Mario Martone

Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His films have been shown in prestigious international film festivals over the world. His L'amore molesto (1995) was selected competed for the Palme d'Or in the 1995 Cannes Film Festival.^[1] Two of his films Noi credevamo (2010) and Leopardi (2014) have been selected to compete for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice International Film Festival^[2] and 71st Venice International Film Festivall.^[3][4]

Mario Martone
Born	(1959-11-20) 20 November 1959 (age 65) Naples, Italy
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter
Years active	1985–present

He is also a noted stage director for operas. He staged the premiere performance of Lorenzo Ferrero's opera Charlotte Corday, which opened at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma on 21 February 1989. Martone has staged three new productions of Gioachino Rossini's operas in the Rossini Opera Festival: Matilde di Shabran (2004, 2012), Torvaldo e Dorliska (2006, 2017), Aureliano in Palmira (2014, 2023).^[5][6][7]

Filmography

• Perfidi incanti (1985)
• Nella città barocca (1985)
• Morte di un matematico napoletano (1992)
• Rasoi (1993)
• Miracoli, storie per corti (1994)
• L'unico paese al mondo (1994)
• L'amore molesto (1995)
• Una storia Saharawi (1996)
• I vesuviani (1997)
• La terra trema (1998)
• Teatro di guerra (1998)
• Lulu (2001)
• L'odore del sangue (2004)
• Caravaggio, l'ultimo tempo (2005)
• Noi credevamo (2010)
• Leopardi (2014)
• Capri-Revolution (2018)
• The Mayor of Rione Sanità (2019)
• Qui rido io (2021)^[8]
• Nostalgia (2022)
• Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me (2023)

References

1. "Festival de Cannes: Nasty Love". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
2. "Venezia 67". labiennale.org. 29 July 2010. Retrieved 29 July 2010.
3. "International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
4. "Venice Film Festival Lineup Announced". Deadline. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
5. "Martone Mario - Artists". Rossini Opera Festival. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
6. "Aureliano in Palmira". Rossini Opera Festival (in Italian). Retrieved 9 September 2024.
7. "ROSSINI Aureliano in Palmira". Gramophone. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
8. Lodge, Guy (8 September 2021). "'The King of Laughter' Review: Mario Martone's Lavish, Ultra-Italian Theatrical Biopic Is a Lot to Digest". Variety. Retrieved 27 October 2021.

External links

• Mario Martone at IMDb