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Make A Fake
''Make a Fake'' ( it, Senza arte né parte) is a 2011 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Albanese. For his performance, Giuseppe Battiston won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor. The film was also nominated for the Nastro d'Argento for best comedy film. The film had a worldwide box office gross of $731,299. Plot Arrogant and unscrupulous pasta factory owner Alfonso Tammaro tells his workers Enzo, Carmine and Bandula, that the factory will close and that they are laid off. When they ask if they can work in his new factory, he tells them he doesn't need them since it's completely automated. They are hard put to make ends meet, but Enzo's wife Aurora, who has been hired by Tammaro as a translator, convinces Tammaro to hire them as security guards at the old factory, which he now uses to store his latest enthusiasm, modern art. They find the art bizarre and the prices outrageously high. When Carmine accidentally breaks one of the artworks, they realize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincenzo Salemme
Vincenzo Salemme (born 24 July 1957) is an Italian actor, playwright, director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Bacoli, Province of Naples, Salemme began his career in 1976, with the stage company of Tato Russo. The following year he joined the theatre crew of Eduardo De Filippo, later led by his son Luca, where he worked until 1992. In a 2018 interview, he said that De Filippo taught him to "''italianise"'' words in Neapolitan when not in Naples, so everybody could understand the play. In the 1990s, Salemme started writing and producing his own comedy plays, enjoying a large success with ''E fuori nevica''. He debuted in the movie industry the early 1980s as a character actor; following his increasing popularity on stage, in 1998 he wrote, directed and starred in the comedy film '' L'amico del cuore'', which enjoyed a considerable commercial success. In the following years, Salemme alternated his personal projects, on stage and on the big screen, and leadin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonia Bergamasco
Sonia Bergamasco (born 16 January 1966) is an Italian actress. Born in Milan, Bergamasco graduated in piano at the Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory and then enrolled the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, graduating in 1990.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . The same year, she made her stage debut in Giorgio Strehler's ''Arlecchino dei giovani''. She made her film debut in 1994, in the film ''Miracoli, storie per corti'', in the segment ''Antonio Mastronunzio pittore sannita'' directed by Mario Martone. In 2001 she had her breakout role as Sofia, the main character in Giuseppe Bertolucci's ''Probably Love''. In 2004 thanks to her performance in '' The Best of Youth'' she won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress along with the rest of the female cast. Bergamasco is married to actor Fabrizio Gifuni. Selected filmography *''Probably Love'' (2001) *'' The Best of Youth'' (2003) * ''Einstein'' (2008) * '' Wild Blood'' (2008) * ''Tutti p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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2011 Films
The following is an overview of the events of 2011 in film, including the highest-grossing films, film festivals, award ceremonies and a list of films released and notable deaths. More film sequels were released in 2011 than any other year before it, with 28 sequels released. Evaluation of the year Richard Brody of '' The New Yorker'' observed that the best films of 2011 "exalt the metaphysical, the fantastical, the transformative, the fourth-wall-breaking, or simply the impossible, and—remarkably—do so ... These films depart from 'reality' ... not in order to forget the irrefutable but in order to face it, to think about it, to act on it more freely". Film critic and filmmaker Scout Tafoya of ''RogerEbert.com'' considers the year of 2011 as the best year for cinema, countering the notion of 1939 being film's best year overall, citing examples such as '' Drive'', '' The Tree of Life'', '' Once Upon a Time in Anatolia'', '' Keyhole'', '' Contagion'', '' The Adventures of Ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Comedy Films
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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 stage company which primarily focused on subjects of social value, and was active both as an actor and a director. In 1987 he debuted as a screenwriter with the indie drama ''La gentilezza del tocco'', and in 1989 he co-directed the indie film ''Private Screening''. He is also very active as an actor in films and television series. Selected filmography ;Actor * ''Libera'' (1993) * '' Law of Courage'' (1994) * ''Black Holes'' (1995) * ''First Light of Dawn'' (2000) * ''One Hundred Steps'' (2000) * '' One Man Up'' (2001) * '' Lost Love'' (2003) * ''The Vanity Serum '' (2004) * '' The Life That I Want'' (2004) * '' The Man of Glass'' (2007) * ''My Brother Is an Only Child'' (2007) * ''Boris'' (2007) * '' Come Undone'' (2010) * '' Boris: The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ernesto Mahieux
Ernesto Mahieux (born 12 July 1946) is an Italian actor, sometimes credited under the name Ernesto Maiè. Biography Born in Naples in 1946, he abandoned school to work in different jobs and to live in Milan and Rome. From the second half of the seventies and eighties, with the role of the first comic, he took numerous parts, such as ''Teresa Esposito'' of Alberto Sciotti (1980), ''Tanti Auguri'' and ''Eternamente''.; Filmography * '' Giuramento'', directed by Alfonso Brescia (1982) * '' Torna'', directed by Stelvio Massi (1984) * '' Guapparia'', directed by Stelvio Massi (1984) * '' Maccheroni'', directed by Ettore Scola (1985) * '' Separati in casa'', directed by Riccardo Pazzaglia (1986) * '' Ternosecco'', directed by Giancarlo Giannini (1987) * '' Chiari di luna'', directed by Lello Arena (1988) * '' C'è posto per tutti'', directed by Giancarlo Planta (1989) * '' Aitanic'', directed by Nino D'Angelo (2000) * '' L'imbalsamatore'', directed by Matteo Garrone (2001) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Sassanelli
Paolo Sassanelli (born 29 October 1958) is an Italian stage, film and television actor as well as director. Life and career Born in Bari, Sassanelli made his stage debut in his hometown in the second half of the 1980s. He then moved to Rome and had his breakout in the early 1990s with the role of Gabriele Serra in the TV-series '' Classe di ferro''. In 2014, Sassanelli won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in the crime-comedy film '' Song'e Napule''. His short film debut ''Guerra'' (War) won as best fiction at The Palace International Short Film Festival, in 2010. Selected filmography * '' Colpo di luna'' (1995) * ''Marriages'' (1998) * '' Un medico in famiglia'' (TV, 1998-2014) * '' Without Filter'' (2001) * ''Compagni di scuola'' (TV, 2001) * '' Now or Never'' (2003) * '' The Life That I Want'' (2004) * '' Red Like the Sky'' (2005) * ''Codice rosso'' (TV, 2006) * '' Last Minute Marocco'' (2007) * '' Non pensarci'' (2007) * '' Days and Clouds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hassani Shapi
Hassani Shapi (born 15 July 1973), is a Kenyan actor, particularly active in Italian cinema. He is best known for the roles in the films ''Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace'', ''The World Is Not Enough'' and ''Il maresciallo Rocca''. Personal life He was born on 15 July 1973 in Mombasa, Kenya. He obtained his masters degree in Paris, France, in veterinary science. After becoming a veterinary doctor, he worked in a private clinic in Paris. After few years he quit the job to get into acting. Career He first worked with an English theatre company in Paris called ACT. He has been involved in theater and played in several plays such as ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'', ''Animal Farm'', ''The Old Man and the Sea'' and ''Don Quixote''. In 1992, he made his television debut in some episodes of the series ''Runaway Bay'' directed by Tim Dowd. After six years in 1998, he reappeared in television for a single episode of the serial ''The Ambassador''. In 2009, Shapi starred in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donatella Finocchiaro
Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in '' The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Angela'' (2002) * '' Lost Love'' (''Perdutoamor''; 2003) * '' On My Skin'' (''Sulla mia pelle''; 2003) * '' Amatemi'' (2005) * '' Secret Journey'' (2006) * '' Ice on Fire'' (''La fiamma sul ghiaccio''; 2006) * '' The Wedding Director'' (''Il regista di matrimoni''; 2006) * ''Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight'' (2006) * ''The Sweet and the Bitter'' (2007) * ''Amore che vieni, amore che vai'' (2008) * '' Galantuomini'' (2008) * '' Baarìa'' (2009) * '' Lost Kisses'' (2010) * '' Manuale d'amore 3'' (2011) * '' Make a Fake'' (2011) * '' Terraferma'' (2011) * '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) * ''Marina A marina (from Spanish language, Spanish , Portuguese language, Portuguese and Italian language, Italian : ''mari ... [...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] |
Corriere Del Mezzogiorno
''Corriere del Mezzogiorno'' is an Italian local newspaper owned by RCS MediaGroup and based in Naples, Italy, with editorial offices in all over Southern Italy. It was launched in 1997 in Campania to handle the growing competition with ''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 Arno ...''. The Apulian edition was launched in 2002. References External links * 1997 establishments in Italy Italian-language newspapers Newspapers published in Naples Newspapers established in 1997 Daily newspapers published in Italy {{italy-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |