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Senza Fine
"Senza fine" (which translates in English to "Endless") is a song written by Italian singer-songwriter Gino Paoli, inspired by collaboration partner Ornella Vanoni. Vanoni was the first person to record the song which was released as a single in September 1961. The song version sung by Paoli went on to chart at No. 7 on the Italian Top 50. Background Memory Records, to whom Vanoni was linked contractually, wanted to rebrand the singer with a new sexy image, detaching her from her previous one. "Senza fine" is based on an initial round of E flat, introduced by an accordion and a string section. The song is based on a French- style waltz base. The song has the peculiarity of ending by fading, unlike most of the songs of that period. The version of the song recorded by Gino Paoli on the album was originally only for voice and piano. However, after the success of the single recorded by Ornella Vanoni, which was built on a more elaborate arrangement, Memory Records decided that Gino ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Paoli
Gino Paoli (; born 23 September 1934) is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is a seminal figure who has written a number of songs widely regarded as classics in Italian popular music, including: "Il cielo in una stanza (song), Il cielo in una stanza", "Che cosa c'è", "Senza fine", "Quattro amici al bar" and "Sapore di sale". Biography Paoli was born in Monfalcone, a little town near Trieste, but moved to Genoa at a young age. After several different jobs, he was signed to Dischi Ricordi with friends and fellow musicians Luigi Tenco and Bruno Lauzi. His first success was the single "La Gatta", which has been used in Italian language teaching classes in American middle schools and high schools. "Il cielo in una stanza" was composed in 1959. According to Paoli, the lyrics came to him while lying on a brothel bed. Gazing at the purple ceiling, he thought, "Love can grow at any moment at any place". Mina (Italian singer), Mina's single release of the song topped the list of annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isabel Coixet
Isabel Coixet Castillo (; born 9 April 1960) is a Spanish film director. She is one of the most prolific film directors of contemporary Spain, having directed twelve feature-length films since the beginning of her film career in 1988, in addition to documentary films, shorts, and commercials. Her films depart from the traditional national cinema of Spain, and help to “untangle films from their national context ... clearing the path for thinking about national film from different perspectives.” The recurring themes of “emotions, feelings, and existential conflict” coupled with her distinct visual style secure the “multifaceted (she directs, writes, produces, shoots, and acts)” filmmaker's status as a “ Catalan auteur.” Early life Isabel Coixet was born in Sant Adrià del Besòs next to Barcelona on 9 April 1960. She started filming when she was given an 8 mm camera on the occasion of her First Communion. After obtaining a BA degree in history at Barcelona Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs In Italian
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Vanoni Songs
Ornella is an Italian feminine given name, probably derived from , " flowering ash tree" (''Fraxinus ornus''). It was coined by Gabriele D'Annunzio in his 1904 play '' The Daughter of Iorio'' and popularized by the fame of singer Ornella Vanoni and, later, of actress Ornella Muti. It is most widespread in central and northern Italy, as well as in Abruzzo, while it is rarer in the South of the country. Closely related but very rare names include Ornelia, and the masculine versions Ornello and Ornelio. People * Ornella Bankole (born 1997), French basketball player *Ornella Barra (born 1953), Italian-born Monegasque businesswoman * Ornella Bertorotta (born 1967), Italian politician * Ornella Domini (born 1988), Swiss boxer * Ornella Ferrara (born 1968), Italian long-distance runner * Ornella Ferrari (1909–1983), Italian song lyricist * Ornella Havyarimana (born 1994), Burundian boxer * Ornella Livingston (born 1991), Jamaican sprinter * Ornella Micheli, Italian film editor * Or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gino Paoli Songs
Gino may refer to: * Gino (given name) Gino is a name of Italian language, Italian origin. It may also be the short form of other Italian names like Ambrogino or Luigino or Eugenio, which are from the Ancient Greek name Ambrosios (ἀμβρόσιος), which means "ever-living", and/or ... * Gino (surname) * ''Gino'' (film), a 1993 Australian film See also * * Geno (other) * Gino's (other), various restaurants and fast-food chains * Gina (other) {{dab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Rettondini
Francesca Rettondini (born 7 March 1968) is an Italian actress and television presenter. She is internationally known for the role of a songstress by the name of Francesca in the 2002 film ''Ghost Ship''. Career Francesca Rettondini made her television debut in 1993 on the Italian soap opera ''Passions''. In 1995, she was cast in the miniseries ''Crazy Family''. That same year, she made her film debut in the Jerry Calà film, ''Boys of the Night''. ''Costa Concordia'' disaster In January 2012, Rettondini was aboard the '' Costa Concordia'', filming a reality competition television series called ''Professional Lookmaker'' for Sky Italia. Classified as a VIP passenger, she was in the dining hall at the time of the impact, having dinner with the contestants of the show. Rettondini said in an interview on January 14, two days after the wreck, "I was frozen, we all pushed towards the exit like a flock of sheep. The more the ship tilted, the harder we tried to brace our feet again ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Mancini
Monica Jo Mancini (born May 4, 1952) is an American singer and the daughter of composer Henry Mancini. Career Monica Mancini grew up in Northridge, California. Her father, Henry was a popular, award winning composer and her mother, Virginia was a singer. Monica listened to the Beatles more than to her father's music. When she was fourteen, she sang professionally with the Henry Mancini Chorus, as did her mother and sister. She became a freelance studio singer in Los Angeles. Her debut album, ''Monica Mancini'' (1998) was accompanied by a television special on PBS. During her career she has worked with Plácido Domingo, Quincy Jones, and Michael Jackson. Discography * ''Monica Mancini'' (Warner Bros., 1998) * ''Dreams of Johnny'' Mercer (Concord Jazz Concord Jazz is a record company and label founded in 1973 by Carl Jefferson, the former owner of Jefferson Motors Lincoln Mercury dealership in Concord, California. The label was named after the city in the East San Francisco B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghost Ship (2002 Film)
''Ghost Ship'' is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Steve Beck from a screenplay by Mark Hanlon and John Pogue. Its plot follows a marine salvage crew in the Bering Sea who discover a mysterious ocean liner that disappeared in 1962 and stars an ensemble cast of Gabriel Byrne, Julianna Margulies, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington, Isaiah Washington, Alex Dimitriades, and Karl Urban. Shot in Australia and Canada, ''Ghost Ship'' is unrelated to the 1952 film of the same name. It was released theatrically in North America on October 25, 2002. It received generally negative reviews but was a commercial success, grossing $68.3 million worldwide on a $20 million budget. Plot In 1962, passengers aboard the Italian ocean liner MS ''Antonia Graza'' dance as a lounge singer named Francesca performs the song "Senza fine". A little girl named Katie Harwood sits alone until the ship's captain offers to dance with her. An unidentified passenger lifts a lever to tighten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Ozon
François Ozon (; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter. Ozon is considered one of the most important modern French filmmakers. His films are characterized by aesthetic beauty, sharp satirical humor and a free-wheeling view of human sexuality. Recurring themes in his films are friendship, sexual identity, different perceptions of reality, transience and death. Ozon has achieved international acclaim for his films '' 8 femmes'' (2002) and ''Swimming Pool'' (2003). He is considered one of the most important directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema, along with Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a ''cinema du corps'' ("cinema of the body"). Life and career Ozon was born in Paris, France. Having studied directing at the French film school La Femis, Ozon made several short films such as '' A Summer Dress'' (''Une robe d'été'', 1996) and ''Scènes de lit'' (1998). His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Life Without Me
''My Life Without Me'' is a 2003 Canadian drama film directed by Isabel Coixet and starring Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Scott Speedman, and Leonor Watling. Based on the 1997 short story collection ''Pretending the Bed Is a Raft'' by Nanci Kincaid, it tells a story of a 23-year-old woman, with a husband and two daughters, who finds out she is going to die soon. The film is an El Deseo and My Life Productions co-production. Plot We first see Ann as she is experiencing the rain, mentally describing how it makes her feel. Working a janitorial job, Ann's coworker Lori is envious that 23-year-old Ann keeps thin, while she has to always be careful. After work, Ann picks up her negative mother from her bakery job, who is critical of Ann's husband Don's unemployment. After Don takes their two young daughters Patsy and Penny to school, Ann doubles over in pain. Her mother takes her to the hospital due to the collapse. The doctor diagnoses her with metastatic ovarian cancer and tell ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avanti!
''Avanti!'' (; Italian interjection – 'come in!') is a 1972 comedy film produced and directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills. The screenplay by Wilder and I. A. L. Diamond is based on Samuel A. Taylor's play, which had a short run for the 1968 Broadway season.''Avanti!'' on the Internet Broadway Database It was co-produced by Wilder and Diamond's Phalanx Productions and Lemmon's Jalem Productions. The film follows a businessman attempting to recover the body of his father from . I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornella Vanoni
Ornella Vanoni (; born 22 September 1934) is an Italian singer. She is one of the longest-standing Italian artists, having started performing in 1956. She has released about 112 works between LP, EPs and greatest hits albums, and is considered one of the most popular interpreters of Italian pop music. During her long career she has sold over 65 million records. Artistic career Vanoni started her artistic career in 1960 as a theatre actress. She mostly performed in Bertolt Brecht works, under the direction of Giorgio Strehler at his Piccolo Teatro in Milan. At the same time, she started a music career. The folklore and popular songs she explored in her early records, especially the ones about the criminal underworld in Milan (Canzoni della Mala), resulted in her receiving the nickname ("Underworld Singer") for singing Milanese dialect songs on that genre. Vanoni scored two major hits in 1963 with " Senza fine" and "Che cosa c'è", both written for her by Gino Paoli. In 1964 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
