Gianni Amelio

Activities : Festival director, Director, Screenwriter

Events

Festival director : Turin - International Film Festival

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Gianni Amelio - Premier homme

Recent filmography (French films only)Complete filmography (5 films)

Premier homme (2012) Director : Gianni Amelio Actors : Jacques Gamblin, Catherine Sola, Maya Sansa, Denis Podalydès, Ulla Baugue... Associate production company : Maison de Cinéma, Soudaine Compagnie Genres : Fiction Synopsis : August 1957. Jacques Cormery, a famous writer in his forties, goes to visit his mother in Alger. The city is in a state of war. Jacques recalls his school days, his European and Algerian friends, and Mr. Bernard, this teacher who...

Etoile imaginaire (L') (2005) Director : Gianni Amelio Actors : Tai Ling, Angelo Costabile, Catherine Sng, Roberto Rossi, Hiu Sun Ha Co-production : Babe Films, France 2 Cinéma Genres : Fiction Synopsis : An Italian steelworks is sold to Chinese industrialists who wish to transport it, and all its parts, in particular its furnace, back to China. Vincenzo Buonavolontà, the factory’s maintenance manager, believes he’s detected an...

Clefs de la maison (Les) (2003) Director : Gianni Amelio Actors : Kim Rossi Stuart, Charlotte Rampling, Andrea Rossi, Alla Faerovich, Pierfrancesco Favino Co-production : Arena Films, Arte France Cinéma Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Paolo is a fifteen-year-old teenager. After his mother died while giving birth to him, he was raised by his uncle and aunt. He's never known his father. Paolo is handicapped and has to pay an annual visit to a specialized...

Lamerica (1994) Director : Gianni Amelio Actors : Enrico Lo Verso, Michele Placido, Piro Milkani, Elida Janushi, Sefer Pema Co-production : Arena Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : Two Italians schemers, Fiore, in his forties, and Gino, younger but eager to learn, arrive in Albania. Taking advantage of the existing chaos after the falldown of the communist system in 1991, the two men want to buy a shoe...

Stolen Children (The) (1992) Director : Gianni Amelio Actors : Enrico Lo Verso, Valentina Scalici, Giuseppe Ieracitano, Florence Darel, Marina Golovine Associate production company : Arena Films Genres : Fiction Synopsis : In a gloomy Milan suburb, a woman of Sicilian origin is take away by the authorities, accused of prostituting her daughter Rosetta, aged eleven. Antonio, a young officer from Calabria, is given the task of escorting Rosetta and...