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Franco Rosso
Director 1941 - 2016

Franco Rosso

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Franco Rosso (29 August 1941 – 9 December 2016) was an Italian-born film producer and director based in England. He is known for making films about Black British culture, and in particular for the 1980 cult film Babylon, about Black Jamaican youth in south London, which was... Read full bio →

Directed Films

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2 titles
The Nature of the Beast

The Nature of the Beast

Franco Rosso 1988 1h 35m 5.0

A boy reads about the attacks of a unknown animal on livestock in the town. He plans to run his own investigation. The so called beast however is also used as a metaphor for every day problems the townsfolk face.

Babylon

Babylon

Franco Rosso 1980 1h 35m

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles with family problems and has his friendships tested by racism.

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