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Loredana Cannata
Loredana Cannata (born 14 July 1975) is an Italian movie, television and theater actress. Biography Born in Ragusa, Italy, Cannata studied acting while growing up in her native Sicily. She started early on to play leading roles in several stage plays, some of which based on works by Luigi Pirandello (''Liolà''), Euripides (''The Trojan Women'') and Arthur Schnitzler (''La Ronde''). In 1999 she made her film debut in '' The Man-Eater'' directed by Aurelio Grimaldi. Cannata has also appeared in numerous television series throughout her career. Since 2001 she has been starring, alongside Italian actor Sebastiano Somma, in ''Un caso di coscienza'', a long running TV series broadcast on Rai Uno, one of Italy's state owned channels. ''Un caso di coscienza'' is now in its fifth season. She was cast in the 2005-2006 Italian edition of ''Strictly Come Dancing''. She came back to the movies in 2012 with " Magnifica presenza", directed by Ferzan Ozpetek and " The Early Years" directe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giarratana
Giarratana is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Ragusa, Sicily, southern Italy. Its name is likely derived from Arabic. History An elaborate late-imperial Roman villa with floor mosaics was found in 1989 near Giarratana in the Orto Mosaico district along the "regia trazzera" road. Several mosaics not only on the floors but also on walls and various decorations were found. The mosaics have floral references and geometric figures that often intertwine with each other. It covered an area of about 2000 m2, with at least three building wings arranged around a central garden. The excavation campaigns brought to light the north-eastern sector of the villa consisting of seven rooms, a corridor or peristyle, and the east and west wings, added later and probably never completed. Artifacts found during the excavations include a marble relief depicting the goddess Aphrodite. Another villa was discovered a few km further south along the SS 194. Main sights *Church of San Bartolome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Goddess Of Fortune
''The Goddess of Fortune'' ( it, La dea fortuna) is a 2019 Italian comedy-drama film directed by 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 Unive .... Summary Alessandro and Arturo have been a couple for more than fifteen years. Although passion and love have turned into an important affection, their relationship has been in crisis for some time. The sudden arrival in their lives of two children left in custody for a few days by Alessandro's best friend, however, could give an unexpected turn to their tired routine. The solution will be a crazy gesture. But on the other hand, love is a state of pleasant madness. Cast References External links * 2019 films Films directed by Ferzan Özpetek 2010s Italian-language films 2019 comedy-drama films Italian come ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarlett (2018 Film)
''Scarlett'' is a 2018 Italian thriller film directed by Luigi Boccia. Cast Release The film premiered at Rome Independent Film Festival on 22 November 2018. It was released on Prime Video Amazon Prime Video, also known simply as Prime Video, is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming and rental service of Amazon offered as a standalone service or as part of Amazon's Prime subscription. The service pr ... on 1 February 2022. References External links * 2018 films 2018 thriller films Italian thriller films Films about automobiles 2010s Italian films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth (2015 Film)
''Youth'' is a 2015 comedy-drama film written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is the director's second English-language film, and stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as best friends who reflect on their lives while holidaying in the Swiss Alps. It is a story of the eternal struggle between age and youth, the past and the future, life and death, commitment and betrayal. The cast also includes Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. The film premiered at the ''2015 Cannes Film Festival'', where it competed for the Palme d'Or and had a positive critical response. At the 28th European Film Awards, ''Youth'' won Best Film, Best Director for Sorrentino, and Best Actor for Caine. It received one Academy Award nomination: Best Original Song, for David Lang's composition of " Simple Song #3". At the Golden Globe Awards, Lang was also nominated along with Jane Fonda for Best Supporting Actress. Plot Septuagenarian best friends Fred Ballinger and Mick Boyle are on vacation in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magnificent Presence
''Magnificent Presence'' ( it, Magnifica presenza, also known as ''A Magnificent Haunting'') is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Ferzan Özpetek. Plot Pietro Pontechievello is a gay man who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro quickly learns of strange and mysterious presences. The house is haunted by the ghosts of members of a theater company dating back to the times of fascism, and now they do not know that are dead. Indeed, the ghosts believe they are on leave to participate in a new show, and Pietro does not know how to drive the intruders from the building. Cast * Andrea Bosca - Luca Veroli * Margherita Buy - Lea Marni * Loredana Cannata - Casting * Giuseppe Fiorello - Filippo Verni * Elio Germano - Pietro Pontechievello * Paola Minaccioni - Maria * Ambrogio Maestri - Ambrogio Dardini * Anna Proclemer - Livia Morosini * Vittoria Puccini - Beatrice Marni * Cem Yılmaz Cem Yılmaz (, born 23 April 1973) is a Turkish actor, stan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinto Brass
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as ''Caligula'', ''Così fan tutte'' (released under the English title ''All Ladies Do It''), ''Paprika'', '' Monella'' (''Frivolous Lola'') and '' Trasgredire''. Career Avant-garde cinema In the 1960s and 1970s, Brass was considered a promising experimental and avant-garde director, and his debut film ''Who Works Is Lost'' got very favorable reviews after screening at Venice Film Festival 1963. In 1964, he was commissioned by Umberto Eco to create two short films experimenting with visual language for the 13th Triennale di Milano – ''Tempo Libero'' and ''Tempo Lavorativo''. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Brass directed films in many genres, including western ('' Yankee'') and crime ('' Col cuore in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Senso '45
''Senso '45'' (also released internationally as ''Black Angel'') is an Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Tinto Brass, based on the novella '' Senso'' by Camillo Boito, also which inspired Luchino Visconti's 1954 film. Instead of being set during the Third Italian War of Independence, the film is set in Venice during the last months of the fascist regime. Plot Livia Mazzoni, the wife of a senior manager of MinCulPop, departs from Asolo to Venice, where she meets her lover Helmut Schultz, an officer of the SS. During her car trip, Livia remembers the sexual drift that brought her up to that point, overwhelming her in a whirlwind of erotic adventures, illicit trafficking, shady characters who move in the shadow of the disarraying fascist regime in the final months of World War II. Cast * Anna Galiena as Livia Mazzoni * Gabriel Garko as Helmut Schultz * Antonio Salines as Carlo * Franco Branciaroli as Ugo Oggiano * Loredana Cannata as Ninetta * Simona Borion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romano Scavolini
Romano Scavolini (born 18 June 1940) is an Italian film director and the younger brother of screenwriter Sauro Scavolini. Career He has been directing since the 1960s. Most of his films are shot independently and with an experimental style. His best known horror films are ''Nightmare'' (1981), a gruesome horror film that was banned as a video nasty Video nasty is a colloquial term popularised by the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association (NVALA) in the United Kingdom to refer to a number of films, typically low-budget horror or exploitation films, distributed on video cassette that ... in the UK, and his 1972 '' A White Dress for Marialé''. Filmography * ''The Devastated One'' (''I devastati'') – 1958/1959 * ''Blind Fly (A mosca cieca)'' (''Ricordati di Haron'') – 1966 * ''The Dress Rehearsal'' (''La prova generale'') – 1968 * ''Entonce'' – 1969 * ' (''Lo stato d'assedio'') (also known as ''State of Siege'' – ''Besieged'') – 1969 * ''The long march'' ('' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Donna Lupo
''The Man-Eater'' ( it, La donna lupo, also known as ''Maneater'') is a 1999 Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Aurelio Grimaldi. Cast * Loredana Cannata: She-Wolf * Arturo Paglia: Valerio * Pascal Persiano Production In this movie Loredana Cannata Loredana Cannata (born 14 July 1975) is an Italian movie, television and theater actress. Biography Born in Ragusa, Italy, Cannata studied acting while growing up in her native Sicily. She started early on to play leading roles in several st ... performs several unsimulated sex acts. In reference to the infamous fellatio scene, she said that she was told that it would not be simulated only the day they filmed it. More she revealed that also the cunnilingus she receives by Pascal Persiano in the pool scene was real. Arturo Paglia didn't feel up to doing the fellatio scene, so he was replaced by a porn actor. References External links * 1999 films Italian erotic drama films Films directed by Aur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican Revolution ( es, Revolución Mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from approximately 1910 to 1920. It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history". It resulted in the destruction of the Federal Army and its replacement by a revolutionary army, and the transformation of Mexican culture and government. The northern Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940. The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles. The United States played an especially significant role. Although the decades-long regime of President Porfirio Díaz (1876–1911) was increasingly unpopular, there was no foreboding in 1910 that a revoluti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Veganism
Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal product—particularly in diet—and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals. An individual who follows the diet or philosophy is known as a vegan. Distinctions may be made between several categories of veganism. Dietary vegans, also known as "strict vegetarians", refrain from consuming meat, eggs, dairy products, and any other animal-derived substances. An ethical vegan is someone who not only follows a plant-based diet but extends the philosophy into other areas of their lives, opposes the use of animals for any purpose, and tries to avoid any cruelty and exploitation of all animals including humans. Another term is " environmental veganism", which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable. Matthew Cole, "Veganism", in Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz (ed.), ''Cultural Encyclopedia of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
