Francesca Ciardi (born 26 July 1954) is an Italian film actress.
She was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed had been murdered in the making of the 1980 horror film ''
Cannibal Holocaust
''Cannibal Holocaust'' is a 1980 Italian found footage cannibal horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from New York University who leads a rescue ...
''. The film was considered so realistic, that shortly after the film was released, its director
Ruggero Deodato was arrested for murder. The actors had signed contracts to stay out of the media for a year in order to fuel rumours that the film was a
snuff movie. The court was only convinced that they were alive when the contracts were cancelled and the actors appeared on a television show as proof.
[ Ruggero Deodato (interview), ''In the Jungle: The Making of Cannibal Holocaust'', Alan Young Pictures, Italy, 2003.][ Ruggero Deodato, interview with Sage Stallone and Bob Murawski, ''Cult-Con 2000'', Cannibal Holocaust DVD Commentary, Tarrytown, New York, 2000.]
In 2014, after over twenty years out of the film business, Ciardi returned to film in Spencer Hawken's
zero budget movie ''
Death Walks''.
Filmography
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Cannibal Holocaust
''Cannibal Holocaust'' is a 1980 Italian found footage cannibal horror film directed by Ruggero Deodato and written by Gianfranco Clerici. It stars Robert Kerman as Harold Monroe, an anthropologist from New York University who leads a rescue ...
'' (1980) - Faye
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The Tunnel
''The'' () is a grammatical Article (grammar), article in English language, English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite ...
'' (1980)
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Caccia al ladro d'autore Caccia (Italian for "hunt") may refer to:
* Caccia al Re – La narcotici, an Italian television series
* Caccia e Pesca, an Italy-based premium television channel
* Caccia Birch House in New Zealand
* Xagħra, a village in Malta known as Caccia ...
'' (1985) (TV series)
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La ragazza dei lilla
LA most frequently refers to Los Angeles, the second largest city in the United States.
La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Music
* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' (1985)
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Mosca addio'' (1987)
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Safari
A safari (; ) is an overland journey to observe wild animals, especially in eastern or southern Africa. The so-called "Big Five" game animals of Africa – lion, leopard, rhinoceros, elephant, and Cape buffalo – particularly form an importa ...
'' (1991)
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Death Walks'' (2016)
See also
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Carl Gabriel Yorke
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Perry Pirkanen
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Luca Barbareschi
Luca Barbareschi (born 28 July 1956 in Montevideo) is an Italian-Uruguayan actor, television presenter, and former member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies. Barbareschi is Jewish.
He was one of four actors whom the Italian police believed ha ...
References
External links
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Francesca Ciardi at the Chiller Theatre Expo 2010
Italian film actresses
1954 births
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
20th-century Italian actresses
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