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Anna Melato
Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 1970s, Melato performed as a singer at popular music variety shows and festivals, including Canzonissima (1973), Sanremo Music Festival 1974 and Festivalbar (1975). She released two LPs of pop music, ''Domenica mattina'' (Dischi Ricordi, 1974) and ''Ritratto'' (RCA Italiana, 1977) and played in Sergio Citti, Sergio Citti's Beach House (1977 film), ''Beach House'' (1977) and ''Happy Hobos'' (1979). In the 1980s and 1990s Melato played a role in other Italian films, including Pupi Avati's ''Help Me Dream'' (1981), Carlo Vanzina's ''Eccezzziunale... veramente'' (1982) and Wilma Labate's My Generation (1996 film), ''My Generation'' (1996). From 1985 onwards, she began to work more frequently in the television field and had roles in TV series suc ...
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Lina Wertmüller
Arcangela Felice Assunta "Lina" Wertmüller (; 14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'','''' ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Love and Anarchy'', and ''Swept Away (1974 film), Swept Away''. Wertmüller was the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. She won many awards, including an Academy Honorary Award, as well as a David di Donatello, David di Donatello Career Achievement Award, and was nominated for many others, including a Golden Globe Awards, Golden Globe Award, two Academy Awards, and two Palme d'Or awards. Early life Wertmüller was born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller in Rome, Lazio, in 1928, to Federico, a lawyer from Palazzo San Gervasio, Basilicata, belonging to a devoutly Catholic Church, Catholic family of distant Swiss descent, and to Maria Santamaria-Maurizio from Rome. Wertmüller depicted her childhood ...
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Wilma Labate
Wilma Labate (born 4 December 1949) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Labate started her career as a television director, then in the 1980s she worked in the field of documentary filmmaking industry.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She made her feature film debut in 1992 with ''Ambrogio'', for which she was nominated best new director at the 1994 Nastri d'Argento. In 1996, her film '' La mia generazione'' won the Grolla d'oro for best film and was the Italian candidate in the race for the 1997 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Film. In 2007, her fil '' Miss F'', premiered at the Turin Film Festival. After a series of documentarie, in 2021 Labate returned to narrative films with '' The Girl Flew'', which premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival. Labate is also an author and in 2005 co-wrote with Fausto Bertinotti the autobiographical book ''Il ragazzo con la maglietta a strisce''. Re ...
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Aiutami A Sognare
''Help Me Dream'' ( Italian: ) is a 1981 Italian romance film directed by Pupi Avati and starring Mariangela Melato, Anthony Franciosa and Orazio Orlando. For this film Mariangela Melato was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress and a Nastro d'Argento in the same category. The musical score of Riz Ortolani won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Score. In 1943 during the Second World War a woman leaves Bologna to escape the bombing raids and goes to live in her country villa. Main cast * Mariangela Melato as Francesca * Anthony Franciosa as Ray * Orazio Orlando as Guido * Jean-Pierre Léaud as Mario * Paola Pitagora as Giovanna * Alexandra Stewart as Magda * Franca Tamantini as Tonina * Vincenzo Crocitti *Anna Melato Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 197 ...
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Dancing Paradise
Dance is an art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire of movements or by its historical period or place of origin. Dance is typically performed with musical accompaniment, and sometimes with the dancer simultaneously using a musical instrument themselves. Two common types of group dance are theatrical and participatory dance. Both types of dance may have special functions, whether social, ceremonial, competitive, erotic, martial, sacred or liturgical. Dance is not solely restricted to performance, as dance is used as a form of exercise and occasionally training for other sports and activities. Dance performances and dancing competitions are found across the world exhibiting various different styles and standards. Dance may also be participated in alone as a form of exercise or self expression. D ...
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Due Pezzi Di Pane
''Due pezzi di pane'', internationally released as ''Happy Hobos'', is a 1979 Italian comedy film directed by Sergio Citti. Cast * Vittorio Gassman: Pippo Mifà * Philippe Noiret: Peppe Dorè * Gigi Proietti: Albergatore * Paolo Volponi: Judge * Anna Melato Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 197 ...: Lucia References External links * 1979 films Italian comedy films 1979 comedy films Films directed by Sergio Citti 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ...
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Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ...
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Mariangela Melato
Mariangela Caterina Melato (; 19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013), sometimes billed as Maria Angela Melato, was an Italian actress. She is most remembered for her roles in films of director Lina Wertmüller, including '' The Seduction of Mimi'' (1972), '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973), and '' Swept Away'' (1974). In cinema, she also appeared in films of Claude Chabrol, Elio Petri and Vittorio De Sica, and on stage in productions by Dario Fo, Luchino Visconti and Luca Ronconi. Her roles in English-language films include the 1980 science fiction film '' Flash Gordon''., '' So Fine'' (1981) and '' Dancers'' (1987). Early life Melato was born in Milan to Triestine traffic policeman Alfredo Melato and Milanese seamstress Lina. Her father, born Alfred Hönig, was originally of Austrian descent and later Italianised his name by translating its meaning of "honeyed". While still attending school, she worked as a window dresser, attended painting courses and enrolled at the Accademia ...
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Without Filter
''Without filter'' () is a 2001 Italian film directed by Mimmo Raimondi starring J-Ax, DJ Jad and Luciano Federico. The film stars the hip hop duo Articolo 31 in their acting debut. Cast * Alessandro Aleotti: Nico * Vito Perrini: Ray * Albertino: Duca Conte * Anna Melato Anna Melato (born 18 May 1952) is an Italian actress, singer and voice actor. She is best known for singing and acting in Lina Wertmüller's ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), where she sang Nino Rota's "Canzone arrabbiata" and "El Tunin". In the 197 ...: Nico's mother * Chiara De Bonis: Betty * Cochi Ponzoni: Nico's father * Gino Mosna: Attilio * Kay Rush: Angie * Luciano Federico: Manu * Paolo Sassanelli: Vanni * Luca Aleotti: Grido Soundtrack Articolo 31: *''Fatti un giro'' *''Strada di città 2000'' *''Fino in fondo'' *''Perché sì!'' *'' Tranqi Funky'' *''Un'altra cosa che ho perso'' *''Guapa Loca'' *''Raptuz rock'' *'' Domani'' *'' Volume'' *''Con le buone'' Gemelli DiVer ...
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Mimmo Raimondi
Mimmo is an Italian masculine given name, often occurring as a short form for Domenico. Notable people with the name include: * Mimmo Calopresti (born 1955), Italian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor * Mimmo Candito (1941–2018), Italian war correspondent * Mimmo Catania (born 1955), Italian painter * Mimmo Cavallo (born 1951), Italian singer-songwriter and composer * Mimmo Cozzolino (born 1949), Italian-born Australian graphic designer and photo media artist * Mimmo Cuticchio (born 1948), Italian cantastorie, puppeteer, actor and playwright * Mimmo Jodice (born 1934), Italian photographer * Mimmo Liguoro (born 1941), Italian journalist * Mimmo Locasciulli (born 1949), Italian singer-songwriter, composer, producer and musician * Mimmo Lucà (1953–2025), Italian politician * Mimmo Paladino (born 1948), Italian sculptor, painter and printmaker * Mimmo Palmara (1928–2016), Italian actor * Mimmo Poli (1920–1986), Italian film character actor * Mimmo Po ...
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La Porta Rossa
''La porta rossa'' (, ) is an Italian noir television series created by Carlo Lucarelli and Giampiero Rigosi for Rai Fiction. It premiered on Rai 2 on February 22, 2017 and concluded on February 1, 2023, having aired 32 episodes over three seasons. The pilot episode attracted the largest audience of the night, amassing 3.284 million viewers, more than double the network average at the time. The series was praised for being "the only talianmainstream TV crime series that resembles genre literature and not a mainstream TV drama", its "modern and demanding" visuals and dark setting, but its second season was criticized as "excessively distressing". Series overview Trieste. Leonardo Cagliostro ( Lino Guanciale), an impulsive police commissioner not at all inclined to follow procedures and directives dictated by his superiors, is investigating the most difficult case of his career: his own murder. In fact, Cagliostro was killed during a solitary police action, but, instead of wa ...
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La Dama Velata
''La dama velata'' is a 2015 Italian-Spanish mysterydrama television miniseries directed by Carmine Elia. It was produced by Rai Fiction, Lux Vide and Telecinco Cinema, with a budget of about 10 million euros. It is set in Trentino, in the late nineteenth century. In Italy, the series was broadcast on Rai 1 Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's Flagship (broadcasting), flagship television channel and is known for broadcasting ... and Rai 1 HD from March 17 to April 16, 2015. Plot Clara, a splendid young woman belonging to the noble Grandi family, is raised by the peasants of the San Leonardo estate where she was born. She grew up free from society and established a very intimate relationship with Matteo, an orphan raised with her by the Staineri spouses. Years later, Count Vittorio Grandi, the young woman's father, forces her to return to Trento ...
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