Francesco Bruni Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography
Francesco Bruni
Writing
Biography
Cresciuto a Livorno, città d'origine della madre[1], ha iniziato la propria carriera nel 1991, con la cosceneggiatura del film Condominio di Felice Farina. Dal 1994 ha scritto le sceneggiature dei film del regista Paolo Virzì (La bella vita, Ferie d'agosto, Ovosodo, Baci e abbracci, My Name Is Tanino, Caterina va in città, N (Io e Napoleone) e Tutta la vita davanti) e dal 1995 al 2003 anche quelle dei film del regista Mimmo Calopresti (La seconda volta, La parola amore esiste, Preferisco il rumore del mare, La felicità non costa niente). Ha inoltre lavorato con Franco Bernini (soggetto e sceneggiatura del film Sotto la luna), David Riondino (Cuba libre - Velocipedi ai tropici), Francesca Comencini (Le parole di mio padre) e con i comici Ficarra e Picone (Nati stanchi, Il 7 e l'8, La Matassa). Ha collaborato alle sceneggiature de I Viceré di Roberto Faenza, tratto dall' omonimo romanzo di Federico De Roberto, e del film, in uscita nel 2008, Miracle at St. Anna, di Spike Lee. Ha anche contribuito al soggetto del lungometraggio in quattro episodi 4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo, prodotto da Paolo Virzì Per la televisione ha adattato per la serie del Commissario Montalbano, i racconti e romanzi di Andrea Camilleri e per la serie Il commissario De Luca quelli di Carlo Lucarelli. Ha inoltre sceneggiato il film TV Il tunnel della libertà, per la regia di Enzo Monteleone. Come attore ha recitato in una piccola parte nel film La guerra degli Antò di Riccardo Milani (1999). Insegna sceneggiatura presso il Centro sperimentale di cinematografia di Roma. Nel 2011 esordisce alla regia con Scialla! presentato al Festival di Venezia 2011 nella sezione Controcampo Italiano, dove viene riconosciuto con il premio per i lungometraggi narrativi.[2]
Filmography Movies
Acting
Napoleon and Me
Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.
La guerra degli Antò
The story of four implausible young rebellious in the Italy of the 90's.
Camilleri 100
The man who successfully exported Sicily to the world, giving it an ironic twist and celebrating its diversity and beauty. We recount his extraordinary artistic journey alongside a cast of illustrious figures from the worlds of literature, theater, and film.
Production
I Vicerè
In late 19th-century Sicily, the noble Uzeda family—whose lineage dates back to the ancient viceroys that ruled those lands—fights to preserve its waning power in the face of the newly unified Italian regime.
Napoleon and Me
Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.
Living It Up
A recently laid off steel mill worker in a little seaside town starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.
Ovosodo
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.
Ovosodo
From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.
I Prefer the Sound of the Sea
This is the story of Rosario and Matteo, two man from Southern Italy. Rosario is helped by Luigi to settle in the north. Luigi wants to give Rosario a chance to redeem himself and offer him, at the same time, an opportunity to confront his beliefs with the ones of his son Matteo. Rosario lives in a "commune" and Matteo in a beautiful, comfortable house. They're both introverted and shy and find a common ground: they meet, go out together, become friends and show each other a completely different way of living their lives as teenagers.
I Prefer the Sound of the Sea
This is the story of Rosario and Matteo, two man from Southern Italy. Rosario is helped by Luigi to settle in the north. Luigi wants to give Rosario a chance to redeem himself and offer him, at the same time, an opportunity to confront his beliefs with the ones of his son Matteo. Rosario lives in a "commune" and Matteo in a beautiful, comfortable house. They're both introverted and shy and find a common ground: they meet, go out together, become friends and show each other a completely different way of living their lives as teenagers.
Kisses and Hugs
A bankrupt restaurateur on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with deference and kindness by a bizarre group of strangers — who welcome him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the tax man they're waiting for, desperate to save their floundering ostrich-breeding business.
Easy!
The life of a melancholy professor is turned upside down when he discovers that a rebellious teenager he is tutoring is actually his son.
The Second Time
A convicted terrorist out on parole meets a man she nearly murdered 15 years before, without recognizing him. He does so, but he chooses to keep quiet and spend time with her—desperate to understand the reasons behind her gesture.
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