Sonia Gessner

Sonia Gessner

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Learning the Ropes
Title: Learning the Ropes
Character: Mrs. Signoris
Released: November 17, 2019
Type: Movie
A border town in the south of Switzerland is the backdrop for the most important summer in 15-year old Samuel’s young life. He is introverted, a loner and communicates through the world of comic drawings. Determined to overcome the doubts and memories that have long plagued him, he hires a former private detective. With him, he embarks on a daring adventure that will lead him to discover a painful family truth.
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Ears
Title: Ears
Character: Vicina
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day during which he will be plunged into the folly of the world. One of those days that changes your life forever.
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The Nest
Title: The Nest
Character: Margherita
Released: August 11, 2016
Type: Movie
Cora is a 19-year-old woman who has recently returned home for a gap year.  Her father is the mayor of Bucco, a town whose livelihood depends on the tourism of Christians who believe in the apparitions of the Virgin Mary.  While busy organizing the celebration of the Virgin of Bucco, an annual event that attracts numerous pilgrims, Cora notices a mysterious man whose presence will slowly rupture the tranquility of the town and her nascent adulthood.
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Youth
Title: Youth
Character: Melanie
Released: May 20, 2015
Type: Movie
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?
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The Hole
Title: The Hole
Character: Signorina Monterosa
Released: September 25, 2014
Type: Movie
Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail, claims he was innocent.
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The Great Beauty
Title: The Great Beauty
Character: Contessa Colonna
Released: May 21, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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There Will Come a Day
Title: There Will Come a Day
Character: Antonia
Released: January 21, 2013
Type: Movie
Painful family events lead Augusta to leave Italy. On a small boat, immersed in the Amazon Forest grandness, she begins a travel between Indios villages. From the favela to the isolation in the Forest, Augusta will go in search of herself.
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Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra
Title: Giovanni Falcone - L'uomo che sfidò Cosa Nostra
Released: October 1, 2006
Type: Movie
TV-Movie on the life and accomplishments of Giovanni Falcone, the legendary Sicilian judge who boldly opposed the Mafia
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The Life I Want
Title: The Life I Want
Character: Sonia
Released: October 1, 2004
Type: Movie
A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off.
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Autunno
Title: Autunno
Character: Costanza's mother
Released: September 3, 1999
Type: Movie
Three stories that provide an irony-laden analysis of the Neapolitan bourgeoisie and of small-time intellectualism and aspiration.
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Not of this World
Title: Not of this World
Character: Mother Superior
Released: March 26, 1999
Type: Movie
The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby.
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Le acrobate
Title: Le acrobate
Character: Proprietaria di Casa
Released: April 18, 1997
Type: Movie
A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.
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Perdiamoci di vista
Title: Perdiamoci di vista
Character: Magda
Released: January 27, 1994
Type: Movie
Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.
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A Soul Split in Two
Title: A Soul Split in Two
Character: Petrelli
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: Movie
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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Night Sun
Title: Night Sun
Character: Duchess Del Carpio
Released: May 15, 1990
Type: Movie
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.
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Innocenza
Title: Innocenza
Character: Mamma
Released: August 31, 1986
Type: Movie
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Blow to the Heart
Title: Blow to the Heart
Character: Emilio's Mother
Released: December 24, 1982
Type: Movie
The son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and has to decide what to do about it.
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Puzzle
Title: Puzzle
Character: Beatrice
Released: January 10, 1978
Type: Movie
A man oppressed by his wife's authoritarian ways designs the perfect crime to rid himself of her for good, but something doesn't work in the plan in this Diabolique-inspired thriller. Made for Italian television.
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Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Title: Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
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8½
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Character: (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 1963
Type: Movie
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.
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Una storia milanese
Title: Una storia milanese
Released: September 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Milan, one winter in the early sixties. Valeria, a free young woman who usually goes from one man to another, falls in love with Giampiero. This time, this is a serious relationship to the point that she contemplates marriage. All the more since she gets pregnant.
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Un figlio d'oggi
Title: Un figlio d'oggi
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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Milano nera
Title: Milano nera
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
A group of young thugs decides to spend New Year on the streets of Milan.