Life Is Beautiful is a 1997 Italian comedy drama film directed by and starring Roberto Benigni, who co-wrote the film with Vincenzo Cerami. Benigni plays Guido Orefice, a Jewish Italian bookshop owner, who employs his fertile imagination to shield his son from the horrors of internment in a Nazi concentration camp. The film was partially inspired by the book In the End, I Beat Hitler by Rubino Romeo Salmonì and by Benigni's father, who spent two years in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp during World War II.
Milan Cathedral, or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary, is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St Mary, it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbishop Mario Delpini.
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.
"Oh mia bèla Madunina" is a song by Giovanni D'Anzi which is an unofficial city anthem of Milan. The title refers to the golden statue of the Virgin Mary on the spire of Milan Cathedral visible all over the city, namely the Madonnina.
Claudia Mori, is an Italian producer, former actress and former singer, and wife of the singer Adriano Celentano.
Brando Mehdi Mahdloo Torkaman is an American-Italian actor, writer, screenwriter, model and startupper. In January 2021, he was included in the "best 2020 models and actors" list by the international magazine "Arts Tribune".
Killer Cop is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco-crime film directed in 1975 by Luciano Ercoli. The film's plot reprises the Piazza Fontana bombing which happened in Milan in 1969. The gun in the umbrella used in the movie is similar to a Bulgarian umbrella used at London in 1978 to kill Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov.
Antonio Rocco Papaleo is an Italian actor, film director and singer.
Luigi Luciano, better known as Herbert Ballerina, is an Italian radio host and actor. Since January 2011, he has been that radio show co-host of the Lo Zoo di 105 broadcast by Radio 105 Network.
The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978".
Anna Rita Del Piano, real name Anna Rita Viapiano, is an Italian actress and theater director.
The David di Donatello for Best Short Film is a category in the David di Donatello Awards, described as "Italy’s answer to the Oscars", presented annually by the Accademia del Cinema Italiano to recognize the most outstanding Italian short film released in Italy during the year preceding the ceremony, starting with the 1997 edition.
What Will Happen to Us is a 2004 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Giovanni Veronesi.
Quo vado? is a 2016 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante. It was released on 1 January 2016. The film is the highest-grossing Italian film in Italy.
Sole a catinelle is a 2013 Italian comedy film directed by Gennaro Nunziante. The film is the second highest-grossing Italian film in Italy.
Gennaro Nunziante is an Italian film director. He directed the three highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.
Luca Pasquale Medici, known as Checco Zalone, is an Italian actor, musician, singer-songwriter, imitator, comedian and screenwriter. He co-wrote and starred in the five highest-grossing Italian films in Italy headed by Quo Vado?.
Taodue is an Italian film and television production company in MFE - MediaForEurope. It was founded by Pietro Valsecchi and Camilla Nesbitt in 1991.
Miriam Dalmazio is an Italian actress.
