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Marco Messeri

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Marco Messeri
In a provincial Italian town in 1971, Anna, a beautiful mother of two young children, struggles to provide for her small family after the collapse of her marriage. With no career to fall back upon, she is desperate to find work and a new home. Despite the difficult times, Anna courageously teaches her kids to embrace the small joys of life and never loses her passion and optimistic nature, even after her beloved son ostracizes her. Years later, when she is diagnosed with a terminal disease, both children return to her bedside where following a series of startling revelations, the two finally come to understand their ever-unpredictable mother, their unconventional upbringing and also themselves
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A career that started in 1968 between great interpretations and great awards. After studying at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, he made his debut with Paolo Poli, his theatrical mentor. On TV he has participated with his sketches in cult shows such as NON STOP and AVANCES. Many film collaborations. It was directed by some of the greatest Italian directors, such as Massimo Troisi, Carlo Mazzacurati, Ettore Scola, Nanni Moretti, Francesca Archibugi and Paolo Virzì. In recent years we have admired him among the interpreters of the exciting and moving film "18 Regali" by Francesco Amato, in the film by Simone Godano: "Marylin ha gli occhi neri" and on TV in the Mediaset series "Fosca Innocenti" directed by Fabrizio Costa . In his career he has been nominated several times for the main awards of Italian cinema such as: David di Donatello, Nastri d'Argento, Globo d'oro and Ciak d'oro, winning a Globo d'oro as best male leading and a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting male role.
BornDecember 15, 1948
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 5 nominations total

    Known for

    Notte italiana (1987)
    Notte italiana
    6.8
    • Avvocato Otello Morsiani
    • 1987
    Le vie del Signore sono finite (1987)
    Le vie del Signore sono finite
    6.8
    • Leone, il fratello di Camillo
    • 1987
    Debora Caprioglio in Con gli occhi chiusi (1994)
    Con gli occhi chiusi
    5.6
    • Domenico
    • 1994
    Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, and Veronica Logan in A spasso nel tempo (1996)
    A spasso nel tempo
    4.3
    • Lorenzo il Magnifico
    • 1996

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    Actor



    • Giampaolo Morelli and Maria Chiara Giannetta in L'amore e altre seghe mentali (2024)
      L'amore e altre seghe mentali
      5.3
      • Pasquale
      • 2024
    • Christian De Sica and Pietro Sermonti in Gigolò per caso (2023)
      Gigolò per caso
      6.4
      TV Series
      • Palmiro
      • 2023
    • Luca Bizzarri, Enrico Brignano, Paolo Kessisoglu, and Ilenia Pastorelli in Da grandi (2023)
      Da grandi
      5.3
      • Nonno
      • 2023
    • Vanessa Incontrada and Francesco Arca in Fosca Innocenti (2022)
      Fosca Innocenti
      5.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Ricky
      • 2022
    • Miriam Leone in Marilyn's Eyes (2021)
      Marilyn's Eyes
      6.6
      • Aldo
      • 2021
    • 18 Presents (2020)
      18 Presents
      6.9
      • Nonno
      • 2020
    • Romanzo famigliare (2018)
      Romanzo famigliare
      7.0
      TV Mini Series
      • Vanni
      • 2018
    • Metti una notte (2017)
      Metti una notte
      4.9
      • Il Grande Stellini
      • 2017
    • Maremmamara (2016)
      Maremmamara
      • Onorio Gobbetti
      • 2016
    • Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Micaela Ramazzotti in Like Crazy (2016)
      Like Crazy
      7.1
      • Floriano Morelli
      • 2016
    • Basta poco (2015)
      Basta poco
      6.3
      • Mario
      • 2015
    • The Red Band Society (2014)
      The Red Band Society
      7.3
      TV Series
      • L'insegnante di Vale
      • 2015
    • Buoni a nulla (2014)
      Buoni a nulla
      6.0
      • Raffaele
      • 2014
    • Claudio Santamaria and Lorenzo Guidi in Non è mai troppo tardi (2014)
      Non è mai troppo tardi
      7.4
      TV Movie
      • Volpicelli
      • 2014
    • Fuga di cervelli (2013)
      Fuga di cervelli
      2.8
      • 2013

    Writer



    • Stazione di servizio (1989)
      Stazione di servizio
      7.6
      TV Series
      • screenplay
      • 1989
    • Caruso Paskoski, Son of a Pole (1988)
      Caruso Paskoski, Son of a Pole
      6.9
      • Writer (uncredited)
      • 1988
    • Le vie del Signore sono finite (1987)
      Le vie del Signore sono finite
      6.8
      • Writer (uncredited)
      • 1987

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      • 5′ 8″ (1.73 m)
    • Born
      • December 15, 1948
      • Leghorn, Tuscany, Italy
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      Father of actor/director Cosimo Messeri and actress Maddalena Messeri.

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