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Ennio Fantastichini
Ennio Fantastichini (20 February 1955 – 1 December 2018) was an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Gallese, province of Viterbo, Fantastichini studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. His breakout role was Tommaso Scalia in Gianni Amelio's '' Open Doors'', a role that gave him a Nastro d'Argento, a Ciak d'oro and a special European Film Award as European Discovery of the Year. In 2010, for his performance in Ferzan Özpetek's '' Loose Cannons'', he won a David di Donatello for best supporting actor and a second Nastro d'Argento in the same category. Fantastichini died of acute promyelocytic leukemia in Naples on 1 December 2018, at the age of 63. Selected filmography *1983: ''Fuori dal giorno'' *1984: ''Il ragazzo di Ebalus'' - Terrorist *1985: ''Big Deal After 20 Years'' - Domenico *1988: '' The Camels'' - Pino *1989: ''Via Panisperna Boys'' - Enrico Fermi *1990: '' Open Doors'' - Tommaso Scalia *1990: ''A Violent Life'' - Cosimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferzan Özpetek
Ferzan Özpetek (born 3 February 1959) is a Turkish-Italian film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy. Biography Ferzan Özpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. In 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome. He completed his education attending art history and costume design classes at the Navona Academy. He also attended director classes at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. After receiving stage experience with Julian Beck's Living Theatre, he moved to the cinema landscape, by working as a director assistant to Massimo Troisi, Maurizio Ponzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Sergio Citti and Francesco Nuti. His first work was as Troisi's assistant director for '' Scusate il ritardo'', followed by Ponzi's ''Sono contento'', where he had a small role performing as a “madonnaro". His directorial debut was with ''Hamam A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine '' L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Other Men
''Other Men'' ( it, Altri uomini) is a 1997 Italian crime drama film written and directed by Claudio Bonivento. It is based on real-life characters documented in the Antonio Carlucci and Paolo Rossetti's book ''Io il Tebano'' ("I, the Theban"). For his performance Claudio Amendola received a Nastro d'Argento nomination for best actor. Cast * Claudio Amendola as Michele Croce *Ennio Fantastichini as Loris Corbi * Antonino Iuorio as Turi Maiolo *Veronica Pivetti as Maria De Simone * Ricky Memphis as Riccardo Zanni * Ugo Conti Ugo Conti (born 30 March 1955) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1982. Selected filmography References External links * * 1955 births Living people Italian male film actors {{Italy-film-actor-st ... as Ugo Conti * Tony Sperandeo as Salvatore * Giovanna Nodari as Marina * Stefania Montorsi as Mimma Croce * Vincenzo Peluso as Rino References External links * Italian crime drama films 1997 crime d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arlette (1997 Film)
''Arlette'' is a 1997 French comedy-romance film directed by Claude Zidi. Plot Arlette is a waitress at the "Centipede", a roadside restaurant in the middle of rural France. Loudmouth at the heart while rather romantic, she dreams of getting married but Victor, her boyfriend, a lorry driver, does not want to hear about it. One day, a charming prince, Frank, an American millionaire, arrives at the Centipede in a white limousine. Claiming to be depressed after his girlfriend's death, he seeks for Arlette's help and starts to seduce her with gifts and charming words. He eventually offers to take her to Las Vegas to marry her. But what is this seductive playboy truly after? Cast * Josiane Balasko as Arlette Bathiat * Christopher Lambert as Frank Martin * Ennio Fantastichini as Angelo Mascarpone * Stéphane Audran as Diane * Jean-Marie Bigard as Victor * Armelle as Lucie * Martin Lamotte as The Chief * Ronny Coutteure as Arlette's boss * Jean-Pierre Castaldi as Lulu * France Z ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August Vacation
''August Vacation'' ( it, Ferie d'agosto, also known as ''Summer Holidays'') is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì. The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot Cast *Silvio Orlando: Sandro Molino *Laura Morante: Cecilia Sarcoli *Ennio Fantastichini: Ruggero Mazzalupi *Paola Tiziana Cruciani: Luciana * Sabrina Ferilli: Marisa * Piero Natoli: Marcello *Agnese Claisse: Martina *Rocco Papaleo: Brigadiere *Silvio Vannucci: Mauro Santucci * Antonella Ponziani: Francesca *Teresa Saponangelo: Irene Vitiello * Gigio Alberti: Roberto See also * List of Italian films of 1995 A list of films produced in Italy in 1995 (see 1995 in film): See also *1995 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 1995at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1995 1995 Films A film a ... References External links * 1995 films Films directed by Paolo Virzì Italian comedy-drama films 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vendetta (1995 Film)
''Vendetta'' is a 1995 Swedish film directed by Mikael Håfström and starring Stefan Sauk as the Swedish intelligence officer Carl Hamilton and as his adversary Don Tommaso, Ennio Fantastichini. It was released to cinemas in Sweden on 10 February 1995. A television miniseries was filmed at the same time. It aired as six episodes of 50–60 minutes each. Plot Carl Hamilton is assigned to go to Sicily to free two Swedish businessmen who are held captive by a local villain named Don Tommaso. The Don wants a Swedish naval robot system in exchange for his hostages. In the beginning Hamilton acts merely as a negotiator, but when he cannot accept the demands of his counterpart, the situation escalates. Hamilton stands up against Don Tommaso, while abduction and murder becomes the language of negotiation. A classical vendetta is initiated, as narcotics from Colombia and the Italian intelligence community become involved. Cast *Stefan Sauk as commander Carl Hamilton, naval officer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The True Life Of Antonio H
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gangsters (1992 Film)
''Gangsters'' is a 1992 Italian drama film directed by Massimo Guglielmi. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival. Plot Genoa, 1945, after the end of the Second World War Umberto, Giulio and Enrico, three Italian resistance, partisans, intend to continue their struggle killing the fascists, responsible for the murders and the tortures against the anti-fascists, who were not captured or they went unpunished. Their actions, however, do not have an exclusive punitive or vengeance aim, hoping that the fight will continue throughout the country, up to the revolution. The Italian Communist Party, however, distances itself from these actions and, having learned of the identity of the three, sends the official Bava, acquaintance of the three and a friend of Giulio, to warn him to stop but the attempt will not succeed. Cast * Ennio Fantastichini as Giulio * Isabella Ferrari as Evelina * Giuseppe Cederna as Umberto * Giulio Scarpati as Enrico * Luca Lionello as Fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Una Storia Semplice (film)
''Una storia semplice'' (internationally released as ''A Simple Story'') is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Emidio Greco. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Leonardo Sciascia. It premiered at the 1991 Venice International Film Festival, in which it entered the main competition. The film was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento for best screenplay, two Globi d'oro for best film and best screenplay and a Grolla d'oro for best actor to the ensemble cast. Plot The Sciascia story unfolds with the arrival in Sicily of a medicine rep from Verona. He is unaware that he witnessed a double murder at a rural railway station until he hears about the event on his car radio. He calls on the local police station to help with the enquiries. The police have discovered the body of a retired ambassador, returned after years of absence, in his remote farmhouse, after he had called them about the discovery of an item (a stolen painting) rolled up in the attic. The police did ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Professional Secrets Of Dr
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with nouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of the archaic pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Station (1990 Film)
''La stazione'', internationally released as ''The Station'', is a 1990 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Sergio Rubini. For this film Rubini won a David di Donatello for Best New Director and Margherita Buy was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. Cast * Sergio Rubini as Domenico * Margherita Buy as Flavia * Ennio Fantastichini as Danilo * Emilio Solfrizzi See also List of Italian films of 1990 A list of films produced in Italy in 1990 (see 1990 in film): See also * 1990 in Italian television References External linksItalian films of 1990at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1990 1990 Lists of 1990 fi ... References External links * 1990 films Films directed by Sergio Rubini Italian comedy-drama films 1990 comedy-drama films 1990 directorial debut films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Violent Life
''A Violent Life'' ( it, Una vita scellerata, also known as ''Cellini: A Violent Life'') is a 1990 Italian biographical drama film directed by Giacomo Battiato. It depicts real life events of goldsmith and sculptor Benvenuto Cellini. Cast * Wadeck Stanczak as Benvenuto Cellini * Max von Sydow as Pope Clement VII * Ennio Fantastichini as Cosimo de' Medici * Pamela Villoresi as Fiore * Ben Kingsley as The Governor * Sophie Ward as Sulpizia *Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu as Francis I of France * Amanda Sandrelli as Pantasilea *Maurizio Donadoni as Rosso Fiorentino * Tony Vogel as Baccio * Lorenza Guerrieri as Faustina *Florence Thomassin Florence Thomassin (born 24 June 1966) is a French actress and sculptor. In 2001, Thomassin was nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role of Beatrice in Bernard Rapp's ''A Question of Taste ''A Question of Taste' ... as Madame d'Estampes References External links * 1990 films Italian biographical dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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