streaming video service and directed customers to use Vudu. On December 22, 2017, the company sent an email to cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yahoo! Movies
Yahoo! Movies (formerly Upcoming Movies), provided by the Yahoo! network, is home to a large collection of information on movies, past and new releases, trailers and clips, box office information, and showtimes and movie theater information. Yahoo! Movies also includes red carpet photos, actor galleries, and production stills. Users can read critic's reviews, write and read other user reviews, get personalized movie recommendations, purchase movie tickets online, and create and view other user's lists of their favorite movies. Special coverage Yahoo! Movies devotes special coverage to the Academy Awards with a special Oscars site. The Oscars site includes articles, show coverage, a list of the night's big winners, photos, videos, and polls. From 2002 to 2007, Yahoo! Movies was the home of Greg's Previews of Upcoming Movies, an enhanced version of Upcomingmovies.com, written by its creator, Greg Dean Schmitz. Yahoo! Movies also releases special guides, such as the Summer Movie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quo Vadis? (miniseries)
''Quo Vadis?'' is a 1985 international television miniseries made by Radiotelevisione Italiana, Antenne 2, Polyphon Film- und Fernsehgesellschaft, Channel 4 Television, Televisión Española and Televisione Svizzera Italiana (TSI). It was directed by Franco Rossi and produced by Elio Scardamaglia and Francesco Scardamaglia. The script was by Ennio De Concini based on the 1896 novel ''Quo Vadis'' by Henryk Sienkiewicz.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996 – 2003. . The series lasts six hours and was originally shown in six one-hour episodes. Cast *Klaus Maria Brandauer as Nero *Frederic Forrest as Petronius *Cristina Raines as Poppaea *Barbara De Rossi as Eunice *Francesco Quinn as Marcus Vinicius *Max von Sydow as The Apostle Peter *Marie-Theres Relin as Licya *Gabriele Ferzetti as Piso *Ángela Molina as Acte *Massimo Girotti as Aulus Plauzius *Françoise Fabian as Pomponia * Philippe Leroy as Paul of Tarsus *Leop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cross Of The Seven Jewels
''Cross of the Seven Jewels'' ( it, La croce dalle 7 pietre) is a 1987 Italian horror film directed, written and starring Marco Antonio Andolfi. Prior to directing the film, Andolfi worked in film in the amateur theatre and claims to have worked in developing stories for ''Lanciostory''. He based the film on his work in theatre and comics and real life experiences. Among the cast includes Andolfi who is credited as Eddy Endolf and Annie Belle and adult film actress Zaira Zoccheddu. After the film's release, Andolfi re-edited the film in 1995 and re-released it under the name ''Talisman''. This version of the film included footage from documentaries and newsreels and footage from '' The Serpent and the Rainbow''. Plot Production Marco Antonio Andolfi worked first at a sewing machine company as a technician while working in amateur theatre on the side. While attempting to work in film in the 1970s, he stated he worked writing plays and photonovels for ''Lanciostory'' magazine. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Venexiana (film)
''La venexiana'' (internationally released as ''The Venetian Woman'') is a 1986 Italian erotic film directed by Mauro Bolognini. The film is a transposition of the anonymous 16th century comedy play ''La Venexiana''. Cast *Laura Antonelli as Angela *Monica Guerritore as Valeria *Jason Connery as Jules *Clelia Rondinella as Nena *Claudio Amendola as Bernardo *Annie Belle Annie Brilland (born 10 December 1956) is a retired French actress and social worker. Her acting career began in 1974. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s she had varied roles in both French and Italian cinema, working with such directors as Jean R ... References External links * 1986 films Films directed by Mauro Bolognini Films set in Venice Italian erotic films Films scored by Ennio Morricone 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Bar Dello Sport
''Al bar dello sport'' (''At the Bar Sport'') is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Francesco Massaro. Plot Misadventures of Lino, a penniless Apulian immigrant in Turin, after he won 1.3 billion lire at Totocalcio. Cast * Lino Banfi: Lino * Jerry Calà: Parola * Mara Venier: Rossana * : Felice * : Bianca * Pino Ammendola: Gaetano * Annie Belle: Martine * : Ciccio * Enzo Andronico: Mr. Andronico * Maurizio Mauri : Leo * Annie Belle : Martine, a French prostitute * Andrea Ciccolella : Marcolino, Lino's nephew * * Leonardo Cassio : Don Raffaele * Enzo Andronico : Mr. Andronico, the fishmonger * : Notary Magalini * Ennio Antonelli Ennio Antonelli (born 18 November 1936) is an Italian cardinal of the Catholic Church and retired President of the Pontifical Council for the Family. Early life and ordination Born in Todi, he first attended seminary there, and then in Assis ... : Don Raffaele's henchman * : Don Raffaele's henchman References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liar's Moon
''Liar's Moon'' is a 1982 film directed by David Fisher and starring Matt Dillon, Cindy Fisher, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Hoyt Axton. It tells the story of two star-crossed lovers in 1940s Texas—a working-class teen and the banker's daughter who elope to much strife. Texas band Asleep At The Wheel provided multiple songs for the film. Synopsis In 1940s east Texas, Jack Duncan, a high school graduate from a blue-collar family, falls in love with Ginny Peterson, who has just returned to town from four years of boarding school. Ginny's father Alex is the town's wealthy banker and was formerly high school sweethearts with Jack's mother, Babs. However, Alex strenuously objects to Ginny's relationship with Jack. At the end of the summer, Jack and Ginny elope in Louisiana—where 17-year-olds can marry without their parents' permission. Jack gets a job in the oil fields while Ginny earns money for household work in the boarding house they now live in. Alex hires private eye Ray Logan to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Joe
''Tiger Joe'' ( it, Fuga dall'arcipelago maledetto) is a 1982 Italian adventure film written and directed by Antonio Margheriti and starring David Warbeck, Annie Belle and Tony King.Kim Worthy. "Tiger Joe" in ''Vietnam War Feature Filmography: An Encyclopedic Reference of Imaginative Films about Vietnam''. J.-J. Malo, 1992. pp. 391-2. Plot Tiger Joe is a former US Army Special Forces Vietnam Veteran now gunrunning to anti-Khmer Rouge freedom fighters. When his plane is shot down, Tiger Joe joins a female rebel in her fight. Cast * David Warbeck as Joe "Tiger Joe" * Annie Belle as Kia * Tony King as "Midnight" Washington * Alan Collins as Lenny * Giancarlo Badessi as Bronski Production Cinematographer Riccardo Pallottini died in a helicopter crash during production.''Margheriti and The Last Hunter'' Documentary, 2007. Last accessed: September 2008. See also * List of Italian films of 1982 References External links * ''Tiger Joe''at Variety Distribution Variety Distri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That Night In Varennes
''That Night in Varennes'' ( it, Il mondo nuovo; french: La Nuit de Varennes) is a 1982 French-Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It is based on a novel by Catherine Rihoit. It tells the story of a fictional meeting among Restif de la Bretonne, Giacomo Casanova, Thomas Paine and Sophie de la Borde (a lady in waiting to the queen). They are all traveling together in a coach that is a few hours behind the one that is carrying King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in their flight to Varennes during the French Revolution. The film was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival. The film was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film by the U.S. National Board of Review of Motion Pictures. Selected cast *Jean-Louis Barrault as Nicolas Edmé Restif de la Bretonne *Marcello Mastroianni as Casanova, Chevalier de Seingalt *Hanna Schygulla as Countess Sophie de la Borde *Harvey Keitel as Thomas Paine *Jean-Claude Brialy as Monsieur Jacob *Andréa Ferréol as Madame Adélaïde Gagnon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nana, The True Key Of Pleasure
''Nana, the True Key of Pleasure'' is a 1982 English-language Italian drama film directed by Dan Wolman based on Émile Zola's 1880 novel ''Nana''. The music is by Ennio Morricone. The film was produced by Yoram Globus and Menahem Golan. Plot Winsome Nana performs as an attraction in the magic show of Mellies the magician at the Minotaure, including in erotic shadow play and "moving photographs". She afterwards puts in work as a prostitute. Zoe acts as her confidante and chambermaid. Many rich and influential men are besotted by Nana's youthful beauty and want to make her their own. The banker Steiner buys her a house, but she soon throws him out and uses it to pursue her business. At one point, Nana hosts an erotic hunt for her guests, who can watch through looking glasses a real-life pornographic show unfold itself before their eyes. She also engages in a lesbian encounter with Satin, one of the female customers at the Minotaure. Count Muffat as well as his son Hector are equa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
