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List Of Italian Films Of 2003 ...
A list of films produced in Italy in 2003 (see 2003 in film): See also * 2003 in Italy * 2003 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 2003at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 2003 2003 Films Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Film
The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 2003 by worldwide gross are as follows: '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' grossed more than $1.14 billion, making it the highest-grossing film in 2003 worldwide and in North America and the second-highest-grossing film up to that time. It was also the second film to surpass the billion-dollar milestone after ''Titanic'' in 1997. ''Finding Nemo'' was the highest-grossing animated movie of all time until being overtaken by ''Shrek 2'' in 2004. Events * February 24: '' The Pianist'', directed by Roman Polanski, wins 7 César Awards: Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Sound, Best Production Design, Best Music and Best Cinematography. * June 12: Gregory Peck dies of bronchopneumonia. * June 29: Katharine Hepburn dies of cardiac arrest. * November 17: Arnold Schwarzenegger sworn in as Governor of California. * December 22: Both of the movies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maya Sansa
Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the "Virgilio". She then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she graduated in acting and was soon picked by Marco Bellocchio to take part in his new film: ''La balia''. Maya later worked with Bellocchio for a second time, starring in the film '' Goodmorning, Night''. Sansa has also worked with Marco Tullio Giordana in the film ''The Best of Youth''. On 2 May 2004 ''The New York Times'' published an article which named her as the new image of Italian cinema. On 14 June 2013, she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in ''Dormant Beauty''. Personal life She has a daughter, Talitha, with her partner Fabrice Scott with whom she lives in Paris. Filmography * '' La balia'' (199 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cruelest Day
''The Cruelest Day'' ( it, Ilaria Alpi - Il più crudele dei giorni) is a 2003 Italian drama film directed by Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani. It is a dramatization of the last days of life of RAI journalist Ilaria Alpi and of her cameraman Miran Hrovatin before they were killed in Mogadishu, Somalia, on March 20, 1994. For her performance Giovanna Mezzogiorno won the Nastro d'Argento for best actress. Cast *Giovanna Mezzogiorno: Ilaria Alpi *Rade Šerbedžija: Miran Hrovatin *Erika Blanc: Luciana Alpi * Giacinto Ferro: Giorgio Alpi *Angelo Infanti: Giancarlo Marocchino *Amanda Plummer: Karin * Andrea Renzi: Francesco *Tony Lo Bianco Anthony LoBianco (born October 19, 1936) is an Italian-American film, stage, and television actor. Born to first-generation Italian American parents in New York City, Lo Bianco began his career in theater, and appeared in several Broadway prod ...: General Loy References External links * 2003 films Italian drama films 2003 drama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alice Teghil
Alice Teghil (born 23 January 1989 in Rome, Italy) is an Italian film actress. She starred as Caterina in the 2003 Italian teen drama Caterina in the Big City which appeared at the Sundance film festival The Sundance Film Festival (formerly Utah/US Film Festival, then US Film and Video Festival) is an annual film festival organized by the Sundance Institute. It is the largest independent film festival in the United States, with more than 46,6 .... References External links * Living people 1989 births Italian film actresses Actresses from Rome 21st-century Italian actresses {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's ''Una grande storia d'amore'' (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' (1988) and ''The Week of the Sphinx'' (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Afterwards, she played in Sergio Rubini's '' The Station'' for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the Silver Ribbon as best leading actress, in 1990. After ''The Station'', she became a premier star featuring in Italian box office hits like Carlo Verdone's '' Damned the day I met you'' (1992). She teamed up again with director Daniele Luchetti for ''The Storm Is Coming'' (1992) and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Castellitto
Sergio Castellitto (born 18 August 1953) is an Italian actor, film director, and screenwriter. Biography Sergio Castellitto was born in Rome in 1953, to parents from Molise and Abruzzo, Southern Italy. After graduating from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 1978, he began his theatrical career in Italian public theater with Shakespeare's ''Measure for Measure'' at the Teatro di Roma and with roles in other plays such as ''La Madre'' by Brecht, ''Merchant of Venice'', and ''Candelaio'' by Giordano Bruno. At the Teatro di Genova he starred in the roles of Tuzenbach in Chekhov's ''Three Sisters'' and Jean in Strindberg's ''Miss Julie'', both under the direction of Otomar Krejka. In the coming years, he also starred in such theatrical productions as ''L'infelicità senza desideri'' and ''Piccoli equivoci'' at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto. He also appeared in ''Barefoot in the Park'' by Neil Simon. During his years in the theatre, he worked alongside ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Virzì
Paolo Virzì (; born 4 March 1964) is an Italian film director, writer and producer. Early life and work Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy in 1964, as the son of a Sicilian police officer in the Carabinieri and a former singer. After spending his early childhood in Turin in the north of Italy, Virzì's family moved back to Livorno where he grew up in the working class area of "Le Sorgenti". As a small boy, he started to cultivate his lifelong passion for literature: Mark Twain and Charles Dickens were among his favourite authors and their classic "coming of age" novels would later serve as a model for his screenplays. As a teenager, Virzì's versatility was already in evidence as he threw himself into writing, directing and acting in plays for drama companies in Livorno. He formed an artistic partnership with his schoolmate Francesco Bruni, who would later become his trusted co-screenwriter. For a time, Paolo attended Literature and Philosophy classes at Pisa University and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina In The Big City
''Caterina va in città'' (English title: ''Caterina in the Big City'') is a 2003 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni. Plot Caterina ( Alice Teghil) is the 13-year-old only child of Giancarlo Iacovoni (Sergio Castellitto), an aspiring novelist and teacher of accounting at a country school in an area north of Rome that one character describes as "hillbilly country." In spite of his often lucid assessments of modern society, Iacovoni is a typically burned-out teacher whom his job (perhaps among other, undisclosed personal experiences) has imbued with bitterness and social resentment, with a sheer lack of perspective concerning human relations, and with an overbearing, holier-than-thou demeanor that is a major plot point throughout the movie. He relocates his daughter Caterina and his timid, long-suffering wife Agata (Margherita Buy) to his birthplace, Rome, after having finally secured a long-coveted teaching position. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicole Grimaudo
Nicole Grimaudo (born 22 April 1980, in Caltagirone, Sicily, Italy) is an Italian actress. vogue.it 16 September 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2011. She began her career on the Italian television show " Non è la Rai" in 1994–1995, and later moved to TV and cinema films and theatre. Her theatre roles include "Il giardino dei ciliegi" in 1995 directed by , and '' Amadeus'' in 1999, directed by |
Elio Germano
Elio Germano (born 25 September 1980) is an Italian actor. He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor and a Silver Bear for Best Actor. Life and career Born in Rome to a Molisan family from Duronia, Province of Campobasso, Germano debuted aged twelve in Castellano e Pipolo's movie '' Ci hai rotto papà'' (1992). During his studies at scientific lyceum, he received acting training at Teatro Azione in Rome. In 1999, he abandoned an opportunity to work in theatre with Giancarlo Cobelli in order to play in Carlo Vanzina's film '' Il cielo in una stanza'', which launched Germano as one of the most popular Italian actors. His big break came in 2007, when he was cast as the lead in the successful movies '' Fallen Heroes'' and ''My Brother is an Only Child'' by Daniele Luchetti. The following year he first received international recognition by winning the Shooting Stars Award at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival. Germano wo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Maria Tavarelli
Gianluca Maria Tavarelli (born 27 September 1964) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Turin, Tavarelli was self-taught, initially producing several Super 8 and 16 mm short films. After directing several commercials, shorts and television documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 1994 with '' Take Me Away'', which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the Grand Prix at the Annecy Film Festival. In 2001 he received two Nastro d'Argento nominations for the film ''This Is Not Paradise'', for best screenplay and best original story. He has a daughter named Zoe who is an actress. Selected filmography * '' Take Me Away'' (1994) * '' A Love'' (1999) * ''This Is Not Paradise ''This Is Not Paradise'' ( it, Qui non è il paradiso) is a 2000 Italian neo-noir film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. It is loosely based on actual events happened in Turin in 1996. It was nominated ...'' (2000) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Break Free (film)
''Break Free'' ( it, Liberi) is a 2003 Italian romance-comedy drama film directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli. For his performance in this film and in '' The Return of Cagliostro'' Luigi Maria Burruano received a special mention from the Pasinetti Award jury at the 2003 Venice Film Festival. Plot The story tells of two boys from Abruzzo. Cenzo is iun man from Bussi sul Tirino, small mountain village, who moves to the big city of Pescara. But Cenzo doesn't get used to the city life, and falls into depression. The son Vince instead is a boy full of life, who dreams of escape from Pescara, and wants to learn about the world, and meets the traumatic Genny, a girl of Pescara too. Genny loves Vince, however she is a very sensitive girl who suffers from panic attacks. Cast * Elio Germano: Vince * Nicole Grimaudo: Genny * Anita Zagaria: Paola * Luigi Maria Burruano: Cenzo * Myriam Catania:Elena See also * List of Italian films of 2003 A list of films produced in Italy in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |