Sonia Gessner

Acting

Sonia Gessner

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Known For

The Great BeautyThe Great Beauty · 2013
The Great Beauty
★ 7.52013
MovieDrama
Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
YouthYouth · 2015
Youth
★ 6.92015
MovieComedyDrama
Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical career despite the urging of his loving daughter Lena, Mick is intent on finishing the screenplay for what may be his last important film for his muse Brenda. And where will inspiration lead their younger friend Jimmy, an actor grasping to make sense of his next performance?
8½8½ · 1963
8½
★ 8.11963
MovieDrama
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Night SunNight Sun · 1990
Night Sun
★ 5.41990
MovieDrama
Based on Leo Tolstoy's novel, Father Sergius, Night Sun stars Julian Sands as Sergio, a nobleman in 18th-century Italy who is expected to marry a duchess, Nastassja Kinski. Upon learning that she was previously the King's mistress, Sergio turns his back on society and becomes a monk. While at the hermitage he tries to resist all sexual temptations before him and soon becomes known as a miracle worker. Eventually he succumbs to a young seductress and knowing he is undeserving of the adulation, leaves the hermitage to travel around as a homeless beggar.
Milano neraMilano nera · 1961
Milano nera
★ 7.51961
MovieDrama
A group of young thugs decides to spend New Year on the streets of Milan.
Un figlio d'oggiUn figlio d'oggi · 1961
Un figlio d'oggi
★ 8.01961
MovieDrama
Not of This WorldNot of This World · 1999
Not of This World
★ 6.51999
MovieDrama
The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.
A Soul Split in TwoA Soul Split in Two · 1993
A Soul Split in Two
★ 6.81993
MovieDramaRomance
Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests itself in nosebleeds, outbursts of anger, visions, etc. One day, he sees a young Gypsy girl steal something from the store and lets it slide: he can't explain why, but she caught his eye. Pietro and Pabe – that's her name – warily start to hang out, knowing each other more and more, until something begins to blossom in them. Could their shared dream for a new, more compassionate life finally be at their fingertips?

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