
Francesco Rosi
Biography
Francesco Rosi (15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages. While the topics for his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward literature, he continued to direct until 1997, his last film being the Primo Levi book adaptation The Truce.
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Known for
BellissimaScreenplay7.8
Hands Over the CityDirector, Screenplay7.4
Many Wars AgoWriter, Director7.3
Salvatore GiulianoNarrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay7.5
The Mattei AffairDirector, Screenplay7.5
Illustrious CorpsesDirector, Screenplay6.8
Christ Stopped at EboliDirector, Screenplay7.2
Chronicle of a Death ForetoldDirector, Screenplay7.3
The TruceDirector, Screenplay6.1
Lucky LucianoDirector, Screenplay6.3
Three BrothersDirector, Screenplay6.3
More Than a MiracleDirector, Screenplay5.9
Filmography
- 2021Morceaux de CannesFilm
- 2009Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema ParadisoFilm
- 1997The TruceFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1995Diario senza dateFilm
- 1992Neapolitan DiaryFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1990The Palermo ConnectionFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 198912 Directors for 12 CitiesFilm: Director
- 1987Chronicle of a Death ForetoldFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1984CarmenFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1981Three BrothersFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1980Cristo si è fermato a EboliSeries: Director (4 episodes)
- 1979Christ Stopped at EboliFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1976Illustrious CorpsesFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1973Lucky LucianoFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1972The Mattei AffairFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1970Many Wars AgoFilm: Writer, Director
- 1967More Than a MiracleFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1965The Moment of TruthFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1963Hands Over the CityFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1962Salvatore GiulianoFilm: Narrator (voice) (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
- 1959The SwindlersFilm: Director, Screenplay
- 1958The ChallengeFilm: Screenplay, Director
- 1957Kean: Genius or ScoundrelFilm: Screenplay
- 1956The BigamistFilm: Screenplay
- 1955Roman TalesFilm: Screenplay
- 1952BellissimaFilm: Screenplay
- 1951Paris Is Always ParisFilm: Screenplay
- 1947Dove sta Zaza?Film: Domestico dell'Americano
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