Ornella Vanoni

Acting

Ornella Vanoni

Born September 22, 1934 · Milano, Italy

Died November 21, 2025 · aged 91

Ornella Vanoni OMRI (Italian pronunciation: [orˈnɛlla vaˈnoːni]; 22 September 1934 – 21 November 2025) was an Italian singer and songwriter. With a career spanning almost seventy years, she was one of the Italy's longest-standing musical artists. During her long career, she released about 121 works between LPs, EPs and greatest hits albums, and sold over 65 million records, being considered one of…

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7 Women and a Murder7 Women and a Murder · 2021
7 Women and a Murder
5.52021
MovieComedyMystery
When the family patriarch is murdered, seven women find themselves trapped together in his mansion to solve the mystery.
Romulus and RemusRomulus and Remus · 1961
Romulus and Remus
5.21961
MovieAdventure
Twin brothers were raised by wolves, revolt against tyranny in pre-Roman Italy and then come to a parting of the ways as they lead their people toward the founding of a new city, the founders of Rome.
Amori pericolosiAmori pericolosi · 1964
Amori pericolosi
7.01964
MovieThrillerDrama
Three episodes of varying pitch and quality. In the first a maid plans the elimination of her lover's wife with him, but she doesn't enjoy the fruits of victory. In the second (The patrol) a soldier of the Foreign Legion neglects his duties for running after a prostitute. The third segment has as its protagonist a general of the belle époque that goes on a date.
Ma che bella sorpresaMa che bella sorpresa · 2015
Ma che bella sorpresa
5.92015
MovieComedy
High school professor Guido is a hopeless romantic whose life falls apart after his girlfriend leaves him. Paolo, a former student of his, helps him in getting out of his depression for a better chance to become a PE teacher himself.
Story of a WomanStory of a Woman · 1970
Story of a Woman
7.01970
MovieDramaRomance
Karin, a Swedish music student in Rome, falls in love with Bruno, a medical student. After learning he is married, she returns to Sweden, where she meets and marries David, an American diplomat. When he is assigned to Rome, Karin’s past unexpectedly comes back into her life.
Toquinho, Encontros e um ViolãoToquinho, Encontros e um Violão · 2026
Toquinho, Encontros e um Violão
2026
MovieDocumentary
Invasion 1700Invasion 1700 · 1962
Invasion 1700
6.61962
MovieActionAdventure
Set in 18th-century Eastern Europe, the film concerns the star-crossed romance between a Polish military officer and a gorgeous Slavic princess. The princess' vengeful lover cuts a path of death and destruction throughout the land.
Senza fineSenza fine · 2022
Senza fine
7.02022
MovieDocumentary
A timeless spa town, a 1940s hotel, a place that transports the present to who knows where. Not the past, Ornella Vanoni's life, but the revelation—current—of her intimacy, exhibited through a relationship: her relationship with the director. The energy, the character, the music, the confrontations, the heat, the fatigue. Everything is filmed without sparing anything, not even the arguments between Ornella and Elisa. The film goes along with what Ornella naturally generates and bends to the unexpected, to the present. And then there are the encounters with friends, musicians, Vinicio Capossela, Samuele Bersani, Paolo Fresu's trumpet resounding in the empty spaces of the grand hotel where, between identical days marked by care and treatment, the story, the memory, but also the future take shape as Ornella prepares to become a fantastic creature made of voice and dreams, destined for eternity.

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Senza fineSenza fine · 2022
Senza fine
7.02022
MovieDocumentary
A timeless spa town, a 1940s hotel, a place that transports the present to who knows where. Not the past, Ornella Vanoni's life, but the revelation—current—of her intimacy, exhibited through a relationship: her relationship with the director. The energy, the character, the music, the confrontations, the heat, the fatigue. Everything is filmed without sparing anything, not even the arguments between Ornella and Elisa. The film goes along with what Ornella naturally generates and bends to the unexpected, to the present. And then there are the encounters with friends, musicians, Vinicio Capossela, Samuele Bersani, Paolo Fresu's trumpet resounding in the empty spaces of the grand hotel where, between identical days marked by care and treatment, the story, the memory, but also the future take shape as Ornella prepares to become a fantastic creature made of voice and dreams, destined for eternity.