Franco Javarone

Acting

Franco Javarone

Born February 17, 1943 · Naples, Campania, Italy (age 83)

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Known For

PinocchioPinocchio · 2002
Pinocchio
★ 5.72002
MovieComedyFamily
Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio.
Suddenly HeavenSuddenly Heaven · 2003
Suddenly Heaven
★ 5.82003
MovieComedyRomance
Confirmed bachelor Lorenzo sees his beliefs about commitment put to the test when a gorgeous Latina deserted by her fiancée forces him to take his place in the romantic trip she had planned.
Island of the FishmenIsland of the Fishmen · 1979
Island of the Fishmen
★ 5.61979
MovieScience FictionHorror
After their prison ship sinks in the Caribbean, a group of prisoners and a doctor wash ashore on a seemingly deserted island. They soon discover a strange couple, who invite them to stay at their house. While the prisoners plan an escape, the doctor does some investigating, and soon finds out just what the pair are really doing, and why the prisoners keep disappearing mysteriously.
St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the PoorSt. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor · 2007
St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor to the Poor
★ 7.92007
MovieDramaHistory
Giuseppe Moscati, Doctor saint of Naples, was a doctor of the early twentieth century, from an aristocratic family devoted his career to serving the poor. The film focuses on the human side, partially leaving aside the spiritual part.
GrogGrog · 1982
Grog
★ 9.01982
MovieComedy
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.
The Voice of the MoonThe Voice of the Moon · 1990
The Voice of the Moon
★ 6.71990
MovieAdventureComedy
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia made of television commercials, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan rituals.
Orchestra RehearsalOrchestra Rehearsal · 1979
Orchestra Rehearsal
★ 6.71979
MovieComedyDrama
An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
Neapolitan TearsNeapolitan Tears · 1981
Neapolitan Tears
★ 6.91981
MovieComedyDrama

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Sogni e bisogniSogni e bisogni · 1985
Sogni e bisogni
★ 7.01985
Series
A TV series composed of eleven episodes and a conclusion, it aired in six one-hour programs starting on October 6, 1985. Lasting about half an hour each, the episodes are separated by intermissions starring three characters: Good, Evil, and Destiny. LA MORTE PORTA CONSIGLIO: At her father's deathbed, a daughter asks the man to tell her the winning Lotto numbers once he makes it to the after-life. But the man is offended by the modest funeral he receives and has fun playing pranks on his daughter. IL FATTACCIO: a doorman is paid to show an apartment in which something gruesome happened. Determined to keep the extra work, he invents increasingly grisly stories to keep interested buyers away. LADRI: two thieves in a working-class neighborhood have tragicomic adventures. L’IMBIANCONE: a very shy man enters a shoe store to buy a pair of shoes and seduce the female shop owner.