Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Acting
Biography
Giovanna Mezzogiorno (born November 9, 1974) is an Italian theatre and film actress. Giovanna Mezzogiorno was born in Rome, November 9, 1974, daughter of actors Vittorio Mezzogiorno and Cecilia Sacchi. She grew up watching her parents on set, conscious about acting. At first she wanted to become a ballerina and she studied dancing for 13 years. She is an atheist. Description above from the Wikipedia article Giovanna Mezzogiorno, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: November 9, 1974
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For
Alida Valli: In Her Own Words
A complete and never-before-seen portrait of the life of a young girl from Pula (Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actresses of Italian and international cinema, told through the words of her unpublished letters and diaries, photographs, homemade films in 8 mm, and new interviews with her relatives, friends, and collaborators.
In Treatment
In Treatment is an Italian TV series directed by Saverio Costanzo and starring Sergio Castellitto.
Il viaggio della sposa
17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her with only humble coachman Bartolo by her side. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite backgrounds.
Stai con me
Facing Windows
Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.
Les Misérables
Set against the background of the French Revolution and based on Victor Hugo's classic novel this is the story of Jean Valjean who is sent to prison for stealing a loaf of bread and is released after nineteen years. He meets and cares for a beautiful but poverty-stricken young girl named Fantine who has daughter Cosette. After Fantine's death Valjean brings Cosette up but he is haunted by Javert - a policeman whose search for Valjean has become an obsession.
How to Grow Up Despite Your Parents
More and more parents take competitive behavior towards the teachers of their children: deny votes and programs, vaneggiano of likes, dislikes, and conspiracies. So, instead of helping in the training of their children, they become insurmountable obstacles to their growth. Presumptuously they think: "We know better than anyone else our children and we know what they are worth and how and what you have to teach."
Entrusted
Hoping to entrap Maria von Gall, who runs a courageous underground railroad for Jews in France, the Nazis kidnap her son Thomas, a brilliant 11-year-old chess master. An exchange arrangement goes awry and he sees her die in a hail of bullets; but he is rescued by his American father, whom he has never met before, and who plans to flee with him to Spain. However, Queen Maria had solemnly entrusted her little pawn Thomas with a precious secret and a terrifying mission, and it was time for him to move. A pawn may become an important piece by slowly, quietly advancing all the way through the enemy's ranks. Or a pawn may die trying. Retreat is what a pawn can never do.
Vincere
The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini's secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to the fascist dictator's many flaws.
The Ties
Naples, early 1980s. The strained marriage between Aldo and Vanda is fractured one evening when Aldo admits, unprompted, his infidelity. Equally hurt and bewildered, Vanda attempts to hide her pain from the couple's two school-age kids, lest they discover that their cramped apartment is not a home of trust and love. 30 years later, Aldo and Vanda are still tied together, but their relationship with each other and their children continues to be defined by what happened all those years ago.
Filmography
as Diana Peruggia
as Viola
as Alida Valli (voice)
as Lisa
as Anna
as Francesca Dendena adulta
as Alice
as Valeria
as Adriana / Isabella
as Elena
as Chiara
as Adele
as Adele
as Tropea limongi
as Susanna Ronconi
as Ida Dalser
as Flavia
as Stefania
as Manou
as Martina
as Fermina Daza
as Leila
as Chiara Della Notte
as Gaia
as Sabina
as Virginia Maria de Leyva
as Chiara
as Kathy
as Lena
as Maria von Gall
as Ilaria Alpi
as Giovanna
as Francesca
as Eleonora
as Giovanna
as Giulia
as Soeur Simplice
as Anna
as Silvia Tortora
as Elena
as Liliana
as Porzia Maria Colonna