| Biography: Born in Rome on the 18th December 1971. Her parents, young employees, had liberal ideas. In 1986, she won a competition and started to participate in screen tests and castings. Then her first experience on the "set": the publicity for "Baci" Perugina, Piaggio, and the first cinema roles "Ciao ma'" of Giandomenico Curi and "Roba da ricchi" of Sergio Corbucci. In 1994 her first theatrical experience ... show all |
The Passion of The Christ focusses on the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth’s life. The film begins in the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus has gone to pray after sitting the Last Supper. Jesus must resist the temptations of Satan. Betrayed by Judas Iscariot, Jesus is then arrested and taken within the city walls of Jerusalem where leaders of the Pharisees confront him with accusations of blasphemy and his trial results in a condemnation to death.
Genres: Drama
Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.