Lunetta Savino

Acting

Lunetta Savino

Born November 2, 1957 · Bari, Italy (age 68)

Lunetta Savino (born 2 November 1957 in Bari, Italy) is an Italian theatre, film, and television actress. She trained at the Scuola di Teatro Alessandra Galante Garrone in Bologna and made her stage debut in 1981 before transitioning to screen roles. Savino gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Concetta “Cettina” Gargiulo in the long-running TV series Un medico in famiglia (1998–2009)…

Known For

DiamondsDiamonds · 2024
Diamonds
7.12024
MovieComedyDrama
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO
NEW
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO · 2026
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO
6.92026
MovieDocumentary
CuccioloCucciolo · 1998
Cucciolo
4.41998
MovieComedy
Massimo is forty-two years old, but has been attending eighth grade for thirty-two years, in short he is a teenager in all respects. In reality, Massimo has always refused, on an unconscious level, to grow up and become part of society. Amedeo and Lucia, Massimo's eighty-year-old parents, obviously worried, go to a doctor who explains to them that their son suffers from Peter Pan Syndrome. Only a big shock can bring him back to normal.
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.
Never Again as BeforeNever Again as Before · 2005
Never Again as Before
5.92005
MovieDramaComedy
Six schoolmates, after their final exams, decide to go together on holiday in the Dolomites, in what will probably be their last summer together before taking different ways. In that time they will learn to know themselves and others better, facing and trying to overcome their fears.
Do You See Me?Do You See Me? · 2014
Do You See Me?
6.32014
MovieComedy
Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.
Amici Come PrimaAmici Come Prima · 2018
Amici Come Prima
5.42018
MovieComedy
Cesare Proietti is the esteemed manager of the Relais Colombo, a luxury hotel in Milan. When a group of new Chinese business partners want to revolutionize everything, the hotel owner's daughter, Luciana, decides to fire Cesare. When Cesare discovers Luciana is looking for a caregiver who can look after her father, he decides to dress up as a charming woman to apply for the role.
Loose CannonsLoose Cannons · 2010
Loose Cannons
7.32010
MovieComedyDrama
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.

Movies

DiamondsDiamonds · 2024
Diamonds
7.12024
MovieComedyDrama
In 1970s Rome, a filmmaker gathers actresses for a new project, which triggers memories of his past working in a Roman costume shop, run by Alberta and Gabriella, navigating personal and professional challenges while creating costumes for a major film.
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO
NEW
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO · 2026
Lino D’Italia - Storia di un itALIENO
6.92026
MovieDocumentary
CuccioloCucciolo · 1998
Cucciolo
4.41998
MovieComedy
Massimo is forty-two years old, but has been attending eighth grade for thirty-two years, in short he is a teenager in all respects. In reality, Massimo has always refused, on an unconscious level, to grow up and become part of society. Amedeo and Lucia, Massimo's eighty-year-old parents, obviously worried, go to a doctor who explains to them that their son suffers from Peter Pan Syndrome. Only a big shock can bring him back to normal.
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.
Never Again as BeforeNever Again as Before · 2005
Never Again as Before
5.92005
MovieDramaComedy
Six schoolmates, after their final exams, decide to go together on holiday in the Dolomites, in what will probably be their last summer together before taking different ways. In that time they will learn to know themselves and others better, facing and trying to overcome their fears.
Do You See Me?Do You See Me? · 2014
Do You See Me?
6.32014
MovieComedy
Serena Bruno is an architect who studied and got several masters in different countries of the world but she decides to go back to Italy so she can live and work there. She will soon find out that her native country is not as open minded and she will struggle to find a job that she truly loves and is passionate about. Along the way she will meet Francesco a gay man who will help and support her throughout her journey.
Amici Come PrimaAmici Come Prima · 2018
Amici Come Prima
5.42018
MovieComedy
Cesare Proietti is the esteemed manager of the Relais Colombo, a luxury hotel in Milan. When a group of new Chinese business partners want to revolutionize everything, the hotel owner's daughter, Luciana, decides to fire Cesare. When Cesare discovers Luciana is looking for a caregiver who can look after her father, he decides to dress up as a charming woman to apply for the role.
Loose CannonsLoose Cannons · 2010
Loose Cannons
7.32010
MovieComedyDrama
Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
Saturn in OppositionSaturn in Opposition · 2007
Saturn in Opposition
6.82007
MovieDrama
This film focuses on contemporary 30- and 40-somethings trying to make sense of their lives in an age in which the old certainties have disappeared. Lorenzo and Davide make their lives together within a circle that includes Antonio and Angelica, married with children; Nerval and her policeman husband.
Fiabeschi torna a casaFiabeschi torna a casa · 2013
Fiabeschi torna a casa
5.52013
MovieComedy
An Almost Ordinary SummerAn Almost Ordinary Summer · 2019
An Almost Ordinary Summer
6.22019
MovieComedy
Two families meet for a marriage that neither want, and things take a turn when the respective patriarchs fall in love.
Just MarriedJust Married · 2009
Just Married
5.72009
MovieComedy
Nicola, a policeman in Puglia, is a reformed ladies' man with his heart set on marrying the daughter of the Indian ambassador.
A Woman of CourageA Woman of Courage · 2016
A Woman of Courage
7.12016
MovieDramaTV Movie
Felicia Impastato, mother of the brave Peppino Impastato, tries to keep the memory of his son alive after his murder.
My Brother and IMy Brother and I · 2023
My Brother and I
6.12023
MovieComedy
Sofia is the black sheep of her family. She is a 28-year-old gay girl who can’t help but cheat on her partner and struggles to find a stable job. She has left a little town in Calabria, her homeland in Southern Italy, to move to Milan, where she lives with her roommate Alessandro. Mauro is Sofia's brother. Reliable and loving, unlike Sofia with whom he has a troubled relationship, Mauro has never left Calabria and runs the family winery. Despite their opposite attitudes, Sofia and Mauro has one thing in common. Michela is Sofia's first and only love, but she is Mauro’s bride-to-be. When Sofia realizes that she is about to lose the woman of her life, she decides to go back home to Calabria and win back her true love. This unexpected return will break the delicate balance of Mauro and Sofia’s family and will force the two siblings to a showdown, when they will choose who they really want to be when they grow up. A story of rekindled loves, friendship, growth, and family.
Due mamme di troppoDue mamme di troppo · 2009
Due mamme di troppo
2009
MovieComedyRomance
Gabry and Lellè are two mothers who are temperamentally opposites. The first is a woman of the aristocracy, refined and in the latest fashion, while the second is a woman originally from the south who, after losing her husband, moved to Turin to work as a professional masseuse, finding Lellè among her clients. . The situation takes an unexpected turn when Rita, Lellè's daughter, falls madly in love with Alessandro, a career manager and Gabry's son. A bond between the two that is hindered by the maternal figures, ready for anything as long as that marriage doesn't hap
Where's Picone?Where's Picone? · 1984
Where's Picone?
6.81984
MovieComedy
During a debate in Naples' town hall in the early 1980s, Pasquale Picone, a former steel-worker who has recently lost his job, sets himself on fire in front of the Municipal Council.
Il coraggio di AngelaIl coraggio di Angela · 2008
Il coraggio di Angela
6.02008
MovieCrimeDrama
Angela Latella is a Neapolitan entrepreneur who runs a paint shop with her children. When a Camorra boss decides to target her business with increasingly high protection money demands, she refuses to give in and, against everyone's advice, finds the courage to report her extortionists. Based on the true story of Silvana Fucito.
Bar SportBar Sport · 2011
Bar Sport
5.02011
MovieComedy
Inside Bar Sport, a bar on the outskirts of Bologna managed by the histrionic Onassis, the adventures of regulars and casual patrons unfold. Searching for a pinball machine or a payphone, they encounter the omnipresent "technician," so called for his passion for soccer and always ready to chat or moderate other people's discussions. Thus, the ordeals of the handyman Bovinelli as he deals with the disasters at Muzzi's house, the diary of a provincial playboy's conquests, the sex life of the fiery prostitute Elvira, the search for a good restaurant during a dazed motorcycle trip with Cocosecco, or a trip to see Bologna play with the lawyer Della Lana become epic tales of tragicomic exploits.
RosaRosa · 2019
Rosa
6.22019
MovieDrama
Rosa and Igor live under the same roof, without trespassing on each other's territory even thou they have been living together for years. Things that happened divided them - things that came about brought them back together.
My Soul SummerMy Soul Summer · 2022
My Soul Summer
6.02022
MovieDramaMusic
A shy 17-year-old girl playing classical piano discovers soul music through a strange friendship with an old rocker in a summer that will change her life.
Everything Everything Nothing NothingEverything Everything Nothing Nothing · 2012
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing
5.22012
MovieComedy
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other characters: Rodolfo Favaretto and Frengo Stop
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sudPietro Mennea - La freccia del sud · 2015
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del sud
6.92015
MovieDrama
Liberate i pesci!Liberate i pesci! · 2000
Liberate i pesci!
7.02000
MovieComedy
Mafioso Michele Verrio has both a wife and a long-suffering mistress, Lunetta.
Io, ArlecchinoIo, Arlecchino · 2015
Io, Arlecchino
5.82015
MovieComedyDrama

TV Shows

A Doctor in the FamilyA Doctor in the Family · 1998
A Doctor in the Family
7.51998
SeriesComedyFamily
The adventures of the unpredictable Martini family led by the tireless Grandpa Libero.
BelveBelve · 2018
Belve
7.32018
Series
Lolita LoboscoLolita Lobosco · 2021
Lolita Lobosco
7.02021
SeriesCrimeDrama
Deputy Chief Lolita Lobosco returns to her hometown, Bari, to direct a team of men only. In a world stubbornly ruled by males, she chooses to remain herself against all odds, and uses her skills and devotion to fight prejudices.
FuoriclasseFuoriclasse · 2011
Fuoriclasse
6.82011
SeriesComedy
Fuoriclasse is an Italian television series, directed by Riccardo Donna, filmed in 2011, starring Luciana Littizzetto, based on the books by Domenico Starnone. The synopsis of the miniseries is similar to the story of the film La scuola, scripted always by Starnone.
È arrivata la felicitàÈ arrivata la felicità · 2015
È arrivata la felicità
7.12015
SeriesComedy
Due mamme di troppoDue mamme di troppo · 2010
Due mamme di troppo
2010
SeriesFamily
Studio BattagliaStudio Battaglia · 2022
Studio Battaglia
7.22022
SeriesComedyDrama
L'amore non basta (quasi mai...)L'amore non basta (quasi mai...) · 2011
L'amore non basta (quasi mai...)
2011
SeriesComedy
Il CandidatoIl Candidato · 2014
Il Candidato
7.02014
Series
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del SudPietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud · 2015
Pietro Mennea - La freccia del Sud
7.92015
Series