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GIFFONI EXPERIENCE 2015 - 17.26 July

ASIA ARGENTO

JULY 21

BIOGRAPHY:

Dario Argento, her father and talent inspiration launched her in 1985, when she was 10, in RAI production Sogni e bisogni while, twelve months later she was cast by Lamberto Bava in Demoni 2. Her career took off with Cristina Comencini's Zoo, followed by Michele Soavi's The Church. Then she went on to work with Nanni Moretti in Palombella Rossa. Le amiche del cuore by Michele Placido.

In 1993 she was directed by her father in the shock-movie Trauma. The following year she was on the other side of the camera for her directorial debut in a fragment-Prospettive - However the big break came with her role as a stubborn girl with special abilities that drove Carlo Verdone crazy in Perdiamoci Di Vista!, for which she won the David di Donatello for best actress.

After the huge success in Italy she flew to France to shoot La regina Margot besides Isabelle Adjani. In 1996, she was in The Stendhal Syndrome by Dario Argento's and in La compagna di viaggio by Michel Piccoli, for which she won her second David di Donatello. In 1998 she flew to the States: where she played beside the likes of Walken-Dafoe in the mystery spy story New Rose Hotel, and with Rupert Everett, in B. Monkey .Once back in Italy she was directed again by her father in the gothic remake of Phantom of the Opera.

She made her directorial debut in a feature film with Scarlet Diva: in the flick she plays the role of an erotic movie starlet. She then went on to star in flicks such as Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosaLast Days, Marie Antoinette, in which she plays Comtesse Du Barry and Transylvania in which she is in search of her lost love.

In 2007 she starred in Dario Argentos' La terza madre, final ghastly episode of the mater-trilogy which includes Suspiria and Inferno. Between 2007 and 2008 she was in Une Vieille Maitresse, and then she played an ex prostitute in the noxious  Boarding Gate, a stripper in Abel Ferrara's black comedy Go Go Tales and starred in Coin Locker Babies, based on Japanese Ryu Muratami's novel. In 2009 she played together with Gérard Depardieu and Oliver Marchal in Diamond 13. In 2012 she starred in Matteo Rovere's feature film, Gli Sfiorati alongside Claudio Santamaria, Andrea Bosca and Miriam Giovanelli. The film was based on the novel that goes with the same name by Tuscan writer Sandro Veronesi. She was directed by her father again in Dracula 3D.

In 2014 she starred in Shongram, Regular Boy and miniseries Rodolfo Valentino - The legend.

Photo credits: STEFANO IACHETTI

  • Filmography:

    Actress
    Sogni e bisogni, directed by Sergio Citti (1985) Serie TV
    Dèmoni 2... L'incubo ritorna, directed by Lamberto Bava (1986)
    Turno di notte (1987), episode "Giallo Natale"
    Zoo, directed by Cristina Comencini (1988)
    La chiesa, directed by Michele Soavi (1989)
    Palombella rossa, directed by Nanni Moretti (1989)
    Le amiche del cuore, directed by Michele Placido (1992)
    Trauma, directed by Dario Argento (1993)
    Condannato a nozze, directed by Giuseppe Piccioni (1993)
    Perdiamoci di vista, directed by Carlo Verdone (1994)
    DeGenerazione (episode: Prospettive) (1994)
    La Regina Margot, directed by Patrice Chéreau (1994)
    La sindrome di Stendhal, directed by Dario Argento (1996)
    Il cielo è sempre più blu, directed by Antonello Grimaldi (1996)
    Compagna di viaggio, directed by Peter Del Monte (1996)
    Viola bacia tutti, directed by Giovanni Veronesi (1997)
    New Rose Hotel, directed by Abel Ferrara (1998)
    B. Monkey, directed by Michael Radford (1998)
    Il fantasma dell'Opera, directed by Dario Argento (1998)
    La tua lingua sul mio cuore (1999, short film)
    Lo spietato (2000, short film)
    Scarlet Diva (2000)
    Les Misérables, directed by Josée Dayan (2000, TV miniserie)
    Loredasia (2000, short film)
    Les morsures de l'aube, directed by Antoine de Caunes (2001)
    L'assenzio (2001)
    Red Siren, directed by Olivier Megaton (2002)
    xXx, directed by Rob Cohen (2002)
    Ginostra, directed by Manuel Pradal (2002)
    The Keeper, directed by Paul Lynch (2004)
    Milady (2004, film TV)
    Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa (2004)
    Last Days, directed by Gus Van Sant (2005)
    Cindy: The Doll Is Mine, directed by Bertrand Bonello (2005, short film)
    La terra dei morti viventi, directed by George A. Romero (2005)
    Marie Antoinette, directed by Sofia Coppola (2006)
    Transylvania, directed by Tony Gatlif (2006)
    Friendly Fire, directed by Michele Civetta (2006, short film)
    Boarding Gate, directed by Olivier Assayas (2007)
    Une vieille maîtresse, directed by Catherine Breillat (2007)
    La terza madre, directed by Dario Argento (2007)
    Go Go Tales, directed by Abel Ferrara (2007)
    De la guerre, directed by Bertrand Bonello (2008)
    Diamond 13, directed by Gilles Béhat (2009)
    Sangue caldo (2011, TV series)
    Baciato dalla fortuna, directed by Paolo Costella (2011)
    Gli sfiorati, directed by Matteo Rovere (2011)
    Cavalli, directed by Michele Rho (2011)
    Isole, directed by Stefano Chiantini (2011)
    Dracula 3D, directed by Dario Argento (2012)
    Do Not Disturb, directed by Yvan Attal (2012)
    Il primo latte, directed by Michele Civetta (2012, short film)
    Firmeza, (2012, short film)
    The Voice Thief, directed by Adan Jodorowsky (2012, short film)
    Shongram, directed by Munsur Ali (2013)
    Cadences obstinées, directed by Fanny Ardant (2013)
    Mafiosa, le clan (2013, TV series)
    Rodolfo Valentino - La leggenda, directed by Alessio Inturri (2014, TV miniseries)

    Director
    A ritroso (1994, short film)
    DeGenerazione (episode: Prospettive) (1994)
    Abel love Asia (1998, documentary)
    La tua lingua sul mio cuore (1999, short film)
    Lo spietato (2000, short film)
    Scarlet Diva (2000)
    Loredasia (2000, short film)
    La scomparsa (2000, short film)
    L'assenzio (2001)
    Ingannevole è il cuore più di ogni cosa (2004)
    Lest We Forget: The Video Collection (video [s]AINT) (2004)
    Delfinasia (2007, short film)
    42 One Dream Rush (2009, short film)
    Firmeza (2012, short film)
    Storie di donne (episode: Era di marzo) (2014)
    Incompresa (2014)