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Gillo Pontecorvo (19 November 1919 – 12 October 2006) was an Italian filmmaker. He worked as a film director for more than a decade before his best known film La battaglia di Algeri (The Battle of Algiers, 1966) was released. For this he was nominated for the Best Director Oscar in 1969 and won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in that year.
His other films include Kapò (1960), which takes place in a World War II concentration camp, and Burn! (Queimada, 1969), starring Marlon Brando and loosely based on the failed slave revolution in Guadeloupe. In 2000, he received the Pietro Bianchi Award at the Venice Film Festival. He was also a screenwriter and composer of film scores, and a close friend of the Italian President Giorgio Napolitano.
Pontecorvo, born in Pisa, was the son of a wealthy non-observant Italian Jewish businessman, and the younger brother of Bruno Pontecorvo, an internationally acclaimed physicist, and Guido Pontecorvo, a geneticist.
He attended chemistry at the University of Pisa, but dropped out after passing just two exams. It was there that he first became aware of opposing political forces, coming into contact with leftist students and professors for the first time. In 1938, faced with growing anti-Semitism, he followed his elder brother Bruno to Paris, where he was able to find work in journalism and as a tennis instructor.
Actors: Frances Conroy (actress), Shawn Tira (miscellaneous crew), Ashley Williams (actress), David Allen Cress (producer), Anna Camp (actress), Marc Chicoine (actor), Deniese Davis (producer), Lily Rains (actress), Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (director), Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (writer), Sarah Gertrude Shapiro (producer), Erin Donovan (producer), Drew Whitlock (actor), Kelly Brickner (editor), Beau Bonness (actor),
Plot: Behind the scenes of a hit reality TV show, a jaded producer and a spurned beauty queen face off in mental mortal combat. One driven by cash rewards and ambition, the other clinging to her last shred of dignity. Only one can leave victorious.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Stephen Mangan (actor), Emily Kyriakides (producer), Alberto Bona (actor), Lizzie Francke (producer), Amanda Ryan (actress), Alexandre Ross (actor), Michael Higgs (actor), Carey Born (producer), Nicky Bentham (producer), Jonathan Romney (writer), Jonathan Romney (director), Susanna Cappellaro (actress), Rebecca Cardinale (actress), Lia Alu (actress), Adam El Hagar (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Short,Actors: Aylin Prandi (actress), Manuela Massarenti (actress), Francesca Cibischino (costume designer), Emanuele Ruggiero (producer), Flavio Gargano (composer), Emanuele Ruggiero (director), Emanuele Ruggiero (producer), Davide Neglia (editor), Fiorenza Renda (writer), Ketty Roselli (actor), Jgor Barbazza (actor), Stefano Lomen (actor), Vittorio Gabbani (actor),
Plot: it 'a fable surreal, grotesque. The protagonists are a number of monsters next door, and those 'who would not say never ...', those 'you do not expect, that one day they get up, brush their teeth and kill without any hesitation. No remorse. There he gives the cue the record, that perhaps, rather than the load of feelings and actions should take care of the daily crowds that unites us all.
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Horror, Short,Actors: Franco Diogene (actor), Agenore Incrocci (writer), Brad Harris (actor), Ilaria Occhini (actress), Piero Natoli (actor), Eliana Miglio (actress), Pietro Ghislandi (actor), Sergio Ammirata (actor), Rodolfo Laganà (writer), Pier Maria Cecchini (actor), Francesco Guzzo (actor), Alfonsina Lettieri (costume designer), Alessandro Cerquetti (editor), Andrea Muzzi (actor), Massimo Martino (producer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Jerry Calà (writer), Jerry Calà (director), Fabio Testi (actor), Jerry Calà (actor), Gino Capone (writer), Alessandra Cardini (costume designer), Francesca Rettondini (actress), Sergio Vastano (actor), Walter Nudo (actor), Alessia Merz (actress), Dario Cassini (actor), Michelangelo La Bionda (composer), Massimo Molea (actor), Ivan Lucarelli (actor), Antonio Covatta (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Romance,Actors: Franco Cristaldi (producer), Enrico Lucherini (miscellaneous crew), Mario Morra (editor), José María Caffarel (actor), Gina Rovere (actress), Duccio Tessari (director), Duccio Tessari (writer), Ennio De Concini (writer), Roberto Nobile (actor), Luigi Bonos (actor), Jean-Claude Brialy (actor), Peter Ustinov (actor), Franco Diogene (actor), Detto Mariano (composer), Franco Penna (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Renato Pozzetto (actor), Enrico Oldoini (writer), Manuel De Sica (composer), Antonio Siciliano (editor), Enrico Oldoini (director), Vittorio Cecchi Gori (producer), Mario Cecchi Gori (producer), Adriano Celentano (actor), Bernardino Zapponi (writer), Bernardino Zapponi (writer), Enrico Oldoini (writer), Clarita Di Giovanni (miscellaneous crew), Vincenzo De Toma (actor), Tilde Corsi (miscellaneous crew), Maurizio Tognalini (costume designer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Paolo Taviani (writer), Vittorio Taviani (director), José Torres (actor), Giovanni Fusco (composer), Nando Angelini (actor), Vittorio Taviani (writer), Pier Paolo Capponi (actor), Feodor Chaliapin Jr. (actor), Paolo Taviani (director), Lina Nerli Taviani (costume designer), Giulio Brogi (actor), Barbara Pilavin (actress), Lucio Dalla (actor), Ferruccio De Ceresa (actor), Maria Cumani Quasimodo (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Massimo Franciosa (writer), Dino Risi (writer), Gildo Bocci (actor), Mario Serandrei (editor), Memmo Carotenuto (actor), Piero Piccioni (composer), Silvio Clementelli (producer), Pasquale Festa Campanile (writer), Pasquale Festa Campanile (writer), Massimo Franciosa (writer), Dino Risi (writer), Riccardo Garrone (actor), Carlo Giuffrè (actor), Dino Risi (director), Renato Salvatori (actor),
Plot: Romolo e Salvatore sono fidanzati con Annamaria e Marisa e contano di sposarsi. Ma per sposarsi non basta l'amore, occorre di che vivere: un lavoro e nè Romolo nè Salvatore hanno un mestiere. I due si iscrivono così ad una scuola serale in cui Romolo riesce e Salvatore no. Poi entra in scena Giovanna, ex fidanzata dei due ed ora legata a Franco e le tensioni nelle due coppie, già presenti, si acuiscono fino a giungere alla rottura, o almeno così pare.
Keywords: sequelActors: Massimo Franciosa (writer), Dino Risi (writer), Pasquale Festa Campanile (writer), Maurizio Arena (actor), Gildo Bocci (actor), Lorella De Luca (actress), Silvio Clementelli (producer), Memmo Carotenuto (actor), Ettore Manni (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Virgilio Riento (actor), Renato Salvatori (actor), Erminio Spalla (actor), Nino Vingelli (actor), Piero Piccioni (composer),
Plot: Salvatore e Romolo sono giovani e vogliono divertirsi. Amici per la pelle vanno in giro in cerca di ragazze senza mai entrare in competizione. Finchè incontrano Giovanna. I due si danno subito da fare, ognuno all'insaputa dell'altro e Giovanna li tiene tutti e due sulla corda senza scegliere nè l'uno nè l'altro perchè le piacciono tutti e due. Le due sorelle minori di Salvatore e Romolo, Marisa e Anna Maria sono intanto cresciute e si sono innamorate di loro, ma i due non se ne sono accorti. Come andrà a finire?
Keywords: first-of-trilogy, first-part, part-of-trilogy, vespa