Paolo Rossi
Acting
Biography
Born in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Paolo Rossi graduated as a chemical expert, then he moved to Milan where he debuted on stage in 1978, in Dario Fo's Histoire du Soldat. After having been a member of the stage company "compagnia dell'Elfo" he started signing numerous theatrical monologues and stage plays of critical success that were paired in their style with the Commedia dell'arte, Brecht's and Molière's and for which he was referred to as "an Italic middle way between Dario Fo and Lenny Bruce". Rossi is also active on television, in successful variety shows such as Giù la testa and Il laureato, and in films, in which he debuted in 1986. Rossi's multifaceted career also include music: since early 1990s he released several albums and collaborated with several notable artists and groups including Enzo Jannacci, Emir Kusturica, Vinicio Capossela and Modena City Ramblers. He also entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival in two editions, in 1994 and in 2007. In 1996 Rossi won a Silver Ribbon for the screenplay of the Leone Pompucci's comedy film Camerieri.
Known For
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.
Sanremo Music Festival
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TV Story Superstar
Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.
Nirvana
Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin.
Candlewick
A portrait of the comic trio "Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo".
Attitudini: Nessuna
After their rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story, the Tuccis exploit a 19th-century legal loophole to turn their hometown into a tax haven.
Poorly Richer
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Welcome to the North
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StraMorgan
In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.
Gloria!
Emma—with her wild hair, gentle eyes, and status as an eternal intern—finds herself forced to start over and put her life back on the line. Once an invisible freelancer, she now defies fate with a light heart in a dreamy yet chaotic Rome. Amidst misunderstandings, Harmony romance novels, and the cottage of her dreams, Emma will realize it’s time to stop reading about other people's lives and start writing her own. She also discovers that Pietro Scalzi, a brooding producer, isn't the villain of the story, but the hero she never saw coming. Because the true happy ending is only the beginning.
Non è la fine del mondo
Four waiters and a cook working at a seaside restaurant hate one another but still keep working together for lack of better opportunities.
Camerieri
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Su la testa
Two dizygotic twins in the womb become aware of their existence in a series of surrealistic situations.
Silenzio... si nasce
The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky.
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
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Italian Movies
Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.
Bits & Pieces
After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Far North
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Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese
Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.
I cammelli
The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar trees of the boundless Po valley. A harsh life that is a fairy tale too, as a lonely and marginalized kid finds redemption in his art, and a way to express himself and be admired by the world.