Massimo Ranieri
Also Known As: Giovanni Calone, Массимо Раньери, Gianni Rock
Biography: Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone, May 3, 1951), is an Italian pop singer, film and stage actor. He was born in Naples (at Santa Lucia), the fourth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about 4 years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock. He recorded 4 songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta. None of the records were successful, because young Gianni's voice was changing. Two years later, he would later re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, he made his TV debut singing "Bene Mio". A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama". In 1968, he recorded 2 more songs: "Da Bambino", Ma L'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera". But it wasn't until 1969, when he really became successful and became a teen idol making all the young girls scream for him, when he sang "O Sole Mio" on live TV. Soon, in most every TV appearance he made, you could hear the girls screaming in the background. That same year, he had a string of hits: "Rita", "Se bruciasse la citta", "Quando l'amore diventa poesia", "Il mio amore resta sempre" and "Zingara". In 1970, "Vent'anni", "Sogno d'amore", "Sei l'amore mio", "Aranjuez Amore Mio", "Candida". During that year, Massimo decided to venture into acting. His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews by critics, and he even won an award for portraying the title character. He co-starred with Anna Magnani in La Sciantosa, later that year. In 1971, "Adagio Veneziano", "Via del Conservatorio", "Io e Te". He represented Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, where he placed 5th with the song, "L'Amore E' Un Attimo. " That same year he had fathered a daughter, Cristiana, out of wedlock with Franca Sebastiani. He didn't want to have anything to do with her, saying that he was too young and inexperienced, and that it was damage to his career. He didn't have any contact with her until she was about 20. In 1972, "Ti Ruberei", "O Surdato 'nnamurato", "Erba di Casa Mia". In 1973, "Amo Ancora Lei". He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest that year in Luxembourg to represent Italy with "Chi sarà con te", where he placed 13th. And in 1974, "Te Voglio Bene Assaie", "Immagina", "Per Una Donna". During that year, he filmed Salvo D'Acquisto, where he portrayed a Carabinieri policeman who was executed by the Nazis during World War II. Description above from the Wikipedia article Massimo Ranieri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
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Napoli milionaria!
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-05-04
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Born Winner
Overview: A young man whose passions are money, beautiful women and racing motorcycles comes up with a scheme that will allow him to combine all three, all while committing the "perfect" crime.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-01
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Natural Lefty
Overview: A widowed mother, tries desperately to get an entry into the ruthless world of professional football for her 12-yer-old son.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-03-31
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Metti, una sera a cena con Peppino
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Bonded by Tender Friendship
Overview: A once famous actor, whose career was ruined after he was forced to undergo an operation on his vocal cords, is constantly pursued by creditors and his faithful servant Dorino where the two endure an 'impossible' friendship.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-09-01
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A Kiss in the Dark
Overview: Alessandra Del Giudice, a successful lawyer with a few too many problems in the family, ends up in a coma for seven years following a road accident. When she wakes up she finds her husband waiting for her, who had just given permission to pull the plug on her life support, and her sister, who arrived at the last minute just in time to discover that Alessandra had lifted a finger and was about to reopen the eyes! Upon awakening, the worst surprise for the woman, however, is to discover that her son Yanneck has recently killed himself by jumping from a balcony. Convinced by a nightmare in which she sees the boy not jumping but being pushed by someone, she decides to investigate to understand what really happened.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-05-31
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Sanremo 2023. Tra Palco e realtà
Overview: Gianni Morandi tells the story behind the scenes of the Ariston Theater, revealing the great work and the most secret and unpublished emotions of the Sanremo Festival.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-04-10
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The Light at the Edge of the World
Overview: Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-07-16
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Passione
Overview: Songs and singers from Naples, musicians and poets, real and legendary characters are the protagonists of a film that crosses one of the most beautiful, famous and controversial metropolises in the world. An exceptional orchestra for a repertoire that speaks of love, sex, jealousy, immigration, protest.
Genres: History Music Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-04
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The Courage to Love
Overview: A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2005-06-29
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Hot Potato
Overview: A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers' rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helping a young gay man.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-11-16
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Bubu
Overview: Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find their place in the world of prostitutes and pimps, but the lack of perspective in their life - which is permanently haunted by the possibility of an incurable and fatal venereal infection - and the humiliations the girl endures strain their relationship and lead to conflicts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-02-16
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Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
Overview: Paris, December 1999. A group of Parisians cross paths. A police commissioner madly in love with his colleague's wife, a director looking for a subject. A man who learns that he has lung cancer. A waitress in love with her boss. A wealthy owner of a pizza chain who falls in love with a former member of the Comédie Française when he wanted to buy her castle. Among them, there is also Shaa. She dreams of becoming a singer and starts a duet with Massimo, a street singer of Italian origin. They quickly fall in love with each other. But one day, a producer spots Shaa and offers her a solo career.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2004-09-15
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Death Rage
Overview: A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-22
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Metello
Overview: The story of a young man of the working class, who has grown up practically an orphan due to his father’s repeated jailings for anarchistic activism. Struggling with life in 19th-century Italy, Metello Salani is determined to change his situation for the better - but love, marriage and politics complicate things considerably...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-03-10
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Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto
Overview: A documentary on the behind the scenes of the 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-05-15
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Tre donne - La sciantosa
Overview: La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Italian history through three movies, all of them with Anna Magnani. The other two are "1943: un incontro" and "L'autmobile". In this first movie, La Magnani is Flora Torres, a "sciantosa" (kind of a small stage diva) who is forgotten during the WWI, living only to remember her past glory. One day she receives a letter to present herself to the high command. There, Flora is called to go to the front and entertain the troops. Along with her maid Cristina, Flora goes to the front. There they are welcomed by the young private Tonino (Massimo Ranieri). Flora starts to act like a prima donna, making absurd demands to everyone. But when she is about to present herself, the vision of the wounded soldiers makes her change her way
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-09-26
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The Cousin
Overview: Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-07-26
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Salvo D'Acquisto
Overview: In 1943 Italy is crumbling. Salvo D'Acquisto, a Carabinieri officer is trying to maintain law and order. One tragic incident will unravel a chain of events leading to him having to stand between the Germans and people he swore to protect.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-12-03
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Romance
Overview: Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-10-29
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Chronicle of a Homicide
Overview: Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policeman and a student are both killed. The investigating magistrate - in charge of the case with two commissioners - wants to believe to the version of the police: the student was killed by one of the laborers, while the policeman would have been killed by Massimo Trotti.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-02-04
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L'ultima volta insieme
Overview: Paul, the son of a senior magistrate Neapolitan, was hired at the law firm of a friend's parent. The young man thinks he lost his mother, but the woman, who has long left the family, is now the mistress of the boss racket shops. Fleeing from prison, blackmail, murder, trials, recognition in extremis between mother and son more than a melodrama with strong colors, a real fumettone.
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-10-21
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Chaste and Pure
Overview: Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter of remaining "chaste and pure" ( so that she cannot marry ) until his own death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-10-30
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Scossa
Overview: 100 years ago, a terrible earthquake, followed by an equally terrible tidal wave, devastated and largely destroyed Messina and Reggio Calabria.
Genres: Documentary Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-03-16
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La meravigliosa avventura di Antonio Franconi
Overview: Just before sleeping, a small boy finds a crate of ancient toys: a little circus, lead soldiers and a book about circus legend Antonio Franconi - whose dream was creating a great show mixing all possible forms of art.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-10-29
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Pilot Operation
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Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-02-18
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The Ploy
Overview: In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-03-24
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Civico zero
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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A Gun for a Cop
Overview: A family of farmers wage war against a group of unscrupulous, corrupt speculators who are trying to get their hands on their land.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-11-19
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Pino Daniele - Il tempo resterà
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Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-03-20
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Priest of Love
Overview: Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-10-11
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L'ombra nera del Vesuvio
Overview: Two families of the neapolitan camorra fight for the power.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-02-22
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Riccardo va all'inferno
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Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-11-30
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Filumena Marturano
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-11-30
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Habibi, amor mío
Overview: Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's betrayals. This will lead the protagonists to drift apart and seek new paths; this will be an opportunity for them to reflect on themselves and the loss of values in life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1981-03-02
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L'ultimo Pulcinella
Overview: An Italian actor (Massimo Ranieri) and his son (Domenico Balsamo) stage a show in a Parisian theater.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-03-13
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Sabato, domenica e lunedì
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-05-01
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Questi Fantasmi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-11-16
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To Fly!
Overview: 1950s. Gege (Giuseppe Cristofaro) is a delicate child who lives in a hard world that does not accept it. He thus takes refuge in the dream to escape the many small daily harassment. His desire would be to become an airplane pilot and for this the notes of "Volare" by Domenico Modugno accompany his days.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-01-16
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I Hate Summer
Overview: Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-01-30
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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-07
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No way out - A broken love
Overview: After seven difficult years, Matteo Dell Torre withdraws his campaign from the crisis. But because of the work, he rarely sees with his wife, with children. When the case turned out to be imposed, the police accuse Matteo of murder and find 30 million of bad money on account of the company. Under the threat of business and marriage. Mateo will go to jail. In order to prove his innocence, he turns out to be incarcerated ...
Genres: Mystery Thriller Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-06-04
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Gli Squallor
Overview: A documentary about Squallor, Italy's first and most successful "ghost band" project, created by four big bosses of 70's-80's Italian music business.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-09-26
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Ferro
Overview: One of the most famous Italian singers opens up about his music and his journey through love and addiction.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-11-06
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Massimo Ranieri - Live dallo Stadio Olimpico
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Genres: Music
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-07-02
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Fondali notturni
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-10-04
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La casa dove abitava Corinne
Overview: The story of Doriana, a young lawyer, who moves to Rome, because a criminal she convicted has escaped prison and threatens to kill her. But the flat she takes in Rome doesn't bring her any luck either: In her new flat, unbeknownst to her, a call girl called Corinne has been stabbed to death almost a year ago, and the killer has never been caught. As soon as she lives there, she gets anonymous telephone calls and other hints to the murder. When she learns about the unsolved case, she starts to investigate by herself.
Genres: TV Movie Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-11-28
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The Man Who Drew God
Overview: The rise and fall of a blind artist who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices, and of becoming a TV-junk star. A fable on the need to rediscover the miraculous power of dignity in a world where media's noise has solved the problem of man's imperfection simply by removing the problem itself.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-03-02
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The Magic Screen
Overview: The time is the late 1920s, and Angelo and Tonino are two brothers traveling around the country in a rattle-trap truck, showing moving pictures to any group of people willing to pay. When they arrive in the region of Emilia-Romagna, Angelo strikes up a relationship with a wealthy marchesa connected to the fascist movement. Tonino, on the other hand, starts to follow the rebellious Giovanni, locked up for his anti-fascist stance, and the farmers who have joined in the anti-fascist forces. As the rebels are either murdered or put in prison, Tonino becomes more and more commited to their cause - especially after Giovanni is killed. When a silent movie on the condemned and dying Christ is shown on the brothers' screen, Tonino stops the action to project some slides he has taken that show who murdered Giovanni - in an action that calls for his brother and the rest of the bystanders to finally make a decision on where to place their loyalties.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-05-15
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Cerca di capirmi
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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