Giorgio Diritti Articles
David di Donatello 2010: THE FIRST BEAUTIFUL THING, VINCERE, LOOSE CANNONS, BAARIA
Stefania Sandrelli, Valerio Mastandrea in Paolo Virzi's The First Beautiful Thing (top); Giuseppe Tornatore's Baaria (middle); Ferzan Ozpetek's Loose Cannons (bottom) Here's a belated report on the 2010 David di Donatello awards. The nominations for Italy's Oscars were announced last week. Paolo Virzi's La prima cosa bella / The First Beautiful Thing, a sentimental comedy-drama about a bitter man (Valerio Mastandrea) who ends up finding [...]
Nastri d'Argento 2008
2008 Nastri d'Argento National Union of Italian Film Journalists' 2008 Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbons) nominations: May 11, 2008 2008 Nastri d'Argento winners: Teatro Antico di Taormina, Sicily, on June 14, 2008 ("*" denotes the winner in each category) Isabella Ragonese plays a college grad who struggles to find work in A Whole Life Ahead Best Director Antonello GRIMALDI – Caos calmo Daniele LUCHETTI [...]