Cristiana Capotondi
Cristiana Capotondi (born 13 September 1980) is an Italian actress. Early life and career Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of mixed Italian Catholic and Italian Jewish background (her maternal grandfather was Jewish). Growing up in Rome, she celebrated both Christian and Jewish holidays, such as Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah, and visited both church and synagogue. She graduated from the Università La Sapienza in Rome with a degree in communication sciences. Capotondi first gained popularity in a commercial ad for the "Maxibon Motta" ice cream. Her acting career began at the age of thirteen in the Italian series ''Amico mio'', aired by RAI. Capotondi debuted in cinema in 1995 with the comedy ''Vacanze di Natale '95''. Between 1993 and 2006 she worked mostly in television, starring in 2004–2006 in the series ''Orgoglio'', aired on Rai Uno. She gained additional exposure in the film '' Notte prima degli esami'' (2006), in which she starred as a main charact ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the "Big Six" International film festivals worldwide, which include the Big Three European Film Festivals, alongside the Toronto Film Festival in Canada the Sundance Film Festival in the United States and the Melbourne International Film Festival in Australia. The Festivals are internationally acclaimed for giving creators the artistic freedom to express themselves through film. In 1951, FIAPF formally accredited the festival. Founded by the National Fascist Party in Venice in August 1932, the festival is part of the Venice Biennale, one of the world's oldest exhibitions of art, created by the Venice City Council on 19 April 1893. The range of work at the Venice Bi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Nicolas Vaporidis
Nicolas Vaporidis ( el, Νικόλας Βαπορίδης; born 22 December 1981) is an Italian actor. Biography Vaporidis was born in Rome to an Italian mother and a Greek father. He obtained a classical diploma in Rome in 2000, then enrolled in a communication sciences program. He moved to London, where he remained more than a year working as a waiter and attending English classes. After London, Vaporidis returned to Italy and attended the acting school Teatro Azione, directed by Christian Del Bianco Cristiano Censi and Isabella Del Bianco. In 2002, Vaporidis' first film role was in ''Il ronzio delle mosche'' directed by Dario D'Ambrosi and co-starring Greta Scacchi. The following year, Enrico Oldoini gave him the title role in ''13dici a tavola''. In 2006, Vaporidis starred opposite Cristiana Capotondi in the film '' Notte prima degli esami'' directed by Fausto Brizzi. Vaporidis' novel ''Bravissimo a sbagliare'' was published by Mondadori in 2007 (). Personal life On Sep ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Come Tu Mi Vuoi (film)
''Come tu mi vuoi'' it's the 2007 debut film of director Volfango de Biasi, it stars Nicolas Vaporidis and Cristiana Capotondi. Plot ,Giada, a student of communication sciences in Rome, is the typical "nerd", clumsy, scruffy, "nerdy", dressed out of fashion girl, who neglects herself, to devote herself to her studies only. Of humble origins, to sustain herself economically, she works in a restaurant as a waitress and does tutoring. Riccardo instead, is a "trust-fund baby", dedicated only to his social life, made of evenings with friends and nights at the clubs. His loose ways and disastrous university path lead Riccardo's father to threaten him with cutting off his funds in the absence of good scolastic results. This is how the paths of the two intersect. Riccardo's friends, similar to him in terms of habits, gossip and frivolity, advise him to seduce the girl to get free tutoring. Actually Riccardo, even if not physically attracted to Giada, is vaguely fascinated by the girl' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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I Vicerè (film)
Federico De Roberto (16 January 1861 – 26 July 1927) was an Italian writer, who became well known for his historical novel (1894), translated as ''The Viceroys''. Biography De Roberto was born in Naples and began his writing career as a journalist for national newspapers, where he met Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana, the most prominent writers of the '' Verismo'' movement. Verga introduced him into the literary circles of Milan. De Roberto authored two books of short stories: (1887), (1888). His first novel, , (1889) is largely autobiographical; deeper in psychological analysis is the second, (1891). In 1894 his novel was published. It was the result of years of hard work, but obtained little success upon its release. Disillusionment and nervous disorders induced De Roberto to resume journalistic work: he became a writer for the and the . Only later, after some experience as a playwright, he returned to the novel, with (1908–1913), un unfinished sequel to . He d ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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David Di Donatello For Best Actress
The David di Donatello Award for Best Actress ( it, David di Donatello per la migliore attrice protagonista) is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano (ACI, ''Academy of Italian Cinema'') to recognize the outstanding performance in a leading role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. Nominees and winner are selected via run-off voting by all the members of the Accademia. The award was first given in 1956. Sophia Loren is the record holder in this category, with seven awards, followed by Margherita Buy and Monica Vitti, with five awards each. Winners and nominees Below, winners are listed first in the colored row, followed by other nominees. 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s See also * Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress * European Film Award for Best Actress * Academy Award for Best Actress * BAFTA Award for Best Actress * César Award for Best Actress * ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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To Sleep Next To Her
''To Sleep Next To Her'' ( it, Volevo solo dormirle addosso) is a 2004 Italian drama film directed by Eugenio Cappuccio. It entered the Midnight section at the 61st Venice International Film Festival. Cast * Giorgio Pasotti as Marco Pressi * Cristiana Capotondi as Laura * Elizabeth Olumoroti Fajuyigbe as Angélique * Marcello Catalano as Jean-Claude Rondeau * Massimo Molea as Giorgio Borghi * Jun Ichikawa as Fabienne Lo * Giuseppe Gandini as Alberto Spontini * Mariella Valentini as Anna Mentosti * Ninni Bruschetta 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, in 1983 Bruschetta co-founded with Maurizio Puglisi "Nutrimenti terrestri", a stag ... as Syndicalist See also * List of Italian films of 2004 References External links * 2004 films Italian drama films 2004 drama films 2000s Italian-language films 2000s Italian films {{2000s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Christmas In Love
''Christmas in Love'' is a 2004 cinepanettone film starring Christian De Sica, Danny DeVito, Massimo Boldi, Cristiana Capotondi and Ronn Moss. The film was directed by Neri Parenti. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards. Plot Fabrizio Barbetti (Christian De Sica) and Lisa Pinzoni (Sabrina Ferilli) are two remarried doctors who, since divorce, have been simply unable to get along with each other. They hate one another to such an extent that they argue and fight in public, even on television, but their lives as a divorced couple are going to change as they establish, with their respective new partners, to spend their Christmas holidays in Gstaad, Switzerland. Here, after a difficult start, the two end up falling again for each other and begin planning to make their partners do so as well, so that they can end their current relationships and start a new life together. However, they ignore that Angela (Fabrizio's new ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Forse Si
Forse Castle is a ruined building dating from 1200 in the hamlet of Forse in the Caithness region in the Scottish council area of Highland. It is protected as a scheduled ancient monument. The castle stands on a peninsula about 50 metres above sea level. It is surrounded on all sides by steep rocks and is cut off from the mainland by a natural ditch at the neck of the peninsula. Forse Castle was the stronghold of the Sutherland of Forse family, a cadet branch of the Clan Sutherland. They lived in it until around 1600. References Forse Forse Castle is a ruined building dating from 1200 in the hamlet of Forse in the Caithness region in the Scotland, Scottish council area of Highland Council area, Highland. It is protected as a scheduled ancient monument. The castle stands on a ... Clan Sutherland Buildings and structures in Caithness Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Highland {{Highland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Il Cielo In Una Stanza (film)
''Il cielo in una stanza'' (''The sky in a room'') is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina.- Plot Paul hates his father because he was too strict with his son. One day Paul says to his father that he would prefer never to have been born and to live happy and carefree in the glorious 1960s. Paul is immediately satisfied by fate, and finds himself transported back into the 1960s, when his father was still a child. Paul immediately realizes that he desired nonsense from destiny, and tries to replace his trouble, knowing a young man (his father as a man), trying to make him fall in love with the girl of his dreams (the future mother of Paul). Cast *Elio Germano: Paolo as a teenager * Gabriele Mainetti: Marco * Ricky Tognazzi: Paolo, father of Marco *Alessandro Cianflone: Massimo * Francesco Venditti: Claudio *Cinzia Mascoli Cinzia may refer to: *Cinzia De Carolis (born 1960), Italian actress and voice actress *Cinzia Casiraghi, Professor in Nanoscience, Uni ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Vacanze Di Natale 95
''Vacanze di Natale '95'' (also known as ''Christmas Vacation ’95'') is a 1995 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. Plot summary In the north of Italy in the town of Busto Arsizio, the clumsy and foolish Lorenzo leaves with his daughter Marta for the Christmas holiday for the city of Aspen, in Colorado. In Rome, the vulgar and womanizer Remo Proietti decides to recover unnecessarily loving relationship with his young wife Kelly, and so the two depart for America, while Remo's friends bettors and gamblers alike depart for America, but for Las Vegas. The story of Remo and Lorenzo starts just as Marta, in full adolescent phase, meets the famous Luke Perry and falls in love. In Aspen, Remo also discovers that his old friend Paolone, bettor and also usurer, is spending her Christmas holidays. When Remo loses a game of cards with him, threatening him Paolone legally, Remo is forced to sign a contract stating that his rival will have a sexual relationship with his wife. But ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Primo Reggiani
Primo Reggiani (born 5 November 1983) is an Italian actor. Born in Rome to Tuscan actor Aldo Reggiani and Apulian actress, Caterina Costantini Caterina is a feminine given name which is an Italian and Catalan form of the name '' Katherine''. Notable people with the name include: In music: * Caterina Assandra, Italian composer and Benedictine nun * Caterina Bueno, Italian singer and ..., he appeared in more than thirty films since 1996. Selected filmography Film Television References External links * 1983 births Living people Italian male film actors People of Tuscan descent People of Apulian descent {{Italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |