Stefania Casini

Stefania Casini

Born: September 4, 1948
in Villa di Chiavenna, Italy
After graduating in Architecture, Stefania began a career in acting and worked with Pietro Germi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Peter Greenaway and Dario Argento. She moved to New York in the late 1970s, where she acted in Andy Warhol's 'Bad'. While in New York she decided to move behind the camera, and became a director.

With Francesca Marciano, she wrote and directed the film "Lontano da dove", presented at the Venice Film Festival (1983). In 1997 she wrote and directed another feature film "Un Paradiso di Bugie". Her career as director also includes the making of six feature films for the Italian television network MEDIASET.

A passionate traveler, Stefania has made a great number of documentaries and reportages for RAI and MEDIASET. She focuses her attention on contemporary topics concerning women and young people. She has made many hard-hitting series including: "Islam: stories of women"; "Latin America: stories of women"; "To be 20 years old in..." (broadcast in ten European Countries 2004-2005); "So close so far :portraits in the suburbs". "Schiaffo alla mafia"(A blow to the Mafia)

Between 2000-2002 , Stefania was the Artistic Director of Siena's Film Festival "Terra di Siena". In 2010 she was Managing Director of DGTV IESTV.

Currently, Stefania writes and directs programs, reportages and documentaries for RAI, and for satellite channels: RAI Sat Cinema World, Gambero Rosso Channel, and Sky. She also works as a journalist, contributing to several popular women's magazines.

Movies for Stefania Casini...

Good Vibes
Title: Good Vibes
Released: October 5, 2023
Type: Movie
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Cactus
Title: Cactus
Released: March 19, 2023
Type: Movie
Gaia is seventeen years old and has decided that the time has come to lose her virginity and explore her sexuality. Yes, decided! Everything seems to be going right when her plans are overturned by the return to town of Federica, her childhood friend. Day after day, a tangle of strong and incomprehensible feelings grows in Gaia's stomach. Together with an unusual grandmother, however, she will learn to accept these new emotions and, above all, herself.
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DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Title: DARIO ARGENTO - The Exhibit
Character: Self
Released: November 1, 2022
Type: Movie
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The Goldsmith
Title: The Goldsmith
Released: October 8, 2022
Type: Movie
Determined to rob a goldsmith, three young robbers break into his country house. The man and his wife turn out to be less defenseless than they seem.
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Dafne
Title: Dafne
Character: Maria
Released: March 21, 2019
Type: Movie
Dafne has recently lost her mother – and Luigi his wife – in an accident. But whilst this 30-year-old, who was born with Down’s syndrome, is still managing to master her life with verve after the terrible disaster, her father sinks into a depression. It will take all the energy Dafne can muster to help him get back on his feet. Fortunately, headstrong Dafne happens to have a lot of it up her sleeve.
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Diabolik sono io
Title: Diabolik sono io
Character: Bianca Rosselli
Released: March 11, 2019
Type: Movie
Docudrama about elusive comic book artist Zarcone, who disappeared without a trace after illustrating issue #1 of Diabolik (November 1, 1962).
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Nessuno siamo perfetti
Title: Nessuno siamo perfetti
Character: Self
Released: June 18, 2015
Type: Movie
A loving portrait of reclusive comic-book writer Tiziano Sclavi, creator of Dylan Dog
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Maicol Jecson
Title: Maicol Jecson
Character: Maria
Released: July 19, 2014
Type: Movie
It's the last week of June 2009. Andrea's parents left for a summer trip so he takes advantage of the situation to skip summer camp and make love for the first time with his girlfriend Eva. His choice triggers a series of events leading him to an on the road adventure along with his younger brother Tomaso, a huge fan of Michael Jackson, and Cesare, an old man met at a retirement home.
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Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Title: Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Character: Self
Released: September 11, 2001
Type: Movie
Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
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Title: Enchantment
Character: Carla Ferrini
Released: June 8, 1998
Type: TV
Incantesimo is a long-running drama series on Italian television, broadcast on the RAI network. It is set in a hospital called Clinica Life in Turin, Italy, and revolves around the life of the doctors and nurses in the hospital. According to the official website, it is "interested in social themes, the incoherence of daily life, solidarity, love and passion, not forgetting moments of comedy". Incantesimo was first broadcast in March 1997, is now in its 10th series and has broadcast 400 episodes. Incantesimo is also being broadcast on the Chinese CCTV 8 network, dubbed into Mandarin. Many notable Italian actors and actresses have starred in the series including, Orso Maria Guerrini, Delia Boccardo, Kaspar Capparoni, Paolo Malco, Guido Furlani, Alessio Boni, Vanessa Gravina, Paola Pitagora, Alessandra Acciai and Barbara Livi. The series was especially popular in Bulgaria, where it was aired on BNT 1 and Nova Television. In Armenia it was aired on ArmeniaTV and TV5 in Russian, as well as on Shant TV in Armenian.
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Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Title: Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Character: Clari
Released: January 31, 1992
Type: Movie
Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he meets the problematic and shy Camilla, who disrupts his life.
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The Belly of an Architect
Title: The Belly of an Architect
Character: Flavia Speckler
Released: September 23, 1987
Type: Movie
The American architect Kracklite arrives in Italy, supervising an exhibiton for a French architect, Boullée, famous for his oval structures. Tirelessly dedicated to the project, Kracklite's marriage quickly dissolves along with his health.
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Polsi sottili
Title: Polsi sottili
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
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Lontano da dove
Title: Lontano da dove
Character: Desideria
Released: September 21, 1983
Type: Movie
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Mora
Title: Mora
Character: Christina
Released: December 29, 1982
Type: Movie
A reporter travelling to Latin America witnesses a murder through the lens of his camera.
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Illa - Punto d'osservazione
Title: Illa - Punto d'osservazione
Character: Illa
Released: June 26, 1981
Type: Movie
Illa, a brilliant and somewhat immature girl, involuntarily witnesses a ferocious shootout during a bank robbery. This fact places her at the center of an intrigue in which private life, journalism and investigations are dangerously intertwined.
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Habibi, amor mío
Title: Habibi, amor mío
Released: March 2, 1981
Type: Movie
Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's betrayals. This will lead the protagonists to drift apart and seek new paths; this will be an opportunity for them to reflect on themselves and the loss of values in life.
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Cocktail Molotov
Title: Cocktail Molotov
Character: Anna-Maria
Released: February 6, 1980
Type: Movie
"Cocktail Molotov" is the story of the adventures of this threesome, who reach Venice only to learn of the outbreak of the May 1968 disturbances at home. Once again, Anne, Frederic and Bruno realize that the important things of their time are happening somewhere where they are not. Swindled out of their car and virtually broke, they hitchhike back to Paris, hoping to arrive in time for some of the excitement.
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Ammazzare il tempo
Title: Ammazzare il tempo
Character: Sara, la giornalista
Released: September 8, 1979
Type: Movie
From the novel by Lidia Ravera, which wants to be a mirror of the disappointed generation that made '68 and that ten years later finds itself without ideals to reject the world or to fit into that, reassuring, of the fifties. The protagonist, a left-wing journalist, manages to find her identity in the relationship with a teenager who lives her life without wasting it on hopes or regrets.
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Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Title: Dedicated to the Aegean Sea
Character: Gloria
Released: January 2, 1979
Type: Movie
Dedicato al mare Egeo is a forgotten and bizarre co-production produced between Italy and Japan from 1979, starring the famous Italian porn star Illona Staller (Cicciolina) and directed by the famous Japanese pinter, printmaker and novelist Masuo Ikeda (1934–1997) from his own script based on his novel “Ege-kai ni sasagu”, for which he won the Akutagawa Prize, the most prestigious literary award in Japan. Ikeda’s vigorous artistic activity even included screenplay writing and film directing. With this movie, Masuo Ikeda has undoubtedly left his mark on the ’70s Italian skin cinema.
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How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Title: How to Lose a Wife and Find a Lover
Character: Marisa - Eleonora's friend
Released: November 28, 1978
Type: Movie
Alberto deceived by his wife, goes to some place in the mountains to escape. There he meets a woman who was there for the same reasons that he was.
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The Bloodstained Shadow
Title: The Bloodstained Shadow
Character: Sandra Sellani
Released: June 2, 1978
Type: Movie
A schoolgirl was murdered seven years ago, and the case was never solved; now, the murderer seems to be back.
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Bye Bye Monkey
Title: Bye Bye Monkey
Character: Feminist Actress
Released: February 24, 1978
Type: Movie
In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.
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Bad
Title: Bad
Character: P.G.
Released: May 4, 1977
Type: Movie
Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.
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Latin Male Wanted
Title: Latin Male Wanted
Character: Anna
Released: February 28, 1977
Type: Movie
A film in 5 segments. The first is about a trafficker who takes a German tourist to an illegal sex market in a working-class neighborhood. The second involves an elderly man courting a young adult film star. The third, a thief seduces a man's wife. The fourth involves an Italian immigrant in Germany who is fired and subsequently offered work as a porn actor. Finally the last segment involves a baron who convinces his wife into a swinging.
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Suspiria
Title: Suspiria
Character: Sara
Released: February 1, 1977
Type: Movie
An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders.
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1900
Title: 1900
Character: Neve
Released: August 28, 1976
Type: Movie
The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.
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Come ti rapisco il pupo
Title: Come ti rapisco il pupo
Character: Rita
Released: May 21, 1976
Type: Movie
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I prosseneti
Title: I prosseneti
Character: Odile
Released: April 28, 1976
Type: Movie
David and his wife Gilda transform their beautiful villa in a brothel, which are home to several characters. Odile, the daughter of a woman tortured by mercenaries, meets in the villa one of the torturers and want to relive over his own body the suffering endured by the mother. An ambassador who was abandoned by his companion, imposes its new partner to take his place. An eighteen year old, very open-minded, staged an orgy.
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Geometra Prinetti, selvaggiamente Osvaldo
Title: Geometra Prinetti, selvaggiamente Osvaldo
Released: April 19, 1976
Type: Movie
Italian comedy about a man who gets shiqwrecked on a lonely island.
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Luna di miele in tre
Title: Luna di miele in tre
Character: Graziella Luraghi
Released: April 1, 1976
Type: Movie
Close to the honeymoon, hotel waiter wins a stay in Jamaica with a pin-up. Direction directed by Carlo Vanzina, with the star of "Deep Throat".
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Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Title: Non si scrive sui muri a Milano
Character: Anna
Released: December 12, 1975
Type: Movie
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The Big Delirium
Title: The Big Delirium
Character: Sonia
Released: April 30, 1975
Type: Movie
A young peasant named Pierre makes friends with John and his sister Sonia, young bourgeoisie, who invite him to their home. Pierre soon falls in love with Emily, John's mistress. After the death of the father of his hosts, he has the idea of ​​transforming their peaceful house into a brothel.
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The Golden Mass
Title: The Golden Mass
Character: Loulou
Released: April 8, 1975
Type: Movie
A middle-aged couple invites a group of youngsters to their luxury villa to introduce them into the rituals and mystery of love and lust.
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The Climber
Title: The Climber
Character: Luciana
Released: February 18, 1975
Type: Movie
Joe Dallesandro plays a hungry young buck who aspires to be a career criminal. He starts out working at a warehouse for a gangster where he helps to relocate illegal contraband, and because of his ruthlessness and dependability he begins to ascend the ladder of organized crime. Of course, the more powerful he becomes, the more "Climbers" come out of the shadows to take his place.
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I mariti
Title: I mariti
Released: September 6, 1974
Type: Movie
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Blood for Dracula
Title: Blood for Dracula
Character: Rubinia
Released: August 13, 1974
Type: Movie
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
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The Cousin
Title: The Cousin
Character: Lisa Scuderi
Released: July 26, 1974
Type: Movie
Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
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Emergency Squad
Title: Emergency Squad
Character: Marta Hayworth
Released: April 24, 1974
Type: Movie
A ruthless Interpol agent goes after the man who killed his wife in Stelvio Massi's crime thriller. A gutsy robber named Marseilles pulls off a tricky heist, but he's no match for agent Ravelli, a maverick who can't control his bloodlust. And this time, it's personal: Years earlier, the daring thief murdered the operative's wife in cold blood.
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A Way of Being a Woman
Title: A Way of Being a Woman
Character: Francesca
Released: October 12, 1973
Type: Movie
Italian drama
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Nessuno deve sapere
Title: Nessuno deve sapere
Character: Maria Petrulli
Released: March 12, 1973
Type: Movie
The Calabrian 'ndrangheta holds control of public works and is behind an inexorable chain of murders and retaliations. A Milanese engineer in his sports car is tragically involved in these events.
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Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
Title: Trevico-Torino (viaggio nel Fiat-Nam)
Released: January 3, 1973
Type: Movie
From Trevico in the province of Avellino, a young man arrives in Turin to work at Fiat. Once hired, he will face harsh experiences as an immigrant and a worker.
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For Love One Dies
Title: For Love One Dies
Character: Tea
Released: January 1, 1972
Type: Movie
A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman.
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A Pocketful of Chestnuts
Title: A Pocketful of Chestnuts
Character: Carla Lotito
Released: October 30, 1970
Type: Movie
A TV producer cultivates a somewhat reserved and protective young woman after interviewing her for one of his programs.
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Title: Sanremo Music Festival
Character: Self - Host
Released: January 29, 1951
Type: TV
The Sanremo Music Festival is the most popular Italian song contest and awards, held annually in the town of Sanremo, Imperia, Italy, and consisting of a competition amongst previously unreleased songs. The Festival was the inspiration for the Eurovision Song Contest.
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Buio come il cuore
Title: Buio come il cuore
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie