Bruno Zanin (born 9 April 1951 in

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) is an Italian film, theatre and TV actor and writer.

Life and career

Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen when an event occurred that made him leave (detailed in his novel, ''Nobody must know''). After a life on the road including time in jail, he became an actor by accident when

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chose him among thousands of young men for the role of Titta in the film ''

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''. He went on to appear in numerous films, theatre plays and television series with Italian and foreign filmmakers such as

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, Franco Brusati, Luigi Faccini,

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and

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. In the theatre, he has worked with

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, Luca Ronconi, Marco Sciaccaluga, Gianfranco De Bosio, Sandro Sequi, and Alfredo Arias, appearing chiefly in

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plays by Goldoni but also in Shakespeare's ''

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''. In 2007 he published his first novel, an autobiographical work titled ''Nobody must know''. The book obtained special mention at the Città di Latisana per il Nord Est, an Italian literary awards event. The novel was published in Spanish by Trotta editorial (Madrid) as ''Que no se entere nadie''. Zanin has two sons, Francesco and Fiorenzo. He lives in a log cabin in the woods at

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, a mountain village below

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Filmography

TV theatre

*1979: The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, dir. Gianfranco De Bosio with Sergio Fantoni, Andrea Giordana, Massimo Dapporto, Pino Ferrara, Lina Sastri, Bruno Zanin, Vittorio Stagni, Ilaria Occhini, Massimo Foschi, Gianrico Tedeschi, Antonio Garrani, Loris Loddi, (aired on March 24, 1979).

Theatre

*1974: Goldoni - ''La putta onorata and la buona moglie'' *1975: Goldoni - ''Il Campiello'' *1979: Shakespeare - ''Il Mercante di Venezia'' *1982: Goldoni - ''I pettegolezzi delle donne'' *1989: Goldoni - ''Il Ventaglio''

Writing

*2006: ''Nobody must know'' (ed. Tullio Pironti)

References

* ''Nessuno dovrà saperlo'', Zanin's book *
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External links

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20160302054607/http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/io-gay-colpa-prete.html Interview (in Italian) to Stefano Lorenzetto in the Il Giornale newspaper, where he talks about his book*
Literature site in Spanish language

* ttp://www.gay.it/channel/attualita/23405/Bruno-Zanin-I-molti-amanti-di-don-Gelmini.html Bruno Zanin testimonial on the pedophile priest Don Gelmini (in Italian) - part 2
Picture from the film ''Amarcord''

Review of his book (in Italian)
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