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Giuseppe Tornatore
Writer 70 years old

Giuseppe Tornatore

Bagheria, Sicilia, Italia

Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Born in Bagheria near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello and Eduardo De Filippo. He worked... Read full bio →

Filmography

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13 titles
Ennio

Ennio

Giuseppe Tornatore 2021 2h 36m 7.5

A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.

La corrispondenza

La corrispondenza

Giuseppe Tornatore 2016 2h 2m 5.5

A romantic drama focused on an astronomer and his lover, spending years apart. Amy, a young university student, uses her free time doing stunts for television and cinema. Her specialties are the action scenes, the acrobatics full of suspense, the danger that in fiction would typically end with the death of the double.

La migliore offerta

La migliore offerta

Giuseppe Tornatore 2013 2h 11m 7.1

Virgil Oldman is a world renowned antiques expert and auctioneer. An eccentric genius, he leads a solitary life, going to extreme lengths to keep his distance from the messiness of human relationships.

Baarìa

Baarìa

Giuseppe Tornatore 2009 2h 40m 7.0

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family, from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.

La sconosciuta

La sconosciuta

Giuseppe Tornatore 2006 1h 58m 7.6

Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.

Malèna

Malèna

Giuseppe Tornatore 2000 1h 48m 7.5

A woman provokes sensual awakenings in a group of adolescent boys.

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

La leggenda del pianista sull'oceano

Giuseppe Tornatore 1998 2h 50m 8.3

A baby boy discovered on an ocean liner in 1900 grows into a musical prodigy, never setting foot on land.

L'uomo delle stelle

L'uomo delle stelle

Giuseppe Tornatore 1995 1h 53m 7.0

The adventures and deceptions of a photographer who travels through the small villages of Sicily pretending that he is working for the big film studios in Rome.

Una pura formalità

Una pura formalità

Giuseppe Tornatore 1994 1h 51m 7.8

Onoff (Depardieu,) is a famous writer, now a recluse. The Inspector (Polanski,) is suspicious when Onoff is brought into the station one night, disoriented and suffering a kind of amnesia. In an isolated, rural police station, the Inspector tries to establish the events surrounding a killing, to reach a startling resolution.

Stanno tutti bene

Stanno tutti bene

Giuseppe Tornatore 1990 2h 1m 7.5

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Nuovo Cinema Paradiso

Giuseppe Tornatore 1988 2h 4m 8.6

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist.

Il camorrista

Il camorrista

Giuseppe Tornatore 1986 2h 51m 7.0

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.

Cento giorni a Palermo

Cento giorni a Palermo

Giuseppe Ferrara 1984 1h 46m 4.0

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.

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