Gabriele Salvatores
Director · b. 1950 · Napoli, Italy
Gabriele Salvatores (born 30 July 1950) is an Italian Academy Award -winning film director and screenwriter. Born in Naples , Salvatores debuted as a theater director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell'Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989. In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express , which was followed in 1990 by Turné . Both films shared a group of actor-friends, including Diego Abatantuono and Fabrizio Bentivoglio , who will be present in many of his later movies. Turné was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, Salvatores received international praise for Mediterraneo , which won an Academy Award as best foreign film. It also won three David di Donatello , the most important award for Italian cinema, and a Nastro d'Argento . In 1992, he released Puerto Escondido , from the eponymous novel by Pino Cacucci , in which Abatantuono and Bentivoglio were joined by another standard actor for Salvatores, Claudio Bisio . The following year he directed Sud , featuring Silvio Orlando , an attempt to denounce the political and social situation of the Mezzogiorno of Italy seen from the point of view of the unemployed and those at the margins of society. The main themes of Salvatores' screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never end. A new experimental period, however, started in 1997 with Nirvana , a science fiction/ cyberpunk attempt which received mixed reviews. This was followed by the surreal Denti ( Teeth , 2000), and Amnèsia (2002). Both featured Sergio Rubini . In 2003 he directed the financially successful I'm Not Scared , based on the Niccolò Ammaniti novel of the same name. In 2005 he directed the noir Quo Vadis, Baby? . His 2008 film As God Commands was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.
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Movie6.5DocumentaryRoberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe Tornatore talk about their idea of cinema.
Cinque mondi
2016 · 3 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryA story able to excite and surprise to celebrate an incredible goal. "INTER. DUE STELLE SUL CUORE" is the film-event that celebrates the Nerazzurri club's 20th Scudetto through never-before-seen images, exclusive stories and testimonials, behind the scenes and the unforgettable moments that accompanied the incredible ride towards the conquest of the Second Star. Filmmaster and Inter together for a feature film dedicated to fans and sports enthusiasts. A tale full of emotions, intertwined with the city of Milan, and exalting its values.
Inter. Due Stelle sul Cuore
2024 · 15 votes
MovieDocumentaryThrough the rehearsals and the tour of the show based on Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov, Vinicio Marchioni takes us to the Italian province destroyed by the earthquake and the places of the Russian writer. The Vanja earthquake starts from the Chekhovian masterpiece to investigate Italian post-earthquake immobility through the tragicomic gaze of Chekhov, making the public aware of the extraordinary human strength of the writer. A journey into the Italian theatrical creation; a journey in the earthquake that destroyed central Italy; a journey into the words and soul of Anton Chekhov.
Movie8.3ComedyThis film depicts a series of landmark events in the life of hapless thespian Antonio Hutter (Alessandro Haber), the unfortunate fictional alter-ego of legendary actor Alessandro Haber. This surreal faux-biography begins with Hutter's birth in Bologna, Italy, and his early life in the Middle East and follows him through the highs and lows of his acting career, using a combination of interviews with real-life colleagues, archival footage and improvised scenes along the way.
Movie7.7DocumentaryA crowd-sourced documentary with clips filmed all on the same day.
Italy in a Day - Un giorno da italiani
2014 · 52 votes
MovieDocumentaryVarious generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.
Movie7.8DocumentaryMusicEzio Bosso reveals his real self and takes us into his world and his imagination, as if were a diary.
Ezio Bosso - Le cose che restano
2021 · 5 votes
Movie6.0DocumentaryMusicEffedia - Sulla mia cattiva strada
2008 · 1 votes