Paolo Rossi
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Born in Monfalcone, Gorizia, Paolo Rossi graduated as a chemical expert, then he moved to Milan where he debuted on stage in 1978, in Dario Fo's Histoire du Soldat. After having been a member of the stage company "compagnia dell'Elfo" he started signing numerous theatrical monologues and stage plays of critical success that were paired in their style with the Commedia dell'arte, Brecht's and Molière's and for which he was referred to as "an Italic middle way between Dario Fo and Lenny Bruce". Rossi is also active on television, in successful variety shows such as Giù la testa and Il laureato, and in films, in which he debuted in 1986. Rossi's multifaceted career also include music: since early 1990s he released several albums and collaborated with several notable artists and groups including Enzo Jannacci, Emir Kusturica, Vinicio Capossela and Modena City Ramblers. He also entered the competition at the Sanremo Music Festival in two editions, in 1994 and in 2007. In 1996 Rossi won a Silver Ribbon for the screenplay of the Leone Pompucci's comedy film Camerieri.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Monfalcone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Birthday: June 22, 1953
Age: 71 years old
Gender: Male
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Far North
Overview: After generations of being apart, an accident brings a family back together and they begin to cope with their original issues.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-11-09
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Kamikazen (Ultima notte a Milano)
Overview: A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be chosen.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-03-04
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Niente paura
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Via Montenapoleone
Overview: Via Montenapoleone in Milan is the ritziest street in the city and here the destinies of several characters, playboys, models and gays cross and diverge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-03-13
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The Ferrywoman
Overview: Giulì is a traveling puppeteer who meets Viola, a young ferrywoman who transports passengers on a raft. Giulì's desire is to have a child, so he builds one out of wood. One morning, in place of the puppet , he finds a child of flesh and blood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-04-09
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Montecarlo Gran Casinò
Overview: The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-12-23
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Arpad Weisz
Overview: This is an animated biography of Arpad Weisz told by Italian fans of his talent. Weisz was a Hungarian Jew, a talented football player and coach, whose career crashed because of the Fascist and Nazi regimes in Italy and the Netherlands, where he worked till his final days. At the age of thirty, he became the head of "Inter", a Milanese football club, which instantly proved itself the strongest at the national championship. But then no one would hire Weisz any longer because he was a Jew, and in 1942 he and his family were arrested and died in the gas chamber at Auschwitz.
Genres: Documentary Animation
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-02-06
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Beket
Overview: Freak and Jajà, like Vladimir and Estragon, are in a no man’s land, with no date or time. Earth is no longer inhabited by humans but a few strange survivors who appear from time to time. The two protagonists, strangers to each other, meet at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-01-23
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Musica per vecchi animali
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-11-16
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I cammelli
Overview: Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-09-19
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Welcome to the North
Overview: Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-01-18
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RCL - Ridotte Capacità Lavorative
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-12-10
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Olimpia's Way
Overview: Acqua e anice is a “dance hall road movie” about Olimpia, a legendary ballroom dancer and a fixture at local dance halls, who, at age seventy, dusts off her orchestra’s tour bus. No tour dates, this time: she is simply setting out to see her fans, her loved ones and all the places where she became a star, once again. For the occasion, Olimpia has hired a young woman, Maria, as shy and awkward as Olimpia isn’t, to be her driver.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-08-31
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Free-go
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-12-12
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Gloria!
Overview: In late 18th century Venice, in a convent school for girls, Teresa, a student with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-04-11
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Trieste la contesa
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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Travelling Ghosts
Overview: A Greek filmmaker plans to shoot a film, following the footsteps of the Greek revolutionary Rigas Feraios. While visiting the cemetery, a small crowd of ghosts of the 18th century personalities decides to follow his path.
Genres: Fantasy
Original Language: el
Release Date: 2022-11-09
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The Malady of Love
Overview: Physician Robert Briand (Robin Renucci) runs a leper colony in the 15th century that takes in new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When the beautiful Marie-Blanche (Isabelle Pasco) is brought to the grim, prison-like facility, Robert finds she displays no apparent signs of disease. He risks everything when he falls in love with the woman and makes plans to run away with her. Erland Josephson plays Robert's father, with Piera Degli Esposti as Robert's faithful assistant Terese.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-12-03
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Una favola spinta
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Original Language: it
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Silenzio... si nasce
Overview: Two dizygotic twins in the womb become aware of their existence in a series of surrealistic situations.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-03-15
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L'invenzione di noi due
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-07-18
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Centravanti Nato
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-03-23
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Il Signor Rossi e la Costituzione
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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Si muore tutti democristiani
Overview: Enrico, Fabrizio and Stefano are three left-winged friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-05-10
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Poor but Richer
Overview: The Tucci family discovers that they have not really lost all their money and, refusing to pay Italian taxes, decides to turn Torresecca into a tax haven, relying on a post-Italian unification bureaucratic oversight.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-12-14
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Bits & Pieces
Overview: Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-02-02
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Notes from a Women Salesman
Overview: Set in 1978 Milan, Bravo lives his life among luxury clubs and illegal gambling dens in the company of his friend Daytona. Bravo defines himself as an entrepreneur. His business is women - because he sells them. The life of a women salesman is not an easy one, though. The meeting with Carla and a night in the town will change his life forever. Bravo will have to go through his painful past and fight the ultimate battle.
Genres: Thriller Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-06-25
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La mia banda suona il pop
Overview: The Russian magnate Ivanov dreams about having The Popcorn, his favorite Italian musical band from the 80s in Saint Petersburg.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-02-20
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Nirvana
Overview: Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.
Genres: Science Fiction Thriller Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-01-24
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Il circo di Paolo Rossi
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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Hidden Away
Overview: The film tackles the life journey of Toni Ligabue, visionary naïf painter who used to draw tigers, lions and jaguars while living among the poplar trees of the boundless Po valley. A harsh life that is a fairy tale too, as a lonely and marginalized kid finds redemption in his art, and a way to express himself and be admired by the world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-02-27
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Candlewick
Overview: Red-haired, sex-obsessed manchild Lucio lazes all day long with his friend Pino until he falls for the beautiful head of the local loony bin.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-03-05
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Forbidden Grass
Overview: All you wanted to know about THC and you were never told. A mix of documentary, comedy and live music to celebrate the Italian movement in favor of the legalization of cannabis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-12-13
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There Was A Comedian Called Cecchelin
Overview: Life and career, lights and shadows, successes and misfortunes of Angelo Cecchelin, the greatest comic actor Trieste has ever had. Who was Angelo Cecchelin? Rome had Petrolini, Naples had Totò. Trieste had Cecchelin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2025-01-18
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Gloria! The Making Of
Overview: Margherita Vicario talks about the making of “GLORIA!” Between departments, preparation, shooting and post-production, straight to the BERLIN 2024 festival. Dedicated to all the workers who contributed to making the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2025-04-09
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Il mondo alla rovescia: appunti sul cabaret milanese
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-07-01
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