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Alba Rohrwacher
Alba Caterina Rohrwacher (, ; born 27 February 1979) is an Italian-German actress. Early life Alba Rohrwacher was born in Florence to a German father and an Italian mother. From the age of 17 to 21 she studied medicine, intending to be a doctor. At the age of 21 she moved to Rome to study acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Her younger sister is director Alice Rohrwacher. Career Her first movie role was in 2004 in '' L'amore ritrovato''. In 2008, she was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress. In 2009, she received a David di Donatello for Best Actress for her performance in Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two '' giallo'' masterpieces, '' The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' ...'s ''Giovanna's Father''. At the Berlin International Film Festival 2009 she was awarded the Shooting Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Florence
Florence ( ; ) is the capital city of the Italy, Italian region of Tuscany. It is also the most populated city in Tuscany, with 362,353 inhabitants, and 989,460 in Metropolitan City of Florence, its metropolitan province as of 2025. Florence was a centre of Middle Ages, medieval European trade and finance and one of the wealthiest cities of that era. It is considered by many academics to have been the birthplace of the Renaissance, becoming a major artistic, cultural, commercial, political, economic and financial center. During this time, Florence rose to a position of enormous influence in Italy, Europe, and beyond. Its turbulent political history includes periods of rule by the powerful House of Medici, Medici family and numerous religious and republican revolutions. From 1865 to 1871 the city served as the capital of the Kingdom of Italy. The Florentine dialect forms the base of Italian language, standard Italian and it became the language of culture throughout Italy due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wonders (film)
''The Wonders'' () is a 2014 internationally co-produced drama film directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix. Plot Gelsomina and her three younger sisters live with their parents on an Italian farm. As the eldest, she takes on a heavier burden, taking care of her sisters and assisting her father, Wolfgang, with beekeeping. One evening, as the family is playing on the beach, they are told to be quieter and discover that a TV show is being filmed nearby. They watch and, as they are about to leave, the star, Milly, calls them over and gives Gelsomina a hair clip. Watching the program on TV, Gelsomina learns that it is launching a competition called Countryside Wonders, in which seven farmers will compete to have their products featured. While her father is strongly against participating, her mother warms to the idea, even though the quality of their ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brother Is An Only Child
''My Brother Is an Only Child'' () is a 2007 Italian drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is based on an Antonio Pennacchi novel. The title comes from a song by Rino Gaetano from 1976. Plot Accio (Elio Germano) and Manrico (Riccardo Scamarcio) are working class brothers who live in Italy in the 1960s. While his brother becomes drawn into left-wing politics, Accio, the hotheaded younger brother, is taken under the wing of a market trader and while under his influence, joins the Fascist party. Accio ("Bully") is a nickname he is proud of because it makes him seem tough. Manrico and their sister Violetta are alarmed to hear their brother listening to Benito Mussolini's speeches in his room. Manrico often physically torments his brother, including stuffing his head in the barrel under the drain pipe of their house. Accio once runs away from home because his mother voted for the Houses Party. Their house is falling apart and she thinks the Houses Party will help them rebuild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Cousins (filmmaker)
Mark Cousins is a Northern Irish director and writer. A prolific documentarian, among his best-known works is the 15-hour 2011 documentary ''The Story of Film: An Odyssey''. Career Cousins interviewed famous filmmakers such as David Lynch, Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski in the TV series ''Scene by Scene''. He presented the BBC cult film series ''Moviedrome'' from June 1997 to July 2000. He introduced 66 films for the show, including the little-seen Nicolas Roeg film ''Eureka (1983 film), Eureka''. In the 1990s and 2000s, Cousins interviewed directors, producers, and actors including Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, Tom Hanks, Sean Connery, Brian De Palma, Steve Martin, Lauren Bacall, Jane Russell, Paul Schrader, Bernardo Bertolucci, Kirk Douglas, Jeanne Moreau, Terence Stamp, Jack Lemmon, Janet Leigh and Rod Steiger. In 2009, Cousins and Tilda Swinton co-founded the "8/2 Foundation". Together they also created a project where they mounted a 33.5-tonne portable cinema on a la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels, also known as the Neapolitan Quartet, are a four-part series of fiction by the pseudonymous Italian author Elena Ferrante, published originally by Edizioni e/o, translated into English by Ann Goldstein and published by Europa Editions (New York). The English-language titles of the novels are '' My Brilliant Friend'' (2012), '' The Story of a New Name'' (2013), '' Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay'' (2014), and '' The Story of the Lost Child'' (2015). In the original Italian edition, the whole series bears the title of the first novel (literally translated, "the brilliant friend"). The series has been characterized as a ''bildungsroman'', or coming-of-age story. In an interview in ''Harper's Magazine'', Elena Ferrante has stated that she considers the four books to be "a single novel" published serially for reasons of length and duration. The series has sold over 10 million copies in 40 countries. The series follows the lives of two perceptive and intel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elena Ferrante
Elena Ferrante () is a pseudonymous Italian novelist. Ferrante's books, originally published in Italian, have been translated into many languages. Her four-book series of '' Neapolitan Novels'' are her most widely known works. ''Time'' magazine called Ferrante one of the 100 most influential people in 2016. Ferrante has kept her identity secret since her 1992 debut, stating that anonymity is key to her writing process and that "books, once they are written, have no need of their authors." Speculation and several theories as to her true identity, based on information Ferrante has given in interviews as well as analysis drawn from the content of her novels, have been put forth and routinely denied. Biography Ferrante has kept her true identity secret, and very little is known about her. She has stated in interviews that she was born in Naples, the daughter of a seamstress, and that she has three sisters. Her knowledge of classical literature has led critics to argue that she m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Brilliant Friend (TV Series)
''My Brilliant Friend'' () is a Neapolitan- and Italian-language coming-of-age drama television series created by Saverio Costanzo for HBO, RAI, and TIMvision. Named after the first of four novels in the Neapolitan Novels series by Elena Ferrante, the series is an adaptation of the entire literary work into four seasons. ''My Brilliant Friend'' is a co-production between Italian production companies Wildside, Fandango, The Apartment Pictures, Mowe and international film groups Umedia and Fremantle. The first two episodes of the series were presented at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on September 2, 2018. The first season, based on the first novel in the series, premiered on HBO on November 18, 2018, and on Rai 1 and TIMvision on November 27, 2018. In December 2018, the series was renewed for a second season, based on the second novel in the series, '' The Story of a New Name''. The second season premiered on Rai 1 on February 10, 2020, and on HBO on March 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Cannes Film Festival
The 71st annual Cannes Film Festival took place from 8 to 19 May 2018. Australian actress Cate Blanchett served as jury president for the main competition. Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda won the ''Palme d'Or'', the festival's top prize, for his drama film '' Shoplifters'', marking Japan's first win after more than twenty years. The official festival poster features Jean-Paul Belmondo and Anna Karina from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film '' Pierrot le Fou''. It is the second time the festival poster was inspired by Godard's film after his 1963 film ''Contempt'' at the 2016 festival. According to festival's official statement, the poster is inspired by and paid tribute to the work of French photographer Georges Pierre. The festival opened with '' Everybody Knows'' by Asghar Farhadi, and closed with ''The Man Who Killed Don Quixote'' by Terry Gilliam. Juries Main competition *Cate Blanchett, Australian actress - Jury President * Chang Chen, Taiwanese actor *Ava DuVernay, Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happy As Lazzaro
''Happy As Lazzaro'' () is a 2018 Italian magical realistic drama film written and directed by Alice Rohrwacher. It was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, where Rohrwacher won the award for Best Screenplay. Plot It gradually emerges that on an estate run as a tobacco farm called Inviolata ("Untouched") 54 farmhands live in primitive conditions and work in a sharecropping arrangement. The farm, isolated since 1977 by a washed-out bridge, continues to be run in a feudal manner by the notorious Marchioness Alfonsina De Luna, "Queen of Cigarettes", to whom the workers are constantly in debt, never paid for their work, kept in ignorance and not allowed to leave. Lazzaro is a kind and innocent worker on the farm who dutifully follows every command given by the peasants, the Marchioness, her son, Tancredi, and the estate manager Nicola. Tancredi befriends Lazzaro and decides to fake his own kidnapping to aggravate his mother and get some of he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
66th Berlin International Film Festival
The 66th Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 21 February 2016, with American actress Meryl Streep as the president of the jury. The Honorary Golden Bear for lifetime achievement was presented to German cinematographer Michael Ballhaus. '' Hail, Caesar!'', directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, was selected to open the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to the Italian documentary '' Fire at Sea'', directed by Gianfranco Rosi, which also serves as closing night film. Jury Main Competition * Meryl Streep, American actress - Jury President * Lars Eidinger, German actor * Nick James, British film critic * Brigitte Lacombe, French photographer * Clive Owen, British actor * Alba Rohrwacher, Italian actress * Małgorzata Szumowska, Polish director and screenwriter Best First Feature Award Jury * Michel Franco, Mexican filmmaker and producer * Enrico Lo Verso, Italian actor * Ursula Meier, Swiss film director International Short Film Jury * Sheikha Hoor Al-Qa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meryl Streep
Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Known for her versatility and adept accent work, she has been described as "the best actress of her generation". She has received numerous accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, including three Academy Awards, two British Academy Film Awards, eight Golden Globe Awards, four Emmy Awards, and two Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to nominations for seven Grammy Awards and a Tony Award. Streep made her feature film debut in '' Julia'' (1977) and soon established herself as one of the most respected actresses of all time. She has received three Academy Awards, the first for Best Supporting Actress for playing a troubled wife in '' Kramer vs. Kramer'' (1979), followed by two Best Actress wins for playing a Holocaust survivor in '' Sophie's Choice'' (1982) and Margaret Thatcher in '' The Iron Lady'' (2011). Throughout her career she has continued to earn critical acclaim for her div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saverio Costanzo
Saverio Costanzo (born 28 September 1975) is an Italian film and television director. Biography Early life Costanzo was born in Rome, the son of journalist and TV presenter Maurizio Costanzo and writer Flaminia Morandi, and the brother of writer/director Camilla Costanzo. Career His debut film, ''Private'' (2004), had its world premiere at the 57th Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the Golden Leopard, the festival's top prize. His second feature, ''In memoria di me'' (2007), was nominated for a Golden Bear at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2010, his third film, '' The Solitude of Prime Numbers'', was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. In 2013 and 2014, Costanzo directed several episodes of ''In Treatment'', the Italian version of the American TV series of the same name. His film '' Hungry Hearts'' (2014) was again nominated for a Golden Lion, at the 71st Venice International Film Festival. Between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
