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6 unusual facts about Paolo Sorrentino


Daniela Ciancio

Her latest film “La Grande Bellezza” by Paolo Sorrentino is currently nominated for an Academy Award (Oscar) in the category best movie in a foreign language.

Paolo Sorrentino

Luca Bigazzi, who was the cinematographer for all of Sorrentino's feature-length films except One Man Up and Sabato, domenica e lunedì

As of January 2009, Sorrentino was working on the screenplay for a film version of Niccolò Ammaniti's Ti prendo e ti porto via (Steal You Away).

The plot centres around a middle-aged wealthy rock star, played by two time academy award winner Sean Penn, who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding the guard of the German camp where his father was imprisoned, who now lives in hiding in the U.S.

Toni Servillo

In 2013, Servillo was selected as best actor at the 26th European Film Awards for his appearance in Paolo Sorrentino's film The Great Beauty.

Toop Toop

The song has been used as part of the soundtrack of Il Divo, an Italian movie by director Paolo Sorrentino.



see also

Great Beauty

The Great Beauty, 2013 Italian film (original title La grande bellezza) directed by Paolo Sorrentino and starring Toni Servillo; nominated for numerous awards, it examines sense of unfulfilled existence which overtakes comfortably living writer/socialite as he wanders through streets of Rome on his 65th birthday