Stefano Madia
Acting
Biography
Stefano Madia (31 December 1954 – 16 December 2004) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in twelve films between 1978 and 1993. At the 1979 Cannes Film Festival he won the award for Best Supporting Actor, for Vittorio Gassman's film Dear Father. He is the father of Italian minister Marianna Madia. Source: Article "Stefano Madia" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Born: December 31, 1954
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Known For
Life Is Beautiful
Antonio is a retired aviator in an unnamed country ruled by a military junta which violently suppresses any free thought. He falls in love with a member of the resistance against the dictatorship. He is arrested but escapes with his love. The code word among the resisters is: ‘Life is Beautiful’.
Dear Father
In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).
The Palermo Connection
Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. After the election, he marries Carrie and goes to his ancestral home of Sicily for their honeymoon. In his hotel, he meets Il Principe, a Sicilian prince who has spent years confined to the hotel because he crossed the Mafia. Amid the beauties of Sicily Carmine discovers that men of power will stop at nothing to prevent the legalization of drugs, which threatens their business.
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
Ernesto
Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.
The Devil's Game
A story about the devil's influence on five people's lives in 20th-century Venice.
The Devil's Honey
A young woman abducts a doctor whom she holds responsible for the death of her boyfriend and subjects him to various sexual torture acts.
The Dream of Another
A young student is visited by a mysterious and wealthy philosopher with an offer to make the student his heir .
Christopher Columbus
After his proposal to sail west to the East Indies is rejected by Portugal, Columbus overcomes court intrigue in Spain to gain support for his expedition.
Body Count
A bodybuilder, a junk-food addict and a wild blonde nymph and their friends are stalked by a terrifying figure. An horrific tale of murder as a fun-loving group of college students explore the Colorado wilderness.
Filmography
as Amico di Kim
as Medico
as Tony
as Gaetano
as Federico
as Nieddu Gavino
as Edward Eden
as Edward Eden
as Umberto
as Pako
as Marco Millozza
as Ernesto's friend Andrea
as Self