Carlo Mazzacurati

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Carlo Mazzacurati

Born March 2, 1956 · Padua, Veneto, Italy

Died January 22, 2014 · aged 57

Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter from Padua. His native Po valley was often featured in his movies. He made his directorial debut with Notte italiana (1987) and co-wrote Daniele Luchetti's It's Happening Tomorrow (1989)—both produced by Nanni Moretti—before gaining recognition on his own with social dramas Il toro (1994) and Vesna va …

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Vesna Goes FastVesna Goes Fast · 1996
Vesna Goes Fast
6.11996
MovieDrama
Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.
Palombella rossaPalombella rossa · 1989
Palombella rossa
7.21989
MovieComedyDrama
Michele is an MP for the Italian Communist Party who loses his memory in a car crash, though hardly anyone around him seems to notice. During a crucial water polo match on the eve of election day, he gradually begins to remember his past life, revealing a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors that of Italian communism itself.
Caro diarioCaro diario · 1993
Caro diario
7.31993
MovieComedyDrama
Nanni Moretti recounts in his diary three slice-of-life stories marked by a dry, ironic gaze: in the first, he rides his Vespa through a deserted, sun-drenched summertime Rome; in the second, he visits a reclusive friend on an island, who ropes him into an impromptu journey between islets in search of quiet; and in the last, he finds himself grappling with an unknown illness.
An Italian RomanceAn Italian Romance · 2004
An Italian Romance
5.52004
MovieDramaRomance
Giovanni, a married man with a child, meets on a train Maria, a former lover.
Sei VeneziaSei Venezia · 2012
Sei Venezia
2012
MovieDocumentary
What is the "feeling" of a city? Is it the roads, the light that illuminates them, the people that live there and their stories? It's all these things, but also something else, something requiring time and attention to be understood. The film goes in search of this feeling exploring the city of Venice and its lagoon, prying into its less-known corners and listening to the stories of six citizens: a hotel waitress, an old archaeologist, a pensioner from Mestre, a painter/fisherman, an apartment burglar and a young boy.
La passioneLa passione · 2010
La passione
6.32010
MovieComedy
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
The CaimanThe Caiman · 2006
The Caiman
6.72006
MovieDramaComedy
Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of Italy’s prime minister and media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi, a subject so controversial that even the public television broadcaster refuses to produce it
It's Happening TomorrowIt's Happening Tomorrow · 1988
It's Happening Tomorrow
6.11988
MovieAdventureComedy
1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.

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