Ileana Riganò
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Ileana Riganò.
Born: September 26, 1947
Place of Birth: Palermo, Italy
Known For
Puro siccome un angelo papà mi fece monaco... di Monza
A noble family assigns their younger son to the convent. The youngster has an affair with a novice, who becomes pregnant. The brothers, exasperated by his arrogance, denounce him to the Inquisition. As a punishment, the boy is walled up alive and released after fifty years. Due to a mysterious miracle, however, he remained as he is, just like the novice he impaled.
Corleone
The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
Alone With Her Dreams
Set in the late 1960s, the film explores the issues of immigration, community values and family devotion through the eyes of a young girl, Lucia, who is left behind with her grandmother while her parents emigrate to France to find work. Lucia pains to be with her family as she struggles to learn her role in the tiny, traditional village under the watchful guidance of her stern grandmother.
The Macaluso Sisters
Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves for ceremonies. On a normal day at the beach, tragedy strucks.
Law of Courage
The true story of Rosario Livatino, a young judge in Sicily in the early 1980s, who have been nicknamed 'The Boy Judge' from the President of the Republic. He's strictly incorruptible, working hard and refusing even to shake hands with suspects. He then starts a number of investigations that lead him to touch the mafia power in the area, and then to personal war with the hidden organization.
Story of Fear and a Knife
A funk is believed to be a tough guy because of a magic bowler hat which gives him courage and strength.
The Sons of White Fang
A little girl, niece of a wealthy industrialist, is kidnapped in Sardinia just when his parents decide to separate. An aspiring journalist, assisted by the dog Buck, helps save her.
Un caso di coscienza
Discovering that a woman from their small town in Sicily cheated on her husband, a group of upper class men investigate and try to identify her.
Rita the Mosquito
Rita, a vivacious co-ed is in love with her music teacher, a man who leads a double life - bespectacled professor by day and composer of rock songs by night. Will Rita win his heart?
That Splendid November
In the most traditional Sicilian, a 18 year old is in full arousal. His relationship with breathtaking mature woman will create a great controversy in the retrograde Sicilian society.
Filmography
as Old Pinuccia
as Zia Pina
as madre di Biagio Schirò
as Signora Migliore
as Lucia
as Silvana
as Teresa
as Milli
as Palmira, la cameriera dei Serpieri
as Iris
as Rosana
as Dancing girl