Padre Padrone is a 1977 Italian film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. The Tavianis used both professional and non-professional actors from the Sardinian countryside. The title literally means "Father Master"; it has been translated as My Father, My Master or Father and Master.
Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani, collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on numerous film productions.
The Night of the Shooting Stars is a 1982 Italian fantasy war drama film directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani. It was written by Giuliani G. De Negri, Paolo Taviani, Tonino Guerra, and Vittorio Taviani. It was entered into the 1982 Cannes Film Festival where it won the Jury Special Grand Prix. The film was selected by Italy as its entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 55th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.
The Nastro d'Argento for Best Director is a film award bestowed annually as part of the Nastro d'Argento awards since 1946, organized by the Italian National Association of Film Journalists, the national association of Italian film critics.
Paolo Virzì is an Italian film director, writer and producer.
The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1977. The Palme d'Or went to the Padre Padrone by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. A new non-competitive section, "Le Passé composé", is held at this festival only and focuses on compilations. This section, along with sections "Les Yeux fertiles" and "L'Air du temps" of the previous two years, were integrated into Un Certain Regard in 1978.
The 48th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 3 to 14 September 1991.
The 62nd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 9 to 19 February 2012. British film director Mike Leigh was the president of the jury. The first five films to be screened in the competition were announced on 19 December 2011. American actress Meryl Streep was presented with the Honorary Golden Bear on 14 February. Benoît Jacquot's film Farewell, My Queen was announced as the opening film.
Caesar Must Die is a 2012 Italian drama film directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. The film competed at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Golden Bear. The film is set in Rebibbia Prison, and follows convicts in their rehearsals ahead of a prison performance of Julius Caesar.
Roberto Perpignani is an Italian film editor.
Tu ridi is a 1998 Italian drama film. It is the second film adaptation based on short stories by Luigi Pirandello after Kaos directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
The 23rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 25 August to 8 September 1962.
Tommaso Maria Neri is an Italian actor, mostly known for his roles as Mattia as children in the movie in the movie The Solitude of Prime Numbers candidate at the 67th Venice International Film Festival and as Milo in the popular Italian soap opera Centovetrine.
Luca Marinelli is an Italian actor.
Una questione privata is a 1993 Italian film directed by Alberto Negrin with a screenplay based on the WWII partisan novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio (1963) adapted by Raffaele La Capria. The film stars the young British actor Rupert Graves as Milton, Céline Beauvallet, and Claudio Mazzenga.
Valentina Bellè is an Italian actress.
Lina Nerli Taviani is an Italian costume designer, and widow of film director Paolo Taviani.
A Private Matter is an Italian novel by Beppe Fenoglio, first published posthumously in April 1963, two months after the author's death. The book deals with themes common to Fenoglio's work: the lives of partisans and the final period of the Second World War in Italy. Italo Calvino called A Private Matter, "the crowning of a whole generation's efforts to portray the resistance," and, "the novel that our generation wished we created."
Una questione privata may refer to:
Dalia Colli is an Italian make-up artist.
