Giovanni Calcagno

Giovanni Calcagno

Born: October 22, 1971
in Paternò, Italy

Movies for Giovanni Calcagno...

Jailbird
Title: Jailbird
Released: August 24, 2023
Type: Movie
As the son of two inmates Hyacinth was always more at home in prison than in the outside world, until he took part in a foot race that promised to change his life.
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The Bone Breakers
Title: The Bone Breakers
Character: Michele
Released: November 24, 2022
Type: Movie
Inside a warehouse in Palermo, a group of people smashes a man’s arm to pieces with a wheelie bag packed with weights. This is the method used by an amateur criminal organization that fractures the limbs of its willing victims before staging fake accidents and raking in the insurance payouts. Vincenzo recruits the individuals from among the down-and-outs that haunt the city streets, where Luisa is a habitué, since she gets her crack there. Vincenzo’s problems suddenly get worse, though, after a series of mistakes shut him out of the gang, and Luisa is now his only chance: he convinces her to have her bones broken.
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A Breath of Fresh Air
Title: A Breath of Fresh Air
Released: July 7, 2022
Type: Movie
Two proud and estranged brothers, a disputed inheritance and a past that comes back. When he hears about the passing of his father - whom he has not seen in many years - Salvo returns to his native Sicily. He intends to convince his brother Lillo to sell the family farm and save his pizzeria, which is about to go bankrupt - a secret that he has kept even from his wife and children. But things will not be easy and Salvo will have to come to terms with his choices. A bittersweet comedy about family relations and how one never stops growing up, not even at fifty.
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Koza Nostra
Title: Koza Nostra
Released: May 5, 2022
Type: Movie
When Vlada Koza, a mature Ukrainian woman, intrusive and caring, becomes a grandmother for the first time, she drops everything and travels to Sicily from her home in the Carpathian mountains to join her daughter... without warning! But the girl does not appreciate her mother's suffocating attention, so she puts her at the door without much hesitation. Thus, Vlada finds herself alone and penniless in the Sicilian hinterland. An unexpected car accident makes her become the unlikely governess of Don Fredo, boss of the Laganàs: a dysfunctional mafia family struggling to survive in the modern world. The irrepressible intrusiveness of Vlada, who loves feeling useful, taking care of others, fixing things and giving advice, seems to bring a hint of palpable well-being within the walls of Villa Laganà... At least until the day she finds out who Don Fredo and his children really are!
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Diabolik
Title: Diabolik
Character: Dugan
Released: December 16, 2021
Type: Movie
1960s, the city of Clerville. The forthcoming visit of heiress Eva Kant, who'll be bringing a famous pink diamond with her, catches the attention of Diabolik, the infallible and elusive thief whose real identity is unknown: while trying to steal the jewel, he finds himself bewitched by Eva's charm, a feeling she may be reciprocating. But the police, led by relentless Inspector Ginko, is rapidly closing in on him...
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Cùntami
Title: Cùntami
Released: September 2, 2021
Type: Movie
A road movie around Sicily in a red van loaded with "pupi", in search of new oral narrators to tell the other Sicily, the one that awakens through the universal force of popular stories.
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The Crypt Monster
Title: The Crypt Monster
Character: Vicecommissario Valmont
Released: August 12, 2021
Type: Movie
In the '80s, a teenage nerd notices sinister parallels between the story of his favorite comic book and the real life horrors befalling the small town where he lives. He and a few friends seek to investigate.
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Morrison
Title: Morrison
Character: Libero
Released: May 20, 2021
Type: Movie
Lodo is twenty years old and lives the difficulties of his age, between a difficult relationship with his father and the attempt to conquer Giulia, his roommate with whom he is madly in love. He performs with the MOB, an indie band, in a legendary Roman club: the Morrison. One day, by chance, Lodo's path crosses that of Libero Ferri, a former rock star with a stalemate career, who tries to find success but ends up withdrawing more and more in himself, neglecting his beautiful wife Luna and living isolated in his luxurious villa full of memories. Between dreams, failures, friendship, tormented loves and curious characters, their meeting will become a mutual stimulus to move forward, but at times also a difficult comparison between generations and very different ways of being.
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Title: Buongiorno, mamma!
Character: Elio Borghi
Released: April 21, 2021
Type: TV
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My Body Will Bury You
Title: My Body Will Bury You
Character: Murat
Released: March 12, 2021
Type: Movie
1860, Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. While Garibaldi's troops are invading this lawless territory, four female bandits nicknamed the "Drudes" are looking for their own personal revenge.
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Paradise: A New Life
Title: Paradise: A New Life
Character: Killer
Released: October 8, 2020
Type: Movie
After witnessing the mafa’s murder scene in Sicily, Calogero becomes a protected man and is sent to a small town in the Alps. Soon after, the killer he reported, now an informant, comes to the same town and the sleep with the enemy begins.
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Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem
Title: Once Upon a Time in Bethlehem
Released: December 12, 2019
Type: Movie
A thief and a priest end up magically transported in the year 0's Palestine, where they'll have to make sure that the Nativity will follow its course.
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The Traitor
Title: The Traitor
Character: Tano Badalamenti
Released: May 23, 2019
Type: Movie
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
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The Legend of the Christmas Witch
Title: The Legend of the Christmas Witch
Character: Igor
Released: December 27, 2018
Type: Movie
When six elementary school students suspect their missing teacher is Befana, a Christmas witch who delivers presents to good children, they set off on a magical journey to save her.
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Mon Clochard
Title: Mon Clochard
Character: Leon
Released: October 5, 2018
Type: Movie
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Title: Trust
Character: Henchman 1
Released: March 25, 2018
Type: TV
The trials and triumphs of one of the wealthiest and unhappiest families of the United States, the Gettys. Originally planned to be told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty oil fortune, by the Italian mafia in Rome.
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The Shadow of the Bride
Title: The Shadow of the Bride
Character: Marinaio
Released: August 31, 2017
Type: Movie
The last moments of life of WW2 soldiers are dissolved in the depth of the Mediterranean Sea, among emotions and thoughts. While sinking inexorably in the fascinating and cruel sea, love echoes in the letters of a husband soldier to his spouse. Today we can still hear those cries arise from the sea. “There’s always a red sea, a living or dead sea that appears in front of all wandering men in search of a home.” Stefano D’Arrigo, Horcynus Orca.
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How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Title: How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
Character: Giovanni Aiello
Released: November 23, 2016
Type: Movie
More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and conspiracies. So, instead of helping in the training of their children, they become insurmountable obstacles to their growth. Presumptuously they think: "We know better than anyone else our children and we know what they are worth and how and what you have to teach."
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The Nightless City
Title: The Nightless City
Character: Salvatore
Released: June 19, 2015
Type: Movie
In the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear incident, Mariko becomes unable to sleep. She therefore decides to move to Sicily to stay with Rocco. There she discovers that she is able to sleep again, but only when driven around at night, nurtured by the lights of the unknown city.
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Tale of Tales
Title: Tale of Tales
Character: Court Knights
Released: May 14, 2015
Type: Movie
The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
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Title: Beauty and the Beast
Character: Jérôme
Released: December 29, 2014
Type: TV
France, late 1700s. Leon Dalville is a prince who has it all - good looks, love and wealth. One mysterious night, however, he loses everything. His young wife passes away in a fire and the prince’s face is permanently marred. To hide his disfigurement, he wears a silver mask that only partially covers his face, turning him into a mysterious and cruel man who is tormented by his past and hated and feared by all. Innocent and naive Bella Dubois comes to Leon’s castle to offer her services as a maid, to pay back the debts her father has with the prince. Leon’s cousin Helene, who has always been in love with him, challenges the prince: he must seduce and abandon Bella. But, despite Helene’s cruel and deceitful tricks, Leon falls in love with Bella.
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Isaac
Title: Isaac
Character: Father
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
A child is in the park playing with his plasticine figures, that he modeled himself. His favorite character is Isaac. Isaac is a little boy just like he is, who dreams, hopes and confides in the world. Isaac is happy because this is the day he will accompany his father on the mountains to help him out. Isaac's father is named Abraham.
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Amiche da morire
Title: Amiche da morire
Character: Il bestia
Released: March 7, 2013
Type: Movie
Three very different women who are hiding a secret are forced to work together to save their own skin.
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Title: Gli anni spezzati
Character: Alberto Franceschini (Il Giudice)
Released: January 7, 2013
Type: TV
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Paolo Borsellino: The 57 Days
Title: Paolo Borsellino: The 57 Days
Character: Leonardo Messina
Released: May 22, 2012
Type: Movie
Alberto Negrin directs this Italian drama starring Luca Zingaretti (well known Italian actor from the TV series Inspector Montalbano). The film traces the 57 days after the assassination of his friend and fellow anti-Mafia judge Giovanni Falcone when Paolo Borsellino (Zingaretti) must come to terms with his own inescapable destiny.
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Title: Nero Wolfe
Character: Faber
Released: April 5, 2012
Type: TV
Interesting modern actualization made by Italian broadcasting service (RAI) of immortal, well-known characters created by the genial American novelist Rex Stout.
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Cusutu n' coddu
Title: Cusutu n' coddu
Character: Salvo
Released: March 24, 2012
Type: Movie
Bloody revenge of a young tailor during the peasant revolt of Bronte, Sicily. Salvo, the land keeper, is at the vanguard of the revolt who wants to possess everything of the former baron, even something he can not have: his elegance, his style. Salvo decides not to kill Tailor in return for a beautiful tailor made cut to fit jacket. During Tailor's sewing work some tragic memories come to surface, memories of a man tortured by unknowns. That is when Tailor finally react and challenge the unrestrained anger of the campier. In an amazing duel between the two, in the bloody and wild sun of Sicily, the Tailor pieces together the most tragic events of his life, starting up his old vengeance plan.
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The House by the Medlar Tree
Title: The House by the Medlar Tree
Character: Cantastorie
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
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We Believed
Title: We Believed
Character: Actor from the Vicaria
Released: November 12, 2010
Type: Movie
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.
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We Can Do That
Title: We Can Do That
Character: Luca
Released: October 31, 2008
Type: Movie
The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
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Title: Inspector Rex
Character: Paolo Tarantini
Released: January 29, 2008
Type: TV
A spin off from the Austrian series Kommissar (Inspector) Rex. Rex the Police Dog moves from Vienna to Rome to continue his career.
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Title: Inspector Coliandro
Character: Colonnello Servizi Segreti
Released: August 24, 2006
Type: TV
Italian police inspector Coliandro — an ignorant, boorish, but fundamentally kind-hearted oaf, whose entire worldview is informed by American cop movies — protects the good citizens of Bologna, routinely saving the day and foiling the plans of evildoers of all sorts by a combination of dumb luck and genuine bravery, while always falling hopelessly in love with the woman at the center of the case.
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Title: Inspector Coliandro
Character: Zaccaria
Released: August 24, 2006
Type: TV
Italian police inspector Coliandro — an ignorant, boorish, but fundamentally kind-hearted oaf, whose entire worldview is informed by American cop movies — protects the good citizens of Bologna, routinely saving the day and foiling the plans of evildoers of all sorts by a combination of dumb luck and genuine bravery, while always falling hopelessly in love with the woman at the center of the case.
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Good Morning, Night
Title: Good Morning, Night
Character: Primo
Released: September 5, 2003
Type: Movie
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.