7 Movies Starring Luca Zingaretti

Artemisia

Artemisia

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-05-08

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, Germany

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1727 Reviews)

Director:

Agnès Merlet

Cast:

Writer:

Patrick Amos

Agnès Merlet (screenplay)

Agnès Merlet (story)

Christine Miller (screenplay)

Christine Miller (story)

Fullplot:

Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity about the male anatomy, forbidden for her eyes, led her to the knowledge of sexual pleasure. But she was also well known because in 1612 she had to appear in a courtroom because her teacher, Agostino Tassi, was suspected of raping her. She tried to protect him, but was put in the thumb screws...

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-28

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, Sweden, Hungary

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (385 Reviews)

Director:

Alberto Negrin

Cast:

Writer:

Enrico Deaglio (novel)

Sandro Petraglia

Stefano Rulli

Fullplot:

It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned by fascism, he is a fresh supplier for the Italian army. In the war years he is in Budapest for his business. He lives an easy life there, well introduced into the Hungarian high society, without any problem coming from the war situation. When the Nazi occupied Hungary, in 1944, instead to leave (Italy had already surrendered to the Allies) he escaped to the Spanish embassy in Budapest using his old safe conduct and becoming a Spanish citizen, changing name into Jorge Perlasca. He starts working as a diplomat here. When Sanz Briz (Geza Tordy), the Spanish consul, is removed, Perlasca immediately substitutes him, like if he was officially appointed from Spanish authorities. All the Nazi, the Hungarian authorities believe him. In his new fake assignment, he starts immediately to hide, shield and feed a lot of Jews (thousands!) issuing Spanish (fake of course) safe conducts for the Jews of Sephardic origin. He is in contact with another Hero of that time, Raoul Wallenberg. The two, together with other volunteers, running incredible risks had saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from a tragic death. Incredibly Perlasca succeeded to save two boys directly from the hands of Adolf Eichmann at the train station. This hero, after the war, was completely forgotten, and his story comes out just in the 1980s because some of the Hungarian Jews wanted to meet him again.

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2002-01-28

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, Sweden, Hungary

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (384 Reviews)

Director:

Alberto Negrin

Cast:

Writer:

Enrico Deaglio (novel)

Sandro Petraglia

Stefano Rulli

Fullplot:

It is the real story of Giorgio Perlasca (Luca Zingaretti). During the 1920s he was an Italian Fascist supporter, fighting in Africa an in the Spanish civil war where he deserved a safe conduct for Spanish embassies. After some years, disillusioned by fascism, he is a fresh supplier for the Italian army. In the war years he is in Budapest for his business. He lives an easy life there, well introduced into the Hungarian high society, without any problem coming from the war situation. When the Nazi occupied Hungary, in 1944, instead to leave (Italy had already surrendered to the Allies) he escaped to the Spanish embassy in Budapest using his old safe conduct and becoming a Spanish citizen, changing name into Jorge Perlasca. He starts working as a diplomat here. When Sanz Briz (Geza Tordy), the Spanish consul, is removed, Perlasca immediately substitutes him, like if he was officially appointed from Spanish authorities. All the Nazi, the Hungarian authorities believe him. In his new fake assignment, he starts immediately to hide, shield and feed a lot of Jews (thousands!) issuing Spanish (fake of course) safe conducts for the Jews of Sephardic origin. He is in contact with another Hero of that time, Raoul Wallenberg. The two, together with other volunteers, running incredible risks had saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from a tragic death. Incredibly Perlasca succeeded to save two boys directly from the hands of Adolf Eichmann at the train station. This hero, after the war, was completely forgotten, and his story comes out just in the 1980s because some of the Hungarian Jews wanted to meet him again.

Tutte le donne della mia vita

Tutte le donne della mia vita

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-04-13

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

4.6 (129 Reviews)

Director:

Simona Izzo

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Simona Izzo (story)

Graziano Diana (story)

Ricky Tognazzi (story)

Simona Izzo (screenplay)

Graziano Diana (screenplay)

Alexandra La Capria (screenplay)

Fullplot:

The Youngest Son

The Youngest Son

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-02-19

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (272 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

An amoral man manhandles his wife and falls into the claws of a wheeler dealer.

La nostra vita

La nostra vita

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-05-21

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (1535 Reviews)

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Daniele Luchetti

Sandro Petraglia

Stefano Rulli

Fullplot:

Claudio, a construction worker, works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. He is madly in love with his wife who is pregnant with their third child. However, when he finds the remains of an illegal immigrant under the site and doesn't report it, fearing he'll be out of a job if construction comes to a halt, it upsets his simple and happy life. In a rage for life, Claudio energetically fights against the injustice that fell upon him. Love and support from his friends and family as well as the laughter of his children will help him to triumph against the odds.

Perez.

Perez.

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2014-10-02

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (251 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Edoardo De Angelis

Filippo Gravino

Fullplot:

A lawyer has to cross the edge between law and crime to protect his family.

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