Manuela Ventura
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 24, 1973
Place of Birth: Catania, Sicily, Italy
Known For
Questo nostro amore
"questo nostro amore" narrates about the chronicles of the Costa and Strano families, living in Turin, from the '60s to the '80s, going thorugh all the social changes of those years.
Corleone
The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.
La lunga notte - La caduta del Duce
The Girl From Tomorrow
It’s 1965 and Lia, a spirited young woman living in a small Sicilian town, is initially attracted to Lorenzo, the son of the most prominent (and possibly Mafia-tied) local family. His possessiveness eventually repels her. But soon after, he appears with his cronies to kidnap, rape and force her into a shotgun marriage, all with the collusion of the town’s authorities. Lia and her family refuse to accept this barbaric ‘tradition’ and, despite the constant intimidation and violence, they take their fight for Lia’s rights to court.
The Braid
India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.
Anti-Mafia Squad
Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.
Generation 56k
A chance encounter leads two 30-somethings to remember 1998, the year their teenage hormones kicked in — and the internet changed their lives forever.
Rocco Chinnici: May Your Kiss Lie Lightly On My Head
An Italian magistrate leads a crusade against organized crime which ultimately costs him his life in this biopic told through his daughter's eyes.
Before the Night
The life and times of Pippo Fava, a Sicilian journalist who fought the Mafia through his local newspaper in the '70s and early '80s, meeting an untimely end.
Il segreto dell'acqua
Filmography
as Madre del pescatore
as Laura Niccolai
as Madre Giulia
as Sara Crimi
as Carmela
as Favilla Mancuso
as Marina
as Tuccia
as Marchesa Claire de Fusigni
as Cettina
as Tina Chinnici
as Stefania
as Signora Calabrese
as Assunta Malorni
as Giorgia
as Teresa Strano
as Antonella Lo Jacona
as Angela
as moglie di Licastro
as Arcangela Riina