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Serena Grandi
Serena Faggioli (Bologna, 23 March 1958), known professionally as Serena Grandi, is an Italian actress, famous as a sex symbol in Cinema of Italy, Italian cinema of the 1980s and 1990s. She was a popular pin-up model in Italy. During her film career, some films credited her as Vanessa Steiger, and she was notable in particular for two gory opuses, ''Antropophagus'' (1980) and ''Delirium (1987 film), Delirium'' (1987). Biography Serena Grandi was born in Bologna, Italy. She graduated in computer programming and was first employed in a scientific analysis laboratory. She started her acting career in 1980, playing a supporting role in the comedy film ''La Compagna di viaggio'' by Ferdinando Baldi. In the same year, Grandi played the role of Maggie in the controversial film ''Antropophagus'', directed by Joe D'Amato. This film is well known among horror movie fans for its extreme gore sequences. After several minor roles, she took the title role in Tinto Brass' ''Miranda (1985 film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bologna
Bologna ( , , ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Emilia-Romagna region in northern Italy. It is the List of cities in Italy, seventh most populous city in Italy, with about 400,000 inhabitants and 150 different nationalities. Its Metropolitan City of Bologna, metropolitan province is home to more than 1 million people. Bologna is most famous for being the home to the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, oldest university in continuous operation,Top Universities ''World University Rankings'' Retrieved 6 January 2010Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hilde [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande Fratello VIP
''Grande Fratello VIP'' is the celebrity version of ''Grande Fratello'', the Italian version of the reality television franchise '' Big Brother''. Format Based on the original Dutch version created by Endemol, the show sees a number of "housemates", divided by gender, social backgrounds and geographical locations, locked up together in a house, where the viewing public can watch them twenty-four hours a day, and vote them out of the house as they choose. The housemates can visit the "confessional" at any time during the day, either to talk to psychologists if they need to, talk to "Big Brother", or to nominate. The title is inspired by the George Orwell novel ''Nineteen Eighty-Four ''Nineteen Eighty-Four'' (also published as ''1984'') is a dystopian novel and cautionary tale by the English writer George Orwell. It was published on 8 June 1949 by Secker & Warburg as Orwell's ninth and final completed book. Thematically ...''. The novel tells of a Big Brother, head of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rimini Rimini
''Rimini Rimini'' is a 1987 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It consists of five segments, all set in Rimini. The film has a sequel, ''Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo'', directed by Bruno Corbucci and released in 1988. Plot The film is divided into episodes set on the beaches of Rimini. Gildo (Paolo Villaggio) is a moralistic magistrate who shuts down red light districts but his enemies conspire to photograph him in a compromising position with the sex goddess Lola (Serena Grandi). Laura Antonelli plays a wealthy woman who believes her husband has drowned. In another segment, a priest is forced to put his mouth on a topless nun as the battle of morality verses misbehavior unfolds. Additionally, a shy girl is forced to fall in love; a priest falls in love with a nun; and a poor employee is forced to do menial jobs to his master for not being fired. Cast * Paolo Villaggio as Ermenegildo "Gildo" Morelli * Serena Grandi as Lola / Ramona * Jerry Calà as Gi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teresa (1987 Film)
''Teresa'' is a 1987 Italian comedy film written and directed by Dino Risi, starring Serena Grandi and Luca Barbareschi. It tells the story of Teresa, an attractive young widow who works as a lorry driver to pay off her husband's debts. Plot In the Italian province of Romagna, Teresa drives a lorry with her older husband Stallino, who dies. She discovers that he owed 80 million lire to Nabucco, a local entrepreneur, who now wants to marry her. She persuades Nabucco to let her work until Ferragosto next year when, if she has not earned enough to repay him, she will marry him. Having no affection for Nabucco, she takes whatever jobs she can get and as co-driver hires Gino, a happy-go-lucky young man to whom she is attracted. As he has no money and she must work, marriage is out of the question and their relationship is often stormy. She collects a load of beer from a brewery in Germany where the owner, a baron, wants to marry her but Gino rescues her from this fate. She collects a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exploits Of A Young Don Juan
''Exploits of a Young Don Juan'' (, , also known as ''What Every Frenchwoman Wants'') is a 1986 French-Italian erotic coming of age film written and directed by Gianfranco Mingozzi. It is loosely based on the novel ''Les Exploits d'un jeune Don Juan'' by Guillaume Apollinaire. The film was shot in France. Plot In 1914, Roger, a 17-year old boy, returns home from boarding school for summer vacation after being gone three years. Waiting there at his family's villa are his mother, his nine-year old sister Berthe, his spinster aunt Marguerite, his father's friend Mr. Frank, maids Ursula and Helene, and Berthe's nanny Kate. Roger hangs out with Berthe, who becomes his confidante. Mr. Frank tries to court Marguerite. Roger witnesses Ursula and Helene having sex with other men. He is sexually frustrated with all the women in the house. Soon, his father, his 20-year old sister Elisa, and Elisa's fiancé Roland join them. Roger overhears Marguerite confess her feelings for him at church. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lady Of The Night (1986 Film)
'' Lady of the Night'' (, also known as ''Angelina'' and ''Angelina: Lady of the Night'') is a 1986 Italian erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Piero Schivazappa. Plot Simona and Marco live in a pleasant apartment in the centre of Rome and drive a large Lancia but, after three years of marriage, Simona feels unfulfilled. Remembering the passion when they first met, and wondering whether this could now be found with a stranger, she lets herself be seduced in the hallway of their building and later in a public toilet. When a couple come to dinner and at the end all four drive to the seaside, she is having sex with the other man when Marco finds them. After he beats the man unconscious and then beats Simona, she leaves him to stay with a friend from her aerobics class. When two attempts at reconciliation fail, Simona decides that she needs a baby and has her IUD removed. A few days later, to her horror, she is raped in her friend's apartment by an intruder whose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desiring Julia
''Desiderando Giulia'', internationally released as ''Desiring Julia'', is a 1986 Italian erotic drama film directed by Andrea Barzini. It is loosely based on the 1898 novel ''Senilità'' by Italo Svevo. Plot Emilio, an unsuccessful writer, lives in a comfortable apartment in Rome with his older sister Amalia. In a theatre he sees a mysterious woman and, following her into the wardrobe room, they make love. She is Giulia, who lives in Ostia and is trying to make a career as a photographic model. Following a disordered life, including many men, she has little appetite for an affair with Emilio, whose interest in her is obsessive, but does meet him from time to time and they make love. Amalia is jealous of Emilio's infatuation and, when a younger and more successful writer called Stefano visits the apartment, starts an affair with him. Emilio is outraged that his sister is having wild sex under his roof and breaks up the romance. As his eyes slowly open to the true nature of Giul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euryale (Gorgon)
In Greek mythology, Stheno (; ) and Euryale ( ; ) were two of the three sister Gorgons, the third being Medusa, who were able to turn anyone who looked at them to stone. When Perseus beheaded Medusa, the two Gorgons pursued him but were unable to catch him. Family According to Hesiod, and Apollodorus, Stheno and Euryale, along with Medusa, were daughters of the primordial sea-god Phorcys and the sea-monster Ceto, while, according to Hyginus, they were daughters of "the Gorgon", an offspring of Typhon and Echidna, and Ceto. Mythology The Gorgons Stheno and Euryale were immortal, whereas their Gorgon sister Medusa was mortal. The only story involving them is their pursuit of Perseus after he has beheaded Medusa. The Hesiodic ''Shield of Heracles'' (c. late seventh–mid sixth century BC) describes the two Gorgons' pursuit of Perseus, as depicted on Heracles' shield: While the "great Fear" rioting upon the heads of the Gorgon, in the passage from the ''Shield'' quoted a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Boy And A Girl (1983 Film)
''A Boy and a Girl'' (Italian: ''Un ragazzo e una ragazza'') is a 1983 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Marco Risi. premise Anna, a spirited Neapolitan and Calogero, a thoughtful Milanese psychology student. they meet by chance at a bar in Milan, and it's love at first sight. Cast *Jerry Calà as Calogero Bertoletti * Marina Suma as Anna De Rosa * Sandro Ghiani as Mario * Monica Scattini as Carmen * Francesca Ventura as Matilde *Serena Grandi as Prostitute See also * List of Italian films of 1983 A list of films produced in Italy in 1983 (see 1983 in film): References Sources * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian films 1983 Lists of Italian films by year, 1983 1983 in Italian cinema, Films Lists of 1983 films by country, It ... References External links * 1983 films Italian romantic comedy films 1983 romantic comedy films Films directed by Marco Risi Films scored by Manuel De Sica 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tu Mi Turbi
''Tu mi turbi'' (also known as ''You Upset Me'' and ''You Disturb Me'') is a 1983 Italian anthology comedy film written, directed and starred by Roberto Benigni. It is both the directorial debut of Benigni and the film debut of Nicoletta Braschi. Plot summary The film is divided into four episodes. In the first of these, the pastor Benigno is called by Mary of Nazareth and Joseph to take care of the newborn baby Jesus, who proves to be a brat. He performs a spiteful miracle series, including that of floating in the tub where he has to swim. Benigno confesses to the baby to being hopelessly in love with Mary, but he has to resign, because the Madonna has now taken a husband. The tramp Benigno desperately searches for his beloved angel of heaven named Angela. When he gets information from other angels about the pure soul, Benigno discovers that she is in love with God, and that the two are getting married. The unemployed Benigno visits the bank in hopes of securing a loan for pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malamore
''Malamore'' is a 1982 Italian melodrama film co-written and directed by Eriprando Visconti and starring Nathalie Nell and Jimmy Briscoe. It was Visconti's last film. It premiered at the 39th edition of the Venice International Film Festival in the De Sica section.Corrado Colombo (2004). "Eriprando Visconti: Lo sguardo negato". ''Controcorrente: il cinema milanese di Eriprando Visconti, Cesare Canevari, Alberto Cavallone''. Nocturno Dossier (19). pp. 8, 24. Plot Friuli, autumn of 1917. The dwarf Marcello Giammarco, the only son of a wealthy lawyer, is held by his father confined in a majestic country villa near Palmanova. The villa is located in the Italian rear of the front and has been partially converted into a military hospital. In this unreal atmosphere, between servants and dying, which precedes the defeat of Caporetto, the courteous and dignified Marcello tries to lead a normal existence, pursuing the sentimental dream of bonding with Maria, a prostitute of the local brothe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierino Colpisce Ancora
''Pierino colpisce ancora'' (also known as ''Desirable Teacher 2'') is a 1982 comedy film directed by Marino Girolami. Plot Rome: Pierino has again flunked the exams. Therefore, his desperate parents send him to boarding school in Grosseto. Cast *Alvaro Vitali: Pierino *Michela Miti: Substitute *Sophia Lombardo: Teacher Mazzacurati *Enzo Robutti: Teacher Pomari *Enzo Liberti: Pierino's father *Riccardo Billi: Pierino's grandfather *Toni Ucci: Francesco *Nicoletta Piersanti: Enrichetta *Gianfranco Barra: Teacher *Serena Grandi: Rosina *Stefania Stella: Waitress Release The film was released in Italy on 23 February 1982. References External links * 1980 films Italian comedy films 1980 comedy films Films directed by Marino Girolami Films scored by Berto Pisano 1982 comedy films 1982 films Films set in Grosseto 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-comedy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
