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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2018 - 20.28 july

SIMONA CAVALLARI

JULY 25

Biography

She made her debut when she was very young in the tv movie "Colomba" (1982) directed by Giacomo Battiato. In 1985, she made her debut in cinema directed by Damiano Damiani with "Pizza Connection", where she had her first leading role. After participating in the first season of "La Piovra" (1984), she played the role of Ester Rasi in "La Piovra 4" (1989) directed by Luigi Perelli. In 1994, she was present in the Cannes Festival with "Il sogno della farfalla", directed by Marco Bellocchio. In 1998 she was in theater with the shows: "Domani notte a mezzanotte qui", "Perpetua Song" and "Nella città l'inferno". The following year she returned to the big screen with "Amor nello specchio", directed by Salvatore Maira. In 2000, she was one of the protagonists of the successful TV miniseries, broadcast on Rai 2, "Sospetti", directed by Luigi Perelli.

Among many other TV dramas in which she worked: "La caccia" and "I figli strappati" (both of 2005), directed by Massimo Spano for Rai Uno, "La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo" (2006) directed by Gianfranco Albano. In 2007, she returned to television with the miniseries "Il capo dei capi", broadcast on Canale 5, and in 2009 she was the protagonist, again for Canale 5, of the miniseries "Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi", with Claudio Gioè and Giulia Michelini. She continued to be the female protagonist of "Squadra Antimafia" on channel 5 for another four seasons. In 2014 we saw her in the TV series "Le mani dentro la città", with Giuseppe Zeno. In 2018 she plays the mother of Giovanni Falcone as a child in a short film by Vito Palumbo, produced by Rai Cinema "U Muschittiri", premiering in September. In the 2018/19 season she will be in theaters alongside Ettore Bassi, in the play "Amami Ancora", directed by Stefano Artissunch.

PHOTO CREDITS: Gianmarco Chiregato

 

  • Filmography:

    • ACTRESS
    cinema
    Pizza Connection, by Damiano Damiani (1985)
    La sposa era bellissima, by Pál Gábor (1986)
    Lo zio indegno, by Franco Brusati (1989)
    Die Kaltenbach-Papiere, by Rainer Erler (1990)
    18 anni tra una settimana, by Luigi Perelli (1991)
    Copenaghen fox-trot, by Antonio Domenici (1993)
    Il sogno della farfalla, by Marco Bellocchio (1994)
    Il figlio di Bakunin, by Gianfranco Cabiddu (1997)
    Prima del tramonto, by Stefano Incerti (1999)
    Amor nello specchio, by Salvatore Maira (1999)
    Roma Criminale, by Gianluca Petrazzi (2013)

    television
    Colomba, by Giacomo Battiato (1982)
    Mino - Il piccolo alpino, by Gianfranco Albano (1986)
    Diventerò padre, by Gianfranco Albano (1987)
    Una vittoria, by Luigi Perelli (1988)
    I cavalieri del cross, by Stefania Casini (1988)
    La piovra 4, by Luigi Perelli (1989)
    Quattro piccole donne, by Gianfranco Albano (1989)
    Un cane sciolto, by Giorgio Capitani (1990)
    Requiem per voce e pianoforte, by Tomaso Sherman (1991)
    Carlo Magno, by Clive Donner - TV miniseries (1993)
    Per amore o per amicizia, by Paolo Poeti (1993)
    Il prezzo della vita, by Stefano Reali (1995)
    Donna, by Gianfranco Giagni - TV series (1996)
    Angelo nero, by Roberto Rocco - TV miniserie (1998)
    Amiche davvero!!, by Marcello Cesena (1998)
    Una donna per amico, by Rossella Izzo - TV series (1998)
    Sospetti, by Luigi Perelli (2000)
    Sarò il tuo giudice, by Gianluigi Calderone (2001)
    Tutto in quella notte, by Massimo Spano (2002)
    La caccia, by Massimo Spano - TV miniseries (2005)
    I figli strappati, by Massimo Spano (2005)
    Il gioco delle tre carte, TV film, series "Il commissario Montalbano", by Alberto Sironi (2006)
    La buona battaglia - Don Pietro Pappagallo, by Gianfranco Albano (2006)
    Il capo dei capi, by Enzo Monteleone and Alexis Sweet - TV series (2007)
    Codice Aurora, by Paolo Bianchini (2008)
    Squadra antimafia - Palermo oggi - TV series (2009-2012, 2014 Guest)
    Le mani dentro la città - TV series (2014)

    teathre
    Domani notte a mezzanotte qui
    Perpetua Song
    Nella città l'inferno