Stefano Madia
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Biography: Stefano Madia (31 December 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in twelve films between 1978 and 1993. At the 1979 Cannes Film Festival he won the award for Best Supporting Actor, for Vittorio Gassman's film Dear Father. He is the father of Italian minister Marianna Madia. Source: Article "Stefano Madia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Birthday: December 31, 1954
Deathday: December 16, 2004
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Gender: Male
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The Devil's Honey
Overview: A young woman abducts a doctor whom she holds responsible for the death of her boyfriend and subjects him to various sexual torture acts.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-08-21
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Body Count
Overview: A bodybuilder, a junk-food addict and a wild blonde nymph and their friends are stalked by a terrifying figure. An horrific tale of murder as a fun-loving group of college students explore the Colorado wilderness.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-10-28
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The Dream of Another
Overview: A young student is visited by a mysterious and wealthy philosopher with an offer to make the student his heir .
Genres: Horror TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-06-24
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Dear Father
Overview: In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-04-11
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Vigili e vigilesse
Overview: A group of policemen and policewomen from different municipalities are in Rome to take a course that will take them on a study trip to London.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-03-18
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Life Is Beautiful
Overview: Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppresses any free thought. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship. He is arrested but escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: ‘Life is Beautiful’.
Genres: Thriller Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-12-21
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The Palermo Connection
Overview: Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-02-02
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Mother and Daughter
Overview: In a wealthy Italian home, the daughter of the family is trying to cut her mother's apron strings. Not only is she having difficulty with this, for her mother is extremely protective, but she cannot even cut vegetables skillfully. Despite that, she wants to go out and party, mother or no mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-03-19
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Savage Breed
Overview: Mario lives in Turin with his sister Michelina. He works in the factory. He meets a young Turin man running a night club frequented by unsavory people related to drug trafficking.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-09-13
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Ernesto
Overview: Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
Genres: Drama Music Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-01-12
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Reflections in a Dark Sky
Overview: In a sordid account of mutual charity, an alcoholic doctor tries to make a captive heroin addict kick her self-destructive behavior — and vice-versa.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-12-13
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John Gabriel Borkman
Overview: John Gabriel Borkman, a former bank director, was imprisoned for fraud but believes he was wrongly convicted. He had invested clients' money in a major industrial venture but was reported by his friend Hinkel, who was in love with Borkman's former fiancée, Ella Rentheim. Borkman now lives on the first floor of the house, with his estranged wife, Gunhild, living on the ground floor. He occasionally receives visits from his friend Wilhelm Foldal, who supports Borkman's delusion that the bank will reinstate him. In his youth, Borkman betrayed his love for Ella by marrying her twin sister Gunhild to advance his career. After his conviction, Ella took care of their son Erhart and now wants him to live with her and take her name. Borkman agrees, but Gunhild refuses to let her sister take their son.
Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-04
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Gioco di morte
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Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-09-13
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