Maria Sole Tognazzi (born 2 May 1971) is an Italian

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Biography

She is the daughter of actor and director

Ugo Tognazzi Ottavio "Ugo" Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the most important faces of Italian comedy together with Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastr ...

and actress Franca Bettoia. She has a brother, actor Gianmarco, and two half-brothers, actor and director Ricky Tognazzi and film director and producer Thomas Robsahm. Following years as an apprentice director, she made her directorial debut with the 1997 live action

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''Non finisce qui''. This was followed by two more short films, ''C'ero anch'io'' (1999) and ''Sempre a tempo'' (2000). Her first feature-length film was ''

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'' (Italian: ''Passato prossimo'', 2003), for which she also co-wrote the

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with Daniele Prato and for which the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists awarded her the 2003

Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critic ...

. It was also entered into the 25th Moscow International Film Festival. Her second feature film, '' The Man Who Loves'' (Italian: ''L'uomo che ama'', 2008), was written with Ivan Cotroneo and filmed at Lake Orta and

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. The cast included Pierfrancesco Favino and

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. In 2010, her documentary ''Ritratto di mio padre'' (''Portrait of My Father'') was screened at the

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. Her third feature film, '' A Five Star Life'' (Italian: ''Viaggio sola'', 2013), starring Margherita Buy, was written with Ivan Cotroneo and Francesca Marciano. '' Me, Myself and Her'' is the first feature-length Italian romantic comedy about a

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relationship.

Filmography

* ''

'' (2003) * '' The Man Who Loves'' (2008) * '' A Five Star Life'' (2013) * '' Me, Myself and Her'' (2015) * ''

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'' (2020, Italian TV series)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tognazzi, Maria Sole Italian women film directors Italian screenwriters Film directors from Rome Writers from Rome Living people 1971 births Nastro d'Argento winners Zecchino d'Oro singers Italian people of Lombard descent

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