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Armenia Balducci
Armenia Balducci (13 March 1933 – 29 July 2022) was an Italian actress, screenwriter and director. Biography Balducci was elected Miss Testaccio and had a short acting career, acting under the pseudonym Bella Visconti, which spanned six films between 1953 and 1956; it was only in 1971 that she returned in front of the cameras for an appearance in ''Sacco & Vanzetti (1971 film), Sacco & Vanzetti''. She also acted in theater; she was politically active in various left-wing parties (along with her long-time partner Gian Maria Volonté) and was twice Elio Petri's editorial secretary. In 1978 and 1980 she directed two films that took a critical or satirical look at the bourgeoisie and its police representatives, but they were financial failures. From 1986 to 1993 and again in 2002 she worked as a screenwriter for Giuseppe Ferrara's films. In the latter year, her film ''La rivincita'', shot digitally, premiered at the Tierra di Siena Film Festival. Filmography As actress *''Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Art Of Getting Along
''The Art of Getting Along'' () is a 1954 comedy film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Alberto Sordi. Following '' Difficult Years'' and ''Easy Years'', it is the third and final chapter in the trilogy about Italian politics under the continuing shadow of fascism conceived by Vitaliano Brancati. In the person of an unprincipled Sicilian rogue, it delivers a satirical portrait of Italian society from 1913 to 1953. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." Plot Sasà Scimoni, nephew and unpaid assistant of the mayor of Catania, adapts himself to any man who may be able to help him advance and to any woman he may be able to take advantage of. Falling for the wife of an honest socialist politician, he becomes an activist and through his machinations the husband gets five years in jail. By then the First World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Together?
''Together?'' (Italian: ''Amo non amo'', also known as ''I Love You, I Love You Not'') is a 1979 Italian drama film directed by Armenia Balducci, a screenwriter and TV documentarian at her feature debut. The Italian progressive rock band Goblin created the original score for the film before it was re-scored by Burt Bacharach for its US release. RCA Victor subsequently released Bacharach's soundtrack album with several reissues of Goblin's initial score by AMS on both CD and vinyl. Plot Cast *Jacqueline Bisset as Louise *Maximilian Schell as John *Terence Stamp as Henry *Monica Guerritore as Giulia * Luca Venantini as Luca *Pietro Biondi as Berto * Birgit Hamer as the blond girl *Francesca De Sapio as Francesca * Serena Canevari as Serena *Umberto Orsini Umberto Orsini (born 2 April 1934) is an Italian actor. He achieved prominence as a stage actor in Luchino Visconti's company, before becoming known to general audiences for his roles in RAI television dramas. He won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Women Film Directors
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2022 Deaths
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1933 Births
Events January * January 11 – Australian aviator Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand. * January 17 – The United States Congress votes in favour of Philippines independence, against the wishes of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. * January 28 – "Pakistan Declaration": Choudhry Rahmat Ali publishes (in Cambridge, UK) a pamphlet entitled ''Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?'', in which he calls for the creation of a Muslim state in northwest India that he calls "Pakistan, Pakstan"; this influences the Pakistan Movement. * January 30 ** Nazi Party leader Adolf Hitler is appointed Chancellor of Germany (German Reich), Chancellor of Germany by President of Germany Paul von Hindenburg. ** Édouard Daladier forms a government in France in succession to Joseph Paul-Boncour. He is succeeded on October 26 by Albert Sarraut and on November 26 by Camille Chautemps. February * February 1 – Adolf Hitle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Calvi Affair
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Giovanni Falcone (film)
''Giovanni Falcone'' is a 1993 Italian biographical film, biographical drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Ferrara. It is based on the real life-events of the prosecuting magistrate Giovanni Falcone who was killed by the Sicilian Mafia, mafia in 1992. Cast * Michele Placido as Giovanni Falcone * Anna Bonaiuto as Francesca Morvillo * Giancarlo Giannini as Paolo Borsellino * Massimo Bonetti as Ninni Cassarà * Nello Riviè as Rocco Chinnici * Gianni Musy as Tommaso Buscetta * Marco Leto as Antonino Caponnetto * Paolo De Giorgio as Calogero Zucchetto * Antonio Cantafora as Salvatore Inzerillo, Totò Inzerillo * Pietro Biondi as the "Dottore" (Bruno Contrada) * Nino D'Agata as Salvatore Contorno, Totuccio Contorno * Fabrizio Gifuni as Roberto Antiochia * Gianfranco Barra as Vincenzo Geraci * Roberto Nobile as Judge Di Pisa * Arnaldo Ninchi as Salvo Lima * Giampiero Bianchi as Claudio Martelli * Giovanni Pallavicino as Vito Ciancimino * Luigi Angelillo as Ignazio Salvo * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narcos (film)
''Narcos'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Chris Brancato, Carlo Bernard, and Doug Miro. Set and filmed in Colombia, seasons 1 and 2 are about Colombian narcoterrorist and drug lord Pablo Escobar, leader of the Medellín Cartel and billionaire through cocaine production and distribution. The series also focuses on Escobar's interactions with drug lords, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents, and various opposition entities. Season 3 picks up after the fall of Escobar and continues to follow the DEA as they try to shut down the rise of the infamous Cali Cartel. Season 1, comprising 10 episodes, originally aired on August 28, 2015, as a Netflix exclusive. The series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 2, 2016, with 10 episodes. On September 6, 2016, Netflix renewed the series for its third and fourth seasons. Season 3 premiered on September 1, 2017, but on July 18, 2018, the directors announced that season 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Moro Affair
''The Moro Affair'' () is a 1986 Italian crime film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara about the kidnapping of Aldo Moro in 1978. Plot The film chronicles the 55 days of the kidnapping of Aldo Moro, from the Via Fani massacre to the discovery of the body of the Christian Democracy president in Via Caetani. It depicts the events that characterized those days, omitting conspiracy theories that emerged only in subsequent years, such as the presence of an official from SISMI near Via Fani on the morning of the attack and contacts between the state and criminal organizations (Camorra, Banda della Magliana, still active in 1986) to locate Moro's prison. The movie also includes artistic choices that contradict established historical facts, such as the absence of ski masks worn by the terrorists and the portrayal of Don Stefani entering the Red Brigades The Red Brigades ( , often abbreviated BR) were an Italian far-left Marxist–Leninist militant group. It was responsible for numer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
