Paolo Sorrentino
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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. His debut with a long feature is One Man Up (L'uomo in più), awarded with the Nastro D'Argento for the best young director.
He achieved international recognition in 2004 for his stylish thriller, The Consequences of Love
(Le conseguenze dell'amore). The film, which explores the mindset of a lonely businessman being used as a pawn by the Mafia
, won many awards and was nominated for the Palme D'Or
at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
.
Sorrentino's next feature, The Family Friend
(L'amico di famiglia), was shown at the Cannes Film Festival
in May and the London Film Festival
in October 2006. It tells the story of a malicious septuagenarian loan-shark who develops a fixation with the beautiful daughter of one of his customers. Sorrentino made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in Nanni Moretti
's film The Caiman (Il caimano), which was also shown at the 2006 London Film Festival.
Sorrentino's following film, Il Divo
, is a dramatised biopic of Giulio Andreotti
, the controversial Italian politician. The feature, which won the Prix du Jury at Cannes Film Festival, sees Sorrentino reunited with The Consequences of Love star, Toni Servillo
, who plays the part of Andreotti.
As of January 2009, Sorrentino is working on the screenplay for a film version of Niccolò Ammaniti
's Ti prendo e ti porto via (Steal You Away).
Variety reported in May 2009 that his new film, This Must Be the Place
, will mark the English-language feature debut of Italian filmmaker. The plot of his latest work will centre around a middle-aged wealthy rock star, played by two time academy award winner Sean Penn
, who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father’s executioner (19/10/2011: actually just a guard of the nazi camp where the father was imprisoned), an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee (not exactly a refugee as he lives in hiding) in the U.S. The film is based on a script co-written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello and is scheduled to premiere In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
.
Italy
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film director and screenwriter. He was born in Naples
Naples
Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of 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. His debut with a long feature is One Man Up (L'uomo in più), awarded with the Nastro D'Argento for the best young director.
He achieved international recognition in 2004 for his stylish thriller, The Consequences of Love
The Consequences of Love
The Consequences of Love is a 2004 Italian psychological thriller film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It tells the story of a lonely and secretive Italian businessman living in a Swiss hotel. The film competed at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won five David di Donatello awards including Best...
(Le conseguenze dell'amore). The film, which explores the mindset of a lonely businessman being used as a pawn by the Mafia
Mafia
The Mafia is a criminal syndicate that emerged in the mid-nineteenth century in Sicily, Italy. It is a loose association of criminal groups that share a common organizational structure and code of conduct, and whose common enterprise is protection racketeering...
, won many awards and was nominated for the Palme D'Or
Palme d'Or
The Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival
2004 Cannes Film Festival
The 2004 Cannes Film Festival started on May 12 and ran until May 23. The Palme d'Or went to the American film Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.-Jury:* Quentin Tarantino, President * Emmanuelle Béart * Edwidge Danticat * Tilda Swinton...
.
Sorrentino's next feature, 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), was shown at the 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....
in May and the London Film Festival
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
in October 2006. It tells the story of a malicious septuagenarian loan-shark who develops a fixation with the beautiful daughter of one of his customers. Sorrentino made his acting debut with a cameo appearance in 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...
's film The Caiman (Il caimano), which was also shown at the 2006 London Film Festival.
Sorrentino's following film, Il Divo
Il Divo (film)
Il Divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize...
, is a dramatised biopic of Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti
Giulio Andreotti is an Italian politician of the now dissolved centrist Christian Democracy party. He served as the 42nd Prime Minister of Italy from 1972 to 1973, from 1976 to 1979 and from 1989 to 1992. He also served as Minister of the Interior , Defense Minister and Foreign Minister and he...
, the controversial Italian politician. The feature, which won the Prix du Jury at Cannes Film Festival, sees Sorrentino reunited with The Consequences of Love star, Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo
Toni Servillo; is an award-winning Italian television and film actor and director of theater, opera and film.-Personal life:Servillo was born in Afragola, Campania, the brother of musician Peppe Servillo...
, who plays the part of Andreotti.
As of January 2009, Sorrentino is working on the screenplay for a film version of Niccolò Ammaniti
Niccolò Ammaniti
Niccolò Ammaniti is an Italian writer. As a young Italian novelist, Ammaniti was part of the cannibalistic group, from the anthology Gioventù Cannibale by Daniele Brolli , for which he wrote a short novel together with Ricardo Shorts.He became noted in 2001 with the publication of Io non ho paura,...
's Ti prendo e ti porto via (Steal You Away).
Variety reported in May 2009 that his new film, This Must Be the Place
This Must Be the Place (film)
This Must Be the Place is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand...
, will mark the English-language feature debut of Italian filmmaker. The plot of his latest work will centre around a middle-aged wealthy rock star, played by two time academy award winner Sean Penn
Sean Penn
Sean Justin Penn is an American actor, screenwriter and film director, also known for his political and social activism...
, who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father’s executioner (19/10/2011: actually just a guard of the nazi camp where the father was imprisoned), an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee (not exactly a refugee as he lives in hiding) in the U.S. The film is based on a script co-written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello and is scheduled to premiere In Competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
2011 Cannes Film Festival
The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 11 to May 22, 2011. American actor Robert De Niro served as the president of the jury for the main competition and French filmmaker Michel Gondry headed the jury for the short film competition...
.
Collaborators
Sorrentino likes to work with the same team of filmmakers, often engaging cast and crew from his previous films. Regular members of the 'team' include:- Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, who were producers on all five of Sorrentino's feature-length films
- Toni ServilloToni ServilloToni Servillo; is an award-winning Italian television and film actor and director of theater, opera and film.-Personal life:Servillo was born in Afragola, Campania, the brother of musician Peppe Servillo...
, who has appeared in all of his feature-length films except The Family FriendThe Family FriendThe 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...
and This Must Be the Place - Manuela Lamanna, who has appeared in all of his feature-length films except One Man Up, The Family Friend and This Must Be the Place
- Giorgio Colangeli, who appeared in both The Family Friend and Il DivoIl Divo (film)Il Divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize...
- Anna BonaiutoAnna BonaiutoAnna Bonaiuto is an Italian actress. She has appeared in 48 films and television shows since 1973. She starred in L'amore molesto, which was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.-Selected filmography:...
, who appeared in both Sabato, domenica e lunedì and Il Divo - Luca Bigazzi, who was the cinematographerCinematographerA cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
for all of Sorrentino's feature-length films except One Man Up and Sabato, domenica e lunedì - Pasquale Mari, who was the cinematographerCinematographerA cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
on both One Man Up and Sabato, domenica e lunedì - Giogiò Franchini, who was the editor for all of Sorrentino's feature-length films except Il Divo and This Must Be the Place
- Lino Fiorito, who was the set designer for all Sorrentino's feature-length films except Sabato, domenica e lunedì and This Must be the Place.
Shorts
- L'amore non ha confini (1998)
- La notte lunga (2001)
- The Slow Game (La partita lenta, 2009)
- L'assegnazione delle tende (2009)
- Staffetta (2010)
Movie
- L'uomo in più (2001)
- The Consequences of LoveThe Consequences of LoveThe Consequences of Love is a 2004 Italian psychological thriller film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It tells the story of a lonely and secretive Italian businessman living in a Swiss hotel. The film competed at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won five David di Donatello awards including Best...
(Le conseguenze dell'amore, 2004) - The Family FriendThe Family FriendThe 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, 2006) - Il DivoIl Divo (film)Il Divo is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize...
(2008) - This Must Be the PlaceThis Must Be the Place (film)This Must Be the Place is a 2011 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand...
(2011)
External links
- "The slow game" at PerFiducia