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6 unusual facts about Daniele Luchetti


Daniele Luchetti

His most recent films are Mio fratello è figlio unico (2006), for which Elio Germano won the David di Donatello as best actor in a leading role, and La nostra vita (2010), which was the only Italian film selected for official competition at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.

His subsequent work was the successful Il portaborse (1991), featuring Silvio Orlando as the ghost-writer of a ruthless politician, played by Nanni Moretti.

Luchetti's theatre spectacle Sottobanco, inspired to Domenico Starnone's works, was later turned into a feature film entitled La scuola ("The School", 1995).

Diane Fleri

After having appeared in several television dramas and short films, she had her breakout role in 2007, playing Francesca in Daniele Luchetti's My Brother Is an Only Child.

Luigi Meneghello

A film version with the same title was directed in 1998 by Daniele Luchetti.

Marco Bolognesi

Bolognesi then focused on cinema, working as a director’s assistant for Daniele Luchetti, among other directors.


La scuola

La scuola (also known as School) is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti.

Silvio Orlando

He worked with numerous Italian directors such as Nanni Moretti, Daniele Luchetti, Carlo Mazzacurati, Gabriele Salvatores and others.


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