Pupi Avati

...Di Nozze" ("The Second Wedding Night"), Nov. 7 SDIFF's featured film for its gala, this comedy is helmed by veteran director Pupi Avati. Set in southern Italy, post-WWII, a child-like man takes in his widowed sister-in-law, whom he loved...

In this article: Italy, Calabria, San Diego, and Giffoni Film Festival

...1985 biblical film King David as Goliath for a flashback. In 1986, he performed as Stefano in the movie "Ragalo di Natale", directed by Pupi Avati. Eastman quit acting in the late 1980s to concentrate on his writing assignments. He is now a...

In this article: George Eastman, Joe D'Amato, The Anthropophagus Beast, The New Barbarians, Porno Holocaust, Django, DVD, King David, and Ken Annakin

...tired, so hopefully that explains typos and gives an excuse for any incomplete thoughts or other vagueness. Today's movie was Pupi Avati's Italian thriller with the shit-awesome title of THE HOUSE WITH THE LAUGHING WINDOWS. The flick's...

In this article: Deep Red, Dario Argento, David Hemmings, James McAvoy, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, DVD, Phenomena, Pumpkin, Trademark, and Daria Nicolodi

...who worked in the genre were Dario Argento, Mario Bava, Lucio Fulci, Aldo Lado, Sergio Martino, Umberto Lenzi, and Pupi Avati. Avati went as far as satirizing the genre in 1977 with a slapstick "giallo" titled Tutti defunti... tranne i...

In this article: Mario Bava, Giallo, Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, Sergio Martino, The Black Cat, Ennio Morricone, The Girl Who Knew Too Much, and Umberto Lenzi

...in the group stage of the 2005-06 UEFA Champions League. His first role as a dramatic actor came in 1986 , when he was called by Pupi Avati for his Regalo di Natale. Though occasionally returning to comical roles, Abatantuono was featured...

In this article: Diego Abatantuono, A.C. Milan, Milan, Academy Award, Paolo Maldini, Gennaro Gattuso, Alessandro Costacurta, Dida, and Massimo Ambrosini

...di Villeggiatura. Merlini's last appearance on screen came in the 2005 film, La Seconda Notte di Nozze, which was directed by Pupi Avati. Marisa Merlini died in Rome, Italy, on 27 July 2008, at the age of 83. Director Pupi Avati, who...

In this article: Marisa Merlini, Luigi Comencini, Rome, Pane, Amore e Fantasia, Toto, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, and Anna Magnani

Event also will include tribute to Anthony Minghella Pupi Avati's "Giovanna's Father" will have its world premiere at the Mann Chinese 6 Hollywood Theatre on Feb. 15 as the opening event of the weeklong fourth annual Los Angeles Italia --...

In this article: Anthony Minghella, Oscar, The Bicycle Thief, Breaking and Entering, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley

...traditions has remained almost intact." The film is one of four Italian titles in the main competition. The two which have screened so far, Pupi Avati's "Giovanna's Father" and Ferzan Ozpetek's "A Perfect Day," have received mixed reviews.

In this article: Suicide, Marco Bechis, Brazil, Bread, Survival International, Venice Film Festival, and Ferzan Ozpetek

There are three Italian representatives in the in-competition list of 21 this year. In "Il papa di Giovanna" (Giovanna's Father), Pupi Avati returns to the Bologna of his childhood in the 1930s - indeed, he used the family house where he...

In this article: Venice Film Festival, Burn After Reading, Guillermo Arriaga, Jonathan Demme, Kathryn Bigelow, International Herald Tribune, and The Wrestler

Italian DVD cover for Pupi Avati's Zeder This image, zeder.jpg, is being linked here; although the picture is subject to copyright I (Hal Raglan ) feel it is covered by the U.S. fair use laws for use in the article Zeder because:

In this article: DVD, Zeder, and United States