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Gianni Cavina is a Actor and Scriptwriter Italien born on 9 december 1940 at Bologna (Italie)

Gianni Cavina

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Nationality Italie
Birth 9 december 1940 (83 years) at Bologna (Italie)

Gianni Cavina (born 9 December 1940) is an Italian film actor. He has appeared in more than 45 films since 1949.

Born in Bologna, Cavina trained as a stage actor at the Teatro Stabile di Bologna, under the direction of Franco Parenti. He made his film debut in the 1968 horror Balsamus, l'uomo di Satana, directed by Pupi Avati, with whom he had a long collaboration, starring in a large number of his films.

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Filmography of Gianni Cavina (27 films)

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The Big Heart of Girls, 1h25
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Micaela Ramazzotti, Cesare Cremonini, Gianni Cavina, Isabelle Adriani, Massimo Bonetti, Sydne Rome
Roles Sisto Osti
Rating61% 3.06993.06993.06993.06993.0699
Le film se situe au début des années 1930 dans un petit village dans la campagne du centre de l'Italie et narre la tentative d'une famille de riches propriétaires terriens de marier une de leurs trois filles avec le fils d'une famille de paysans.
The Friends at the Margherita Café, 1h31
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Diego Abatantuono, Laura Chiatti, Luigi Lo Cascio, Fabio De Luigi, Luisa Ranieri, Neri Marcorè
Roles Carlo
Rating58% 2.9424552.9424552.9424552.9424552.942455
Bologna, 1954. In the Margherita Cafè the young Taddeo meets a group of strange characters, led by the old Al. Al is a man who likes pretty girls, and soon Taddeo gets hired as his driver to take him to brave nights. While consume the stories of the other characters, who regularly go at the bar Margherita every day, Taddeo meets a beautiful librarian of his own age, and plans to marry her. However, the ambitions of the young Taddeo are too hasty, and so the fate repays him with a bad joke.
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 Smamma
Rating61% 3.096093.096093.096093.096093.09609
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.
Christmas Rematch, 1h39
Directed by Pupi Avati
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, Alessandro Haber, Carlo Delle Piane, George Eastman, Eliana Miglio
Roles Ugo Cavara
Rating67% 3.3924853.3924853.3924853.3924853.392485
In Piedmont, the old friends once: Franco, Lele, Stefano and Ugo are reviewing for the Christmas holidays. Franco, who was defeated 18 years before, is now a great industrialist and film producer, and he's going to have the rematch of the game of many years ago. Initially, during the poker game, Franco loses many euros, however after a while, he takes manages to score as many points. At the end of the game his friends're leaving defeated, and Franco realizes he's left alone because of a game, because now he has lost the esteem of his dear comrades.
Christmas Rematch
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane, George Eastman, Alessandro Haber, Eliana Miglio
Roles Ugo Cavara
Rating67% 3.3924853.3924853.3924853.3924853.392485
Franco, qui a été défait au poker 18 ans plus tôt, est aujourd'hui un grand industriel et producteur de films, et il va avoir la revanche de jeu. Au début, pendant la partie de poker, Franco perd beaucoup d'euros, mais au bout d'un moment, il réussit à marquer beaucoup de points. A la fin du match, ses amis partent vaincus et Franco se rend compte qu'il est resté seul à cause d'un jeu, car il a perdu l'estime de ses camarades.
Midsummer Night Dance
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Gianni Cavina, Valentina Cervi, Carlo Delle Piane, Libero De Rienzo, Eliana Miglio, Chiara Muti
Roles Loris' brother
Rating62% 3.143663.143663.143663.143663.14366
Bologne, années 1930. Inès, aussitôt diplômée est embauchée dans une boutique comme dactylographe. La propriétaire lui promet un salaire modeste et elle accepte avec plaisir parce qu'elle connaît Angelo, le fils du propriétaire. Au fil des jours, Inès se rend compte qu'elle tombe amoureuse d'Angelo, même si le garçon semble l'ignorer et que son père ne la paye pas depuis plusieurs mois...
Porzûs
Porzûs (1997)

Directed by Renzo Martinelli
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Lorenzo Crespi, Gianni Cavina, Gastone Moschin, Lorenzo Flaherty, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Cederna
Roles Spaccaossi
Rating55% 2.7810952.7810952.7810952.7810952.781095
One of the survivors of the Porzûs massacre, Storno, travels to Slovenia to visit Geko, who did not see since the end of the war. The two recall all the dramatic events that have seen them protagonists between late 1944 and February 1945.
Festival
Festival (1996)

Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Massimo Boldi, Gianni Cavina, Massimo Bonetti, Irene Grazioli, Paola Quattrini, Cinzia Monreale
Roles Renzo Polpo
Rating64% 3.2496553.2496553.2496553.2496553.249655
Franco Melis est un acteur comique, qui a eu beaucoup de succès depuis la fin des années 1970, mais qui a dilapidé ses profits au fil des ans. Dans la solitude et sans argent il trouve la force de réagir à sa dépression et grâce à son manager, Renzo Polpo, il trouve un rôle dans un film très éloigné de ses précédentes performances. Le film est présenté dans un festival du film de haut niveau et semble avoir des chances légitimes de victoire.
Christmas Present, 1h41
Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy
Themes Jeu, Christmas films, Poker
Actors Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, Alessandro Haber, Carlo Delle Piane, George Eastman, Rossella Como
Roles Ugo
Rating75% 3.7797853.7797853.7797853.7797853.779785
The day before Christmas: a group of friends can be found, as tradition, rich in the house of one of them, for a game of poker. Each of the four men, including a mysterious lawyer, has problems in families, and trying to scrape together a Christmas game in a considerable sum in order to live better. But fate has a special plan for each day players.
Noi tre
Noi tre (1984)

Directed by Pupi Avati
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical
Actors Lino Capolicchio, Gianni Cavina, Ida Di Benedetto, Carlo Delle Piane, Nik Novecento
Roles Il cugino
Rating66% 3.3053553.3053553.3053553.3053553.305355
En 1770, le jeune Mozart a 14 ans et fait un voyage à Bologne pour passer un examen à l' Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. Il est accompagné par son père et hébergé par le comte Pallavicini. Mozart s’intéresse à tout ce qui l'entoure et finit par tomber amoureux d'une jeune fille habitant dans le voisinage. Cependant, cette liberté dure peu, l'examen arrive bientôt et, en cas de résultat positif, Mozart reprendra son voyage.
The innkeeper, 1h49
Directed by Paolo Cavara
Genres Comedy
Actors Adriano Celentano, Claudia Mori, Paolo Villaggio, Marco Messeri, Lorenza Guerrieri, Gianni Cavina
Roles Ortenzio
Rating52% 2.6441852.6441852.6441852.6441852.644185
The innkeeper Mirandolina is a beautiful girl, and for her beauty the Count of Albafiorita (Conte di Albafiorita) and the Marquis of Forlimpopoli (Marchese di Forlimpopoli) fall in love. The two noble customers bestow rich gifts to her, trying to ingratiate and to marry her, but the crafty Mirandolina only accepts the money and jewels, leaving them with an inch of them nose. A third man arrives on the scene: the Knight of Ripafratta (Cavaliere di Ripafratta) extremely misogynist, who thinks that the woman bears only man trouble. Mirandolina, who has never seen a man like that, tries to do it on purpose and the knight manages to fall in love with her.