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Vincenzo Cerami is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and First Assistant Director Italien born on 2 november 1940 at Rome (Italie)

Vincenzo Cerami

Vincenzo Cerami
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Nationality Italie
Birth 2 november 1940 at Rome (Italie)
Death 17 july 2013 (at 72 years) at Rome (Italie)
Awards Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Vincenzo Cerami (2 November 1940 – 17 July 2013) was an Italian screenwriter. Beginning in 1967 he contributed or wrote for the screenplays or adapted screenplays of more than 40 films. In 1996 he was a member of the jury at the 46th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1999 he was nominated for the Academy Award for Original Screenplay for the film Life Is Beautiful.

Biography

Vincenzo Cerami a embrassé très tôt la carrière d'écrivain. Sa rencontre de Pier Paolo Pasolini, qui fut son professeur de lettres au collège de Ciampino, a eu une influence fondamentale sur lui. Pasolini l'introduit à la littérature et à la poésie. Plus tard, il sera son assistant sur le tournage de Uccellacci e uccellini (Des oiseaux, petits et gros).

À la fin des années 1960, il travaille aux États-Unis et au Japon comme gagman. Il adapte en 1975, pour le Teatro di Roma, le roman de Paolo Volponi, Il sipario ducale (traduit en français sous le titre Le Duc et l’Anarchiste).

Vincenzo Cerami a commencé à écrire comme journaliste depuis le milieu des années 1980. Ses articles et ses récits sont parus dans Il Messaggero, Il Giornale de Montanelli, L’Unità, La Repubblica, La Stampa et Il Secolo XIX.

Il coécrit avec Roberto Benigni La vie est belle, qui remportera plusieurs grands prix internationaux de cinéma.

Durant les années universitaires 1996-1997 et 1997-1998, Vincenzo Cerami a réalisé un cycle de leçons intitulé Introduzione allo scrivere : letteratura, cinema, teatro, radio (Introduction à l’écriture : littérature, cinéma, théatre, radio) comme cours complémentaire à Filologia Romanza, dans le cadre de la faculté de Lettres et de Philosophie de l’Université « La Sapienza » de Rome.

Pendant l’année universitaire 2000-2001, il s’est vu confier un cours hebdomadaire d’écriture créative auprès du Centre interdisciplinaire sur la communication sociale, à l’Université pontificale grégorienne.

En avril 2001, Vincenzo Cerami a participé à Tokyo à une rencontre d’écrivains italiens avec le milieu littéraire japonais et avec les étudiants des universités, organisé par le Prix Grinzane Cavour et par l’Institut italien de la Culture de Tokyo.

Pendant l’année universitaire 2001-2002, il a obtenu un contrat pour l’enseignement de Teoria e tecniche della scrittura creativa (Théorie et techniques de l’écriture créative), rattaché au cours d’étude des Lettres à la Faculté de sciences humaines de l’Université « La Sapienza » de Rome. Ce même cours s’est également tenu en 2002-2003 et 2003-2004, enregistrant une adhésion toujours plus grande de la part d’étudiants provenant d’autres facultés.

Il meurt à l'age de 72 ans aà la suite d'une longue maladie.

Il a été marié à l'actrice américaine Mimsy Farmer, dont il a eu une fille, Aisha Cerami (actrice), puis à Graziella Chiarcossi, une cousine de Pasolini, dont il a eu un fils, Matteo Cerami (réalisateur).

Best films

Life Is Beautiful (1997)
(Story)

Usually with

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Vincenzo Cerami (38 films)

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Actor

All at Sea
All at Sea (2011)

Genres Comedy
Actors Gigi Proietti, Marco Giallini, Ilaria Occhini, Ninetto Davoli, Ambra Angiolini, Anna Bonaiuto
Roles Gianni
Rating55% 2.777272.777272.777272.777272.77727
The film is based on the funny bickering between two cousins Nino and Mauritius.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio (2002)
, 1h46
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Adaptations de Pinocchio, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Kim Rossi Stuart, Carlo Giuffrè, Breckin Meyer, David Suchet
Roles Man with the Mustache
Rating44% 2.210882.210882.210882.210882.21088
A magical log falls off a wagon and rolls through an Italian town causing considerable damage and some injuries. It comes to rest in front of the house of Geppetto, a poor wood carver who carves a puppet named Pinocchio from it. To Geppetto's surprise, the puppet comes to life and to his dismay, it becomes very mischievous. Geppetto sells his only coat to provide schoolbooks for Pinocchio. However, the rambunctious puppet goes on several adventures, dreading school.

Director

The Hawks and the Sparrows, 1h29
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vincenzo Cerami
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi, Renato Montalbano
Rating71% 3.598123.598123.598123.598123.59812
Totò and his son Ninetto roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During the walk they observe a body being removed from a house following a murder. They next encounter a talking crow, who, described on the intertitles as, "For the benefit of those who were not paying attention or are in doubt, we remind you that the Crow is – as you say – a left-wing intellectual of the kind found living before Palmiro Togliatti's death").
Love Meetings, 1h30
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Vincenzo Cerami
Origin Italie
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about sexuality
Actors Pier Paolo Pasolini, Antonella Lualdi, Alberto Moravia, Graziella Granata
Rating75% 3.7800853.7800853.7800853.7800853.780085
Typical for him, Pasolini's subject is sex: he questions representatives from a variety of social brackets on topics such as virginity, prostitution, homosexuality and sex education. The overarching themes are sexual ignorance, confusion and conservatism.

Scriptwriter

Belle du Seigneur
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about suicide
Actors Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Natalia Vodianova, Marianne Faithfull, Ed Stoppard, Maria Bonnevie
Rating50% 2.5135352.5135352.5135352.5135352.513535
Sur fond des années 1930 à Genève on suit l'histoire d'amour contrariée tout d'abord entre Solal (Rhys Meyers) sous-secrétaire général à la SDN (Société des Nations) et de Ariane (Vodianova) car cette dernière est mariée à Adrien Deume, lui-même employé à la SDN et grand admirateur de Solal. Ce dernier le promeut et l'envoie en voyage pour le compte de la SDN. Solal a alors le champ libre pour faire une cour empressée à Ariane. Très rapidement, les amants vivent ensemble dans un hôtel en Italie au bord de la mer, puis dans une villa achetée par Solal, dans le nord de l'Italie avec vue sur un lac. Tout le film porte désormais sur le couple adultère.
All at Sea
All at Sea (2011)

Genres Comedy
Actors Gigi Proietti, Marco Giallini, Ilaria Occhini, Ninetto Davoli, Ambra Angiolini, Anna Bonaiuto
Roles Writer
Rating55% 2.777272.777272.777272.777272.77727
The film is based on the funny bickering between two cousins Nino and Mauritius.
Benito
Benito (2006)
, 5h7
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Antonio Banderas, Susanne Lothar, Anna Geislerová, Ivano Marescotti, Luca Zingaretti
Rating58% 2.9054552.9054552.9054552.9054552.905455
The movie starts off with Mussolini arriving in a small town in 1901 and getting a job as a school teacher; he is subsequently fired for having sex with the headmaster's daughter. This would be a common theme throughout the movie. After giving up on teaching, he works as a builder on the new University of Geneva campus building, and where a lover persuades him to become a student. This is also where he organizes his first protest after the death of a worker he knew. For this, he is nearly deported but is saved by Angelica's intervention. After getting run out of then-Austro-Hungarian Trieste, he goes back to his hometown of Forlì, where he marries Rachele. Soon he is at the forefront of the Socialist movement when he becomes the editor-in-chief of Avanti!. At this point Mussolini unites the "reds," the Socialists, with the "yellows," the Republicans in an anti-war movement. This marks the peak of his power, with the Italian left-wing politics under his control. However, he gradually loses his anti-war fervor and splits from the Socialist party altogether, turning all his allies into enemies.
The Tiger and the Snow, 1h54
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Jean Reno, Nicoletta Braschi, Gianluigi Braschi, Emilia Fox, Roberto Benigni, Giuseppe Battiston
Roles Author
Rating69% 3.4963253.4963253.4963253.4963253.496325
Rome, March 2003. Attilio de Giovanni (Roberto Benigni), a comical but talented literature professor and the divorced father of two teenage girls, is hopelessly in love with Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi, Benigni's wife in real life), a writer who is the subject of a recurring dream, featuring a surreal wedding ceremony with poetry verses in the background and the wife suddenly turning into a kangaroo. Attilio's strenuous courtship is unsuccessful, yet he does not lose hope, despite the fact that Vittoria obviously does not share the same feelings. She tells him that she will agree to marry him only when she sees a tiger walking on the snow.
The Manual of Love, 1h56
Directed by Giovanni Veronesi
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Silvio Muccino, Carlo Verdone, Margherita Buy, Luciana Littizzetto, Jasmine Trinca, Dino Abbrescia
Roles Story
Rating62% 3.12713.12713.12713.12713.1271
Each of the four episodes follows a different couple, focusing on a particular stage of a typical love relationship:
The Legend of Princess Parva, 1h25
Origin France
Genres Animation
Actors André Dussollier, Isabelle Carré, Ludivine Sagnier, Irène Jacob, Didier Sandre, Sami Bouajila
Rating58% 2.9304652.9304652.9304652.9304652.930465
Parva est une jeune étudiante âgée de 17 ans qui est passionnée par les civilisations orientales. La jeune fille va découvrir qu'elle est liée spirituellement à Shiva un prince indien. Cette liaison a été causée par un événement qui s'est produit le jour de sa naissance. Les aventures de Parva vont la conduire jusqu'au golfe du Bengale.
Pinocchio
Pinocchio (2002)
, 1h46
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Adaptations de Pinocchio, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Kim Rossi Stuart, Carlo Giuffrè, Breckin Meyer, David Suchet
Roles Story
Rating44% 2.210882.210882.210882.210882.21088
A magical log falls off a wagon and rolls through an Italian town causing considerable damage and some injuries. It comes to rest in front of the house of Geppetto, a poor wood carver who carves a puppet named Pinocchio from it. To Geppetto's surprise, the puppet comes to life and to his dismay, it becomes very mischievous. Geppetto sells his only coat to provide schoolbooks for Pinocchio. However, the rambunctious puppet goes on several adventures, dreading school.
Viper
Viper (2000)

Directed by Sergio Citti
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Actors Harvey Keitel, Giancarlo Giannini, Olimpia Carlisi
Roles Story
Rating54% 2.7262552.7262552.7262552.7262552.726255
Life Is Beautiful, 1h56
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children, Films about families, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Horst Buchholz, Pietro De Silva
Roles Story
Rating85% 4.298724.298724.298724.298724.29872
In 1939 Italy, Guido Orefice is a young Jewish man who is leaving his old life and going to work in the city where his uncle lives. Guido is comical and sharp, making the best from each situation he encounters. From the start he falls in love with a girl Dora. Later he sees her again in the city where she is a teacher. Dora is set to be engaged to a rich but arrogant man. He is a local government official with whom Guido has run-ins from the beginning. Guido is still in love with Dora and performs many stunts in order to see her. Guido sets up many "coincidental" incidents to show his interest. Finally Dora sees Guido's affection and promise and gives in against her better judgement. He steals her from her engagement party on a horse, humiliating her fiancé and mother. Soon they are married and have a son, Giosuè.
The Monster, 1h52
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Nicoletta Braschi, Michel Blanc, Roberto Benigni, Jean-Claude Brialy, Dominique Lavanant, Ivano Marescotti
Rating72% 3.640753.640753.640753.640753.64075
Loris (Roberto Benigni) is a part-time mannequin handler for a department store. He hopes to learn Chinese in order to get an assistant manager position. He lives in a building where he hasn't paid the rent in months, and he also owes money to other people around town.
Johnny Stecchino, 1h55
Directed by Roberto Benigni
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Themes Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Volpi, Ivano Marescotti, Giulio Donnini
Roles Story
Rating72% 3.603023.603023.603023.603023.60302
After unsuccessfully hitting on his co-worker and other women at a soiree, Dante (Roberto Benigni) meets Maria after she nearly runs him over with her car. Maria is taken aback by Dante's striking resemblance to her husband Johnny Stecchino, at Italian mobster wanted by the Sicilian Mafia for killing head mobster Cozzamara's wife and despised by the locals of Palermo for treason.