Libero De Rienzo
Acting
Biography
Libero De Rienzo (February 24, 1977 – July 15, 2021) was an Italian actor and onetime filmmaker best known for his breakthrough role as wisecracking Bart in Santa Maradona (2001), for which he won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actor. His other notable roles include those in Catherine Breillat's Fat Girl (2001), Honey (2013), Fortapàsc (2009) and the Smetto quando voglio trilogy (2014-2017). He died from a heroin overdose at age 44.
Born: February 24, 1977
Place of Birth: Naples, Italy
Known For
The Two Popes
Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
I Can Quit Whenever I Want
A university researcher is fired because of the cuts to university. To earn a living he decides to produce drugs recruiting his former colleagues, who despite their skills are living at the margins of society.
I Can Quit Whenever I Want 2: Masterclass
Pietro Zinni is asked by the police to revive the old gang to create a task force that will stop the spread of smart drugs.
I Can Quit Whenever I Want 3: Ad Honorem
Has been an year since Pietro Zinni's gang got caught in the Sopox production laboratory and each of them locked up in different jails. From Regina Coeli jail, Pietro keep warning the authorities a fool syntetized nerve gas and he is ready to make a killing, but no one takes him seriously.
Fort Apache Napoli
The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.
Santa Maradona
An aimless college graduate jumping from one job interview to another — killing time in between with his wisecracking and deadbeat room-mate — falls in love with an actress.
Aldo Moro - Il Presidente
At the end of the seventies the Red Brigades are plotting a new target to hit, the president of the Christian Democrats Aldo Moro. On 16 March 1978, the band of the Red Brigades went on the attack. The terrorists kidnap Aldo Moro and kill all the men in his escort.
Nassiryia - Per non dimenticare
November 12, 2003. A terrorist attack kills 24 Italian soldiers deployed in Nasiriyah, Iraq for a peace-keeping mission as part of "Operation Ancient Babylon".
Easy
A 40-year-old loser named Isidoro at the request of his brother drives from Italy to mountainous Carpathian village in Ukraine with a coffin of a diseased Ukrainian worker, who died at a construction site in Italy.
A/R Andata + Ritorno
Dante, a pony express in serious debt, meets Nina, a hostess stuck in Torino for the night.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Johnny
as Luca
as Milla
as Pietro
as Ottavio
as Mauro
as Roberto
as Leo
as Lello
as Isp. Bartolomeo Vanzetti
as Bartolomeo Bonelli
as Filo
as Bartolomeo Bonelli
as Cristian
as Antonio
as Biagio
as Bartolomeo Bonelli
as Rocco
as Salvatore
as Nando
as Duzi
as Giancarlo Siani
as Valerio Morucci
as Libero Proietti
as Carabiniere scelto Maurizio Costa
as Adrian
as Dante
as Dr. Innocenti
as Pusher (uncredited)
as Mattia
as Carlo Soffiantini
as Bart
as Fernando
as Angelo
as Giovane prete
as Oscar