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Sabina Guzzanti at Cannes for her movie Draquila The Guzzanti family has truly become a public affair within Italian society, as each member is somehow a public figure and is allowed to speak and appear pretty much at any condition they demand. Sabina is the daughter of Paolo, a prominent […]
Biography & Filmography of Bruno Bozzetto Signor Rossi, Bozzetto’s most famous character Bruno Bozzetto was born in Milan in 1938. He created his first animated short in 1958, when he was only 20 years old. It was called Tapum! La storia dell armi (Tapum! The History of Weapons) and it dealt with […]
Maurizio Nichetti – Biography & Brief Filmography Maurizio Nichetti Maurizio Nichetti is one of Italy’s best-loved comedic talents. Some consider him to be the ‘Italian Woody Allen.’ He was born in Milan on May 8, 1948. Nichetti was educated at the prestigious Leonardo Da Vinci Scientific School. He graduated with a […]
Pietro Taricone and fiancee Kasia Smutniak While Pietro Taricone didn’t win the first edition of “Big Brother,” he won Italian hearts the moment he stepped on screen. The first edition of the Italian version of the “Big Brother” hit the airwaves in 2000 and proposed a dramatic shift […]
Claudia Cardinale “Cinema saved my life,” Claudia Cardinale once said. The beautiful Tunisian-Italian had an excellent career starring in many highly-regarded European films, but her private life was traumatic. Born in 1939 in Tunisia, Claudia’s parents were Italian. Her education was French and she didn’t grow up speaking Italian. When […]
Lino Banfi. Ph. PM – Il Piccolo Missionario on wikimedia Talk to an Italian about the renowned commedia sexy all’italiana, the Italian sexy slapstick style comedy, and you will likely find out the first name coming to their mind is Lino Banfi. Banfi, who is closely associated with Edwige Fenech, has […]
Massimo Troisi “Comm’aggio accuminciato? Ecco… io ero ‘nu guaglione… ero andato a vedere un grande film. Si trattava di Roma città aperta, chillo grande lavoro di Rossellini. Me n’ero uscito da o’cinema con tutte quelle immagini dint’a capa e tutte quante le emozioni dentro. Mi sono fermato ‘nu mumento […]
Now, I’m not the kind of woman who drools over celebrities. Not usually. Not unless you count the likes of Johnny Depp, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Vincent Perez…Okay! I guess I do drool over sexy male celebrities. I may be married; but, my eyes are in perfect working order. Raoul […]
Mario Carotenuto Mario Carotenuto (1915-1995) was a Roman actor; an actor who with an expression or a glance would bring to life a certain Romanness that is typical of the streets of the Eternal City. He was never a major leading star like Alberto Sordi or Marcello Mastroianni, however in […]
Festivalbar is a music festival that used to be hosted every summer (from 1964 to 2007) in some of the most beautiful locations of the country and was broadcast every week on primetime tv. Maybe the use of the past simple “was” would be more appropriate while talking about […]