Antonio Alessandro Boncompagno Stradella was an Italian composer of the middle Baroque period. He enjoyed a dazzling career as a freelance composer, writing on commission, and collaborating with distinguished poets, producing over three hundred works in a variety of genres.
The Best of Youth is a 2003 Italian historial romantic drama film directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and written by Sandro Petraglia and Stefano Rulli. A family saga set in Italy from 1966 through 2003, it chronicles the life of the middle-class Carati family, focusing primarily on brothers Nicola and Matteo as their life paths separate during youth, encompassing major political and social events in post–World War II Italian history.
Rossano Brazzi was an Italian actor. He moved to Hollywood in 1948 and was propelled to international fame with his role in the English-language film Three Coins in the Fountain (1954), followed by the leading male role in David Lean's Summertime (1955), opposite Katharine Hepburn. In 1958, he played the lead as Frenchman Emile De Becque in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. His other notable English-language films include The Barefoot Contessa (1954), The Story of Esther Costello (1957), opposite Joan Crawford, Count Your Blessings (1959), Light in the Piazza (1962), and The Italian Job (1969).
Liliana Cavani is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Cavani became internationally known after the success of her 1974 feature film Il portiere di notte. Her films have historical concerns. In addition to feature films and documentaries, she has also directed opera.
Sylva Koscina was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968).
Giovanna Mezzogiorno is an Italian theatre and film actress.
The Son's Room is a 2001 Italian film directed, written and produced by Nanni Moretti. It depicts the psychological effects on a family and their life after the death of their son. It was filmed in and around the city of Ancona, with a cast led by Moretti, Laura Morante and Jasmine Trinca.
The Lake of Darkness is a novel by British writer Ruth Rendell, first published in 1980. It won the Arts Council National Book Award for Genre Fiction in 1981.
Sealed Lips is a 1942 Italian mystery thriller film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Fosco Giachetti, Annette Bach, Andrea Checchi and Vera Carmi. It was shot at Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Piero Filippone and Mario Rappini.
Franca Marzi was an Italian film actress. She appeared in 80 films between 1943 and 1977.
Francesca Sanvitale was an Italian novelist and journalist, "one of Italy's most renowned contemporary authors".
Francesca Laura Morvillo was an Italian magistrate, wife of Giovanni Falcone and victim of the Sicilian Mafia. On May 23, 1992, she and her husband were killed in the Capaci bombing.
The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.
Follow Your Heart is a 1996 Italian romantic drama film written and directed by Cristina Comencini. It is based on the novel with the same name by Susanna Tamaro.
Emma Baron was an Italian stage and film actress.
Anne Milano Appel is an American translator of Italian literature and language teacher. She obtained a doctorate in Romance languages from Rutgers University in 1970. She has translated, among others, works by Claudio Magris, Paolo Giordano, Giovanni Arpino and Goliarda Sapienza. She was awarded the John Florio Prize in 2012 for her translation of Arpino's Scent of a Woman. She is also working on English translations of Giordano's Like Family, Syrian Dust by Francesca Borri and Don't Tell Me You're Afraid by Giuseppe Catozzella.
Irene Brin was an Italian fashion journalist, writer and art dealer.
Cristiana Brandolini d'Adda, Contessa di Valmareno, is an Italian socialite and member of the Agnelli family.
Marie Brandolini d'Adda di Valmareno was a French-Italian glass maker.
Still Fabulous is a 2024 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Michela Andreozzi, starring Diana Del Bufalo and Valentina Nappi. It was released internationally by Amazon Prime Video on 12 February 2024.
