"Gaetano Aronica" Filmography
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Baarìa
2009, Italy, France
- Actors: Francesco Scianna, Margareth Madè, Raoul Bova, Giorgio Faletti, Leo Gullotta, Nicole Grimaudo, Gabriele Lavia, Ángela Molina, Enrico Lo Verso, Nino Frassica, Aldo, Ficarra, Picone, Marcello Mazzarella, Luigi Lo Cascio, Beppe Fiorello, Donatella Finocchiaro, Enrico Salimbeni, Lina Sastri, Gaetano Aronica, Alfio Sorbello, Laura Chiatti, Michele Placido, Vincenzo Salemme, Corrado Fortuna, Paolo Briguglia, Luigi Maria Burruano, Franco Scaldati, Monica Bellucci, Sebastiano Lo Monaco
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Director(s): Giuseppe Tornatore
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Available languages:
- Italian Italian.
The film begins in the 1920's, in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (a.k.a. Baaria) where Giuseppe "Peppino" Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next 50 years Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl (Mannina), has children and forges a political career for himself.
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Malèna
2000, Italy, USA
- Actors: Monica Bellucci, Giuseppe Sulfaro, Luciano Federico, Matilde Piana, Pietro Notarianni, Gaetano Aronica, Gilberto Idonea, Angelo Pellegrino, Gabriella Di Luzio, Pippo Provvidenti, Maria Terranova, Marcello Catalano, Elisa Morucci, Domenico Gennaro, Vitalba Andrea, Giuseppe Pattavina, Franco Catalano, Daniele Arena, Giovanni Litrico, Gianluca Guarrera, Michel Daniel Bramanti, Giuseppe Zizzo, Totò Borgese, Emanuele Gullotto, Aurora Quattrocchi, Claudia Muzi, Ornella Giusto, Conchita Puglisi, Noemi Giarratana, Paola Pace
- Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
- Director(s): Giuseppe Tornatore
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Available languages:
- Italian Italian.
On the day in 1940 that Italy enters the war, two things happen to the 12-year-old Renato: he gets his first bike, and he gets his first look at Malèna. She is a beautiful, silent outsider who's moved to this Sicilian town to be with her husband, Nico. He promptly goes off to war, leaving her to the lustful eyes of the men and the sharp tongues of the women. During the next few years, as Renato grows toward manhood, he watches Malèna suffer and prove her mettle. He sees her loneliness, then grief when Nico is reported dead, the effects of slander on her relationship with her father, her poverty and search for work, and final humiliations. Will Renato learn courage from Malèna and stand up for her?