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Franco Bernini (born in 1954) is an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Viterbo, Bernini entered the cinema industry in 1987 as a sound screenwriter, and was a close collaborator of Carlo Mazzacurati and Daniele Luchetti.
Biografia. Nel 1978 si laurea in Filosofia presso l'Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza". Dal 1987 ha scritto la sceneggiatura per numerosi film, tra i quali Notte italiana, La lingua del santo e A cavallo della tigre di Carlo Mazzacurati, Il portaborse e La settimana della Sfinge di Daniele Luchetti, Sud di Gabriele Salvatores.
Jun 1, 2024 · A low-level diplomat, a spy, a conspirator and a man struggling to stay alive and solvent: he was all these. Navigating the labyrinthine world of Italian politics in the 16 th century was a tricky business and could result in imprisonment, torture and/or death if handled ineptly.
Jul 5, 2021 · Bernini : his life and his Rome. by. Mormando, Franco. Publication date. 2011. Topics. Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 1598-1680, Sculptors -- Italy -- Biography. Publisher. Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press.
Jun 11, 2024 · In October 1502 the powerful Cesare Borgia was preparing to invade the Florentine Republic. Niccolò Machiavelli, an official of the Republic, is sent to Borgia's court to spy on him. 33 years old, he has a nice pen, but he's not famous.
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As Franco Mormando’s dazzling biography reveals, Bernini was a man driven by many passions, possessed of an explosive temper and a hearty sex drive, and he lived a life as dramatic as any of his creations.
Jun 11, 2024 · “Bernini’s engrossing historical novel follows Machiavelli’s trajectory through the corridors of power in 16th-century Italy. . . As the relationship between the biographer and his subject evolves, each man relies on the other to achieve his political ambitions, yet only one will succeed.”—
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