Violante Placido
Also Known As: ویولانته پلاچیدو
Biography: Violante Placido (born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Description above from the Wikipedia article Violante Placido, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Roma, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: May 01, 1976
Age: 49 years old
Gender: Female
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Barah Aana
Overview: Barah Aana is a comedy of real life set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz) and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30's, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for an interesting banter.At some point, misfortune befalls the watchman, and due to a series of chance events, he stumbles into a crime. Striking upon a seemingly low-risk way to make good money, and discovering a new sense of self-confidence, he tries to entice the others to join him in a series of such crimes. Cat and mouse games ensue between the three as personalities change, but events soon spiral out of control, leading them in a direction that none of them had ever wanted to take...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2009-03-13
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Lessons in Chocolate
Overview: Mattia, a building contractor on a promising career path, is about to close the biggest deal of his professional life, when his illegally-hired worker Kamal falls off some scaffolding, suffers a severe break and threatens to sue and press charges against Mattia unless... Unless Mattia takes his place in an advanced course for pastry makers! This is the reason Kamal came to Italy from his native Egypt and that will allow him to realize his dream of opening his own pastry shop... Mattia has no choice but to take Kamal’s place in the school and pretend to be him. Among laughs and mouth-watering recipes, Mattia will discover a way to bring his and Kamal's disparate cultures together.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-11-23
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Raul - Right to Kill
Overview: In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regime and beset by debts. In May 1938, Raul kills an old usurer and her sister: not out of necessity, but to investigate the concept of the "right to kill" ... who can motivate it and assume the right?
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-04-15
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Evelyne tra le nuvole
Overview: In her early forties, Sofia lives in the mountains, isolated from the world, a place where even basic Internet technology seems to be an unknown entity. She runs an old farmhouse, located at the highest point outside the village, an age-old structure that she has converted into a holiday farm, whilst taking tending to her cows, her curative herbs and producing special milk used for the making top-quality Parmesan. One day, a foreigner from a well-known telecommunications company shows up. He considers that particular location the ideal spot to erect a cellphone repeater, a tower that will bring progress not only to Sofia, but to the whole area… How can ancient customs, peaceful silence and recipes coexist with the inevitable approach of new technologies which can improve our lives?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-03-30
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Improvvisamente a Natale mi sposo
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-12-06
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The American
Overview: Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-08-31
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Pinocchio
Overview: The enchanted story of Pinocchio.
Genres: Adventure Drama Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-11-01
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What Will Become of Us
Overview: A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-03-05
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Any Reason Not to Marry?
Overview: Leo and Nina lived happily out of wedlock until one day Nina asked Leo to marry him. Leo, hostile to conformity, had always been opposed to the idea and it looked as though Nina as well. But giving in to his companion's insistence, the young man agrees to an unconventional wedding, without the expensive white gown, without the traditional candy box, with gifts to charities instead of wedding presents, the lot. Nina agrees … or seems to.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Moana
Overview: The life story of Italian iconic pornographic actress Moana Pozzi. The actress Ilona Staller sued the production of the film for the unauthorized use of the character "Cicciolina", of which she owned the rights.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-11-01
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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Overview: When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.
Genres: Action Fantasy Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-12-10
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Jack Frusciante è uscito dal gruppo
Overview: Alex, a high-school boy fond of rock and punk music, falls in love with Adelaide, who shares his feelings but doesn't want to get too involved because she will soon leave for studying in America. Alex gets relief in music and his friend Martino who leads what looks to him as a more complete life.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-04-02
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Soul Mate
Overview: In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it, Teresa seeks revenge and vows to divide them.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2002-09-07
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A Dinner for Them to Meet
Overview: Actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing the most painful moment of his existence. After a suicide attempt, his three daughters, scattered throughout Europe, each with a different mother, come to his side. The sisters meet to decide what to do with their father, establishing a genuine tie for the very first time.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-02-01
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Wherever You Are
Overview: A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-10-22
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The Undesirables
Overview: USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-12-14
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The Lookout
Overview: When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.
Genres: Action Crime Mystery
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2012-09-05
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Strangled Lives
Overview: Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank employee introduces him to Claudio, apparently an assistant of Sergio, Francesco's old school friend. Sergio is an accountant available to lend Francesco the money he needs. Francesco wins the deal, but soon he discovers that Claudio is not what he says.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-02-23
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Femminile singolare
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-05-11
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A Deadly Compromise
Overview: In Genoa, Anna Merisi, the wife of the unconventional professor of the local university Paolo Merisi, decides to hire a babysitter for their son because she wants to work again to help to pay for their bills. Meanwhile, the deranged Caterina, who has just left a clinic, gets the Merisi family address and lies telling that she was sent by the agency. When Paolo sees her, he recalls that Caterina was his former student and they had an affair two years ago, but his wife is very connected to Caterina and he has no chance to fire her. When Caterina jeopardizes his marriage and his family, Paolo discloses his past to Anna. But Caterina does not want to give up on Paolo.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-01-01
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Sleepless - Senza sonno
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-02-12
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Improvised Christmas
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-12-01
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Quattro bravi ragazzi
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1993-07-12
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Farfalle
Overview: Sandra has a great passions, volleyball, and her boyfriend is also a volleyball player. She is transferred to a religious boarding school in order to improve her grades, but she struggles in her new surroundings, but specially misses playing volleyball
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-11-21
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La Dolce Villa
Overview: When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-02-12
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The Path to Vengeance: Making Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
Overview: A six-part documentary on the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-12
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Estomago 2: The Cookfather
Overview: Sequel to the award-winning 2007 film, Stomach 2 tells the tasty and bloody dispute between a faction leader and an Italian boss for control of the prison where they are held and the privilege of being served by the talented cook Raimundo Nonato
Genres: Drama Comedy Crime
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-08-29
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7 Minutes
Overview: Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-11-03
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Fade to Black
Overview: Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A beautiful actress proves a tempting distraction. But if they want to stay alive, Welles and his young Italian driver need to stay focused.
Genres: Drama Mystery Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-09
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Ciao America
Overview: Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style football team by the team's manager, Giulio Fellini (Maurizio Nichetti). As the young American immerses himself in his new duties, he makes the acquaintance of Paola Angelini (Violante Placido) and the two begin a friendship that quickly blossoms into something more. In between spending time with Paola and working with the team, Lorenzo also begins investigating his own family's history and learns the reason for his grandfather's departure from Italy, as well as why his grandfather never returned to visit. As Lorenzo begins to forge an identity for himself in Italy -- not to mention strong romantic attachments to Paola -- he must eventually decide whether or not to return to the States.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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The Mona Lisa Mystery
Overview: Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-10-23
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Modalità aereo
Overview: Diego is a successful entrepreneur. Rich and not caring for the good of others, no scruples to belittle the next. His attitude turns against him when he forgets in his airport bathroom his latest-generation mobile phone with social profiles, contacts and credit cards.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-02-21
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Let's Stay Friends
Overview: Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-07-04
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Now or Never
Overview: 2001. Soon-to-be-graduate David gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for activist Viola in the months preceding the fateful events of the G8 summit in Genoa.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-11-14
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Enrico Piaggio: Vespa
Overview: It is 1945. Enrico Piaggio’s Pontedera factory is in ruins and the 12,000 people who worked there are condemned to unemployment and misery. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility resting on his shoulders: the lives of so many families depend on his ability to create new jobs. A project is born in the mind of the entrepreneur: a small, robust, agile and affordable means of transport, capable of relaunching mobility, giving impetus to the recovery of the country’s economic and civil life. To make this dream come true, Piaggio turns to engineer Corradino D’Ascanio, a brilliant designer who uses the experience gained in the field of aeronautics to create the scooter that remains today the symbol of Italian creativity and design: the Vespa!
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-11-12
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Karol: A Man Who Became Pope
Overview: The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-08-15
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Revenge Room
Overview: Federica locked herself in her bedroom because vulgar text messages keep coming to her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-09-07
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Il giorno più bello
Overview: Aurelio inherited the wedding-planner trade from his father: he runs the family business, "The Most Beautiful Day," and all his life he has sacrificed his dreams in the name of a mission: to give happiness. Today, however, complicit with the crisis and a divorce behind him, he feels the need for a radical change. He is in love with Serena, an associate of his, and with her he dreams of starting a new life, dropping everything to sail the oceans. Before he can taste freedom, however, Aurelio must resolve two no small matters: selling "The Most Beautiful Day" and convincing Serena to divorce Giorgio, who has been Aurelio's fraternal friend since high school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-06-01
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Un carnevale dei pazzi, dei sedotti e degli abbandonati
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-11
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Italo Calvino nelle città
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Genres: History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-28
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Ginostra
Overview: An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to solve the murder of a key witness.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-29
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