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Alberto Sordi
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Following the economic boom in Italy, new comics emerged.Extremely important for those who want to understand Italian culture are actors such as Ugo Tognazzi (who sometimes teamed up with Raimondo Vianello), Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi, and Alberto Sordi. Here are some of the best films from the '60s and '70s:
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At midnight on June 14, a special Silver Ribbon will awarded to Alberto Sordi at Taormina, on the occasion of the awards of the 2003 Silver Ribbons, at the end of the Taormina Bnl FilmFest. The award given in the memory of Sordi, who died a few weeks ago, will be made on the date when the extremely popular actor from half a century of Italian cinema would have celebrated his 83rd birthday. It's a tribute which the cinematographic journalists want to pay Sordi, as decided by the new board of management of the SNGCI.
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Synopsis: Fausto (Alberto Sordi) heads into the African jungle to find his long-lost cousin in this slapstick comedy. The Italian gentleman and his personal secretary Ubaldo (Bernard Blier) search for Oreste (Nino Manfredi) with orders to write a story about the man. Comedy ensues as they make their wayRead More
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Those main characters are five guys in provincial Rimini named Moraldo (Franco Interlenghi), Alberto (Alberto Sordi), Fausto (Franco Fabrizi), Leopoldo (Leopoldo Trieste) and Riccardo (Riccardo Fellini). Directed and co-written by the incredibly talented 33-year-old filmmaker (and Riccardo's brother) Federico Fellini, the film shows us these five small-town Rimini wastrels with scathing irony as a bunch of often unemployed party animals, still living at home, who like to drink, carouse and chase women.
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Alberto Sordi, one of the greatest italian actor of all times, died today. Just wanted to let all the italians around the world without .it TV access know. He'll be so incredibly missed.
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This dark comedy about a frantic arms merchant was a daring film for comedian Alberto Sordi to have made. Not only does he star in it, he ... wrote much of the screenplay and directed the film. Shuttling between African nations and Milan, he peddles arms to despots and the revolutionaries who oppose them.
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