Un uomo da bruciare

Valentino Orsini

(Pisa, Italy, 1927 - Cerveteri, Italy, 2001) made the documentary San Miniato, luglio ’44 with the Taviani brothers in 1954, marking the beginning of a longstanding collaboration. He worked as a director until the 1980s, after which he taught directing at the Centro Sperimentale.

FILMOGRAFIA

San Miniato, luglio ’44 (coregia/codirector Paolo, Vittorio Taviani, doc., 1954), Un uomo da bruciare (coregia/codirector Paolo, Vittorio Taviani, 1962), I fuorilegge del matrimonio (coregia/codirector Paolo, Vittorio Taviani, 1963), I dannati della terra (1969), I corbari (1970), L’amante dell’orsa maggiore (1971), Uomini e no (1980).

Paolo Taviani

Paolo Taviani (San Miniato, Pisa, Italy, 1931) and his brother Vittorio debuted with the documentary San Miniato, luglio ’44, after which, with Joris Ivens, they made Italy Is Not a Poor Country and, in 1962, their first feature-length fiction film, A Man For Burning (with Valentino Orsini). They became two of the most important exponents of the new Italian political cinema with films like The Subversives, Under the Sign of Scorpio, St. Michael Had a Rooster and Allonsanfàn. They then turned to literary adaptations for television, including Father and Master, which won a Golden Palm in Cannes in 1977, Kaos, Elective Affinities and The Lark Farm.

FILMOGRAFIA

San Miniato, luglio ’44 (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, doc., 1954), L’Italia non è un paese povero (coregia/codirector Joris Ivens, doc., 1960), Un uomo da bruciare (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, 1962), I sovversivi (1967), Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969), San Michele aveva un gallo (1972), Allonsanfàn (1974), Padre padrone (1977), Il prato (1979), La notte di San Lorenzo (1982), Kaos (1984), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Il sole anche di notte (1990), Fiorile (1993), Le affinità elettive (1996), Tu ridi (1998), Resurrezione (tv, 2001), Luisa Sanfelice (tv, 2004), La masseria delle allodole (2007).

Vittorio Taviani

Vittorio Taviani (San Miniato, Pisa, Italy, 1929) and his brother Paolo debuted with the documentary San Miniato, luglio ’44, after which, with Joris Ivens, they made Italy Is Not a Poor Country and, in 1962, their first feature-length fiction film, A Man For Burning. They became two of the most important exponents of the new Italian political cinema with films like The Subversives, Under the Sign of Scorpio, St. Michael Had a Rooster and Allonsanfàn. They then turned to literary adaptations for television, including Father and Master, which won a Golden Palm in Cannes in 1977, Kaos, Elective Affinities and The Lark Farm.

FILMOGRAFIA

San Miniato, luglio ’44 (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, doc., 1954), L’Italia non è un paese povero (coregia/codirector Joris Ivens, doc., 1960), Un uomo da bruciare (coregia/codirector Valentino Orsini, 1962), I sovversivi (1967), Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969), San Michele aveva un gallo (1972), Allonsanfàn (1974), Padre padrone (1977), Il prato (1979), La notte di San Lorenzo (1982), Kaos (1984), Good Morning, Babylon (1987), Il sole anche di notte (1990), Fiorile (1993), Le affinità elettive (1996), Tu ridi (1998), Resurrezione (tv, 2001), Luisa Sanfelice (tv, 2004), La masseria delle allodole (2007).