Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich, known as Lina Wertmüller, was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art house films Seven Beauties, The Seduction of Mimi, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away. In 2019, Wertmüller was announced as one of four recipients of the Academy Honorary Award for her career, the second female director to be so honoured.
Lina is a feminine given name primarily of Spanish origin. It is also: English, Italian, Lithuanian, Russian, Swedish, Arabic name, short form of a variety of names ending in -lina including Catalina, Angelina, Carmelina, Carolina, Emelina, Marcelina, Nikolina, Rosalina, Italina, and Žaklina. Lina is a Finnish, Italian, and Slovene feminine given name that is a feminine form of Lino, Lin, and Linus.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani the association of Italian film critics.
Francesca Archibugi is an Italian film director and scriptwriter.
The David di Donatello Award for Best Supporting Actress is a film award presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize the outstanding performance in a supporting role of an actress who has worked within the Italian film industry during the year preceding the ceremony. It has been awarded every year since 1981.
Celluloide is a 1996 Italian historical drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani from a screenplay by Furio Scarpelli, Ugo Pirro and Lizzani, based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Pirro. It stars Giancarlo Giannini, Massimo Ghini, Anna Falchi, and Lina Sastri.
The François Truffaut Award was an Italian film award, named in memory of French director François Truffaut, that was awarded from 1988 to 2014 at the Giffoni Film Festival.
La donna delle meraviglie is a 1985 Italian film directed by Alberto Bevilacqua and based on a novel with the same name by him.
Strangled Lives is a 1996 French-Italian crime film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was entered into the 46th Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Pasqualina "Lina" Sastri is an Italian actress and singer.
Where's Picone? is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Nanni Loy.
Piccoli equivoci is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Ricky Tognazzi. It was shown at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, in the section "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs".
Excellent Cadavers is a 1999 television film directed by Ricky Tognazzi.
Hearts and Armour is a 1983 Italian adventure film directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is loosely based on the stories of the Paladins especially the epic poem Orlando Furioso by Ludovico Ariosto.
Segreti segreti is a 1985 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. For this film Lina Sastri was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Actress. The film was on first viewing TV Monday 15 December 1986 on Canale 5 at 20:30.
Strana la vita, internationally released as The Strangeness of Life, is a 1987 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Giuseppe Bertolucci. It is based on a novel by Giovanni Pascutto.
Imperium: Saint Peter is a 2005 Italian television-film about the life and work of Saint Peter. The film stars Omar Sharif as Peter, and was originally released as San Pietro.
Sastri is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love is a 2004 Italian television movie directed by Lodovico Gasparini. The film is based on real life events of Roman Catholic priest John Bosco.
Discovery at Dawn is a 2012 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli. It is loosely based on the novel La scoperta dell'alba by Walter Veltroni.
