Ilaria Occhini
Also Known As: Isabella Redi
Biography: Ilaria Occhini (28 March 1934 – 20 July 2019) was an Italian stage, television and film actress. She appeared in more than 30 films. Born in Florence, niece and daughter of novelists, Occhini started her film career at 19 with the Luciano Emmer's comedy film Terza Liceo with the stage name Isabella Redi, then attended the Accademia d'Arte Drammatica in Rome, graduating in 1957. The same year she back to acting with Mario Monicelli's Il medico e lo stregone, and at the same time she debuted on stage with Luchino Visconti's La ragazza delle smirne and had her first leading role in the Anton Giulio Majano's TV series Jane Eyre. In 1959 she appeared in the television adaptation The Vicar of Wakefield. Her mother, Gioconda Papini (1910-1954), was one of the two daughters of writer Giovanni Papini and his wife Giacinta Giovagnoli, the other being writer Viola Paszkowski Papini. Her father was writer, art historian and journalist Barna Occhini (pseudonym of Carlo Luigi Occhini) (1905-1978), the son of senator Pier Ludovico Occhini and his wife Maria Luisa Tettamanzi. Occhini obtained her major successes on stage, working several times with Luchino Visconti, then joining the Piccolo Teatro of Naples, where she received large critical appreciation by interpreting classical and contemporary authors. She was also a constant presence of RAI television series, and also starred in many films, but rarely in leading roles. In 1992 Occhini won the Nastro d'Argento for best supporting role for her performance in Benvenuti in Casa Gori. In 2008 she was awarded Best Actress at the Locarno International Film Festival for her role in Mar Nero. In 2010 she won a David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Loose Cannons; the same year she was awarded with a special Nastro d'Argento for her career. She married screenwriter and author Raffaele La Capria, with whom she had a daughter, Alexandra. Source: Article "Ilaria Occhini" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Florence, Italy
Birthday: March 28, 1934
Deathday: July 20, 2019
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Gender: Female
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Hearth Fires
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-05-24
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Two Men in Town
Overview: A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-10-24
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Pizza Colonia
Overview: Italian Francesco ( Mario Adorf ) runs a restaurant in Cologne , partnership is the brewer Zach ( Willy Millowitsch ) . Francesco has problems : a " Godfather" makes Zach an offer he can not refuse , the wedding between Francesco's daughter and Zach son bursts , and his wife threatened behind his affair to come up with kiosk owner Hilde , which lasts at least 18 or older to ...
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1991-12-05
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Loose Cannons
Overview: Tommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-02-12
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All at Sea
Overview: Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to his kiosk on the beach. After being assured that his attendants, and Khaled Omar, they did a good job, going to hoist the Italian flag, which stands on top of building.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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Benvenuti in casa Gori
Overview: The film is set in a house in a Tuscan landscape, has an ironic content and a Christmas frame. The film is divided into 5 episodes: The Family, The Lunch, Unexpected Pregnancy, The Videotape and Epilogue.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-10-19
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Black Sea
Overview: It depicts the relationship between an elderly woman and her caregiver.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-01-30
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Complexes
Overview: In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-08-15
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Il gabbiano
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Original Language: it
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Damon and Pythias
Overview: Damon is a thief who begins to question his beliefs after he meets Pythias, a liberal Athenian who believes all men are brothers.
Genres: Adventure History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-09-05
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The Tramplers
Overview: After the war of secession, the aging Cordeen, who owns thousands of acres in Texas, rules his numerous and quarrelsome sons with an iron hand. He sends them out to deal with the threat of the representatives from the North. However, not all the sons share their father's unlimited hatred for the Northerners and they find it increasingly difficult to obey his despotic commands. To add to the family's unrest, a prodigal son decides to return to the fold, provoking two other sons to down tools and leave. Cordeen, outraged, pursues them and tries to kill them. An absurd family feud ensues, prolonged by the participation of the entire Cordeen family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-31
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His Women
Overview: Stefano Garbelli is employed by a pharmaceutical company. One evening Daniela, a young independent prostitute, approaches Stefano pretending to be a nurse. They get together, but Daniela has a sinister plan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-30
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The Man Who Laughs
Overview: Spectacular adventures of twin brothers, one with a scar which gives him a permanent smile, and their meetings with the Borgias.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-08-20
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Boom
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-06-11
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Don Milani - Il priore di Barbiana
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-12-02
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Meglio tardi che mai
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Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-12-12
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Ricorda con rabbia
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: it
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La ragazza americana
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-11-07
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Brigade Anti Gangs
Overview: The struggle between a ruthless leader of a bank robbers and the cops who are determined to put him in jail for long.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1966-08-18
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Tomorrow
Overview: This ensemble drama details the friendships that grow between survivors of the 1997 Umbria earthquake. The townsfolk—adults, children and foreigners alike—deal with various issues as they try to resume normal lives in a homeless situation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2001-01-26
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The Return
Overview: A man receives a telegram that his father is dying, and travels with his wife to his hometown. They discover that the telegram is untrue, and set out to find who sent the message and why.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-09-30
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Carthage in Flames
Overview: Historical drama depicting the last of the Punic Wars between the Roman Republic and Carthage.
Genres: Drama Action Adventure Romance War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-01-29
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Almost a Man
Overview: A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele returns to his boyhood home, where he learns the reasons for his present mental state.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-09-22
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The Dragon's Blood
Overview: Legendary hero Siegfried uses a magic sword to fight a huge, fire-breathing dragon.
Genres: Drama Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-09-26
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Una famiglia perfetta
Overview: Leone is a rich and powerful man whose loneliness drives him to hire a cast of actors to play the family he never had. On Christmas Eve, reality and make-believe start to get blurred.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-11-29
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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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High School
Overview: It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1954-04-01
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Doctor and the Healer
Overview: Francesco, a young doctor, is appointed doctor to the imaginary village of Pianetta in the province of Avellino, but is immediately in competition with Don Antonio, a so-called "healer".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-12-04
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Ritorno a casa Gori
Overview: Matriarch Adele's death prompts an unexpected and often incendiary reunion for the large Gori family – unaware that inside her coffin lie also the stolen goods of a robbery by her son Danilo.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-10-18
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Pia de' Tolomei
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-12-29
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The Betrothed
Overview: Renzo Tramaglino and Lucia Mondella are two poor farmers who are in love, but they are hampered by the wickedness of the powerful Don Rodrigo, who secretly loves Lucia. The two run away from Lake Como where they live, and take refuge inland.
Genres: History Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-02-20
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The Shortest Day
Overview: Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Genres: Comedy History War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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