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Giuseppe Tornatore


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Giuseppe Tornatore - what members say


  • Malena
  • Malena review by from London, England
    Rated - 5 stars wonderful! 17 August 2004
    .... I have fallen in love with Italian cinema. And who can blame me? Having loved Giuseppe Tornatore's 'Cinema Paradiso' I decided to try another one of his films, and 'Malena' was...  

Giuseppe Tornatore - filmography


  • A Pure Formality (1994)
    Starring: Gerard Depardieu,  Roman Polanski
    Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Two legendary screen talents go head-to-head in this intriguing, utterly original psychological thriller, described by one critic as "Colombo meets Kafka." Gerard Depardieu stars as Onaff, a famed French novelist who is arrested in a small provincial town when he is found breathless and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 567 members
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  • Cinema Paradiso (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Philippe Noiret,  Jacques Perrin,  Agnes Nano
    Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in a small Sicilian village, the story depicts three stages in the life of Salvatore, who leaves his village on the advice of his mentor as a boy and returns home many years later as a prominent Roman movie director. He returns to attend the funeral of the town's former film projectionist and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 21,547 members
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  • The Professor on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Ben Gazzara,  Laura Del Sol,  Luciano Bartoli
    Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Mafia thriller story of a man, condemned to prison for murder, where his coldblooded ruthlessness and brilliance earns him the nickname 'The Professor'. From his cell he sets out to take control of all the extortion rackets in Naples. The streets soon run red...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 119 members
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Giuseppe Tornatore facts

5 most recent films

The Unknown Woman - 3.0 stars
Malena - 3.5 stars
Legend Of 1900 - 3.5 stars
A Pure Formality - 3.0 stars
Cinema Paradiso - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Cinema Paradiso - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Cinema Paradiso - 4.0 stars
Malena - 3.5 stars
Legend Of 1900 - 3.5 stars
A Pure Formality - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Unknown Woman - 3.0 stars
The Professor - 2.0 stars
A Pure Formality - 3.0 stars
Legend Of 1900 - 3.5 stars
Malena - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Philippe Noiret - 4 times - show films
Jacques Perrin - 4 times - show films
Agnes Nano - 4 times - show films
Salvatore Cascio - 4 times - show films
Pruitt Taylor - 1 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Fabio Zamarion - 1 times - show films