Carlo Mazzacurati (2 March 1956 – 22 January 2014) was an Italian film director and screenwriter from Padua. His native Po valley was often featured in his movies. He made his directorial debut with Notte italiana (1987) and co-wrote Daniele Luchetti's It's Happening Tomorrow (1989) – both produced by Nanni Moretti – before gaining recognition on his own with social dramas Il toro (1994) and Vesna va veloce (1996), the former earning him the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Starting with
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Born On: 2-Mar-1956
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Carlo Mazzacurati's Filmography on Tv
Find list of movies directed by Carlo Mazzacurati on tv. Select any movie link to find details about the movie. Movies are sorted in decreasing order of release date i.e. movie with latest release date is shown first.
La passione (2010)
To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebrations in a small Tuscan town.
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#Comedy
La giusta distanza (2007)
The arrival of an attractive young teacher in a small town in the Po valley disturbs the drowsy life of the place, leading eventually to a murder.
L'amore ritrovato (2004)
Giovanni, a married man with a child, meets on a train Maria, a former lover.
La lingua del santo (2000)
Two deadbeat friends see the opportunity of turning their fortune around after they come into possession of a precious stolen relic, the tongue of St. Anthony of Padua.
Genres
#Comedy
Vesna va veloce (1996)
Czech immigrant Vesna arrives in Italy and is forced into casual prostitution by poverty. The encounter with a kind construction worker could help change her situation.
Genres
#Drama
Il toro (1994)
After being fired from his bull breeding job without proper compensation, Franco steals a world-class bull from his former company and smuggles it in Hungary to sell it for a large sum of money.
Genres
#Drama
Notte italiana (1987)
Otello Morsiani, a north-eastern-italian lawyer, takes the job of estimating land holdings on the Po Delta, which are intended to be expropriated to make way for a national park. The lawyer soon discovers that in that area, once target of methane extraction, the soil is now at risk to sink, due to hydrogeological disturbance: in the meanwhile, he also digs out a mystery tied to a death dating back twenty years before.