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Gabriele Lavia is a Actor, Director and Scriptwriter Italien born on 10 october 1942 at Milan (Italie)
Gabriele Lavia (born October 10, 1942) is an Italian actor, film director and theatre director.
Lavia was born in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1970 he has had roles in nearly thirty films and television programs. He is probably best known in the United States for his appearances in several horror films, including Beyond the Door (1974), Dario Argento's Deep Red (1976), Inferno (1980), and Sleepless (2001), and Pupi Avati's Zeder (1983), in which he starred.
In Italy, Lavia has had a long and successful career as a theatrical actor and director. He was the Artistic Co-director of the Eliseo Theatre of Rome (from 1980 to 1987), Artistic Director of the Stable Theatre of Turin (from 1997 to the 2000) and Artistic Director of the Festival of Taormina Art (in 1993).
He has directed six films, most of which he has written or co-written, including Il Principe di Homburg (1983), based on Heinrich von Kleist's play Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, for which he won the Nastro d'Argento Best New Director Award, and Sensi (U.S. title: Evil Senses) (1986), an erotic thriller.
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Gabriele Lavia
Gabriele Lavia (born October 10, 1942) is an Italian actor, film director and theatre director.
Lavia was born in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1970 he has had roles in nearly thirty films and television programs. He is probably best known in the United States for his appearances in several horror films, including Beyond the Door (1974), Dario Argento's Deep Red (1976), Inferno (1980), and Sleepless (2001), and Pupi Avati's Zeder (1983), in which he starred.
In Italy, Lavia has had a long and successful career as a theatrical actor and director. He was the Artistic Co-director of the Eliseo Theatre of Rome (from 1980 to 1987), Artistic Director of the Stable Theatre of Turin (from 1997 to the 2000) and Artistic Director of the Festival of Taormina Art (in 1993).
He has directed six films, most of which he has written or co-written, including Il Principe di Homburg (1983), based on Heinrich von Kleist's play Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, for which he won the Nastro d'Argento Best New Director Award, and Sensi (U.S. title: Evil Senses) (1986), an erotic thriller.
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Baaria (2009)
, 2h40Directed 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 maestro delle commissione esami
Rating69%
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).
, 1h30Directed by Iginio Straffi
Origin Italie
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Les fées
Actors Letizia Ciampa, Gabriele Lavia, Angela Galuppo, Perla Liberatori, Domitilla D'Amico, Carole Baillien
Roles Narrateur / Bartleby
Rating57%
The story begins sometime after Valtor was defeated. An unseen narrator begins to speak about a girl who discovered that she is a fairy and a princess: Bloom. Though her story is a magical one, it is one without an ending. The story will only have one when the girl writes the ending—i.e., creates the ending.
Household Accounts (2003)
Directed by Tonino Cervi
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Gabriele Lavia, Claudio Bigagli, Carlo Croccolo, Domiziana Giordano, Laura Betti, Maddalena Crippa
Roles Augusto Pavinato
Rating62%
Remember Me, My Love (2003)
, 2h5Directed by Gabriele Muccino
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Laura Morante, Monica Bellucci, Nicoletta Romanoff, Silvio Muccino, Gabriele Lavia
Roles Alfredo
Rating63%
At first glance the Ristuccia family is apparently normal and close-knit, but all of its members are hiding something. Carlo, the head of the family, would like to become a writer rather than continue working in an insurance company. Giulia, his wife, is a schoolteacher who aspires to become an actress. Paolo is an insecure teenager who cannot successfully assert himself in front of girls whom he likes. Valentina desires to become a television showgirl at any cost. This silence is broken when Carlo meets his old love Alessia, with whom he starts an extra-marital affair. As a result, Giulia falls into total despair, destroying the family's equilibrium and losing control over their children.
Sleepless (2001)
, 1h57Directed by Dario Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Elisabetta Rocchetti
Roles Avv. Betti
Rating61%
Detective Ulisse Moretti (von Sydow) is investigating a series of murders in Turin in 1983 known as The Dwarf Murders. The main suspect, a giallo novelist named Vincenzo de Fabritiis, turns up dead and the case is considered closed. However, seventeen years later, a similar series of murders begin and draw the since-retired Moretti back into the case. Moretti teams up with Giacomo (Stefano Dionisi), whose mother was murdered in the 1983 spree, to determine if de Fabritiis is still alive or was actually innocent of the crimes for which he was accused. As the murders continue, the investigating duo discovers that the murderer is arranging their murder to an old nursery rhyme about the killing of animals.
The Legend of 1900 (1998)
, 2h3Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Piano, Films based on plays
Actors Tim Roth, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Mélanie Thierry, Bill Nunn, Clarence Williams III, Peter Vaughan
Roles Farmer
Rating80%
The story is told in medias res as a series of flashbacks. Max Tooney, a musician, enters a secondhand music shop just before closing time, broke and badly in need of money. He has only a Conn trumpet, which he sells for less than he had hoped. Clearly torn at parting from his prized possession, he asks to play it one last time. The shopkeeper agrees, and as the musician plays, the shopkeeper immediately recognizes the song from a broken record matrix he found inside a recently acquired secondhand piano. He asks who the piece is by, and Max tells him the story of 1900.
Scandalous Gilda (1985)
, 1h35Directed by Gabriele Lavia
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Erotic
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Monica Guerritore, Gabriele Lavia, Pina Cei
Roles disegnatore di fumetti erotici
Rating44%
Une femme de la haute bourgeoisie romaine, surprise par hasard par son mari en flagrant délit d'adultère, abandonne le domicile conjugal avec ses seules voiture et valise. Elle rencontre dans un restoroute un dessinateur de bandes dessinées érotiques qui, après lui avoir raconté le sujet de son projet de filme d'animation, la convainc d'entamer avec elle une relation sexuelle impromptue.
Zeder (1983)
, 1h38Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Horror
Themes Films about writers, Medical-themed films, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Disaster films
Actors Gabriele Lavia, Anne Canovas
Roles Stefano
Rating61%
In 1956, Gabriella (Veronica Moriconi)—a girl with apparent psychic powers—is brought to the enormous house of Dr. Meyer (Cesare Barbetti) in Chartres, France. Meyer intends to conduct an experiment testing her abilities. He takes her into his basement, where the youngster abruptly falls to her knees and begins digging into the dirt. "This is where you're hiding, isn't it?" Meyer yells. He rushes upstairs for help from his assistants and leaves Gabriella by herself. She is attacked by something unseen and is taken to the hospital. In the basement, further digging reveals a rotted corpse, with a nearby wallet identifying the dead man as Paolo Zeder. Dr. Meyer realizes that the earth in which Zeder was buried was a 'K-Zone'.
Inferno (1980)
, 1h47Directed by Mario Bava, Dario Argento, Lamberto Bava
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Ghost films, Witches in film, Children's films
Actors Irene Miracle, Leigh McCloskey, Eleonora Giorgi, Daria Nicolodi, Alida Valli, Veronica Lazăr
Roles Carlo
Rating65%
Rose Elliot (Miracle), a poet living alone in New York City, finds an ancient book called The Three Mothers. It tells of three evil sisters who rule the world with sorrow, tears, and darkness. The book, written by an architect named Varelli, reveals that the three dwell inside separate homes that had been built for them by the architect in Rome, Freiburg, and New York. Rose suspects that she is living in one of the buildings and writes to her brother Mark (McCloskey) in Rome, urging him to visit her. Using clues provided in the book as a guide, Rose searches the cellar of her building and discovers a hole in the floor which leads to a water-filled ballroom. She accidentally drops her keys and enters the water to find them. After she reclaims the keys, a putrid corpse suddenly rises from the depths, frightening her.
Deep Red (1975)
, 2h6Directed by Dario Argento
Origin Italie
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Macha Méril, David Hemmings, Daria Nicolodi, Eros Pagni, Clara Calamai, Gabriele Lavia
Roles Carlo
Rating75%
The movie starts off with two shadowy figures struggling - until one of them is stabbed to death - while a child's scream is heard.
The Suspect (1975)
, 1h51Directed by Francesco Maselli
Origin Italie
Genres Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Gian Maria Volonté, Annie Girardot, Renato Salvatori, Gabriele Lavia, Felice Andreasi, Bruno Corazzari
Roles Giacomo La Rosa
Rating63%
Fascism has forced the leadership of the Italian Communist Party to settle in Paris. In Italy arrests of militants are decimating the organization, so Emilio is sent on a mission in the area of Turin, to put out of harm whistleblowers.
Beyond the Door (1974)
, 1h49Directed by Ovidio G. Assonitis
Genres Horror
Actors Juliet Mills, Gabriele Lavia, Richard Johnson, Edward L. Montoro
Roles Robert Barrett
Rating47%
Jessica Barrett is a young mother in San Francisco. Her family and friends begin to notice odd behavior around the time she falls pregnant with her third child. As the strangeness intensifies, Jessica begins to display signs of demonic possession including spinning her head all the way around and projectile vomiting.
The Tempter (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Damiano Damiani
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Glenda Jackson, Claudio Cassinelli, Arnoldo Foà, Lisa Harrow, Adolfo Celi, Duilio Del Prete
Roles Prince Ottavio Ranieri d'Aragona
Rating61%
, 1h38Directed by Damiano Damiani
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films, Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Nino Manfredi, Gabriele Lavia, Orso Maria Guerrini, Mario Carotenuto, Arturo Dominici, Silvio Bagolini
Roles Tarquinio Tirabosco
Rating73%
Le film est inspiré de faits réels; un photographe Gino Girolimoni est faussement accusé du viol et du meurtre de plusieurs fillettes entre 1924 et 1928 à Rome.
Metello (1970)
, 1h47Directed by Mauro Bolognini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Massimo Ranieri, Lucia Bosè, Ottavia Piccolo, Tina Aumont, Renzo Montagnani, Frank Wolff
Rating66%
During the end of the 19th century, young Metello decides to start a new life after the sudden loss of his parents. He meets a young girl, Ersilia. They get married and have a son. Metello becomes involved in a political activity at work and is arrested. He then lies that he won't be involved in the activity anymore, and as a result, has to flee town. He arrives at his new destination, and meets Viola, a middle-aged school teacher. He then has an affair with her, and as a result, she gives birth to his daughter. Towards the end of the film, Metello realizes that he really belongs back home with Ersilia.