Anna Maria Gherardi
Acting
Biography
Anna Maria Gherardi (15 October 1939 – 5 October 2014) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Born in Bologna, Gherardi formed at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, and debuted on stage in 1960, in Adelchi alongside Vittorio Gassman. She was later active in the avant-garde theatre, and worked with notable directors such as Luca Ronconi and Maurizio Scaparro. In films, she was often cast in character roles, and she worked with Bernardo Bertolucci, Franco Battiato and Pasquale Festa Campanile, among others. She was also active as a voice actress in documentaries and radio dramas, and in dubbing lines in foreign films.
Known For
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
1900
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
Stealing Beauty
A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.
The Grand Duel
The story is set in Illyria, fictional central European country, towards the end of World War II. A young man infiltrates into the house of a left-wing politician as his secretary. By order of the Communist party, the young man has to kill the politician, who is suspected of a strategy of compromise with other parties.
Dirty Hands
The real story of a French man who was able to control his own farts.
Petomaniac
While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.
The Possessed
A humble scientist from Padua proves that the Earth revolves and that it is not the center of the universe.
Galileo
Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.
Light of My Eyes
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Niente è come sembra
In a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron strings. Not only is she having difficulty with this, for her mother is extremely protective, but she cannot even cut vegetables skillfully. Despite that, she wants to go out and party, mother or no mother.
Mother and Daughter
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La fine dei Greene
A castaway arrives on an island. He thinks it's uninhabited, but he sees a palace with also a hidden room. Soon he sees some people walking, dressed with old-fashioned clothes. He is afraid because people don't see him, like a ghost.
Morel's Invention
Ettore, a young boy in Sicily in the 50's, is surrounded by women and is always surprised by what is happening around him. In Milan a few years later Ettore is once again the center of attention and the hip crowd.
Lost Love
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Il silenzio dell'allodola
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Nessuno al suo posto
A documentary about the birth of the palestinian liberation movement Al Fatah, lead by the young Yasser Arafat.