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Maurizio Ponzi
Maurizio Ponzi (born 8 May 1939) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and cinema critic. Born in Rome, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s. He worked as assistant director in Pier Paolo Pasolini's episode in ''Amore e rabbia'' and directed a series of documentaries in 1967–1968. He has directed 22 films between 1968 (his debut film ''The Visionaries (film), I visionari'' won a prize in the Locarno Festival) and 2004. His film ''The Pool Hustlers'' (''Io, Chiara e lo Scuro'', one of three featuring Francesco Nuti that Ponzi directed in the early 1980s) was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''The Visionaries (film), The Visionaries'' (1968) * ''Equinozio'' (1971) * ''Il caso Raoul'' (1975) * ''The Pool Hustlers'' (1982) * ''What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight'' (1982) * ''Son contento'' (1983) * ''Aurora (1984 film), Aurora'' (1984) * ''Il tenente dei carabinieri'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aurora (1984 Film)
''Aurora'' () is a 1984 Italian made-for-television drama film directed by Maurizio Ponzi and starring Sophia Loren, Edoardo Ponti and Daniel J. Travanti. In order to raise money for an operation for her son, a woman tells various former wealthy lovers that they are his father. The film originally premiered in the United States on NBC on October 21, 1984 and released theatrically in Italy on January 17, 1985. Plot A desperate woman (Loren), in crisis and poverty, is in search of the cruel husband (Noiret) who abandoned after giving her a son. The boy has now become almost an adult has a serious eye problem and is likely to become completely blind. The mother then choose to leave to go in search of his father, who in the meantime is starting a new life. When the mother finds out where he is, also learns that the cruel man has remade a family by marrying a young girl, who became the mother of a twenty-year-old son who has had the cruel man from another relationship. Cast * Sophia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Film Directors
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Writers From Rome
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1939 Births
This year also marks the start of the World War II, Second World War, the largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Events related to World War II have a "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Coming into effect in Nazi Germany of: *** The Protection of Young Persons Act (Germany), Protection of Young Persons Act, passed on April 30, 1938, the Working Hours Regulations. *** The small businesses obligation to maintain adequate accounting. *** The Jews name change decree. ** With his traditional call to the New Year in Nazi Germany, Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler addresses the members of the National Socialist German Workers' Party (NSDAP). ** The Hewlett-Packard technology and scientific instruments manufacturing company is founded by Bill Hewlett and David Packard, in a garage in Palo Alto, California, considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. ** Philipp Etter takes over as President of the Swiss Confederation. ** The Third Soviet Five Year P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vietato Ai Minori
''Vietato ai minori'' (''Forbidden to Minors'') is a 1992 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Plot Officially landed on the Isle of Elba to make a documentary for Rai 1, a crew is actually there to shoot a porn film. The film has to be starred by the diva Edith Costello and by the young actor Salvatore, who is unaware that he had been hired to shoot hardcore scenes. When Salvatore will discover the truth, problems will begin. Cast * Alessandro Haber as Scalpo * Mariella Valentini as Edith Costello * Massimo Venturiello as Thomas Parker * Sabrina Ferilli Sabrina Ferilli (born 28 June 1964) is an Italian theatre and film actress. She has won five Nastro d'Argento (including a special award in 2016 for civil engagement for her performance in '' Me, Myself and Her''), a Globo d'oro, six Ciak d'oro ... as Barbara * Angelo Orlando as Arnolds * Nicola Pistoia as Juan * Paco Reconti as Salvatore * Gina Rovere as Ada * Lidia Biondi as Talent agent See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volevo I Pantaloni (film)
''Volevo i pantaloni'' (also known as ''Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers'' and ''I Wanted Pants'') is a 1990 Italian coming-of-age drama film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It is based on the bestseller novel '' Good Girls Don't Wear Trousers'' written by Lara Cardella. The film was a bomb at the Italian box office, grossing about one billion lire in spite of a budget of five billion lire. Plot Annetta is a teenage girl living in rural Italy who attends highschool and lives with her strict parents and brother. Her parents don't allow her much freedom and expect her to comply to traditional cultural norms, especially in relation to how women must behave. Something she has always longed for is to wear trousers, yet her mother forbids her since she doesn't want the other families in the village thinking that Annetta is a "puttana". Annetta is desperate to wear trousers so decides to become a puttana. To learn how, she befriends Angelina, one of the popular girls, who soon invites her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Volpone
''Il volpone'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by Ben Jonson's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio. Plot Set in the Ligurian Riviera during the 1980s, it features Paolo Villaggio as Ugo Maria Volpone, a rich but apparently ill ship company owner. He is surrounded by a series of relatives and friends (played by Enrico Maria Salerno, Renzo Montagnani, Alessandro Haber) who blandish him in order to inherit his estate. The shrewd Volpone, in return, organizes a hoax against them to betray their greed. In the movie, he is joined by a new waiter, Bartolomeo Mosca ( Enrico Montesano), who quickly shows himself to be as cunning as Volpone in arranging humiliations. Cast * Enrico Montesano: Bartolomeo Mosca * Enrico Maria Salerno: Ciro Corvino * Renzo Montagnani: Raffaele Voltore * Athina Cenci: Marta Corbaccio * Alessandro Haber: Ernesto Corbaccio *Mariangela Giordano ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noi Uomini Duri
''Noi uomini duri'' (i.e. "We tough men") is a 1987 Italian comedy film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Plot Mario (Enrico Montesano), a tram-driver, and Silvio (Renato Pozzetto), a banker, make friends in the group of participants in a survival training course. Among evidence of daring, unusual gimmicks to learn and little food, it's a terrible life. But at least there is, for Silvio, the spasm to Cora, the wife of a sort of Rambo, who wins all the various tests of the course. Cast * Enrico Montesano: Mario Fortini * Renato Pozzetto: Silvio * Isabel Russinova: Cora * Alessandra Mussolini: Adua * Novello Novelli: Berno Berni, Sr. * Mariangela Giordano: Teresa * Maria Pia Casilio Maria Pia Casilio (5 May 1935 – 10 April 2012) was an Italian film actress, best known for major roles in ''Umberto D.'' and ''An American in Rome''. Born in San Pio delle Camere, L'Aquila, Casilio was quite active between 1952 and 1960, ...: Ines See also * List of Italian fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Tenente Dei Carabinieri
''Il tenente dei carabinieri'' (''The lieutenant of Carabinieri'') is a 1986 Italian Crime film, crime-comedy film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. Plot The Lieutenant of Carabinieri Duilio Cordelli often quarrels with his Commander Colonel Vinci. When the two must investigate two suspects of murder, Duilio discovers that a gang of thieves plan to cover a major bank heist in Rome with a traffic of counterfeit notes. Cast * Enrico Montesano: Lt. Duilio Cordelli * Nino Manfredi: Colonel Vinci * Massimo Boldi: Brigadier Nautico Lodifè * Marisa Laurito: Wife of Cordelli * Mattia Sbragia: Domenico Vasaturo * Nuccia Fumo: Mother of Cordelli * Bruno Corazzari: Augusto Lorenzini References External links * 1986 films 1980s crime comedy films Films directed by Maurizio Ponzi Films scored by Bruno Zambrini Italian crime comedy films 1986 comedy films 1980s Italian films {{comedy-crime-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Son Contento
''Son contento'' (''I'm Happy'') is a 1983 Italian drama comedy film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. For his performance Carlo Giuffrè won the David di Donatello for best supporting actor. Cast *Francesco Nuti: Francesco *Barbara De Rossi: Paola *Carlo Giuffrè: Falcone *Novello Novelli: Manager *Ricky Tognazzi Riccardo "Ricky" Tognazzi ( born 1 May 1955) is an Italian actor and film director. He has appeared in 50 films and television shows since 1963. His film '' The Escort'' was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, he won the Silver ...: Postman References External links * 1983 films Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Maurizio Ponzi Films scored by Carlo Maria Cordio 1983 comedy-drama films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
