Claudio Cupellini (born 18 February 1973) is an Italian film director and screenwriter.

Biography

In 1999, Cupellini realized his first short-movie ''Le diable au vélo'' and then took part to two

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s: ''Sei pezzi facili'' and ''4-4-2 – Il gioco più bello del mondo''. His first full feature film was ''

Lessons in Chocolate ''Lessons in Chocolate'' ( it, Lezioni di cioccolato) is a 2007 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Claudio Cupellini. Cast *Luca Argentero as Mattia Cavedoni *Violante Placido as Cecilia Ferri *Neri Marcorè as Corrado *Hassani Shapi as Kama ...

'', a light comedy that deals with the issues of job insecurity and integration, starring

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. His second film, ''

A Quiet Life ''A Quiet Life'' ( it, Una vita tranquilla) is a 2010 Italian neo-noir film directed by Claudio Cupellini. It entered the competition at the 2010 Rome International Film Festival, in which Toni Servillo was awarded for Best Actor. Plot Antonio de ...

'', for which Cupellini was nominated for the

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for

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, was presented at the 2010

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and gained

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the Award for Best Actor. In 2015, Cupellini made his third film, the

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'', starring

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and

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. Together with

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and

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, Cupellini directed some of the episodes of the

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'' Gomorrah''.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2007) * ''

'' (2010) * ''

'' (2015) * ' (2021)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cupellini, Claudio 1973 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters