Ninni Bruschetta (born Antonino Bruschetta on 6 January 1962) is an Italian actor, film and stage director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Born in
Messina
Messina (, also , ) is a harbour city and the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina. It is the third largest city on the island of Sicily, and the 13th largest city in Italy, with a population of more than 219,000 inhabitants in t ...
, in 1983 Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi "Nutrimenti terrestri", a stage company which primarily focused on subjects of social value, and was active both as an actor and a director.
In 1987 he debuted as a screenwriter with the indie drama ''La gentilezza del tocco'', and in 1989 he co-directed the indie film ''Private Screening''.
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Selected filmography
;Actor
* '' Libera'' (1993)
* ''Law of Courage
''Law of Courage'' ( it, Il giudice ragazzino, literally "the kid judge") is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Alessandro Di Robilant. It was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Blue Angel Award. For th ...
'' (1994)
* ''Black Holes
A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it. The theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can def ...
'' (1995)
* ''First Light of Dawn
''First Light of Dawn'' ( it, Prime luci dell'alba ) is a 2000 Italian drama film written and directed by Lucio Gaudino. It was entered into the main competition at the 50th Berlin International Film Festival. For their performances, Gianmarco To ...
'' (2000)
* ''One Hundred Steps
''I cento passi'' (English: ''One Hundred Steps'' or ''The Hundred Steps'') is an Italian film released in 2000, directed by Marco Tullio Giordana about the life of Giuseppe Impastato, Peppino Impastato, a left-wing political activist who opposed ...
'' (2000)
* '' One Man Up'' (2001)
* '' Lost Love'' (2003)
* '' The Vanity Serum '' (2004)
* ''The Life That I Want
''The Life That I Want'' ( it, La vita che vorrei) is a 2004 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni. It was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival.
Cast
* Luigi Lo Cascio as Stefano / Federico
* Sandra Ceccarelli as ...
'' (2004)
* '' The Man of Glass'' (2007)
* '' My Brother Is an Only Child'' (2007)
* '' Boris'' (2007)
* '' Come Undone'' (2010)
* '' Boris: The Film'' (2011)
* '' Tell No One'' (2012)
* '' Buongiorno papà'' (2013)
* '' The Mafia Kills Only in Summer'' (2013)
* ''Wannabe Widowed
''Wannabe Widowed'' ( it, Aspirante vedovo) is a 2013 black comedy film directed by Massimo Venier.
It is a remake of 1959 Dino Risi's film '' Il vedovo''.
Cast
*Luciana Littizzetto as Susanna Almiraghi
*Fabio De Luigi as Alberto Nardi
*Alessandr ...
'' (2013)
* '' La trattativa'' (2014)
* '' Land of Saints'' (2015)
* ''Quo Vado?
''Quo vado?'' is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante. It was released on 1 January 2016. The film is the highest-grossing Italian film in Italy.
Plot
Checco was born into a life of relative comfort and privilege among his p ...
'' (2016)
* ''Quel bravo ragazzo
''Quel bravo ragazzo'' () is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Enrico Lando.
Cast
References
External links
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2016 films
Films directed by Enrico Lando
2010s Italian-language films
2016 comedy films
Italian comedy films
2010s ...
'' (2016)
* '' Alex & Co: How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents'' (2016)
* '' Tuttapposto'' (2019)
; Screenwriter
* ''La gentilezza del tocco'' (1987)
* ''Private Screening'' (1989, also director)
* ''Nessuno'' (1992)
References
External links
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1962 births
Actors from Messina
Italian film directors
Living people
Italian screenwriters
Italian male film actors
Italian male stage actors
Italian male television actors
Film people from the Province of Messina
Italian male screenwriters