Pizza Connection (film)
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Pizza Connection is a 1985 Italian crime film
directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival
where it won an Honourable Mention.
Crime film
Crime films are films which focus on the lives of criminals. The stylistic approach to a crime film varies from realistic portrayals of real-life criminal figures, to the far-fetched evil doings of imaginary arch-villains. Criminal acts are almost always glorified in these movies.- Plays and films...
directed by Damiano Damiani. It was entered into the 35th Berlin International Film Festival
35th Berlin International Film Festival
The 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to February 26, 1985.-Jury:* Jean Marais * Max von Sydow* Alberto Sordi* Regimantas Adomaitis* Sheila Benson* Wolfgang Kohlhaase* Onat Kutlar* Luis Megino...
where it won an Honourable Mention.
Cast
- Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichele 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:...
as Mario Aloia - Mark Chase as Michele Aloia
- Ida Di BenedettoIda Di BenedettoIda Di Benedetto is an Italian actress and film producer. She has appeared in 53 films and television shows between 1974 and 2004. She starred in the film The Whores, which was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival...
- Nick Delon
- Luigi Maria Burruano
- Piergiorgio Capone
- Pierluigi Capone
- Simona CavallariSimona CavallariSimona Cavallari Simona Cavallari Simona Cavallari (born 5 April 1971, Rome, is an Italian actress of the cinema, theatre, and television.She made her acting debut in 1982 at the age of eleven in the television film Colomba. In 1985, she had a role in The Pizza Connection, directed by Damiano Damiani...
as Cecilia Smedile - Massimo De Francovich
- Maria Denaro
- Domenico Gennaro
- Massimo Liti
- Leondina Marchese
- Leonardo Marino
Awards
- Nastro d'ArgentoNastro d'ArgentoThe Nastro d'Argento is a movie award assigned each year, since 1946, for cinematic performances and production by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics...
: Silver Ribbon award for best actor (Michele PlacidoMichele PlacidoMichele 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:...
) - David di DonatelloDavid di DonatelloDavid 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...
: David award for best music (Carlo SavinaCarlo SavinaCarlo Savina was an Italian composer and conductor who composed, arranged, and conducted music for films-and is especially remembered for being the music director of films such as The Godfather , Amarcord , and The Bear .Savina worked with many of the notable film score composers of the 20th...
) - Berlin Film Festival35th Berlin International Film FestivalThe 35th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 15 to February 26, 1985.-Jury:* Jean Marais * Max von Sydow* Alberto Sordi* Regimantas Adomaitis* Sheila Benson* Wolfgang Kohlhaase* Onat Kutlar* Luis Megino...
: Honourable Mention