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Donatella Finocchiaro is a Actor Italienne born on 16 november 1972 at Catania (Italie)

Donatella Finocchiaro

Donatella Finocchiaro
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Nationality Italie
Birth 16 november 1972 (51 years) at Catania (Italie)

Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in The Wedding Director, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.

Biography

Donatella Finocchiaro fait des études de droits avant de s'orienter de façon amateur à partir de 1996 vers le théâtre et le cinéma. C'est en 2001, alors qu'elle travaille comme avocate, qu'elle passe ses premières auditions pour le film Angela de Roberta Torre dans lequel elle obtient le rôle principal. Avec le succès international du film, elle se consacre dès lors totalement à sa carrière d'actrice au cinéma et au théâtre, notamment avec les metteurs en scène Luca Ronconi, Gigi Dall'Aglio, Ninni Bruschetta, Giampiero Cicciò, Andrea De Rosa.

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Filmography of Donatella Finocchiaro (21 films)

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Actress

Capri-Revolution, 2h2
Directed by Mario Martone
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Marianna Fontana, Reinout Scholten van Aschat, Antonio Folletto, Jenna Thiam, Donatella Finocchiaro, Eduardo Scarpetta
Roles Maria
Rating61% 3.068533.068533.068533.068533.06853
En 1914 à Capri, alors que l'Italie est sur le point de s'engager dans la Première Guerre mondiale, un groupe de jeunes artistes venus d'Europe du Nord s'installe sur l'île pour y pratiquer leurs talents. Ils y rencontrent bientôt une jeune gardienne de chèvres, Lucia, et le médecin de l'île, Carlo.
War Story
War Story (2014)
, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi, Ben Kingsley, Donatella Finocchiaro
Roles Daria
Rating39% 1.9758851.9758851.9758851.9758851.975885
A war photographer, Lee goes to Sicily instead of going back home New York, to forget about being taken hostage in Libya. In Sicily, she crosses paths with her former lover and mentor Albert and tries to help Hafsia, a young Tunisian migrant escape to France.
Marina
Marina (2013)
, 1h40
Directed by Stijn Coninx
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Warre Borgmans, Jelle Florizoone, Vincent Grass, Jappe Claes
Roles Ida Granata
Rating71% 3.5944753.5944753.5944753.5944753.594475
Salvatore Granata is a rather poor man who lives with his wife, son and daughter in Calabria in Italy. One day Salvatore decides to move to Belgium to work in the coal mine of Waterschei as a gastarbeider. His family will stay in Italy as Salvatore will only be in Belgium for three years. He hopes to earn much money in a rather small timeframe so he can buy a forge for his son Rocco who is now still a 9 year old boy. After a year, Salvatore decides his family should be with him, so they also move to Belgium. They soon discover the life of a gastarbeider is difficult: they have to live in some kind of barracks, they are neglected by the Belgian people and they do not earn much. They are astonished when they hear Salvatore signed a contract of five years and male children of gastarbeiders are ought to work in the mines as soon they leave high school. Rocco meets Helena, the daughter of the local grocer shop. However, the man is a racist and forbids his daughter to play with Italian boys.
To Rome with Love, 1h47
Directed by Woody Allen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about television, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Woody Allen, Roberto Benigni, Penélope Cruz, Judy Davis, Alec Baldwin, Jesse Eisenberg
Roles Reporter on Street
Rating62% 3.144533.144533.144533.144533.14453
To Rome with Love tells four unrelated stories taking place in Rome. The second story, Antonio's, is a direct lift with some amendments of an entire Fellini film, The White Sheik (1952).
Terraferma
Terraferma (2011)
, 1h28
Directed by Emanuele Crialese
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, Seafaring films, Transport films, La précarité
Actors Filippo Pucillo, Donatella Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Fiorello, Tiziana Lodata, Martina Codecasa, Claudio Santamaria
Roles Giulietta
Rating66% 3.3494153.3494153.3494153.3494153.349415
On Linosa, fishermen are punished for saving illegal immigrants (boat people) from the sea and, back on shore, letting them go, because this amounts to facilitating illegal immigration. Therefore young local Filippo does not allow them on his boat. Several die, and Filippo changes his mind about the matter: he helps a family consisting of a mother, a little boy and a newborn baby, to leave to the Italian mainland.
Lost Kisses, 1h20
Directed by Roberta Torre
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Donatella Finocchiaro, Piera Degli Esposti, Giuseppe Fiorello, Lucia Sardo
Roles Rita
Rating56% 2.8219452.8219452.8219452.8219452.821945
When the head of her town's Virgin Mary statue goes missing, 13-year-old Manuela (Carla Marchese) claims that Mary came to her in a dream and told her where it could be found. After the missing piece of the statue is located, Manuela gains a reputation as a miracle worker.
Ages of Love, 2h
Directed by Giovanni Veronesi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Carlo Verdone, Robert De Niro, Monica Bellucci, Riccardo Scamarcio, Michele Placido, Laura Chiatti
Roles Eliana
Rating58% 2.9382952.9382952.9382952.9382952.938295
The film is composed of three episodes, each following a different couple:
Sorelle Mai, 1h45
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Donatella Finocchiaro, Alba Rohrwacher
Roles Sara Mai
Rating60% 3.047763.047763.047763.047763.04776
Baaria
Baaria (2009)
, 2h40
Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madé, Giorgio Faletti, Lina Sastri, Ángela Molina, Nicole Grimaudo
Roles merciaia
Rating69% 3.4597553.4597553.4597553.4597553.459755
The film recounts life in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in Sicilian), from the 1930s to the 1980s, through the eyes of lovers Peppino (Francesco Scianna) and Mannina (Margareth Madè).
Galantuomini
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Donatella Finocchiaro, Fabrizio Gifuni, Giuseppe Fiorello, Giorgio Colangeli
Roles Lucia
Rating64% 3.2354153.2354153.2354153.2354153.235415
À Lecce, dans les années 1990, Ignace est un juge respecté, récemment revenu à la ville après avoir travaillé de nombreuses années dans le nord du pays. Il revoit Lucia, la femme qu'il a toujours secrètement aimée depuis l'enfance. Elle travaille comme représentant en parfumerie, mais ce métier n'est qu'une couverture. En fait, Lucia est le bras droit de Carmine Za, un des chefs de la Sacra Corona Unita, une organisation criminelle qui a atteint son apogée en puissance et en férocité. Ignace retrouve également son ami d'enfance Fabio qui formait avec Lucia un trio inséparable une trentaine d'années auparavant, dans leur jeunesse.
The Sweet and the Bitter
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Luigi Lo Cascio, Donatella Finocchiaro, Renato Carpentieri, Fabrizio Gifuni
Roles Ada
Rating64% 3.2305053.2305053.2305053.2305053.230505
Saro is the son of a Sicilian criminal. He visits his father during a revolt in the prison where he is one of the leaders. At the end of the occupation his father dies, presumably under the fire of the police breaking in to suppress the revolt.
The Wedding Director, 1h40
Directed by Marco Bellocchio
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Sergio Castellitto, Donatella Finocchiaro, Sami Frey, Gianni Cavina, Maurizio Donadoni
Roles Bona di Gravina
Rating61% 3.0951153.0951153.0951153.0951153.095115
Fuyant Rome, Franco Elica, un célèbre metteur en scène, se retrouve à Cefalù en Sicile, et rencontre trois personnages : un confrère cinéaste qui vit de ses films de cérémonies de mariages, un réalisateur prétendant être mort afin d'acquérir la reconnaissance qu'il n'a pas eu de son vivant par le milieu du cinéma, et un Prince ombrageux, mystérieux, et cultivé mais ruiné.