La Carbonara

Not to be confused with Carbonara.

La Carbonara

Directed by	Luigi Magni
Produced by	Letizia Colonna Masimmo Ferrero
Written by	Luigi Magni
Starring	Lucrezia Lante Della Rovere Valerio Mastandrea Nino Manfredi
Music by	Nicola Piovani
Cinematography	Danilo Desideri Pino De Valeri
Edited by	Fernanda Indoni
Release dates	2000
Running time	108 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

La Carbonara is a 2000 Italian historical comedy-drama film written and directed by Luigi Magni.^[1]^[2]

Plot

Rome, early 1800. Cecilia is a commoner who runs an inn, where the specialty is the so-called "pasta carbonara". Moreover, the woman is tied to the movement of young patriots, said "Carbonari", who want a united Italy, and are struggling against the power of the pope. Cecilia believes she lost her husband in a fatal accident, and has made a new lover: Fabrizio, who is also a patriot. One day the guy's saved by a monk, when he is about to be imprisoned by the soldiers of Cardinal Rivarola. The monk is the husband of Cecilia, not dead in the accident, and now he helps her to fight against the power of Rome with the Carbonari.

Cast

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere: Cecilia, la Carbonara
Valerio Mastandrea: Fabrizio
Nino Manfredi: Cardinal Rivarola
Claudio Amendola: Lupone
Pierfrancesco Favino: The sergeant
Fabrizio Gifuni: Zaccaria

References

↑ Roberto Chiti, Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002.
↑ Franco Montini, Piero Spila, Il mondo di Luigi Magni : avventure, sogni e disincanto. Rai Eri, 2000. ISBN 8839711341.

External links

La Carbonara at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Luigi Magni

Faustina (1968)
Nell'anno del Signore (1969)
Scipio the African (1971)
La Tosca (1973)
La via dei babbuini (1974)
Basta che non si sappia in giro (1976)
Strange Occasion (1976)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1977)
Arrivano i bersaglieri (1980)
State buoni se potete (1983)
Secondo Ponzio Pilato (1987)
'O Re (1989)
In the Name of the Sovereign People (1990)
Nemici d'infanzia (1995)
La Carbonara (2000)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, February 29, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.