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Claudio Caligari

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Claudio Caligari

Born February 7, 1948 · Arona, Italy

Died May 26, 2015 · aged 67

Italian director and screenwriter.  Born in Arona, Piedmont, Caligari began his career as a documentarist, often collaborating with Franco Barbero; his first work was Perché droga (1975).He made his feature film debut in 1983, with the drug-centered drama Toxic Love, which won the De Sica Award at the 40th Venice International Film Festival. Only fifteen years later he directed another work, the …

Known For

Don't Be BadDon't Be Bad · 2015
Don't Be Bad
★ 7.72015
MovieCrimeDrama
A story set in the 90s and in the outskirts of Rome to Ostia. A world where money, luxury cars, night clubs, cocaine and synthetic drugs are easy to run. A world in which Vittorio and Cesare, in their early twenties, act in search of their success.
Toxic LoveToxic Love · 1983
Toxic Love
★ 7.31983
MovieDramaCrime
The alienating and repetitive life of a group of heroin junkies in 1980s Rome.
The Scent of the NightThe Scent of the Night · 1998
The Scent of the Night
★ 7.31998
MovieDramaCrime
A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.
Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes)Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes) · 2024
Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival (Rushes)
★ 6.02024
Movie
Shot by Alberto Grifi at the Parco Lambro Juvenile Proletariat Festival between 26 and 29 June 1976. Grifi, together with Franco Berbero and a young Claudio Caligari, filmed 25 hours on video and 3 hours on film which never made it to the final cut of a report for which he had been called by the organizers, the editorial staff of the magazine 'Re Nudo'.

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