Lunetta Savino
Acting
Biography
Lunetta Savino (born 2 November 1957 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian theatre, film, and television actress. She trained at the Scuola di Teatro Alessandra Galante Garrone in Bologna and made her stage debut in 1981 before transitioning to screen roles. Savino gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Concetta “Cettina” Gargiulo in the long-running TV series Un medico in famiglia (1998–2009) and has since appeared in notable television dramas including È arrivata la felicità, Le indagini di Lolita Lobosco and Libera (2024). Her film work includes roles in Free the Fish (2000), Saturn in Opposition (2007), Loose Cannons (2010), and Diamanti (2024). Savino has received major recognition for her work, including a Nastro d’Argento and a Globo d’Oro, and has been nominated for the David di Donatello Awards.
Known For
The adventures of the unpredictable Martini family led by the tireless Grandpa Libero.
A Doctor in the Family
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Belve
Deputy Chief Lolita Lobosco returns to her hometown, Bari, to direct a team of men only. In a world stubbornly ruled by males, she chooses to remain herself against all odds, and uses her skills and devotion to fight prejudices.
Lolita Lobosco
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Il Candidato
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
Diamonds
Two convicts escape from prison and evade the law by taking hostage the middle-class family of a doctor. One of the jailbirds calls the local television station, requesting that they broadcast his demand for a plane so they can escape the country. The television director and his crew show up to film the hostage crisis, and then things get progressively more bizarre and satirical. Not content with the living drama, he directs everyone's actions to make the event more newsworthy.
Grog
Fuoriclasse is an Italian television series, directed by Riccardo Donna, filmed in 2011, starring Luciana Littizzetto, based on the books by Domenico Starnone. The synopsis of the miniseries is similar to the story of the film La scuola, scripted always by Starnone.
Fuoriclasse
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
A Woman of Courage
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È arrivata la felicità
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Studio Battaglia
Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.
Do You See Me?
Massimo is forty-two years old, but has been attending eighth grade for thirty-two years, in short he is a teenager in all respects. In reality, Massimo has always refused, on an unconscious level, to grow up and become part of society. Amedeo and Lucia, Massimo's eighty-year-old parents, obviously worried, go to a doctor who explains to them that their son suffers from Peter Pan Syndrome. Only a big shock can bring him back to normal.
Cucciolo
Nicola, a policeman in Puglia, is a reformed ladies' man with his heart set on marrying the daughter of the Indian ambassador.
Just Married
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Saturn in Opposition
Inside Bar Sport, a bar on the outskirts of Bologna managed by the histrionic Onassis, the adventures of regulars and casual patrons unfold. Searching for a pinball machine or a payphone, they encounter the omnipresent "technician," so called for his passion for soccer and always ready to chat or moderate other people's discussions. Thus, the ordeals of the handyman Bovinelli as he deals with the disasters at Muzzi's house, the diary of a provincial playboy's conquests, the sex life of the fiery prostitute Elvira, the search for a good restaurant during a dazed motorcycle trip with Cocosecco, or a trip to see Bologna play with the lawyer Della Lana become epic tales of tragicomic exploits.
Bar Sport
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L'amore non basta (quasi mai...)
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
Loose Cannons
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Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud
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Due mamme di troppo
Two families meet for a marriage that neither want, and things take a turn when the respective patriarchs fall in love.