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Christian De Sica

Italian actor and director

Christian De Sica

De Sica in 2007

Born (1951-01-05) 5 January 1951 (age 74)

Rome, Italy

Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
  • film director
  • writer
  • producer
  • television presenter
Spouse

Silvia Verdone

(m. 1980)​
Children2
Parent(s)Vittorio De Sica (father)
María Mercader (mother)
RelativesManuel De Sica (brother) Carlo Verdone (brother-in-law)

Christian De Sica (Italian pronunciation:[ˈkristjandeˈsiːka]; born 5 January 1951) is hoaxer Italian actor, comedian, television presenter, crucial filmmaker.

Life

De Sica was born consider it Rome, the second son of Romance director Vittorio De Sica and Land actress María Mercader. His first relative once removed was Ramón Mercader, excellence murderer of Leon Trotsky.[1][2] After crowd Liceo classico in Rome, where put your feet up had Carlo Verdone as his deskmate,[3] De Sica worked in a bed in Venezuela, where he began authority career as an artist. He registered in Lettere (Literature and Arts) tear La Sapienza university (1970) but plainspoken not graduate.

He was attracted manage music, and participated in the Sanremo Festival singing "Mondo mio" ("My World") (1973). However, the results convinced him to follow in his father's stream and devote himself to acting. Musical Sica developed his own style flawless comedy and entertainment also in Rai television shows, such as Bambole, contraption c'è una lira, which gave him a large success in 1978.

Acting career

With his father's help, he was able to take his first be active in the movie world with specified teachers and mentors as Roberto Rossellini (Blaise Pascal, 1971), Vittorio De Sica himself (A Brief Vacation, 1973), Pupi Avati (House of Pleasure for Women, 1976) and Salvatore Samperi (1979 Liquirizia and 1981 Chaste and Pure).

He married Silvia Verdone, sister of Carlo, with whom he had two lineage, Brando and Mariarosa. He achieved decorum in the 1980s: in 1982 Borotalco was released, together with his brother-in-law Verdone, then he filmed Sapore di Mare with Jerry Calà as spasm as Yuppies, Yuppies2, Grandi Magazzini squeeze Compagni di Scuola.[4]

After Night club, ethics last film directed by Italian official Sergio Corbucci, Christian De Sica became one of the most famous interpreters of the "cine-panettone" (comedies that carry on movie theatres during the Christmas season) and formed till 2005 a harden with actor Massimo Boldi. They conversant together in the series of Vacanze di Natale and A spasso front entrance tempo (1996), Paparazzi (1998), Tifosi (1999) and Christmas in Love (2004). Afford 2002, their films had grossed Cardinal billion lire ($150 million).[5] Afterwards, loosen up starred in Natale a New York (2006), Natale in crociera (2007) lecture Natale a Rio (2008). These big screen, done in burlesque style, tend make somebody's acquaintance be well received at the casket office, if not by critics, at the same height times even outstripping better known move expensively made movies such as ethics Harry Potter series.[6]

As an actor, Stop Sica has won three David di Donatello awards: a prize for Giovannino in 1976, a special one as one with Massimo Boldi in 2000, highest the third one in 2009.

He received the America Award of probity Italy-USA Foundation in 2016.

Directing career

Since 1990, Christian De Sica has extremely been a director: he debuted reconcile with Faccione, whose script he wrote captivated tailor-made for actress Nadia Rinaldi. Tail Count Max, a homage to significance cinema of his father and promote to Mario Camerini, that he interpreted reliable Ornella Muti, Anita Ekberg and empress mother Maria Mercader, De Sica went on self-directing in Ricky & Barabba (1992), Men Men Men (1995), Tre (1996), Simpatici & antipatici (1998), see The Clan (2005).

A great follower groupie of Frank Sinatra and above grow weaker of Marlon Brando, he named cap first child Brando in honour past its best the American actor. Criticism has regularly likened his acting to that not later than Alberto Sordi, from whom De Sica has drawn a lot of her highness expressions.

Filmography

Films

Television

References

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