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FULVIO AND FEDERICA LUCISANO
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Produced by
FULVIO and FEDERICA LUCISANO
An
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM
production
In collaboration with
RAI CINEMA
In association with
thanks to the use of tax credit in accordance with Law No. 244 of 24 December 200
Directed by
CARLO VANZINA
Starring
Enrico Brignano, Tosca D’Aquino, Anna Foglietta, Alessandro Gassman
Teresa Mannino, Ricky Memphis, Gabriella Pession
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Paolo Ruffini, Liz Solari, Natasha Stefanenko
special appearance by Vincenzo Salemme
Run-time: 98’
Release: 7 October 2011
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CAST
Marco
ENRICO BRIGNANO
Nunzia
TOSCA D’AQUINO
Sandra
ANNA FOGLIETTA
Max
ALESSANDRO GASSMAN
Floriana
TERESA MANNINO
Fabio
Valentina
Paolo
RICKY MEMPHIS
GABRIELLA PESSION
PAOLO RUFFINI
Antonio
VINCENZO SALEMME
Consuelo
LIZ SOLARI
Olga
NATASHA STEFANENKO
And with
Esther, Fabio’s ex-girlfriend
ELENA BAROLO
Mrs. Marangoni
VERONICA LOGAN
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Non-contractual credits
EX: Amici Come Prima!
CREW
Director
CARLO VANZINA
Story and screenplay
ENRICO and CARLO VANZINA
Director of Photography
CARLO TAFANI
Set Design
TONINO ZERA
Costumes
NICOLETTA ERCOLE
Film Editing
RAIMONDO CROCIANI
Casting
Music
BARBARA GIORDANI
GIULIANO TAVIANI and
CARMELO TRAVIA
Executive Producer
SALVATORE MORELLO
Produced by
FULVIO and FEDERICA LUCISANO
Production
ITALIAN INTERNATIONAL FILM
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In collaboration with
RAI CINEMA
Non-contractual credits
EX: Amici Come Prima!
Agreements and disagreements, crimes and misdemeanours, ongoing love of couples in
jeopardy whose lives intersect by a fickle twist of fate for a moment, or perhaps forever, in
this romantic comedy of errors where nothing is as it seems. It is an ironic portrait of the
sentimental history, or perhaps of the sentimental geography, of our times.
That’s because over the course of our lives, we all end up being an “ex”: an ex-student,
an ex-comrade in arms, an ex-friend, an ex-best friend, an ex-boyfriend, an ex-husband.
Our film is dedicated to them, to the boundless army of “exes”. For whom there is always
a second chance.
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EX: Amici Come Prima!
He is about to marry the girl he believes is the love of his life… until fate brings the
woman of his dreams into his life, a woman he had met in the past and who he bumps into
at the worst time. But maybe it’s too soon for him to become an EX.
She is a very successful divorce lawyer, the terror of the soon-to-be EX- husbands of her
clients, whom she punishes for pure enjoyment since she is in turn an… EX, who has
recently been abandoned by her partner. But by a fickle twist of fate she finally meets
Him, handsome and fascinating: Mr. Right Guy. Who unfortunately is also the wrong
EX- husband of one of her clients.
He is so desperate over becoming an EX, furthermore because he was dumped with a text
message, he decides to go into therapy in order to get over the shock. And so, following a
casual change of identity with his doctor, he discovers that even psychiatry can have its
pleasant sides – so much so that he meets love where he would have never dreamed it
would have been possible.
She is a fascinating Baltic citizen; he is a married man, an unscrupulous and very
ambitious Member of Parliament from southern Italy who falls madly in love with her.
And to make things worse, the Nordic woman is also a very much married powerful Prime
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Minister. But the ways of politics are infinite and what should have been a one-night fling
turns into something that changes their lives and perhaps will turn them into two happy
EXes.
There he is, a habituate single who hasn’t got the time to become an EX. He hasn’t got a
wife, he hasn’t got a girlfriend, whereas he collects relationships with girls who are full of
EXes. But there is an unexpected surprise in store for him, too.
Director’s Notes
EX: AMICI COME PRIMA! is a film belonging to the great tradition of Italian comedy,
but has also been influenced by the sophisticated Anglo-Saxon comedy genre: an array of
stories where the leading characters have a status of EX in common – namely exhusbands, ex-girlfriends, ex-something or other.
And this time something unusual has occurred in our career. Our films were the ones that
usually set off trends and inspired sequels – just like what happened with “Sapore di mare
2”, “Yuppies 2” and others – whereas this time we were the ones to collect the Lucisano
trademark and the legacy of a film as successful as EX directed by Brizzi. I’m glad about
this since I appreciate Brizzi, who we have been acquainted with since the times at the
Centro Sperimentale when Enrico noticed him, and also because I liked his movie very
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much. A mutual pleasure and an unusual passing of the baton since he confessed to us that
he owes a lot to “Sapore di Mare” (aka “Time for Loving”) because that’s where he gained
his inspiration for “Notte prima degli esami” (aka “Night Before the Finals”) .
That being said and done, EX: AMICI COME PRIMA! has nothing to do with the previous
film although obviously there is a common thread that runs throughout, namely the fact
that the leading characters are EXes or have something to do with EXes. They are EXfiancés, EX-wives, EX-flames manqué who experience some improbable sentimental
affairs, like many of the stories that occur at present. And within the plot of the movie –
that somehow recalls “Love Actually” – there are stories and people who seem they will
never meet; then, by a simple twist of fate, they bump into each other and the leading
characters gain entrance into each other’s stories. Just like what happens in reality, as
always exceeding the imagination.
We’ve told the story of extremely contemporary people: for example there’s a modernday politician (Salemme), who has a greedy wife (Tosca D’Aquino), and all he can think
of once he’s been elected to the European Parliament is how to best exploit his new status.
But then his flight is postponed due to bad weather conditions and he meets a woman
(Stefanenko) who changes everything about him: not only his way of doing politics, but
perhaps even his marital status. Were we to quote something, this might bring to mind
“Up in the Air” starring George Clooney.
Then there’s the character, resembling Sandra Bullock in an American comedy, of the
husband (Gassman) whose wife turns to an attorney when she files for a separation (but
especially with the intent on slaughtering him) and discovers it’s a female lawyer
(Foglietta) who is angrier at men than herself since her partner has just abandoned her. So,
by a quirk of fate, the attorney falls in love with her client’s ex-husband and this leads to
an unexpected outcome.
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Then there’s the story, linked to the tradition of Italian comedy, of the bank clerk
(Brignano) who has just married his colleague (Mannino); they’re at the airport, about to
take off on their honeymoon, when he meets an EX-flame manqué (Solari) and discovers
that their story never came to a head only due to a series of misunderstandings. So he
doesn’t think twice to tell her that he isn’t married.
We’ve worked on the story for about a year together with Fulvio and Federica Lucisano;
over that period of time we threw out some stories and then inserted others. But I’m
happy with the results, just as I’m very happy about the cast that has collaborated with us
at length. A group of talented actors, so much so that it wasn’t easy to organize the
shooting because of their many engagements.
Once again, some new entries were made along the way; this was the case for Anna
Foglietta, whom I was not acquainted with, but then I saw her in Max Bruno’s film
entitled “Nessuno mi può giudicare” (aka “Escort in Love”) and realized she was very
talented. Anna played her part beautifully and I am very pleased about having chosen her.
Then there’s Alessandro Gassman who I’ve always been acquainted with, since the times
when I was assistant-director for “Brancaleone” (aka “Brancaleone at the Crusades”) and
he was a little boy who used to wander around the set. But, oddly enough, we’ve never
worked together beforehand. Having been acquainted for years, with motion pictures
running in our families, working together proved to be an experience that we were lacking
and it has also been a pleasant one.
There is Paolo Ruffini, who we’ve been acquainted with for years. We appreciate his
comedy and the freshness he manages to convey to all of his characters.
Brignano has been a confirmation because this was the sixth film we’ve worked in
together. I find that he gets more and more talented as he matures. I had directed Teresa
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Mannino in a commercial together with Raoul Bova; I thought she was very talented and
was waiting for the right chance to “use” her once again…
Liz Solari is very popular in Argentina, but her face is mostly unknown to the Italian
screen. She has proven to be a wonderful revelation as she played the part of Consuelo.
I haven’t worked with Ricky Memphis since the times of “I Mitici” starring Claudio
Amendola. I was very pleased to have him in a comedy that revealed all of his most
unprecedented and intimate aspects, having little to do with his harsh countenance that
audiences were used to.
It was my first experience with Gabriella Pession and she has proven to be very talented in
her role as a slightly naive girl whose frailness is linked to her being an EX. Salemme is
the champion of comedy we all know, while Ms. Stefanenko is a performer with a great
personality although her face is somewhat new for the silver screen. And Tosca is a great
actress coming from the tradition of Neapolitan theatre.
A film with a multiplicity of voices and a very active set considering we filmed in the
Lazio region and on the Amalfi coast in Italy, then in Frankfurt and Brussels. Searching
for the locations has also been a stimulating job since each couple belongs to a different
social background and therefore even the sites had to contribute to identifying the
characters in the film on a psychological and social level. So when in Rome we visited the
most modern popular districts and then the more traditionally bourgeois ones, offering a
social interpretation of the city. There are also some scenes that have been filmed on a
ship since Brignano and Mannino were on a Mediterranean honeymoon cruise; we filmed
the scenes on a motionless ship anchored at the Civitavecchia port.
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Interview with Carlo Vanzina
“How did you come up with the idea for this film?
“The film producer Federica Lucisano made me an “indecent proposal”:
filming a
comedy with a multiplicity of voices and intertwining stories in the wake of the great
success obtained by Fausto Brizzi’s film entitled “Ex”. My brother Enrico and I have
never written and directed a story referring to a film made by others; on the contrary, other
directors filmed the sequels to original films that we had come up with such as “Sapore di
mare 2” or “Yuppies 2”. But the interesting new aspect of this film is that it isn’t a simple
sequel: the idea was that of using couples that have broken up or couples that are about to
break up to describe the people and stories of contemporary Italy, a sort of research, a
“little portrait” comprising the various humanities of modern-day Italians. I was happy to
accept the challenge since I liked “Ex” very much and because I was sure that this
unprecedented opportunity would be a good exercise towards returning to Italian light and
multifaceted comedies from the past, but broadening the sentimental part that had been
somewhat neglected in more recent films”.
“You have defined this film as “a romantic comedy of errors where nothing is as it
seems”: in what sense?”
“Compared to Brizzi’s first film, there is obviously a common denominator given the
topic: the main characters are exes or have something to do with boyfriends and wives
from the recent or not so recent past, or with old flames manqué, and nearly all of them
experience improbable and precarious sentimental affairs.
We’ve done our best to
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describe a series of characters and typologies that are decidedly contemporary by using a
light mood. When people used to break up in the past, they used to meet or write a letter.
Today’s technology has influenced everything and love stories often come to a close with
a text message… The plot of the film – which was ambitiously inspired by certain recent
British comedies starring Hugh Grant, written or directed by Richard Curtis, such as
“Love Actually” – involves various events and people who should have never met. But
then, by a simple twist of fate, they bump into each other again and sometimes the main
characters in a certain story end up inside another one”.
“What criteria did you use when choosing your actors and how did you get along
with them?”
“Enrico Brignano was simply a confirmation, I believe this is our sixth film together. I
find he gets more and more talented the more he matures. The same goes for Salemme, a
true champion of comedy, this being our third film together. I was also very pleased to
meet Ricky Memphis once again. We haven’t worked together since the times of “I
Mitici” starring Claudio Amendola, and this comedy part has revealed his most
unprecedented and intimate side. We have been acquainted with Paolo Ruffini since the
times of “Un’estate ai Caraibi” and we very much appreciate his talent as a comedian and
the freshness he manages to convey to all of his characters. There were quite a few nice
surprises in store thanks to the new entries: we’ve always known Alessandro Gassman,
we’ve always casually met each other and in this film he has proven to be a fantastic actor
and a wonderful man as a whole. Fulvio and Federica Lucisano spoke to me about Anna
Foglietta’s talent since they had produced Max Bruno’s “Nessuno mi puo’ giudicare” (aka
“Escort in Love”) where she performed in an excellent manner alongside Paola Cortellesi.
I am happy we chose her for this film, where she played a difficult and very beautiful role.
Natasha Stefanenko was perfect for the part of a woman from the east with a lot of charm
and a strong personality. Gabriella Pession proved to be very talented in the role of a
slightly naive girl whose frailty was influenced by her being an ex.
While Teresa
Mannino’s liveliness struck me when I directed her in a recent commercial starring Raoul
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Bova for a telephone company. Tosca D’Aquino has confirmed the fact that she is a great
actress thriving on the prestigious tradition of Neapolitan theatre.
Interview with Enrico Vanzina
“What was your mood when tackling the screenplay for this film?”
“Ex-Amici come prima” has marked for my brother and myself a sort of return to our
origins, to our specific distinguishing characteristics, because basically we were the ones
who came up with this sort of movie genre.
Once I accepted Fulvio and Federica
Lucisano’s invitation to “pick up the baton” represented by Fausto Brizzi’s very successful
film entitled “Ex”, Carlo and I tried to establish the plot of each single new story by
blending emotions and comedy while taking into account the characteristics of the various
actors. Writing the dialogues and imagining the situations is a huge advantage when you
already know the actors who will be performing – you can imagine what they’ll be saying
and what they’ll be doing”.
“Are there specific references and considerations regarding contemporary Italian
customs?”
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“I hope so. I don’t want to seem presumptuous, but I think we were rather successful in
portraying the present times. The film offers a glimpse at the typical reality of our times,
for example it speaks about politics, of bewilderment and the lack of clear-cut roles. Love
stories experienced by today’s people in their thirties are very different from those
experienced by the people of the same age thirty years ago. Males are clearly more fragile
than females and we try to describe how relationships have changed. For example Paolo
Ruffini’s character comes to mind, who is a steadfast single who regularly meets very
uninhibited and brazen women. I consider it a very credible film, it is never grotesque or
overly parodistic but true to reality. It’s got very modern characters who are in the grips
with a very lively reality. Each one of these characters has great flaws. The movie is
constructed in such a way that it begins in a certain manner and then along the way it turns
into something else – typical of classic Italian comedy. But we enjoyed trying our hand at
going beyond, using plots recollecting American romantic/brilliant comedies, also
glimpsing at the sophisticated British genre while blending various hues of sentimental
comedy. I’d like to also underline the packaging of this little/great movie that was filmed
in a beautiful and unprecedented Rome (I’m thinking of the nocturnal finale shot in Castel
Sant’Angelo) but also on the Amalfi coast, in Brussels and Germany as locations
presumably set in a Baltic country where Natasha Stefanenko’s character is Prime
Minister”.
“How do you depict the instability and precariousness of our times?”
“Especially by analyzing various types of sentimental relationships.
It seems that
everyone today is taken up by a frenzy of change at all costs, in the hope of finding
something better. Not many people understand how fundamental a certain degree of
stability in one’s love life truly is in order to grow, even if you are satisfied with your job.
Ultimately the power of that old emotion always manages to be triumphant. This is very
reassuring especially nowadays, when values have all come crumbling down."
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CAST
ENRICO BRIGNANO - Marco
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
2011 FACCIO UN SALTO ALL’AVANA
2010 SHARM EL SHEIK
Dario Baldi
Ugo Fabrizio
Giordani
2010 LA VITA È UNA COSA MERAVIGLIOSA
Carlo Vanzina
2009 UN'ESTATE AI CARAIBI
Carlo Vanzina
2008 UN'ESTATE AL MARE
Carlo Vanzina
2008 VIP
Carlo Vanzina
2008 ASTERIX ALLE OLIMPIADI (aka “Asterix at the Olympic Games)
F.
Forestier, T.Langmann
2007 SMS - SOTTO MENTITE SPOGLIE
Vincenzo
Salemme
2001 SOUTH KENSINGTON
Carlo Vanzina
1999 SI FA PRESTO A DIRE AMORE
Enrico Brignano
1998 LA BOMBA
Giulio Base
1997 IN BARCA A VELA CONTROMANO (aka “Physical Jerks”)
Stefano
Reali
1994 MIRACOLO ITALIANO
Enrico Oldini
1991 AMBROGIO
Wilma Labate
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TELEVISION
2011 FRATELLI DETECTIVE
Rossella Izzo
2008 FINALMENTE SOLI
Francesco Lazotti
2002 IL BAMBINO DI BETLEMME
Umberto
Marino
2002 S. ANTONIO (aka “Saint Anthony: The Miracle Worker of Padua”)
Umberto Marino
1998 UN MEDICO IN FAMIGLIA
Riccardo
Donna
1996 IL MARESCIALLO ROCCA
Giorgio
Capitani
1993 PER AMORE O PER AMICIZIA
Paolo Poeti
TELEVISION SHOWS
2011 TU VUÒ FA L’AMERICANO
2009/2010 ZELIG
2009 BRIGNANO CON LA O
2007/2008 ZELIG
2007/2008 PYRAMID
2007/2008 DOMENICA IN, IERI OGGI E DOMANI, LA SPOSA PERFETTA,
FUORICLASSE
2000 BEATO TRA LE DONNE
1997 MACAO
1996 SU LE MANI
1995 LA SAI L'ULTIMA?
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1994 TUTTI A CASA
1993 LA SAI L'ULTIMA?
1990 CLUB '92
THEATRE
2011 SONO ROMANO MA NON È COLPA MIA
Enrico
Brignano
2010 SONO ROMANO MA NON È COLPA MIA
Enrico
Brignano
2009 LE PAROLE CHE NON VI HO DETTO
Enrico
Brignano
2007/2008 A SPROPOSITO DI NOI
Enrico Brignano
2006/2007 BRIGNANO CON LA O
Enrico
Brignano
2006 EVVIVA
Pietro Garinei
2005 A BRIGLIA SCIOLTA
Enrico Brignano
2003/2004 NON SIA MAI VIENE QUALCUNO
Enrico
Brignano
2002/2003 MAI DIRE MOUSE
Enrico Brignano
2001/2002 CAPITOLO TERZO...E LA STORIA CONTINUA
Enrico
Brignano
2000/2001 IO PER VOI UN LIBRO APERTO CAPITOLO II
Enrico
Brignano
1999/2000 IO PER VOI UN LIBRO APERTO
Enrico Brignano
1998/1999 SENZA PIOMBO
Walter Lupo
1996/1997 MEZZEFIGURE
Gigi Proietti
1995 PER AMORE E PER DILETTO
Gigi Proietti
1994 A ME GLI OCCHI BIS
Gigi Proietti
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1993 IV FESTIVAL NAZIONALE NUOVI TRAGICI
P. De Silva
BOOKS
2009/2010 SONO ROMANO MA NON È COLPA MIA. Dimmi se ci fai e ti dirò chi
sei (Rizzoli)
2008 A SPROPOSITO DI NOI (Book with DVD, published by Rizzoli)
TOSCA D’AQUINO - Nunzia
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
2008 TORNO A VIVERE DA SOLO
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
Jerry Calà
2008 AMORE CHE VIENI,AMORE CHE VAI
Daniele Costantini
2004 CHRISTMAS IN LOVE
2003 IL COMPAGNO AMERICANO
Neri Parenti
Barbara Barni
1999 AMORE A PRIMA VISTA
Vincenzo Salemme
1999 IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA
Carlo Vanzina
1998 GRAZIE DI TUTTO
Luca Manfredi
1997 FINALMENTE SOLI (aka “Finally Alone”)
Umberto
Marino
1996 IL CICLONE (aka “The Cyclone”)
Leonardo Pieraccioni
1995 I LAUREATI (aka “The Graduates”)
Leonardo Pieraccioni
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1995 I BUCHI NERI (aka “Black Holes)
1993 LIBERA
1991 LADRI DI FUTURO
Pappi Corsicato
Pappi Corsicato
Enzo De Caro
1990 IL VIAGGIO DI CAPITAN FRACASSA (aka “Captain Fracassa’s
Journey”)
Ettore Scola
1989 SCUGNIZZI (aka “Street Kids”)
Nanni Loy
1989 LE 5 ROSE DI JENNIFER
Tommaso Sherman
1989 KINSKI PAGANINI
Klaus Kinski
1988 CHIARI DI LUNA
Lello Arena
1988 RIMINI, RIMINI - UN ANNO DOPO
Bruno
Corbucci
TELEVISION
2011 LA FAMIGLIA GIONNI
2010 TUTTI PER BRUNO
S. Vicario and F.
Pavolini
2009 LE SEGRETARIE DEL SESTO
Angelo Longoni
2009 I SEGRETI DELL’ISOLA DI KORÈ
Ricky
Tognazzi
2008 CROCIERA VIANELLO
Maurizio Simonetti
2007 DI CHE PECCATO SEI?
Pier
Francesco Pingitore
2006 SUONARE STELLA
2005 MEUCCI
2005 IL GRANDE TORINO
2004 LA STAGIONE DEI DELITTI
Gian Carlo Nicotra
Fabrizio Costa
Claudio Bonivento
Claudio
Bonivento
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2001 L’UOMO DEL VENTO
Paolo
Bianchini
2002 PAPA GIOVANNI (aka “Pope John XXIII”)
Giorgio
Capitani
2001 TORNO SABATO – LA LOTTERIA
2001 L'UOMO CHE PIACEVA ALLE DONNE – BEL AMI
Massimo Spano
2001 DONNE DI MAFIA
Giuseppe Ferrara
2000 TORNO SABATO
1999 L’AVVOCATO PORTA
Franco Giraldi
1998 IL QUIZZONE
1998 LA DOTTORESSA GIÒ
Filippo De Luigi
1996 L’AVVOCATO DELLE DONNE
F.lli Frazzi
1996 IL MARESCIALLO ROCCA
Giorgio
Capitani
IL GIOCO DEI NOVE
AVANZI
Fatma Ruffini
Amurri & Dandini
LA TV DELLE RAGAZZE
Amurri & Dandini
FANTASTICO ‘86
Gino Landi
COCKTAIL
Ferdinando Balestra
BUM BUM ALL’ITALIANA
Mauro
Saverino
THEATRE
CHIAVE PER DUE (aka “Key for Two”)
PIU’ VERA DEL VERO (aka “Plus Vraie Que Nature”)
Gianfelice Imparato
Enrico Maria
La Manna
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BORGHESE GENTILUOMO (aka “The Bourgeois Gentleman”)
Giorgio
Panariello
BLACK COMEDY
Attilio Corsini
LA CASA AL MARE
Attilio Corsini
SOGNO DI UNA NOTTE DI MEZZA ESTATE (aka “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream”)
I CAVALIERI DELLA TAVOLA ROTONDA
Lello Arena
Alessandro
Capone
SHERLOCK HOLMES ED IL MASTINO DEI BASKERVILLE (aka “The
Hound of the Baskervilles”)
Patrick Rossi
Gastaldi
IL SESSO DELLE RANE
Anna Lezzi
ZANZIBAR, I LUOGHI DELL’ANIMA
Carlo Lizzani
SENSAZIONI SENZ’AZIONI
Carlo Lizzani
QUESTI FANTASMI
Armando Pugliese
LA CASA AL MARE
Armando Pugliese
IL CODICE DI PERELÀ
Roberto Guicciardini
LE BACCANTI (aka “The Bacchae” by Euripides)
Eleonora Di
Maio
L’ORFEO
IL FLAUTO DI VERTEBRE
Eleonora Di Maio
Andrea
Camilleri
IL TRUCCO E L’ANIMA
LA MORTE INNAMORATA
FANTASTICHERIA
Andrea Camilleri
Luca Ronconi
Castellacci &
Pingitore
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ANNA FOGLIETTA - Sandra
CINEMA
DIRECTED BY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
2010 NESSUNO MI PUÒ GIUDICARE (aka “Escort in Love”)
Carlo Vanzina
Massimiliano
Bruno
2009 IL VELO DI WALTZX (short film)
Sergio Stivaletti
2009 THE AMERICAN
Anton Corbjin
2009 FEISBUM! (Episode: Default)
Alessandro Capone
2008 ARRIVANO I MOSTRI (aka “The New Monsters Today”)
Enrico Oldoini
2008 SOLO UN PADRE (aka “Just a Father”)
Luca Lucini
2007 SE CHIUDI GLI OCCHI
Lisa Romano
2006 TARTARUGHE – EUCLIDE ERA UN BUGIARDO
V. Di Russo
2005 4-4-2 IL GIOCO PIÙ BELLO DEL MONDO
C. Capellini
2005 SFIORARSI
A. Orlando
TELEVISION
2010 IL COMMISSARIO REX
Andrea Costantini
2009 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 9 (aka “Police District 9”)
Alberto Ferrari
2008 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 8 (aka “Police District 8”)
Alessandro
Capone
2004/2005 LA SQUADRA (6th, 7th, 8th series)
various authors
THEATRE
2009 LA NIPOTE DELLA BABILA
A. Foglietta
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2003 MILES GLORIOSUS
V. Zingaro
2002 CAFFÉ CHANTANT
A. Avallone
2002 QUESTI FANTASMI
A. Avallone
2001 UOMO E GALANTUOMO
A. Avallone
2001 ’O SCARFALIETTO
A. Avallone
2001 MISERIA E NOBILTÀ
A. Avallone
2000 MORTE DI CARNEVALE
A. Avallone
2000 TRE PECORE VIZIOSE
A. Avallone
2000 PULCINELLA SCIÒ
A. Avallone
2000 DONNE DI RIPICCHE
Castiglia-
Conte-Turchetta
2000 ’A NUTTATA ‘E SAN LORENZO
M. Conte
2000 BARBABLU’
P. Gallina
1999 LE FALSE CONFIDENZE
E. Metalli
1998 TEATRO IN PEZZI
P. Gallina
1997 L’ISOLA DI TULIPATAN
P. Gallina
AWARDS
2011 Nastri D’Argento, Antica Fratta Prize as Best Actress of the Year in the Comedy
category
2011 Nominated for the Nastri D’Argento 2011 in the Best Supporting Actress category
for the film “Nessuno mi può giudicare” (aka “Escort in Love”) directed by Massimiliano
Bruno.
2011 “De Santis” Award during the 14th edition of the Fiano Romano Film Festival
2011 Nominated for the David di Donatello 2011 in the Best Supporting Actress category
for the film “Nessuno mi può giudicare” (aka “Escort in Love”) directed by Massimiliano
Bruno.
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2009 Awarded the AILA Progetto Donna 2009 prize, organized by the AILA Onlus
Foundation
2009 Elizabeth Arden spokesperson for the “RED DRESS ITALIA” campaign against
cardiovascular disease
2009 Awarded the “Attrice rivelazione dell’anno – Revelation of the Year” prize during
the Cerase Festival, an event chaired by Franco Montini.
ALESSANDRO GASSMAN – Max
CINEMA
DIRECTED BY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
Carlo Vanzina
2011 BACIATO DALLA FORTUNA
2011 IL PADRE E LO STRANIERO
Paolo Costella
(aka “The Father and the Foreigner”) Ricky
Tognazzi
2010 LA DONNA DELLA MIA VITA (aka “The Woman of My Dreams”)
Luca
Lucini
2010 BASILICATA COAST TO COAST
2009 NATALE A BEVERLY HILLS
Rocco Papaleo
(aka “Christmas in Beverly Hills”)
Neri
Parenti
2008 IL COMPLEANNO (aka “David’s Birthday)
2008 EX
Marco Filiberti
Fausto Brizzi
2008 IL SEME DELLA DISCORDIA
Pappi Corsicato
2007 CAOS CALMO (aka “Quiet Chaos”)
Antonello Grimaldi
2005 NON PRENDERE IMPEGNI STASERA
Luigi Tavarelli
2004 THE TRANSPORTER EXTREME
Cory Yuen
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2003 I GUARDIANI DEL CIELO
Luciano Odorisio
2002 I BANCHIERI DI DIO (aka “The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair”) Giuseppe
Ferrara
2000 TESTE DI COCCO
Ugo Fabrizio
Giordano
1999 LA BOMBA
Giulio Base
1998 I MIEI PIÙ CARI AMICI
Alessandro
Benvenuti
1997 UN MESE AL LAGO (aka “A Month by the Lake”)
John Irvin
1997 IL BAGNO TURCO - HAMAM (aka “The Turkish Bath”)
Ferzan
Ozpeteck
1995 UOMINI SENZA DONNE
Angelo Longoni
1993 LE UOVA D’ORO
Bigas Luna
1991 QUANDO ERAVAMO REPRESSI (aka “When We Were Repressed”) Pino
Quartullo
1982 DI PADRE IN FIGLIO
Vittorio Gassman
TELEVISION
2008 4 SINGLE FATHERS
Paolo Monico
2007 PINOCCHIO
Alberto Sironi
2007 I CESARONI
Francesco Vicario
2006 LA SACRA FAMIGLIA
(aka “The Holy Family”)
Raffaele
Mertes
2006 CODICE ROSSO
M. Vullo and R.
Mosca
2005 DALIDA
2003 LE STAGIONI DEL CUORE
Joyce Bunuel
Antonello
Grimaldi
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2002 LA GUERRA È FINITA
Lodovico Gasparini
2001 CROCIATI (aka “The Crusaders”)
D. Othenin-Girard
2000 LOURDES
Lodovico Gasparini
1998 NUDA PROPRIETÀ
Enrico Oldoini
1996 SANSONE E DALILA (aka “Samson and Delilah”)
Nicolas Roeg
1993 DUE VOLTE VENT’ANNI
Livia Giampalmo
1993 CASA RICORDI
Mauro Bolognini
1989 MICHELANGELO
Jerry Londonn
1989 IL GIUDICE ISTRUTTORE
Florestano Vancini
THEATRE
2010 Director of the Stabile del Veneto theatre
2007/2009 Artistic Director of the Teatro Stabile dell’Aquila theatre
2010/2011 ROMAN E IL SUO CUCCIOLO
Alessandro
Gassman
2010 IMMANUEL KANT
Alessandro Gassman
2008 LA PAROLA AI GIURATI
Alessandro Gassman
2007 LA PAROLA AI GIURATI
Alessandro Gassman
2002 LA FORZA DELL’ABITUDINE
Alessandro Gassman
2000 A QUALCUNO PIACE CALDO
(aka “Some Like It Hot”)
Saverio
Marconi
1999 K2
1996 TESTIMONI
1994 CAMPER
1993 UOMINI SENZA DONNE
1993 LE FAREMO TANTO MALE
Edoardo Erba
Angelo Longoni
Vittorio Gassman
Angelo Longoni
Pino Quartullo
1992 ULISSE E LA BALENA BIANCA
Vittorio Gassman
1990 QUANDO ERAVAMO REPRESSI
Pino Quartullo
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1990 VIAJE EN LA POESIA
Vittorio
Gassman
1990 POESIA LA VITA
Vittorio Gassman
1987 SOGNO DI UNA NOTTE DI MEZZA ESTATE (aka “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream”)
Glauco Mauri
1987 I DIALOGHI DELLE CARMELITANE
Luca Ronconi
1984 AFFABULAZIONE
Vittorio Gassman
1982 I MISTERI DI PIETROBURGO
Vittorio Gassman
RADIO
2005 MARLON BRANDO (radio play)
AWARDS
2010 UBU Award ex aequo for the original foreign play “Immanuel Kant” by Thomas
Bernhard
2010 UBU Award for “Roman e il suo cucciolo” as Best Play of the Year
2010 FICE Award as Best Actor of the Year
2009 Olimpici del Teatro Award as Best Leading Actor in “La parola ai giurati”
2009 Traiano Directing Award for “La parola ai giurati”
2008 Golden Graal Directing Award for “La parola ai giurati”
2008 Theatre Critics Award for “La parola ai giurati”
2008 Biglietto d'oro Award for “La parola ai giurati”
2008 Diamanti per il cinema Award as Best Supporting Actor in “Caos Calmo” (aka
“Quiet Chaos”)
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2008 Nastro d'argento Award as Best Supporting Actor in “Caos Calmo” (aka “Quiet
Chaos”)
2008 Ciak d'oro Award as Best Supporting Actor in “Caos Calmo” (aka “Quiet Chaos”)
2008 David di Donatello Award as Best Supporting Actor in “Caos Calmo” (aka “Quiet
Chaos”)
2007 Golden Graal Award for directing and performing in “La forza dell’abitudine”
2004 Best Actor Award at the International Cairo Film Festival for “I guardiani del cielo”
1997 Special Award from the Syndicate of Film Journalists during the Cannes Film
Festival, and Amidi Award as Best Debut Actor in “Hamam il bagno turco” (aka “Turkish
Bath”)
1993/1995 Biglietto d’oro AGIS Award and Salvo Randone Award as Best Actor in
“Uomini senza donne”
1993/1995 IDI Special Contemporary Theatre Award for “Uomini senza donne”
1984 Biglietto d’Oro Award for “Affabulazione”
TERESA MANNINO - Floriana
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
2010 A NATALE MI SPOSO
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
Paolo Costella
2009 MENO MALE CHE CI SEI
Luis Prieto
2008 LA FIDANZATA DI PAPÀ
Enrico Oldoini
2008 AMORE, BUGIE & CALCETTO
Luca Lucini
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TELEVISION
2010 CHECCO ZALONE SHOW
2007/2011 ZELIG
2005 ZELIG CIRCUS
2004/2010 ZELIG OFF
2004 BRAVO, GRAZIE
THEATRE
2011 TERRYBILMENTE DIVAGANTE
Marco
Rampolli
RADIO
2010 ISOLE INCOMPRESE - Radio Rai 2
2009 MI CHIAMO BRU - Radio Rai 2
2006 ALTAMAREA - Radio 2
RICKY MEMPHIS – Fabio
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
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2010 IMMATURI (aka “The Immature”)
Paolo Genovese
2007 MILANO-PALERMO: IL RITORNO
Claudio
Fragasso
2005 STORIA DI MARIO (short film)
Filippo Soldi
2002 PAZ!
Renato De Maria
1998 L’ULTIMO CAPODANNO (aka “Humanity’s Last New Year’s Eve”)
Marco
Risi
1998 LE FAREMO TANTO MALE
Pino
Quartullo
TAXI (short film)
1997 ALTRI UOMINI
Elisabetta Villaggio
Claudio Bonivento
1995 L’ANNO PROSSIMO VADO A LETTO ALLE DIECI
Angelo
Orlando
1996 PALERMO MILANO SOLO ANDATA (aka “Palermo-Milan One Way”) Claudio
Fragasso
1996 VITE STROZZATE
Ricky Tognazzi
1994 IL BRANCO (aka “The Pack”)
Marco Risi
1994 I MITICI - COLPO GOBBO A MILANO
1993 BRIGANTI
1993 LA SCORTA (aka “The Bodyguards”)
Carlo Vanzina
Marco Modugno
Ricky
Tognazzi
1991 ULTRA’
Ricky Tognazzi
1991 PUGNI DI RABBIA
Claudio Risi
TELEVISION
2011 TUTTI PAZZI PER AMORE 3
Laura
Muscardin
2011 AREA PARADISO
Diego Abatantuono
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2011 COME UN DELFINO
2011 NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI ‘82
Stefano Reali
Elisabetta
Marchetti
2010 COSI’ FAN TUTTE 2
2010 UN PARADISO PER DUE
2009 CACCIA AL RE - LA NARCOTICI
Pier Belloni
Michele Soavi
2008 CRIMINI BIANCHI
Alberto Ferrari
2006 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 6
Antonello Grimaldi
2005 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 5
Lucio Gaudino
2003 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 4
Monica Vullo
2002 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 3
Monica Vullo
2001 OCCHI VERDE VELENO
Luigi Parisi
2001 LA SINDONE – 24 ORE, 14 OSTAGGI
Ludovico Gasparini
2001 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 2
Antonello Grimaldi
2000 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA
Renato De Maria
1999 CADAVERI ECCELLENTI
Ricky Tognazzi
1999 IL MORSO DEL SERPENTE
1999 ULTIMO - LA SFIDA
1998 ULTIMO
Luigi Parisi
Michele Soavi
Stefano Reali
TELEVISION SHOWS
2010 CHEF PER UN GIORNO
2009 I SOGNI SON DESIDERI
BUONA LA PRIMA
CROZZA ITALIA LIVE
INSIEME SUL DUE...
REWIND – LA TV A GRANDE RICHIESTA
2008 LA STORIA SIAMO NOI
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MAURIZIO COSTANZO SHOW
2007 C’E’ POSTA PER TE
2006 LE IENE
C’E’ POSTA PER TE
2003 AMORE MIO...DICIAMO COSI’
2002 STASERA PAGO IO
GABRIELLA PESSION - Valentina
CINEMA
DIRECTED BY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
Carlo Vanzina
2009 OGGI SPOSI (aka “Just Married”)
Luca Lucini
2008 MEJOR QUE NUNCA
D. Pajas
2007 MILANO-PALERMO. IL RITORNO
Claudio
Fragasso
2007 LAS TRECES ROSAS (aka “Thirteen Roses”)
E. Martinez
Lazaro
2005 L’UOMO PERFETTO
Luca Lucini
2004 L’AMORE È ETERNO FINCHÉ DURA (aka “Love is Eternal
While It Lasts”)
Carlo Verdone
2001 LA VERITÀ, VI PREGO, SULL’AMORE
Francesco
Apolloni
2000 VOCI
Franco Giraldi
1999 IL PESCE INNAMORATO
Leonardo Pieraccioni
1999 FERDINANDO E CAROLINA (aka “Ferdinando and Carolina”)
Lina
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Wertmuller
1997 FUOCHI D’ARTIFICIO (aka “Fireworks”)
Leonardo Pieraccioni
TELEVISION
2010 DOVE LA TROVI UN’ALTRA COME ME
Giorgio
Capitani
2010 ROSSELLA
Gianni Lepre
2009 LO SMEMORATO DI COLLEGNO (aka “The Collegno Amnesiac”)
Maurizio Zaccaro
2009 MANNAGGIA ALLA MISERIA
Lina Werthmuller
2008 CAPRI 2
A. Barzini and G. Molteni
2007 IL CAPITANO 2
Vittorio Sindoni
2006 GRAFFIO DI TIGRE
Alfredo Peyretti
2006 CRIMINI
Manetti Bros.
2005/2007/2008 CAPRI (1st, 2nd and 3rd series)
Oldoini, Marra,
Barzini
Molteni
2003/2005 ORGOGLIO
(1st, 2nd and 3rd series)
De Sisti, Serafini,
Verdicchi
2003/2004 IL GRANDE TORINO
Claudio Bonivento
2005 IL CAPITANO
Vittorio Sindoni
2003 FERRARI
Carlo Carlei
2002 DON MATTEO
Andrea Barzini
1999 FINE SECOLO GIANNI
Lepre
1999 JESUS ROGER
1998 CRONACA NERA (aka “Tabloid Crime)
Young
Ugo Fabrizio
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Giordani
1998 AMICHE DAVVERO
Marcello Cesena
THEATRE
2002/2003 STORIA D'AMORE E D'ANARCHIA
Lina
Wertmuller
1998 LA VERITÀ, VI PREGO SULL'AMORE
Francesco
Apolloni
AWARDS
2009 Sirmione Catullo Award – Prize for television serials
2008 Roma Fiction Fest – Best Actress Award for “Capri”
PAOLO RUFFINI – Paolo
CINEMA
DIRECTED BY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
Carlo Vanzina
2011 FEMMINE CONTRO MASCHI
Fausto Brizzi
2010 MASCHI CONTRO FEMMINE
Fausto Brizzi
2009 UN'ESTATE AI CARAIBI
Carlo Vanzina
2009 LA PRIMA COSA BELLA (aka “The First Beautiful Thing”)
Paolo Virzì
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2009 CACAO
Luca Rea
2008 SLEEPLESS
Maddalena de
Panfilis
2008 NATALE A RIO
2007 LA SECONDA VOLTA NON SI SCORDA MAI
Neri Parenti
F.
Raniero Martinotti
2006 NON CÈ PIÙ NIENTE DA FARE
Emanuele Barresi
2006 NATALE A NEW YORK
Neri Parenti
2005 NATALE A MIAMI
Neri Parenti
1997 OVOSODO (aka “Hardboiled Egg”)
Paolo Virzì
TELEVISION
2010 VOGLIA DI ARIA FRESCA
2010 FEAR FACTOR
2009 COMICITTÀ ON TOUR
2008/2009 SCALO 76 - CARGO
2008 COMICITTÀ ON TOUR
2008 QUASI TG
2007 SCALO 76
2007 SOIRÈE
2007 MATINÈE
2007 AMICI MIEI
2006 STRACULT
2006 MATINÉE
2005 STRACULT
2005 BLA BLA BLA
2005 MTV MOBILE CHART
2004 MTV CLUB GENERATION
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2004 SPECIAL SUNDAY
2004/2005 HIT LIST ITALIA
2004/2005 ON THE BEACH
2003/2005 SELECT
2002 TRL
2002 CERCASI VJ
THEATRE
2010 RENT-NO DAY BUT TODAY (musical)
2010 80 VOGLIA DI…’80!
2008 PORTAMI TANTE ROSE.IT (musical)
Marco Mattolini
2008 80 VOGLIA DI…’80! (musical)
Fabrizio Angelini
2003/2009 DÈ ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
2002/2009 IO DOPPIO
OTHER EXPERIENCES
2008 Artistic Director for VERSILIANA OFF, one week with two Festivals: one
dedicated to horror movies and the other one dedicated to the Eighties.
2006/2010 Host of INCONTRI AL CAFFÈ during the La Versiliana Festival
2006 M’È SEMBLATO DI VEDERE UN GATTO, documentary produced together with
Francesco Pacini
2005 Produced the QUORE MATTO documentary films and, together with Francesco
Pacini, COSA VUOI? and L’UNICA VOLGARITÀ
2004 SECONDO TE and SAPESSI COM’È STRANO, documentary films produced
together with Enrico Battocchi
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2003/2008 Artistic Director of the JOE D’AMATO HORROR FESTIVAL
2002 Author of the book COSA VUOL DIRE PRISSE - DIARIO UMORALE DI UN
CINEFILO (RES Edizioni)
2002 Worked one year for the Sugar Group national radio station
2001 Founded the NIDO DEL CUCULO Movie Association
2000 Obtained a degree in Television and Advertising Direction at the “NUCT - Nuova
Università Cinema Televisione” in Rome.
1997 Award as Best Entertainer in Italy during the first season
VINCENZO SALEMME – Antonio
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
2010 BACIATO DALLA FORTUNA
Paolo Costella
2010 A NATALE MI SPOSO
Paolo Costella
2010 SENZA ARTE NÈ PARTE (aka “Make a Fake”)
Giovanni Albanese
2010 LA VITA È UNA COSA MERAVIGLIOSA
Carlo Vanzina
2009 BAARIA
Giuseppe Tornatore
2009 EX
Fausto Brizzi
2008 NO PROBLEM (in addition to screenplay)
Vincenzo Salemme
2007 SMS - SOTTO MENTITE SPOGLIE (in addition to screenplay)
Vincenzo
Salemme
2006 OLÈ
2006 BACIAMI PICCINA (aka “Kiss Me, Baby”)
Carlo Vanzina
Roberto
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Ciampanelli
2005 COSE DA PAZZI
Vincenzo Salemme
2003 HO VISTO LE STELLE (in addition to screenplay)
Vincenzo
Salemme
2003 OPOPOMOZ
Enzo D'Alo
2001 VOLESSE IL CIELO (in addition to screenplay)
Vincenzo Salemme
2000 A RUOTA LIBERA (aka “Freewheeling”, in addition to screenplay) Vincenzo
Salemme
1999 AMORE A PRIMA VISTA (in addition to screenplay)
Vincenzo
Salemme
1999 MUZUNGU (only direction and screenplay)
Massimo
Martelli
1998 L'AMICO DEL CUORE (aka “My Best Friend’s Wife”, in addition
to screenplay)
Vincenzo Salemme
1996 ISOTTA
Maurizio Fiume
1993 IL TUFFO
Massimo Martella
1992 MORTE DI UN MATEMATICO NAPOLETANO (aka “Death of a
Neapolitan Mathematician”)
1990 C'È POSTO PER TUTTI
1985 LA MESSA È FINITA (aka “The Mass is Ended”)
1984 BIANCA
1981 SOGNI D'ORO (aka “Golden Dreams”)
Mario Martone
Giancarlo Planta
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti
Nanni Moretti
TELEVISION
2009 DA NORD A SUD... E HO DETTO TUTTO
2006 FAMIGLIA SALEMME SHOW
1978 UN SICILIANO IN SICILIA
Pino Passalacqua
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THEATRE
2010/2011 L'ASTICE AL VELENO
Vincenzo
Salemme
2006/2008/2009 BELLO DI PAPÀ
2005 LA GENTE VUOLE RIDERE... ANCORA!
Vincenzo Salemme
Vincenzo
Salemme
2004 E' FEMMENE (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
2004 LA GENTE VUOLE RIDERE
Vincenzo
Salemme
2003 COSE DA PAZZI
Vincenzo Salemme
2002 L'AMICO DEL CUORE
Vincenzo Salemme
2001 SOGNI E BISOGNI
Vincenzo Salemme
1999 DI MAMMA CE NÉ UNA SOLA
Vincenzo Salemme
1997 PREMIATA PASTICCERIA BELLA VISTA
Vincenzo
Salemme
1997 L'AMICO DEL CUORE
Vincenzo Salemme
1996 FIORI DI ICTUS (only direction)
Vincenzo Salemme
1996 IO E LUI (only direction)
Vincenzo Salemme
1995 ...E FUORI NEVICA
Vincenzo Salemme
1994 FATTI UNICI PER ATTI COMICI (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
1993 PASSEROTTI O PIPISTRELLI? (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
1993 LA GENTE VUOLE RIDERE (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
1992 LO STRANO CASO DI FELICE C. (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
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1991 A CHI FIGLI, A CHI FIGLIASTRI (only direction)
Vincenzo
Salemme
1986 LA TEMPESTA
1988 DON GIOVANNI
QUESTI FANTASMI
NU' TURCO NAPOLETANO
NON TI PAGO
OGNI ANNO PUNTO E A CAPO
'O SCARFALIETTO
UOMO E GALANTUOMO
CHIE È CCHIU' FELICE 'E ME
DITEGLI SEMPRE DI SI
TRE CAZUNE FORTUNATI
LA DONNA È MOBILE
PULCINELLA VA CERCANDO LA FORTUNA PE' NAPULE
IL CILINDRO
QUEI FIGURI TANTI ANNI FA
LIZ SOLARI – Consuelo
Liz Solari is an Argentinian actress of Colombian origin. She began her career as a model
in 2001 when she won an important competition. She has worked for national and
international brands such as Ripley, Kosiuko, Caro Cuore, Class Life, Lody, Falabella,
Silenzio, Sweet, Di Poggio (trademark of leather products created along with her brother),
Calandra, O'Assian, Zara Spagna and has modelled for the Pantene and Veet advertising
campaigns.
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In Europe she worked for designers such as Roberto Cavalli and Jean-Paul Gaultier; she
has also been on the front covers of magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Para Ti,
Women’s Health, Luz, FTV, Max and others.
Following her participation in a very successful television show called “Bailando por un
sueno” (the Argentinian version of “Dancing with the Stars”) which led her to the finals of
the contest, she performed in the leading role of the musical “Barbie Live! Las aventuras
de la Princesa” where she demonstrated her talent singing, dancing and performing – in
fact the show was a big hit in Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Mexico and Brazil. She made her
motion pictures debut in the Argenintian version of “High School Musical”.
She became popular in Italy thanks to her participation in the Argentinian television show
on soccer called “Champs 12” that was broadcast on the Italia 1 channel beginning in June
2010, in addition to being televised in Spain and Israel.
She took acting courses in the most famous academies in London, such as the London
Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Guildford School of Acting and the Central
School
of
Speech
CINEMA
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
and
Drama.
DIRECTED BY
Carlo Vanzina
2008 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: EL DESAFÌO (aka “Viva High School
Musical”)
Jorge Nisco
TELEVISION
2011 FAMIGLIA ITALIANA (Canale 5)
2010 FISICO O QUIMICA
2009 CHAMPS 12 (Italia 1)
2008 ATTRACCIÒN X4
2007 BAILANDO POR UN SUEÑO
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NATASHA STEFANENKO - Olga
CINEMA
DIRECTED BY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
Carlo Vanzina
2008/2009 IN NOME DI MARIA
Franco Diaferia
2003 TI SPIACE SE BACIO MAMMA?
Alessandro
Benvenuti
TELEVISION
2010/2011 ITALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL 4
2010/2011MI HA LASCIATO…CAMBIO VITA
2009 ITALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL 3
2009 DISTRETTO DI POLIZIA 9
2009 7VITE 2
2009 NEBBIE E DELITTI 3
Alberto Ferrari
Various Directors
Gianpaolo Tescari
2009 CAMBIO VITA …MI SPOSO
2008 ITALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL 2
2008 CAMBIO VITA …MI TRASFORMO
2007 ITALIA’S NEXT TOP MODEL 1
2007 NEBBIE E DELITTI 2
Riccardo Donna
2007 WHAT NOT TO WEAR (CTC Russian channel)
2007 BRAVO GRAZIE
2006 IL GOAL SOPRA BERLINO
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2006 CAMBIO VITA…TORNO IN FORMA
2005 10 ANNI PIÙ GIOVANE IN 10 GIORNI
2005 NEBBIE E DELITTI
Riccardo Donna
2004 SUPER CIRO
2004 SUPERSTARS TIM AWARD
2004 NEL NOME DEL CUORE
2004 TEN YEARS YOUNGER
2002 CONVENSCION A COLORI
Celeste
Laudisio
2001 SUPERCONVENSCION
Celeste Laudisio
2001 FESTIVALBAR
Egidio Romio
2001 TARATATA
2000 CONVENSCION
Celeste Laudisio
2000 GIOCO DI SPECCHI
Josè Maria Sanchez
1999 CIRO
1999 CONVENSCION
Celeste Laudisio
1999 TARATATA
1998/1999 TARGET
1998 SCATAFASCIO
1997 PER TUTTA LA VITA
1992/1993 LA GRANDE SFIDA
Alessandro
Benvenuti
THEATRE
2003 MOTONAVE CENERENTOLA
Daniele Sala
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RADIO
2005/2006 PLAYPEOPLE
THE FILMMAKERS
CARLO VANZINA – Direction, Story, Screenplay
Carlo Vanzina was born in Rome on 13 March 1951. He studied in a French school in
Rome. He worked as assistant director from 1969 until 1975 with Mario Monicelli, with
his father Steno and with Alberto Sordi. He directed his first film in 1976 and since then
has written and directed approximately sixty movies.
Together with his brother Enrico, since the early Eighties he has established two
companies called VIDEO 80 srl and INTERNATIONAL VIDEO 80 srl that produce
feature films and television serials.
FILMOGRAPHY
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2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA! (story, screenplay and direction)
2011 SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE – L’ULTIMA SFILATA (story, screenplay and
direction)
2010 TI PRESENTO UN AMICO (story, screenplay and direction)
2010 LA VITA E’ UNA COSA MERAVIGLIOSA (story, screenplay and direction)
2009 UN’ESTATE AI CARAIBI (story, screenplay and direction)
2008 VIP (TV) (story, screenplay and direction)
2008 UN’ESTATE AL MARE (story, screenplay and direction)
2007 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 4 (TV) (story, screenplay and direction)
2007 ITALIA 2061 (story, screenplay and direction)
2007 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 3 (TV) (story, screenplay and direction)
2006 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 2 (TV) (story, screenplay and direction)
2006 OLE’(story, screenplay and direction)
2005 IL RITORNO DEL MONNEZZA (story, screenplay and direction)
2005 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA (TV)(story, screenplay and direction)
2004 IN QUESTO MONDO DI LADRI (story, screenplay and direction)
2003 LE BARZELLETTE (aka “The Jokes”; story, screenplay and direction)
2003 IL PRANZO DELLA DOMENICA (aka “Sunday Lunch”; story, screenplay and
direction)
2002 FEBBRE DA CAVALLO LA MANDRAKATA (aka “Horse Fever: The
Mandrake Sting”; story,
screenplay and direction)
2002 ARTURO COLOMBO MARESCIALLO IN GONDOLA (story, screenplay and
direction)
2001 SOUTH KENSINGTON (story, screenplay and direction)
2001 ADESSO SESSO (aka “And Now Sex”; story, screenplay and direction)
2000 QUELLO CHE LE RAGAZZE NON DICONO (story, screenplay and direction)
1999 VACANZE DI NATALE 2000 (aka “Christmas Vacation 2000”; story, screenplay
and direction)
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1999 ANNI 60 (story, screenplay and direction)
1998 IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA (story, screenplay and direction)
1998 ANNI 50 (story, screenplay and direction)
1998 SIMPATICI E ANTIPATICI (screenplay and direction)
1997 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO L’AVVENTURA CONTINUA (story, screenplay and
direction)
1997 BANZAI (story, screenplay and direction)
1997 FRATELLI COLTELLI (aka “Knife Brothers”; story)
1996 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO (story, screenplay and direction)
1996 SQUILLO (story, screenplay and direction)
1995 VACANZE DI NATALE 1995 (aka “Christmas Vacation ’95”; story)
1995 SELVAGGI (story, screenplay and direction)
1995 IO NO SPIK INGLISH (aka “I Don’t Speak English”; story, screenplay and
direction)
1994 S.P.Q.R. (aka “S.P.Q.R.: 2000 and a Half Years Ago”; story, screenplay and
direction)
1994 I MITICI (story, screenplay and direction)
1993 PICCOLO GRANDE AMORE (aka “Pretty Princess”; story, screenplay and
direction)
1992 SOGNANDO LA CALIFORNIA (aka “California Dreaming”; story, screenplay
and direction)
1991 PIEDIPIATTI (aka “Cops”; story, screenplay and direction)
1991 CRONACA NERA (aka “Tabloid Crime”; story, screenplay and direction)
1991 MILIARDI (aka “Billions”; story, screenplay and direction)
1990 TRE COLONNE IN CRONACA (story, screenplay and direction)
1989 FRATELLI D’ITALIA (story and screenplay)
1989 LE FINTE BIONDE (story, screenplay and direction)
1988 LA PARTITA (aka “The Gamble”; story, screenplay and direction)
1987 MONTECARLO GRAN CASINO’ (story, screenplay and direction)
1987 I MIEI PRIMI 40 ANNI (story, screenplay and direction)
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1987 VIA MONTENAPOLEONE (story, screenplay and direction)
1986 YUPPIES 2 (story)
1986 ITALIAN FAST FOOD (story and screenplay)
1986 YUPPIES (story, screenplay and direction)
1985 SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE (aka “Nothing Underneath”; story, screenplay and
direction)
1984 AMARSI UN PO’ (story, screenplay and direction)
1984 VACANZE IN AMERICA (story, screenplay and direction)
1983 UN RAGAZZO UNA RAGAZZA (story)
1983 SAPORE DI MARE 2 (story)
1983 VACANZE DI NATALE (story, screenplay and direction)
1983 MYSTERE (aka “Dagger Eyes”; story, screenplay and direction)
1983 IL RAS DEL QUARTIERE (story, screenplay and direction)
1983 SAPORE DI MARE (aka “Time for Loving”; story, screenplay and direction)
1982 VIUULENTEMENTE MIA (story, screenplay and direction)
1982 ECCEZZZIUNALE VERAMENTE (story, screenplay and direction)
1981 I FICHISSIMI (story, screenplay and direction)
1980 UNA VACANZA BESTIALE (story, screenplay and direction)
1980 UNA VACANZA BESTIALE (story, screenplay and direction)
1980 ARRIVANO I GATTI (story, screenplay and direction)
1979 FIGLI DELLE STELLE (story, screenplay and direction)
1977 PER VIVERE MEGLIO (story and screenplay)
1976 LUNA DI MIELE IN TRE (story, screenplay and direction)
1976 COLPITA DA IMPROVVISO BENESSERE (story and screenplay)
ENRICO VANZINA – Story and Screenplay
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Enrico Vanzina was born in Rome in 1949. He obtained his French Baccalaureat at the
Chateaubriand Lyceum in Rome in 1966. He obtained a degree in Political Sciences in
Rome in 1970 and a post-graduate in Political Sciences in 1971.
For a few years he worked with his father Steno as an assistant director. He began his
career as scriptwriter in 1976. He has written 80 films and has worked with the most
famous Italian directors:
Dino Risi, Marco Risi, Alberto Lattuada, Steno, Mario
Monicelli, Nanni Loy and many others.
Together with his brother Carlo, a movie director, he produced some of the biggest boxoffice hits of the Eighties and Nineties. Amongst the films that have created a genre of its
own, and an array of actors, we wish to recall:
SAPORE DI MARE (aka “Time for Loving”)
VACANZE DI NATALE
SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE (aka “Nothing Underneath”)
ECCEZZIUNALE VERAMENTE
YUPPIES
I MIEI PRIMI 40 ANNI
SOGNANDO LA CALIFORNIA (aka “California Dreaming”)
S.P.Q.R. 2000 E ½ FA (aka “S.P.Q.R.: 2000 and a Half Years Ago”)
IO NO SPIK INGLISH (aka “I Don’t Speak English”)
A SPASSO NEL TEMPO
IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA
VACANZE DI NATALE 2000 (aka “Christmas Vacation 2000”)
FEBBRE DA CAVALLO–LA MANDRAKATA (aka “Horse Fever:
The Mandrake
Sting”)
IL PRANZO DELLA DOMENICA (aka “Sunday Lunch”)
BARZELLETTE (aka “The Jokes”)
IN QUESTO MONDO DI LADRI
LA VITA E’ UNA COSA MERAVIGLIOSA
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He has worked with nearly all of the Italian actors, beginning with Alberto Sordi, Renato
Pozzetto, Gigi Proietti, Diego Abatantuono, Enrico Montesano, Paolo Villaggio, Monica
Vitti, Virna Lisi, Laura Antonelli, Stefania Sandrelli, Gian Maria Volontè, Raoul Bova,
Vincenzo Salemme, Enrico Brignano and some of the most renowned international stars
such as Faye Dunaway, Carol Bouquet, Elliot Gould, Michel Serrault, Susannah York,
Leslie Nielsen and Rupert Everett.
He has been producing his own films for approximately the past twenty years. He has also
produced many television programmes, including the successful series called I RAGAZZI
DELLA 3C that led him to be awarded with two Telegatti prizes. In 1987 he won the
Critics Award as Best Television Producer of the Year thanks to the series entitled
AMORI. In 1988 he wrote and produced ANNI 50. In 1999 he wrote and produced ANNI
60 and the successful series called “Un Ciclone in Famiglia” over the past two years.
He was General Advisor and Head of Productions for Penta Film (belonging to Silvio
Berlusconi and Vittorio Cecchi Gori) in 1990 and 1991.
He wrote a play entitled “Bambini cattivi” that was staged by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi.
His book entitled “Le finte bionde” was published by Mondadori, “Colazione da Bulgari”
was published by Salerno Editrice; “La vita è buffa” was released by Gremese,
“Commedia all’Italiana” was published by Newton Compton and “Una famiglia italiana”
again by Mondadori.
He collaborated with the “Corriere della Sera” newspaper for five years. For the past
fifteen years he has been writing for “Il Messaggero” newspaper, where he has a weekly
column on lifestyles. For years he has been collaborating with the “Chi” and “Diva e
Donna” magazines.
FILMOGRAPHY
2011 EX: AMICI COME PRIMA!
2011 SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE – L’ULTIMA SFILATA
2010 TI PRESENTO UN AMICO
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2010 LA VITA E’ UNA COSA MERAVIGLIOSA
2009 UN’ESTATE AI CARAIBI
2008 VIP (TV)
2008 UN’ESTATE AL MARE
2007 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 4 (TV)
2007 ITALIA 2061
2007 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 3 (TV)
2006 OLE’
2006 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA 2 (TV)
2006 ECCEZZIUNALE VERAMENTE CAPITOLO SECONDO…ME
2005 IL RITORNO DEL MONNEZZA
2005 UN CICLONE IN FAMIGLIA (TV)
2004 IN QUESTO MONDO DI LADRI
2004 BARZELLETTE
2003 IL PRANZO DELLA DOMENICA
2002 FEBBRE DA CAVALLO – LA MANDRAKATA
2002 ARTURO COLOMBO MARESCIALLO IN GONDOLA (TV)
2001 SOUTH KENSINGTON
2001 ADESSO SESSO (aka “And Now Sex”)
2000 QUELLO CHE LE RAGAZZE NON DICONO
2000 VACANZE DI NATALE 2000 (aka “Christmas Vacation 2000”)
1999 SIMPATICI E ANTIPATICI
1999 IL CIELO IN UNA STANZA
1999 ANNI ‘60 (TV)
1998 ANNI ‘50 (TV)
1997 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO, L’AVVENTURA CONTINUA
1997 BANZAI
1996 A SPASSO NEL TEMPO
1996 SQUILLO
1995 SELVAGGI
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1995 VACANZE DI NATALE 1995 (aka “Christmas Vacation ‘95”)
1995 IO NO SPIK INGLISH (aka “I Dont’ Speak English”)
1994 I MITICI
1994 S.P.Q.R. (aka “S.P.Q.R.: 2000 and a Half Years Ago”)
1993 PICCOLO GRANDE AMORE (aka “Pretty Princess”)
1992 SOGNANDO LA CALIFORNIA (aka “California Dreaming”)
1991 PIEDIPIATTI (aka “Cops”)
1991 MILIARDI (aka “Billions”)
1991 CRONACA NERA (aka “Tabloid Crime”)
1990 TRE COLONNE IN CRONACA
1989 LE FINTE BIONDE
1989 FRATELLI D’ITALIA
1988 LA PARTITA (aka “The Gamble”)
1987 MONTECARLO GRAN CASINÒ
1987 I MIEI PRIMI 40 ANNI
1987 VIA MONTENAPOLEONE
1987 I RAGAZZI DELLA TERZA C
1986 YUPPIES 2
1986 ITALIAN FAST FOOD
1985 YUPPIES
1985 SOTTO IL VESTITO NIENTE (aka “Nothing Underneath”)
1984 AMARSI UN PO’
1984 VACANZE IN AMERICA
1983 VACANZE DI NATALE
1983 IL RAS DEL QUARTIERE
1983 MYSTERE (aka “Dagger Eyes”)
1983 SAPORE DI MARE 2
1983 UN RAGAZZO, UNA RAGAZZA
1983 SAPORE DI MARE (aka “Time for Loving”)
1982 VIULENTEMENTE MIA
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1982 ECCEZZZIUNALE VERAMENTE
1981 I FICHISSIMI
1980 UNA VACANZA BESTIALE
1980 ARRIVANO I GATTI
1979 FIGLI DELLE STELLE
1977 PER VIVERE MEGLIO
1976 COLPITA DA IMPROVVISO BENESSERE
1976 LUNA DI MIELE IN TRE
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THE PRODUCERS
FULVIO LUCISANO - Producer
Born in Rome on 1 August 1928, he was awarded the Order of Merit for Labour on 28
May 2007.
Fulvio Lucisano belongs to the generation of Italians who witnessed Italy being destroyed,
torn apart and overrun by foreign armies. Yet from this humiliation he drew the will,
determination and courage to turn a new leaf and lead his country, that had been razed to
the ground, to becoming one of the top-ten in the world in only a matter of fifteen years.
A generation that was the key player in the so-called Italian Miracle. Lucisano was born
in Rome on 1 August 1928 and obtained a degree in Law at the “La Sapienza” University
of Rome in 1954.
Motion pictures represented a dream, the magic of a virtual world where everything was
beautiful, fascinating and full of emotions for all the Italian youngsters of his age who
grew up among the privations of war and autarchy, in the setting of provincial Italy during
the Thirties and Forties.
Even before he completed his university studies, in 1949
Lucisano was already involved in filming the documentary ANNO SANTO produced by
Samuel Bronston, illustrating the great 1950 Jubilee. The following year he began his
collaboration with the Istituto Luce, producing a Cinegiornale mensile (monthly newsreel)
for Latin America. His activities as documentary film-maker in those years grew to such
an extent that Fulvio Lucisano worked on (either on his own or for the Documento Film
company) approximately three-hundred documentaries that included (among others)
PIAZZA NAVONA and LO SCRIGNO DEL CARDINALE. The latter illustrated the
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masterpieces preserved on the premises of the Borghese Gallery and expressed that
contemporary trend of proposing an image of Italy as the extraordinary container of a
unique artistic and cultural heritage. During the early Fifties he again collaborated on the
production of the newsreel called ORIZZONTE CINEMATOGRAFICO.
Lucisano’s professional training took place while he was in constant and direct touch with
foreign entrepreneurs and film facilities (especially American ones). This was very
important for an Italian producer who was making his appearance on the international
marketplace following years of local autarchy and narrow-mindedness. This opportunity
actually allowed him to develop a remarkable talent in acting on the international
marketplaces, developing a firm belief about the necessity of pursuing policies for
openness and discussion regarding the realities of other countries, building channels for
commercial, cultural and creative exchange.
But working in the field of documentaries was only a first step. His true objective was the
world of motion-picture productions, which became a reality thanks to his first movie: I
QUATTRO DEL GETTO TONANTE, filmed in Vista Vision using a camera that he built
together with Giovanni Ventimiglia (subsequently adopted by Technicolor).
It was the beginning of a long and successful career that resulted in the foundation of the
Italian International Film (IIF) on 1 August 1958, which he led and of which he
continues to be President. A company that already from its name (a tribute to American
International Pictures that launched outstanding directors such as Francis Ford Coppola,
Roger Corman and Peter Bogdanovich) wanted to claim the importance granted to genre
movies and wanted to reserve constant attention towards the tastes of the public. The
films bearing the IIF trademark were awarded success by the public and its official
consecration took place in 2005 during the 62nd Venice Film Festival when its Director
Marco Müller promoted (within the Retrospective on the Secret History of Italian Cinema
sector) the restoration and screening of four films produced by Fulvio Lucisano, namely
LE SPIE VENGONO DAL SEMIFREDDO (aka “Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs”) and
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TERRORE NELLO SPAZIO (aka “Demon Planet”) directed by Mario Bava, COSA AVETE
FATTO A SOLANGE? (aka “What Have They Done to Solange?) and IL MEDAGLIONE
INSANGUINATO (aka “The Cursed Medallion”) directed by Massimo Dalla Mano, which
presently are unanimously considered cult movies.
Throughout its fifty years of uninterrupted activities, Italian International Film still proves
to be one of the most active and consolidated production companies, in addition to being
one of the oldest ones, well-known both in Italy and abroad. Its human and professional
reliability, entrepreneurship, capacity of perceiving innovations and trends are at the
foundation of this company that has produced over 130 films. These include classics from
the best Italian comedy genre directed by Steno, Dino Risi, Pasquale Festa Campanile,
Giorgio Capitani and Alberto Sordi; together with some very brave works that have
contributed towards the prestige of Italian cinema such as RICOMINCIO DA TRE (aka
“I’m Starting from Three”) by Massimo Troisi, L’INCHIESTA (aka “The Inquiry”) by
Damiamo Damiani, PER LE ANTICHE SCALE (aka “Down the Ancient Staircase”)
directed by Mauro Bolognini, UN RAGAZZO DI CALABRIA (aka “The Boy from
Calabria”) by Luigi Comencini, IL GIOVANE TOSCANINI (aka “Young Toscanini”) by
Franco Zeffirelli, IL GRANDE COCOMERO (aka “The Great Pumpkin”) by Francesca
Archibugi and FARINELLI by Gerard Corbiau.
The comedy genre has never been
abandoned and the series of box-office hits such as ARAGOSTA A COLAZIONE (aka
“Lobster for Breakfast”), IL LADRONE (aka “The Good Thief”), IL BELPAESE, IL
TASSINARO (aka “The Taxi Driver”) continue with the very recent films entitled IO NO
SPIK INGLISH (aka “I Don’t Speak English”) directed by Carlo Vanzina, PALLA DI
NEVE (aka “Snowball”) by Maurizio Nichetti and FANTOZZI: IL RITORNO by Neri
Parenti.
In 2004 Fulvio Lucisano produced the first movie directed and written by Susanna
Tamaro, entitled NEL MIO AMORE. His careful attention towards young directors has
been rewarded with one of the greatest production successes of his long career: the debut
movie called NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI (aka “The Night Before Finals”) directed by
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Fausto Brizzi, was a box-office hit that deserved 11 nominations for the David di
Donatello award. The film went on to win the award in the most important category:
namely Best Direction Debut.
The newquel NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI – OGGI was released in Italy in 2007, on St.
Valentine’s Day, obtaining the same extraordinary box-office success as its predecessor.
Another film released in 2007 was CEMENTO ARMATO (aka “Concrete Romance”), the
directing debut of Marco Martani, starring the great mystery-book author Giorgio Faletti.
The last film produced by Fulvio Lucisano was QUESTA NOTTE È ANCORA NOSTRA
during the 2008 movie season, which was appreciated by audiences and sales alike. And
another box-office hit was the 2009 movie directed by Fausto Brizzi called EX; the
director continued his collaboration with Italian International Film on two more movies
entitled MASCHI CONTRO FEMMINE that was released in October 2010 for 01
Distribution and FEMMINE CONTRO MASCHI.
One of the latest projects was the
directing debut of Massimiliano Bruno in NESSUNO MI PUO’ GIUDICARE (aka “Escort
in Love”) starring Raoul Bova, Paola Cortellesi and Rocco Papaleo that was released in
March 2011. It went on to be awarded the Nastro D’Argento as Best Comedy of the Year,
the David di Donatello in the Best Leading Actress category and two Globi D’Oro in the
Best Actor and Best Comedy categories, with ticket sales amounting to approximately €8million.
IIF has broadened its activities to the field of television productions during the 2004/2005
season, producing various mini television series. The first one, entitled RICOMINCIO DA
ME was directed by Rossella Izzo, starring Barbara D’Urso, Stefania Sandrelli and Ricky
Tognazzi, was broadcast by the Mediaset network and obtained excellent ratings.
L’UOMO DELLA CARITÀ directed by Alessandro di Robilant for the Mediaset television
network, was previewed at the International Rome Festival as a special event. Then
L’INCHIESTA (aka “The Inquiry”) directed by Giulio Base for the Rai television network,
was a mini series that thanks to the exceptional commitment invested in the film and its
talented cast (Andrea Porporati wrote the screenplay together with the best-selling author
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Valerio Massimo Manfredi; the film starred Daniele Liotti, Max von Sydow, F. Murray
Abraham, Dolph Lundgren and Ornella Muti) was also distributed to Italian and American
movie theatres.
As the logical continuation of his presence on the international market, Fulvio Lucisano is
also involved in procurement and distribution activities for foreign films. More than fourhundred films have been distributed with the IIF trademark over the years: cult movies
such as BOXCAR BERTHA (aka “America 1929 – Sterminateli senza pietà”) directed by
Martin Scorsese and THELMA & LOUISE by Ridley Scott; entertaining comedies such as
FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (aka “4 matrimoni e un funerale”) by Mike Newell
and FRENCH KISS directed by Lawrence Kasdan; box-office hits such as OVER THE
TOP starring Sylvester Stallone and BODY OF EVIDENCE starring Madonna; elegant
auteur films such as INDOCHINA (Oscar award winner) directed by Regis Wargnier,
CARRINGTON by Christopher Hampton and SLEEPERS by Barry Levinson that was
greatly acclaimed by audiences and critics alike.
In more recent years, thanks to the agreement with Columbia Tristar for the Italian
distribution of films produced by Revolution Studios, some of Julia Roberts’s best
performances have been released with the IIF trademark (AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS
and MONA LISA SMILE), in addition to those by Adrien Brody (THE JACKET), Nicolas
Cage (LORD OF WAR) and Richard Gere (BEE SEASON). The latest foreign films
acquired by IIF for Italian distribution were JOHN RAMBO (written, performed and
directed by Sylvester Stallone) and RIGHTEOUS KILL (starring Al Pacino and Robert De
Niro, an outstanding success with the public and critics alike). And again in 2009 came
the release of THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS directed by
Werner Herzog, starring Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes that participated in the
competition at the Venice Film Festival; in addition to BROOKLYN’S FINEST directed by
Antoine Fuqua, starring Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes and Ellen Barkin that
was presented at the Venice Film Festival that same year. CONAN THE BARBARIAN 3D,
directed by Marcus Nispel, starring Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols and Ron Perlman; and
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finally DRIVE, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling, Carey
Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Christina Hendricks was presented at the 2011 edition of
the Cannes Film Festival, winning an award in the Best Director category and released
September 30th.
Another feature film was produced in 2009:
MI RICORDO ANNA FRANK (aka
“Memories of Anne Frank”) based on the book by Alison Leslie Gold that collects the
painful account of Hanneli Goslar who was a friend of Anne Frank and of her family.
And ultimately conscious of the fact that today’s market must be addressed in all of its
many facets, Fulvio Lucisano has broadened his activities to also include movie facilities.
During the Eighties he directed the Cannon circuit, which later became Cinema 5, and
subsequently worked with his partner Aurelio De Laurentiis towards the creation of a
Miniplex circuit in the city of Rome. Then, in September 1998, his Italian International
Film inaugurated the Multiplex Andromeda theatre in Rome that has proven to be
advanced in the field of screening technologies and architectural elegance.
In 2007 IIF, through its holding IIH, acquired the Stella Film company that manages
multiplex movie theatres in Naples, Afragola, Benevento, Caserta and inaugurated the
Andromeda Multiplex in Brindisi on Christmas Day 2007.
Giorgio Napolitano, President of the Italian Republic, decorated Fulvio Lucisano with the
coveted Order of Merit for Labour award in October 2007. This was a great event not only
on a personal level, but also for the recognition granted to motion pictures as an industry.
As the latest addition to the IIF family, the Home Video sector has fostered the market
distribution of the company’s well-stocked library, initially through partnership
agreements with Columbia Tristar Home Video and more recently with 01 Distribution.
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But Fulvio Lucisano’s commitment to the world of motion pictures has not been limited to
running his own business. Fully aware of the necessity for upholding lively and vital
mutual relations with different production realities and cinema cultures, he has always
worked at an associative and representative level on a national and international front,
holding the office of President of the National Union of Producers and leading the
National Association of Cinema and Audiovisual Industries (ANICA) for two mandates
from 1998 until 2001. This year he has been nominated President of the association’s
“Media” Commission.
In the international field, Fulvio Lucisano is recognized as member of AFMA Arbitration
Advisory Committee, Fèdération International des Associations de Producteurs de Films,
Association of International Collective Management of Audiovisual Works (AGICOA)
and Le Club des Producteurs Europeèns.
During his long-standing professional career, he has been rewarded many recognitions and
prizes, including three Nastri d’Argento and four David di Donatello awards.
In conclusion, Fulvio Lucisano represents that breed of Italian businessmen distinguished
by a great passion for their work, their flexibility, their ingenuity and creative skills that
keep the prestige of their country and the good name of the Italian product on international
markets alive. His honesty, his top organizational and working skills, together with his
great humanity make him a person of absolute personal charm, a man who is always
surrounded by the esteem and affection of all those who have had the opportunity of
knowing him and accompanying him in the realization of his projects.
FEDERICA LUCISANO - Producer
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Even before completing her formal education, Federica Lucisano began to work with
Italian International Film. IIF is a family company that has been part of the history of
Italian cinema for two generations. She began her career by working as a production
secretary and supervised the various production stages of some full-feature films such as
L’OTHELLO directed by Franco Zeffirelli, L’INCHIESTA (aka “The Inquiry”) by
Damiano Damiani and IN UNA NOTTE DI CHIARO DI LUNA directed by Lina
Wertmuller.
Federica Lucisano was born in Rome on 15 February 1967 and in 1992 she graduated cum
laude in Economics at “La Sapienza” University of Rome with a dissertation on La
gestione strategica delle imprese di produzione cinematografica (The Strategic
Management of Movie Production Companies). She continued to attend the university
environment for the subsequent five years as Assistant Professor to the Industry &
Commerce chair. During that same year she was the Manager of Foreign Procurement for
Italian International Film, involving intense and focused distribution activities on the
Italian territory.
Those were the years in which film rights were purchased for movies that would be very
successful on the Italian market such as FOUR WEDDINGS AND A FUNERAL (aka
“Quattro matrimoni ed un funerale”) by Mike Newell and FRENCH KISS directed by
Lawrence Kasdan, along with other box-office hits such as SLEEPERS by Barry Levinson
(starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Bacon and Jason Patrick) that
gained the greatest levels of acclaim by audiences and critics alike over the past few years.
One of the most recent successes of Italian International Film is the contract that was
signed in 2001 with Columbia Tristar for the distribution of a series of films produced by
Revolution Studios, including:
THE ONE, THE ANIMAL and the hit AMERICA’S
SWEETHEARTS (aka “I perfetti innamorati”) with its exceptional cast of stars (Julia
Roberts, Catherine Zeta Jones, Billy Crystal and John Cusack) – proving to be one of the
greatest box-office hits of the Italian 2001-2002 movie season. MONA LISA SMILE,
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starring Julia Roberts, was a blockbuster of the 2003 Christmas season. The beautiful film
entitled THE JACKET, starring the Academy Award winner Adrian Brody and Keira
Knightley, was one of the latest films distributed by Italian International Film. At the
close of 2005, two great American stars were brought to the Italian screens by IIF:
Nicolas Cage and Richard Gere, in the two important productions entitled LORD OF WAR
and BEE SEASON. Some of the titles acquired from 2008 to the present are JOHN
RAMBO (written, performed and directed by Sylvester Stallone), RIGHTEOUS KILL (aka
“Sfida Senza Regole”, directed by John Avnet, starring Al Pacino and Robert De Niro),
THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL – NEW ORLEANS (aka “Il cattivo tenente”,
directed by Werner Herzog, starring Nicholas Cage and Eva Mendes, in competition at the
2009 Venice Film Festival), BROOKLYN’S FINEST (directed by Antoine Fuqua, starring
Richard Gere, Ethan Hawke, Wesley Snipes and Ellen Barkin, presented at the 2009
Venice Film Festival), CONAN THE BARBARIAN 3D (directed by Marcus Nispel, starring
Jason Momoa, Rachel Nichols and Ron Perlman) and finally DRIVE (directed by Nicolas
Winding Refn, starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston and Christina
Hendricks), presented at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, winner in the Best Direction
category, released on 30 September 2011).
Alongside her work in the Procurement and Distribution Department, Federica Lucisano
began to broaden her activities in the production sector and produced some feature-films
including LA MIA VITA A STELLE E STRISCE and the outstanding 2006 success entitled
NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI (aka “Night Before the Finals”) the debut of the young
movie director Fausto Brizzi, starring Giorgio Faletti, Cristiana Capotondi and Nicolas
Vaporidis. In 2007 NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI – OGGI was released in Italy on St.
Valentine’s Day and it obtained the same extraordinary box-office success as its
predecessor. Another film released in 2007 was CEMENTO ARMATO (aka “Concrete
Romance”), marking the directing debut of Marco Martani and starring the great mysterybook author Giorgio Faletti. Then in 2008 came QUESTA NOTTE È ANCORA NOSTRA,
which was appreciated by audiences and sales alike. Fausto Brizzi directed the 2009
production of EX, a film starring outstanding actors such as: Silvio Orlando, Alessandro
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Gassman, Fabio De Luigi, Cristiana Capotondi, Vincenzo Salemme, Nancy Brilli, Claudio
Bisio, Elena Sofia Ricci, Gianmarco Tognazzi, Flavio Insinna, Claudia Gerini and many
others, once again a hit at the box-office. Two more movies have been directed by Fausto
Brizzi, namely MASCHI CONTRO FEMMINE that was released in October 2010 for 01
Distribution and FEMMINE CONTRO MASCHI. One of the latest projects was the
directing debut of Massimiliano Bruno in NESSUNO MI PUO’ GIUDICARE (aka “Escort
in Love”) starring Raoul Bova, Paola Cortellesi and Rocco Papaleo that was released in
March 2011. Its sales amounted to nearly €8-million and the film won various prizes such
as the “Globo d’oro” in the Best Comedy and Best Actor categories, the “David di
Donatello” in the Best Actress category, and the “Nastro d’Argento” as Best Comedy of
the Year.
Some of the awards:
Best Comedy of the Year – NESSUNO MI PUÒ GIUDICARE (aka “Escort in Love”)
(Nastri d’Argento, 2011)
Best Comedy – NESSUNO MI PUÒ GIUDICARE (aka “Escort in Love”) (Globo d’Oro,
2011)
Nomination Best Film - EX (David di Donatello, 2009)
Nomination Best Film – NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI (David di Donatello, 2006)
Nomination Best Producer - Federica Lucisano (David di Donatello, 2006)
Nomination Best Producer - NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI (Ciak d’Oro, 2006)
Best Film – NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI (Telegatto della provincia di Roma)
Nomination Best Producer - (SNGCI Nastri d'Argento, 2007 )
Best Film - NOTTE PRIMA DEGLI ESAMI - OGGI director Fausto Brizzi; producer
Federica Lucisano (Telegatto della provincia di Roma)
Federica Lucisano – Best in Class Award, Faculty of Economics at the La Sapienza
University, Rome 22 October 2008.
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On 23 December 2003, Federica Lucisano was nominated Managing Director of Italian
International Film, Advisor for the other companies belonging to the Group, in addition to
being the President of Italian International Holding. In 2006 the Holding acquired Stella
Film, therefore broadening the scope of its movie activities; towards the close of 2007 the
company inaugurated the opening of the Andromeda Maxicinema in the city of Brindisi.
Moreover, the new Andromeda River Multiplex in Cosenza is scheduled to be inaugurated
on 11 November 2011.
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