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Paolo Taviani

Paolo Taviani

Italian film director, screenwriter and producer
November 8, 1931 (February 29, 2024)
It. 2022. Drama by Paolo Taviani with Nathalie Rapti Gomez, Fabrizio Ferracane, Massimo Popolizio. In post-war Italy, the incredible transport of the urn containing the ashes of writer Luigi Pirandello, from Rome to Agrigento, his native town in Sicily.
Runtime: 90 min.

Wondrous Boccaccio

V.O.: Maraviglioso Boccaccio
It. 2015. History by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Riccardo Scamarcio, Jasmine Trinca, Kim Rossi Stuart. Fleeing Florence during the plague of 1348, young men and women find refuge in an isolated estate, where they pass the time by telling stories about love and infidelity.
Runtime: 121 min.

Caesar Must Die

V.O.: Cesare deve morire
It. 2012. Essay film by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Cosimo Rega, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri. Inmates of a Roman maximum security prison stage a production of Shakespeare's play ""Julius Caesar"".
Runtime: 76 min.

La San Felice

V.O.: Luisa Sanfelice
It. 2004. Historic chronicle by Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani with Laetitia Casta, Adriano Giannini, Cecilia Roth. In 1798, in Naples, an aristocrat joins the revolution for the love of a handsome knight.
Runtime: 181 min.

Resurrection

V.O.: Risurrezione
It. 2001. Chronicle by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Stefania Rocca, Timothy Peach, Marina Vlady. In Russia, at the end of the 19th century, a prince is trying to repair the damage he caused to a young woman who has fallen into disrepair after he seduced and abandoned her.
Runtime: 180 min.
Runtime: 94 min.

Wild Flower

V.O.: Fiorile
It. 1993. Chronicle by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michel Vartan. On his way to Tuscany to visit his father, a man tells his children about the tragic fate of some of his ancestors.
Runtime: 118 min.

Night Sun

V.O.: Il Sole anche di Notte
It. 1989. Psychological drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Julian Sands, Nastassja Kinski, Charlotte Gainsbourg. When he learns on the eve of his wedding that his future wife was the king's mistress, a young baron decides to become a monk and lead a hermit's life.
Runtime: 112 min.

Good Morning Babylon

V.O.: Good Morning Babilonia
It. 1987. Chronicle by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi. After leaving to make their fortunes in America in 1915 , two young Italians end up in Hollywood working as labourers.
Runtime: 117 min.
It. 1984. Sketches by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Omero Antonutti. Illustration of Sicilian tales from the work of Pirandello.
Runtime: 143 min.

The Night of the Shooting Stars

V.O.: La Notte di San Lorenzo
It. 1981. War drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Sabina Vannucchi. In defiance of German orders to assemble in a cathedral, the inhabitants of a small town in Tuscany set out to meet the Americans.
Runtime: 106 min.

Le Pré

V.O.: Il Prato
Runtime: 115 min.

My Father, My Master

V.O.: Padre Padrone
It. 1977. Social drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Saverio Marconi, Omero Antonutti, Marcella Michelangeli. The life of a young Sardinian boy taken from school by his father to guard the sheep in the mountains.
Runtime: 109 min.
It. 1974. History by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer. After his time in prison, an aristocrat is hunted by his former comrades from a revolutionary group.
Runtime: 111 min.

St-Michael Had a Rooster

V.O.: San Michele aveva un gallo
It. 1971. Psychological drama by Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani with Giulio Brogi, Renato Scarpa, Vittorio Fantoni. In Italy, at the end of the nineteenth century, an imprisoned anarchist dreams of his future activities.
Runtime: 90 min.

Sous le signe du scorpion

V.O.: Sotto il Segno dello Scorpione
It. 1969. Drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Gian Maria Volonté, Lucia Bosè, Giulio Brogi. After surviving a volcanic eruption, young men kidnap women from a nearby island in order to found a new society.
Runtime: 100 min.

Les Subversifs

V.O.: I Sovversivi
It. 1967. Social drama by Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Giulio Brogi, Giorgio Arlorio, Pier Paolo Capponi. The funeral of a communist leader is the setting for the story of four characters in crisis.
Runtime: 93 min.

Un Homme à brûler

V.O.: Un Uomo da bruciare
It. 1964. Social drama by Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani with Gian Maria Volonté, Didi Perego, Spyros Fokas. A Sicilian returns from the continent to defend his compatriots exploited by the Mafia.
Runtime: 92 min.

Outlaws of Love

V.O.: I Fuorilegge del matrimonio
Runtime: 94 min.

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