Italian films of 2006
Encyclopedia
A list of film
s produced in Italy
in 2006 (see 2006 in film
):
Film
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s produced in Italy
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in 2006 (see 2006 in film
2006 in film
- Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006...
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| 2006 2006 in film - Highest-grossing films :Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top-grossing films that were first released in the United States in 2006... |
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| L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio L'Orchestra di Piazza Vittorio is a well-known Italian multi-ethnic orchestra that was created in Rome in 2002. It is also the subject of a 2006 film of the same name that was reviewed in the New York Times.-History:... |
Agostino Ferrente | Documentary | About immigrant musicians in Rome | |
| The Caiman Il caimano (film) The Caiman is a 2006 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Nanni Moretti and starring Silvio Orlando and Margherita Buy. Focusing on Silvio Berlusconi's vicissitudes, it was released just before the beginning of the 2006 elections, in which Berlusconi lost. It was one of the most successful films... (Il caimano) |
Nanni Moretti Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.-Life and work:Moretti was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol , in 1953 to parents who were teachers... |
Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando Silvio Orlando is an Italian actor.Orlando was born in Naples. He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others... , Margherita Buy Margherita Buy Margherita Buy is an Italian actress born in Rome on 15 January 1962.-Overview:After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore , which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects Domani... , Jasmine Trinca Jasmine Trinca Jasmine Trinca is an Italian actress.She began her career in 2001, chosen by Nanni Moretti for his award-winning The Son's Room, receiving the Guglielmo Biraghi prize as best new talent of the year... , Michele Placido Michele Placido Michele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:... , Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo Giuliano Montaldo is an Italian film director.While he was still a young student, Montaldo was recruited by the director Carlo Lizzani for the role of leading actor in the film Achtung! Banditi!... , Nanni Moretti Nanni Moretti Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.-Life and work:Moretti was born in Bruneck, South Tyrol , in 1953 to parents who were teachers... |
6 David di Donatello David di Donatello David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The... , entered at Cannes 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
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| Anche libero va bene Anche libero va bene Anche libero va bene is a 2006 Italian movie directed by Kim Rossi Stuart, who also wrote the screenplay in collaboration with Linda Ferri and Francesco Giammusso.... |
Kim Rossi Stuart Kim Rossi Stuart Kim Rossi Stuart is an Italian actor and director.-Career:Kim Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was also an actor. His mother was a former top model.He began acting at the age of 5... |
Kim Rossi Stuart Kim Rossi Stuart Kim Rossi Stuart is an Italian actor and director.-Career:Kim Rossi Stuart was born in Rome. His father, Giacomo, was also an actor. His mother was a former top model.He began acting at the age of 5... , Barbora Bobulova Barbora Bobulová Barbora Bobuľová is a Slovak actress.Born in Martin, Slovakia, Bobuľová trained at the National Drama Academy in Bratislava before moving to Italy in 1995... , Alessandro Morace Alessandro Morace Alessandro Morace is an Italian child actor.He received a Best Actor award at the 2006 Flaiano Film Festival for the role of Tommaso Benetti in Kim Rossi Stuart’s film Anche libero va bene . In 2007 he played Fulvio Frisone in the TV film Il Figlio della luna.-External links:... , Marta Nobili, Stefano Busirivici |
Drama | |
| Il regista di matrimoni The Wedding Director The Wedding Director is a 2006 Italian drama film directed by Marco Bellocchio. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Sergio Castellitto - Franco Elica* Donatella Finocchiaro - Bona di Gravina... |
Marco Bellocchio | Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto is an Italian actor and director.Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii... |
Drama | Screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival 2006 Cannes Film Festival The 2006 Cannes Film Festival ran from May 17, 2006 to May 28, 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the jury.... |
| Night Before The Exams (Notte prima degli esami) | Fausto Brizzi Fausto Brizzi Fausto Brizzi is an Italian screenwriter, producer and film director.Fausto Brizzi got a Degree in directing at the "Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia" in July 1994... |
Giorgio Faletti Giorgio Faletti Giorgio Faletti is an Italian writer, actor and singer-songwriter. Born in Asti, Piedmont, he currently resides in Elba Island.... , Cristiana Capotondi Cristiana Capotondi - Biography :Capotondi was born in Rome to an Italian family of Italian Jewish descent. She graduated from the Università La Sapienza in Rome with a degree in communication sciences.... , Nicolas Vaporidis, Sarah Maestri, Chiara Mastalli Chiara Mastalli Chiara Mastalli is an Italian film and television actress.She gained recognition for her role as Eirene in the HBO/BBC/RAI original television series Rome... , Andrea De Rosa, Eros Galbati, Elena Bouryka, Valeria Fabrizi |
Teen Comedy | Great success. Remade in France as Nos 18 ans Nos 18 ans Nos 18 ans is a French comedy teen film directed by Frédéric Berthe and released in 2008.It is a remake of the 2006 Italian film "Notte prima degli esami" written and directed by Fausto Brizzi.... (2008). |
| The Golden Door The Golden Door The Golden Door may refer to:* Nuovomondo, a 2006 film about an Italian immigrant to the USA, whose title translated into English is The Golden Door* The Golden Door , a play by Toronto playwright Catherine Frid... (Nuovomondo) |
Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese Emanuele Crialese is an Italian screenwriter and film director. He is a native of Rome. He studied filmmaking in New York City... |
Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Gainsbourg Charlotte Lucy Gainsbourg is an Anglo-French actress and singer. After releasing an album with her father at the age of fifteen, more than twenty years passed before she released two albums as an adult to commercial and critical success... , Vincenzo Amato |
Emigrant Drama | Venice awards |
| La Stella che non c'è La stella che non c'è La stella che non c'è is an Italian film directed by Gianni Amelio in 2006.The story talks about an Italian engineer went to China fixing a defect of an old Italian steel-making equipment.... |
Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio Gianni Amelio is an Italian film director.-Biography:Amelio was born in San Pietro di Magisano, province of Catanzaro, Calabria. His father moved to Argentina soon after his birth. He spent his youth and adolescence with his mother and his grandmother... |
Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto Sergio Castellitto is an Italian actor and director.Castellitto attended the academy of dramatic art and dedicated himself to theatre soon after, working with many famous actors such as Luigi Squarzina, Aldo Trionfo and Enzo Muzii... |
Drama | |
| La terra La Terra La Terra is the second studio album by Italian world music pioneers Aktuala. It was released on Bla Bla records in 1974.The cover features a medieval map of the world as it was known surrounded by the "world ocean".... |
Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini - Biography :He was born in Grumo Appula but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with Figlio mio infinitamente caro , which was followed by Desiderando Giulia and Il caso Moro... |
Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and a screenwriter.Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan . After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter,... , Paolo Briguglia, Massimo Venturiello, Emilio Solfrizzi, Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini - Biography :He was born in Grumo Appula but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theater, he debuted in a feature film with Figlio mio infinitamente caro , which was followed by Desiderando Giulia and Il caso Moro... , Giovanna Di Rauso, Claudia Gerini Claudia Gerini Claudia Gerini is an Italian actress and showgirl.-Biography:Born in Rome from employees parents, in 1985 she won National Competition of Miss Teenager.... , Alisa Bystrova |
Drama | |
| La Sconosciuta La sconosciuta La sconosciuta also The Unknown Woman or The Other Woman is an enigmatic Italian psychological thriller mystery film, directed by Giuseppe Tornatore that depicts a woman alone in a foreign country, haunted by a horrible past, and in search of a lost daughter.- Plot :Irena , a Ukrainian... |
Giuseppe Tornatore Giuseppe Tornatore -Life and career:Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo.He worked initially as a freelance photographer... |
Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg's Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immediately invited to join the... , Michele Placido Michele Placido Michele Placido is an internationally known Italian actor and director. He is best known for the role of Corrado Cattani in the TV series La Piovra.-Life and career:... , Claudia Gerini Claudia Gerini Claudia Gerini is an Italian actress and showgirl.-Biography:Born in Rome from employees parents, in 1985 she won National Competition of Miss Teenager.... , Margherita Buy Margherita Buy Margherita Buy is an Italian actress born in Rome on 15 January 1962.-Overview:After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's Una grande storia d'amore , which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects Domani... , Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino is an actor from Rome, Italy. He has appeared in 35 films and television series' since the early 1990s, including: L'ultimo bacio, Le chiavi di casa , La Sconosciuta or Saturno contro . Favino received the David di Donatello award in 2006 for his role in the film Romanzo... , Piera Degli Esposti, Alessandro Haber Alessandro Haber Alessandro Haber is an Italian actor, film director and singer.Haber was born in Bologna in a Jewish family of mixed ancestry and spent his childhood in Israel. His movie debut was in 1967 with La Cina è vicina by Marco Bellocchio... , Ángela Molina Ángela Molina Ángela Molina is a Spanish actress, and a daughter of Antonio Molina, Spanish singer and actor.Molina studied dance and theater art in the Escuela Superior de Madrid. She rose to international prominence after starring in Luis Buñuel's last movie That Obscure Object of Desire... |
Thriller | 5 David di Donatello David di Donatello David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The... . 2 Awards at Moscow Film Festival |
| The Family Friend The Family Friend The Family Friend is a 2006 Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother... (L'amico di famiglia) |
Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino Paolo Sorrentino is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He was born in Naples.Sorrentino's first film as screenwriter, Polvere di Napoli, was released in 1998. He began directing several short movies, like L'amore non ha confini, in 1998, and La notte lunga, in 2001... |
Giacomo Rizzo Giacomo Rizzo Giacomo Rizzo is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in over 40 films since 1970. He starred in The Family Friend, which was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.-External links:... , Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio Fabrizio Bentivoglio is an Italian cinema and theatre actor and a screenwriter.Fabrizio Bentivoglio was born in Milan . After only one season in the juvenile team of Inter,... , Laura Chiatti Laura Chiatti Laura Chiatti is an Italian actress and singer. She is the leading lady in two successful movies: Ho voglia di te, alongside Riccardo Scamarcio, and Paolo Sorrentino's third movie The Family Friend. The latter was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival... , Gigi Angelillo |
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External links
- Italian films of 2006 at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...