''Amnèsia'' is an Italian
comedy-drama film
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directed by
Gabriele Salvatores
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award-winning film director and screenwriter.
Biography
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directe ...
and released in March 8
2002
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.
Plot
Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the
Mediterranean
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island of
Ibiza
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. A man stumbles upon a risky opportunity to become instantly wealthy; a producer of pornographic films tries to rebuild his relationship with his estranged daughter; a police chief and his son maintain an uneasy co-existence; and a woman longs for her lover to be released from prison.
"Scheda film - Amnèsia" Libero.it, accessed November 18, 2010. In Italian.
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Cast
* Diego Abatantuono
Diego Abatantuono (born 20 May 1955) is an Italian cinema and theatre actor, comedian 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 f ...
- Sandro
* Sergio Rubini
Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter.
Life and career
Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theatre, he debuted in a feature f ...
- Angelino
* Martina Stella
Martina Stella (born 28 November 1984) is an Italian actress and screenwriter.
Acting career
Stella made her cinematic debut at the age of 16 in 2001 in '' L'ultimo bacio''. The film was a success in Italy, and was nominated for multiple David di ...
- Luce
* - Ernesto
* Juanjo Puigcorbé
Juanjo Puigcorbé (born 22 July 1955) is a Spanish actor. He has appeared in over 100 films and television shows since 1977. He starred in the 1993 film '' The Window Over the Way'', which was entered into the 44th Berlin International Film Fest ...
- Xavier
* Rubén Ochandiano
Rubén Ochandiano de Higes (born 3 October 1980) is a Spanish actor.
Life and career
Rubén Ochandiano de Higes was born in Madrid on 3 October 1980. He is the nephew of actress and stage director . He trained as an actor under Juan Carlos Cor ...
- Jorge
* María Jurado - Alicia
* Antonia San Juan
Antonia San Juan Fernández (born 22 May 1961) is a Spanish actress, director and screenwriter.
Biography
She was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. At 19 she went to Madrid, where she started working as a professional theatre actre ...
- Pilar
* Ian McNeice
Ian McNeice (born 2 October 1950) is an English film and television actor. On television, he has played government agent Harcourt in the 1985 television series ''Edge of Darkness'', Bert Large in the comedy-drama '' Doc Martin'', the Newsreade ...
- Doug Chandler
* Alessandra Martines
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- Virginie
* Ugo Conti
Ugo Conti (born 30 March 1955) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1982.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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1955 births
Living people
Italian male film actors
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- Dani
References
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2002 films
2002 comedy-drama films
2000s Italian-language films
Films directed by Gabriele Salvatores
Films about pornography
Italian comedy-drama films
Films set in Ibiza
2000s Italian films
Italian-language comedy-drama films
Medusa Film films
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