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Mari Del Sud (album)
''Our Tropical Island'' ( it, Mari del sud) is a 2001 Italian comedy film written and directed by Marcello Cesena and starring Diego Abatantuono and Victoria Abril. Plot Cast * Diego Abatantuono as Alberto * Victoria Abril as Sabina * Chiara Sani as Melania * Stefano Scandaletti as Rocco * Giulia Steigerwalt as Sandra * Antonio Stornaiolo as Giacomo * Clara Modugno as Mrs. Ines * Enzo Cannavale as Sciallero * Fiammetta Baralla as Miss Sciallero * Nando Gazzolo as Tacchini * Giuliana Calandra as Miss Tacchini * Paolo Lombardi as Bormioli * Vivian De La Cruz as Mai Van * Valerio Capitolino as Carlo * Barbara Bouchet as TV Presenter * Enzo Iacchetti as Meteorologist * Giulio Golia as Waiter * Lucia Ocone as Cashier * Isa Gallinelli as Cashier See also * List of Italian films of 2001 A list of films produced in Italy in 2001 (see 2001 in film): See also *2001 in Italy *2001 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 2001a ...
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Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, and screenwriter, three-time winner of the Nastro d'Argento. Biography and career Abatantuono was born in Milan to a father of Apulian origin and a mother from Como. The latter worked as wardrober in a Milanese jazz and later cabaret club, ''Derby'', whose owner was Abatantuono's uncle. He started to work at ''Derby'' first in lighting, then as artistic director and later as an actor. His first approach to cinema took place thanks to the comedic group , who brought him with them to audition. Here he was noticed by director Romolo Guerrieri, who offered him a part in the film '' Young, Violent, Dangerous''. He participated in comedies such as "Saxofone", '' Fantozzi contro tutti'', then he returned to work at ''Derby'' where he was discovered by TV showman, film director and talent scout Renzo Arbore, who cast him as "Don Gabriele" in his 1980 controversial film ''Il Pap'occhio''. His first successful ...
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Victoria Abril
Victoria Mérida Rojas (born 4 July 1959), better known as Victoria Abril, is a Spanish film actress and singer based in France. She is possibly best known to international audiences for her performance in the film ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'' by director Pedro Almodóvar. Life and career Born in Malaga, Abril became widely known in Spain in 1976 when she appeared in the show '' Un, dos, tres... responda otra vez'' for two years. In addition to working in Spain, she has made films in France, Italy, and Iceland. She has been nominated eight times for Goya Awards in the Lead Actress category and has won once. She also won the Silver Bear for Best Actress at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival for her role in '' Amantes''. Two years later, she was awarded with the Berlinale Camera at the 43rd Berlin International Film Festival. Abril is also a singer. In 2005, she made her debut with a bossanova-jazz album called ''PutchEros do Brasil''. She also tried to represent Spain ...
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Comedy Film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the oldest genres in film and it is derived from the classical comedy in theatre. Some of the earliest silent films were comedies, as slapstick comedy often relies on visual depictions, without requiring sound. When sound films became more prevalent during the 1930s, comedy films took another swing, as laughter could result from burlesque situations but also dialogue. Comedy, compared with other film genres, puts much more focus on individual stars, with many former stand-up comics transitioning to the film industry due to their popularity. In '' The Screenwriters Taxonomy'' (2017), Eric R. Williams contends that film genres are fundamentally based upon a film's atmosphere, character, and story. Therefore the labels "drama" and "comedy" a ...
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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 ...
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Enzo Cannavale
Vincenzo "Enzo" Cannavale (5 April 1928 – 18 March 2011) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films since 1949, including ''Cinema Paradiso'', which won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards in 1990. He was awarded the Nastro d’Argento for Best Supporting Actor in ''32 dicembre'' (''December 32nd'') by Luciano De Crescenzo. Selected filmography * ''Yvonne la Nuit'' (1949) - Il maggiordomo (uncredited) * ''Sogno di una notte di mezza sbornia'' (1959) - Fish-monger * ''Leoni al sole'' (1961) - Il commissario * '' The Four Days of Naples'' (1962) - Partigiano (uncredited) * '' Treasure of San Gennaro'' (1966) - Gaetano * ''More Than a Miracle'' (1967) * ''Stasera mi butto'' (1967) - Waiter * '' Chimera'' (1968) - Porter in Capocabana Hotel * ''Operazione ricchezza'' (1968) * ''Zum Zum Zum - La canzone che mi passa per la testa'' (1969) - Filippo - Brother of Tosca * ''Zum zum zum n° 2'' (1969) - Valerio * ''Il suo n ...
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Fiammetta Baralla
Fiammetta Baralla (2 May 1943 - 7 September 2013) was an Italian actress. She appeared in more than forty films from 1958 to 2006. Selected filmography References External links * 1943 births 2013 deaths Italian film actresses {{Italy-film-actor-stub ...
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Nando Gazzolo
Ferdinando "Nando" Gazzolo (16 October 1928 – 16 November 2015) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Savona, the son of the actor and voice actor Lauro Gazzolo and EIAR radio announcer Aida Ottaviani Piccolo, Gazzolo debuted at young age on radio, and in 1948, at twenty years old, he started his acting career entering the stage company led by Antonio Gandusio. He achieved his first personal success in 1951, in the adaptation of '' Antonio e Cleopatra'' staged by Renzo Ricci. He later worked on stage with Vittorio Gassman and Luigi Squarzina, among others, before focusing in voice acting and dubbing. Gazzolo was also active in films and starred in several TV-series of good success. As a voice actor, Gazzolo served as the regular dubbing voice for Peter Cushing, David Niven and Richard Widmark. Other actors he occasionally dubbed included Rex Harrison, Michael Caine, Frank Sinatra, Yul Brynner, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivie ...
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Giuliana Calandra
Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Life and career Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's '' La ricotta'' and appearing in hundreds of films, TV-series and stage works, including works by Dario Argento, Marco Ferreri, Alberto Sordi, Lina Wertmüller, Giorgio Albertazzi, Mario Monicelli, Costa-Gavras, Dino Risi, Sergio Corbucci, Alberto Lattuada. In the 1980s she started a parallel career as journalist and TV-author/presenter, mainly focusing on fashion and entertainment. Calandra died in Aprilia on 25 November 2018, at the age of 82. Selected filmography * '' La calandria'' (1972) - Venegonda * ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''Story of a Cloistered Nun'' (1973) * '' All Screwed Up'' (1974) - Biki * '' The Beast'' (1974) - Amalia * ''Terminal'' (1974) * ''La nottata'' (1975) * ''Deep Red'' (1975) - Amanda Righetti * ''Convoy Buddies ...
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Barbara Bouchet
Barbara Bouchet (born Bärbel Gutscher; 15 August 1943)
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is a actress and entrepreneur who lives and works in Italy. She has acted in more than 80 films and television episodes and founded a production company that has produced fitness videos and books. She also owns and operates a fitness studio. She appeared in '' Casino Royale'' (1967) as , in ''
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Enzo Iacchetti
Vincenzo "Enzo" Iacchetti (born 31 August 1952) is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor, television presenter and singer. Biography Born in Castelleone, Iacchetti graduated in accounting and then made his apprenticeship as an entertainer performing in pizzerias and in restaurants in occasion of baptisms and weddings. Gigi Vesigna (5 June 2013). "Sorprese VIP". '' Oggi''. pp. 74-80. In 1978 he was responsible for the programming of Radio Tresa, a little radio station in Lavena, also working as a speaker and an interviewer. In 1979 he moved to Milan, where he started performing at the Derby Club alongside other future successful comedians such as Giorgio Faletti and Francesco Salvi.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. "Iacchetti, Enzo" in ''Enciclopedia della Televisione''. Garzanti, Milano, 1996–2003. . In 1981 Iacchetti made his television debut, playing a series of practical jokes for the RAI show ''Il Sabato dello Zecchino''.Aldo Grasso, Massimo Scaglioni. "Iacchetti, Enzo ...
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Lucia Ocone
Lucia Ocone (born 3 May 1974) is an Italian actress and comedian. Life and career Born in Albano Laziale Albano Laziale (; it, label= Romanesco, Arbano; la, Albanum) is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Rome, on the Alban Hills, in Latium, central Italy. Rome is distant. It is bounded by other communes of Castel Gandolfo, Rocca di Papa ..., at young age Ocone moved to Rome to study acting, following courses held by Francesca De Sapio and Lucilla Lupaioli. In 1992, she made her television debut in Gianni Boncompagni's variety show ''Bulli e pupe'', and later appeared in Boncompagni's shows '' Non è la RAI'' (1992–4), where she started playing her first comedic sketches, and ''Macao'' (1997). She had her breakout in 2002, when she replaced Paola Cortellesi as comedian and impersonator in the Gialappa's Band comedy show ''Mai dire domenica''. After appearing in other Gialappa's Band shows, in 2005 she joined the cast of '' Quelli che... il Calcio'', where sh ...
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List Of Italian Films Of 2001
A list of films produced in Italy in 2001 (see 2001 in film): See also *2001 in Italy *2001 in Italian television External linksItalian films of 2001at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 2001 2001 Films Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...
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