Francesco Maselli
Also Known As: Citto Maselli
Biography: Francesco Maselli (9 December 1930 – 21 March 2023), also known as Citto Maselli , was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born into a well educated family (his father was an art critic) originally from the Molise region, Maselli graduated from the Italian National Film School in 1949 and began his career as an assistant and assistant director for Luigi Chiarini , Michelangelo Antonioni , and Luchino Visconti. After directing several short documentary and fiction films, he gave his feature film debut with the World War II drama Abandoned (1955), which premiered at the Venice Film Festival. Following a series of minor films, Maselli had greater success with Silver Spoon Set (1960, also titled The Dolphins ) and Time of Indifference (1964), an adaptation of a novel by Alberto Moravia. In the 1970s, Maselli turned to openly left-wing political films, notably Open Letter to a newspaper of the evening (1970) and The Suspect (1975), before shifting to more intimate films centered on female protagonists in the 1980s such as A Tale of Love (1986) and The Secret (1990). In 2021, Maselli was honored with a retrospective at the Venice Film Festival, where many of his films had seen their premiere. Maselli died in Rome on 21 March 2023, at the age of 92.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Rome, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: December 09, 1930
Age: 94 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: March 21, 2023
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Open Letter to the Evening News
Overview: Hoping to shake up the complacent Italian Communist Party, a group of leftist radicals sends an incendiary letter to a major evening newspaper declaring their intention to volunteer to fight American troops in Vietnam as a political statement against the war.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-13
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Alfonso Sansone: Producer by Chance
Overview: After the war, almost by chance, Alfonso Sansone starts to produce documentary films and moves from Palermo to Rome, the city of film.
Genres: History Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-09-10
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Le Passeur immobile
Overview: Le Passeur immobile, which covers the year 1987, is a Booklet filmed stuck between The Days and the Nights (1986) and The Artifice and the Fake (1988). These Notebooks have been punctuating my activity as a filmmaker for about fifteen years. They are like a life parallel to my other films and film series (Cinema, Group Portrait, Read, etc.). They are also like a letter to the spectators.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-12-14
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I Am Not God But I Am Michelangelo Antonioni
Overview: A documentary which explores the life and the career of Michelangelo Antonioni, one of the greatest Italian directors, through archival footage and interviews.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
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Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
Overview: Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-10-11
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Overview: A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema Paradiso
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-09-16
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The Terrace
Overview: Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-to-gather. They discuss about their past, present and future.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-02-08
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Investigation of a Citizen Named Volonté
Overview: Documentary on actor Gian Maria Volonté
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-01-12
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Cesare Zavattini
Overview: Documentary about Italian film screenwriter Cesare Zavattini
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Amarcord
Overview: In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-18
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Il segreto di Otello
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-02-05
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And the Ship Sails On
Overview: In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-10-07
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