Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director.

Biography

Balducci was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, acting under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was only in 1971 that she returned in front of the cameras for an appearance in '' Sacco & Vanzetti''. She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner

Gian Maria Volonté Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor, including roles in four Spaghetti Western films: Ramón Rojo in Sergio Leone's ''A Fistful of Dollars'' (1964) and El Indio in Leone's ''For a Few Dollars More'' (196 ...

) and was twice

Elio Petri Eraclio Petri (29 January 1929 – 10 November 1982), commonly known as Elio Petri, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, theatre director, and critic associated with the political cinema in the 1960s and '70s. His film '' Investigatio ...

's editorial secretary. In 1978 and 1980 she directed two films that took a critical or satirical look at the bourgeoisie and its police representatives, but they were financial failures. From 1986 to 1993 and again in 2002 she worked as a screenwriter for Giuseppe Ferrara's films. In the latter year, her film ''La rivincita'', shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival.

Filmography

As actress

*'' Easy Years'' (1953) *'' A Day in Court'' (1954) *'' Of Life and Love'' (1954) *'' The Art of Getting Along'' (1954) *'' Girls of Today'' (1955) *''

Time of Vacation ''Time of Vacation'' ( it, Tempo di villeggiatura) is a 1956 Italian comedy film directed by Antonio Racioppi, at his directorial debut. For this film Marisa Merlini won a Silver Ribbon for Best supporting Actress. Plot In a hotel in Corniolo ...

'' (1956) *'' Sacco & Vanzetti'' (1971)

As director

*'' Together?'' (1979) *''

Stark System Stark or Starke may refer to: Places Antarctica and vicinity * Stark Point, James Ross Island * Stark Ridge, Churchill Mountains * Stark Rock, south of the Crulls Islands United States * Stark, Georgia, an unincorporated community * Stark, Illi ...

'' (1980) *''La rivincita'' (2002)

As screenwriter

*'' Together?'' (1979) *''

'' (1980) *''

The Moro Affair ''The Moro Affair'' ( it, Il caso Moro) is a 1986 Italian crime film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro in 1978. Plot Italy, 1978. The days of the imprisonment of Aldo Moro, a Christian Democrat statesman kidnappe ...

'' (1986) *''

Narcos ''Narcos'' is an American-Colombian crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are based on the story of Colombian narcoterrorist and drug ...

'' (1992) *''

Giovanni Falcone Giovanni Falcone (; 18 May 1939 – 23 May 1992) was an Italian judge and prosecuting magistrate. From his office in the Palace of Justice in Palermo, Sicily, he spent most of his professional life trying to overthrow the power of the Sicilian ...

'' (1993) *'' The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair'' (2002)

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* 1933 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Italian actresses Italian film actresses Italian stage actresses Italian women film directors Italian women screenwriters Actresses from Rome {{Italy-film-actor-stub