The Ages of Love (Known in Italian as Manuale d'amore 3) is a 2011 Italian romantic comedy film composed of three episodes. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, and it is a sequel of Manuale d'amore (2005) and Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi (2007).

Plot[link]

The film is composed of three episodes, each following a different couple:

• Giovinezza (youth): Roberto and Sara (Riccardo Scamarcio and Valeria Solarino);
• Maturità (maturity): Fabio and Eliana (Carlo Verdone and Donatella Finocchiaro);
• Oltre (beyond): Adrian and Viola (Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci).

The characters in the film are all related. The film is set in Castiglione della Pescaia and in Rome.

Cast[link]

• Carlo Verdone: Fabio
• Robert De Niro: Adrian
• Monica Bellucci: Viola
• Riccardo Scamarcio: Roberto
• Michele Placido: Augusto
• Valeria Solarino: Sara
• Laura Chiatti: Micol
• Donatella Finocchiaro: Eliana
• Emanuele Propizio: Cupid

Filming[link]

Filming started in Rome on 24 September 2010 and in Castiglione della Pescaia on 18 October. The final scene of De Niro and Monica Bellucci was filmed in the Villa Pizzetti Hospital in Grosseto, on 20 October.

External links[link]

• Manuale d'amore 3 at the Internet Movie Database

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Manuale d'amore is a 2005 Italian blockbuster love comedy composed of four episodes. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi in 2007, and Manuale d'amore 3 in 2011.

Plot[link]

The film is composed of four episodes, each following a different couple, each focusing on a particular stage in the story of a typical love relationship:

• Innamoramento (falling in love): Giulia and Tommaso (Jasmine Trinca and Silvio Muccino) meet and fall in love;

• Crisi (crisis): Barbara e Marco (Margherita Buy and Sergio Rubini) are a couple going through a crisis, close to divorce;

• Tradimento (cheating): A traffic police woman (Luciana Littizzetto) is cheated on by her husband and takes revenge;

• Abbandono (break-up): Goffredo (Carlo Verdone) is a rich doctor abandoned by his wife.

The characters in the movie are all related in one way of another, and each transition brings background characters from a previous episode to be the protagonists of the next episode. The film is set in Rome.

Cast[link]

• Carlo Verdone: Goffredo
• Luciana Littizzetto: Ornella
• Silvio Muccino: Tommaso
• Sergio Rubini: Marco
• Margherita Buy: Barbara
• Jasmine Trinca: Giulia
• Rodolfo Corsato: Alberto Marchese
• Dino Abbrescia: Gabriele
• Dario Bandiera: Piero
• Luis Molteni: avvocato di Goffredo
• Sabrina Impacciatore: Luciana
• Anita Caprioli: Livia
• Francesco Mandelli: Dante

Awards[link]

• 2 Nastro d'Argento: Best Supporting Actor (Carlo Verdone), Best Screenplay.
• 2 David di Donatello Best Supporting Actor (Carlo Verdone), Best Supporting Actress (Margherita Buy).

External links[link]

• Manuale d'amore at the Internet Movie Database

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Carlo Verdone
Born	(1950-11-17) 17 November 1950 (age 61) Rome, Italy
Occupation	Actor, screenwriter, director
Years active	1975–present

Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director.

Early life[link]

Carlo Verdone was born in Rome to Mario Verdone, an important Italian film critic, and during his youth he earned a degree in Modern Literature at Sapienza University of Rome and a degree in Film Direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. During 1970s he started a television career highlighting his varied comic style.

Movie career[link]

Verdone made his debut as director in 1980 with the movie Fun is beautiful, in which he played three different characters. He used the same formula of the first work in 1981, when he directed Bianco, rosso e Verdone, a funny movie about three men during the election day. The movie, produced by Sergio Leone, was a great success in Italy, thanks to his brilliant comic energy and to his odd characters. Carlo Verdone, in a long directing career, has refined very well his style, using very much the typical standard of the commedia all'italiana and paying attention to social themes and to pondering stories. In 2005 he took part in the Italian blockbuster romantic comedy named Manuale d'amore, and in the sequels named Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi (2007) and Manuale d'amore 3 (2011), both directed by Giovanni Veronesi.

Filmography[link]

Director[link]

• Un sacco bello (1980)
• Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)
• Borotalco (1982)
• Acqua e sapone (1983)
• I due carabinieri (1984)
• Troppo forte (1986)
• Io e mia sorella (1987)
• Compagni di scuola (1988)
• Il bambino e il poliziotto (1989)
• Stasera a casa di Alice (1990)
• Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (1991)
• Al lupo, al lupo (1992)
• Perdiamoci di vista (1994)
• Viaggi di nozze (1995)
• Sono pazzo di Iris Blond (1996)
• Gallo cedrone (1998)
• C'era un cinese in coma (2000)
• Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003)
• L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)
• Il mio miglior nemico (2006)
• Grande, grosso e Verdone (2008)
• Io, loro e Lara (2010)

Actor[link]

• Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (1975 - not credited)
• Una settimana come un'altra (1978 - not credited)
• La luna (1979)
• Un sacco bello (1980)
• Bianco, rosso e Verdone (1981)
• In viaggio con papà (1982)
• Borotalco (1982)
• Grand Hotel Excelsior (1982)
• Acqua e sapone (1983)
• I due carabinieri (1984)
• Cuori nella tormenta (1984)
• Sogni e bisogni (1985)
• Troppo forte (1986)
• 7 chili in 7 giorni (1986)
• Io e mia sorella (1987)
• Compagni di scuola (1988)
• Il bambino e il poliziotto (1989)
• Stasera a casa di Alice (1990)
• Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (1991 - David di Donatello for best actor)
• Al lupo, al lupo (1992)
• Perdiamoci di vista (1994)
• Viaggi di nozze (1995)
• Sono pazzo di Iris Blond (1996)
• Gallo cedrone (1998)
• Lucky and Zorba (1998) - voice
• Pillole, capsule e supposte (1999)
• C'era un cinese in coma (2000)
• Zora la vampira (2000)
• Ma che colpa abbiamo noi (2003)
• L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)
• Manuale d'amore (2005 - David di Donatello and Nastro d'Argento as Best Actor)
• Il mio miglior nemico (2006)
• Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi (2007)
• Grande, grosso e Verdone (2008)
• Italians (2009)
• Io, loro e Lara (2010)
• Manuale d'amore 3 (2011)

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Carlo Verdone

• www.carloverdone.it  — Official Site
• Carlo Verdone at the Internet Movie Database

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Monica Bellucci
Monica Bellucci at the Women's World Award 2009
Born	Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (1964-09-30) 30 September 1964 (age 47) Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy
Nationality	Italian
Occupation	Actress and fashion model
Years active	1990–present
Spouse	Vincent Cassel (1999–present)
Children	2

Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmɔnika belˈluttʃi]; born 30 September 1964)^[1] is an Italian actress and fashion model.

Early life[link]

Bellucci was born in Città di Castello, Umbria, Italy^[2][3] as the only child of Luigi Bellucci.^[4]

Career[link]

Modeling[link]

Monica Bellucci began modeling at age 13 by posing for a local photo enthusiast.^[5]

Monica Bellucci at Cannes Film Festival in 2002.

In 1988,Bellucci moved to one of Europe's fashion centers, Milan, where she signed with Elite Model Management. By 1989, she was becoming prominent as a fashion model in Paris and across the Atlantic, in New York City. She posed for Dolce & Gabbana and French Elle, among others. In that year, Bellucci made the transition to acting and began taking acting classes. The February 2001 Esquire's feature on Desire featured Bellucci on the cover and in an article on the five senses. In 2003, she was featured in Maxim.^[6] Men's Health also named her one of the "100 Hottest Women of All-Time", ranking her at No. 21.^[7] AskMen named her the number one most desirable woman in 2002.^[8] Bellucci's modelling career is managed by Elite+ in New York City. She is considered an Italian sex symbol.^[9][10][11] From 2006 to 2010 she was the face of a range of Dior products.^[12] Bellucci is signed to D'management group in Milan and also to Storm Model Management in London.^[13]

In 2004, while pregnant with her daughter Deva, Bellucci posed nude for the Italian Vanity Fair Magazine in protest against Italian laws that prevent the use of donor sperm.^[14] She posed pregnant and semi-nude again for the magazine's April 2010 issue.^[15]

In 2012 she became the Dolce & Gabbana face.^[16]

Acting[link]

Bellucci's film career began in the early 1990s. She played some minor roles in La Riffa (1991) and Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992). In 1996 she was nominated for a César Award for best supporting actress for her portrayal of Lisa in L'Appartement^[17] and strengthened her position as an actress. She became known and popular with worldwide audiences, following her roles in Malèna (2000), Brotherhood of the Wolf, and Irréversible (2002). She has since played in many films from Europe and Hollywood like Tears of the Sun (2003), The Matrix Reloaded (2003), The Passion of the Christ (2004), The Brothers Grimm (2005), Le Deuxième souffle (2007), Don't Look Back (2009), and The Sorcerer's Apprentice (2010).

She was supposed to be seen portraying Indian politician Sonia Gandhi in the biopic Sonia, originally planned for release in 2007, but it has been shelved.^[18]

Bellucci dubbed her own voice for the French and Italian releases of the film Shoot 'Em Up (2007).^[19] She also voiced Kaileena in the video game Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, and the French voice of Cappy for the French version of the 2005 animated film Robots.

She is for Empire, for her role of "Persephone" in Matrix, one of "The Sexiest 25 Characters In Cinema".^[20]

Personal life[link]

Bellucci is married to French actor Vincent Cassel, with whom she has appeared in several films. They have two daughters, Deva (born 2004) and Léonie (born 2010).^[21][22]

In the documentary movie The Big Question, about the film The Passion of the Christ, she stated: "I am an agnostic, even though I respect and am interested in all religions. If there's something I believe in, it's a mysterious energy; the one that fills the oceans during tides, the one that unites nature and beings."^[23]

Awards and nominations[link]

Wins[link]

• 2003 – Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress (Ricordati di me)
• 2005 – Golden Globes, Italy: European Golden Globe

Nominations[link]

• 1997 – César Awards for Best Promising Actress (L'appartement)
• 2001 – European Film Awards: Audience Award for Best Actress (Malèna)
• 2002 – Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress (Brotherhood of the Wolf)
• 2003 – Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films: Cinescape Genre Face of the Future Award for Best Female (The Matrix Reloaded) and (The Matrix Revolutions)
• 2003 – David di Donatello Awards for Best Supporting Actress (Ricordati di me)
• 2003 – Teen Choice Awards for Choice Movie Female Breakout Star (The Matrix Reloaded) & (Tears of the Sun)
• 2004 – MTV Movie Awards for Best Kiss (The Matrix Reloaded)
• 2005 – Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress (The Passion of the Christ)
• 2007 – Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists: Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actress (N (Io e Napoleone))

Filmography[link]

References[link]

External links[link]

Film portal

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• Monica Bellucci at the Internet Movie Database
• Monica Bellucci at BFI Film & TV Database
• Monica Bellucci at the Fashion Model Directory
• Monica Bellucci at AllRovi
• Monica Bellucci at Yahoo! Movies
• Corliss, Richard (10 March 2003). "It's Monica Mania". TIME. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1004378,00.html. Retrieved 26 May 2007. 

Michele Placido
Placido and Federica Vincenti
Born	(1946-05-19) 19 May 1946 (age 66) Ascoli Satriano, Province of Foggia, Italy
Occupation	Actor/Director
Years active	1972–present

Michele Placido (born 19 May 1946) is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.

Life and career[link]

Placido was born at Ascoli Satriano into a poor family from Rionero in Vulture, Basilicata; he is a descendant of the known brigand Carmine Crocco.^[1] Placido had a number of jobs since his youth. He studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, and with Silvio D'Amico at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He made his debut as an actor in the play Midsummer's Night Dream in 1969. Two years later he started film work under directors such as Luigi Comencini, Mario Monicelli, Salvatore Samperi, Damiano Damiani, Francesco Rosi, Walerian Borowczyk, Marco Bellocchio, Paolo Cavara and Carlo Lizzani. His first success came with the role of soldier Paolo Passeri in Marcia trionfale (1976, directed by Bellocchio), for which he won a David di Donatello. Two years later he won the Silver Bear for Best Actor award at the 29th Berlin International Film Festival for his role of the homosexual worker in ironical melodrama Ernesto (1978, by Samperi).^[2]

He appeared in several TV movies in 1970s, but 1983 marked the beginning of his greatest television popularity when he played the lead as a police inspector investigating the Mafia in Damiano Damiani's TV series La Piovra. He went on to play the same part in the subsequent three series, until his character's assassination. Afterwards he would appear as a law enforcement official in a number of other films and TV productions dealing with organized crime, including a semi-biographical movie about Giovanni Falcone, where he acted as the titular judge. In 2008, in a reversal of roles, he portrayed longtime Mafia boss Bernardo Provenzano in the TV movie L'ultimo padrino.

Until a divorce in 1994, he was married to actress Simonetta Stefanelli, who is best known for having played Michael Corleone's first (Sicilian) wife in The Godfather. Their daughter Violante Placido is also an actress.

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Director[link]

• Vallanzasca - Gli angeli del male (2010)
• Il grande sogno (2009)
• L'Aquila 2009 - Cinque registi tra le macerie (2009)
• Romanzo criminale (2005)
• Ovunque sei (2004)
• Un Viaggio chiamato amore (2002)
• Un Altro mondo è possibile (2001)
• Del perduto amore (1998)
• Un Eroe borghese (1995)
• Le Amiche del cuore (1992)
• Pummarò (1990)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Michele Placido

• Michele Placido at the Internet Movie Database

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