Carlo Mazzacurati

Carlo Mazzacurati

Born: March 2, 1956
Died: January 22, 2014
in Padua, Veneto, Italy
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 veloce (1996), the former earning him the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Starting with La lingua del santo (2000), Mazzacurati's work entered a more mainstream, comedic field, albeit retaining its bittersweet character studies. A notable exception was The Right Distance (2008), which marked a return to his small-town drama roots. He died at age 57 from pancreatic cancer.

Movies for Carlo Mazzacurati...

L'uomo che amava il cinema
Title: L'uomo che amava il cinema
Character: Self
Released: February 9, 2012
Type: Movie
Piero Tortolina has been a point of reference for a whole generation of film lovers. Pioneer of cinema-clubs and great film collector, he has been an invisible protagonist in the history of italian cinema.
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The Caiman
Title: The Caiman
Character: cameriere
Released: March 24, 2006
Type: Movie
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
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Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
Title: Anguish Cry of Predator Bird
Character: Self
Released: April 16, 2003
Type: Movie
A selection of deleted scenes from Nanni Moretti's 1998 film "Aprile".
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Caro diario
Title: Caro diario
Character: Film critic
Released: October 12, 1993
Type: Movie
Nanni Moretti recalls in his diary three slice of life stories characterized by a sharply ironic look: in the first one he wanders through a deserted Rome, in the second he visits a reclusive friend on an island, and in the last he has to grapple with an unknown illness.
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Palombella Rossa
Title: Palombella Rossa
Character: Uomo piscina
Released: September 15, 1989
Type: Movie
Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity crisis mirrors the one of Italian communism.