Writer
Franco Brusati
Born August 4, 1922 in Milano, Lombardia, ItaliaDied February 28, 199328 films
Franco Brusati (4 August 1922 in Milan – 28 February 1993 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and director.
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He directed the internationally commended film hit Bread and Chocolate, one of the finest examples of Commedia all'italiana films in the 1970s.
In 1979, his film To Forget Venice was nominated for an Academy Award for Best International Feature Film at the 52nd Academy Awards. In Italy, the film was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Film.
In 1983, Brusati was a member of the jury at the 33rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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First watchRomeo and Juliet19687.4Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet fall in love against the wishes of their feuding families. Driven by their passion, the young lovers defy their destiny and elope, only to suffer the…View filmEssential films
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Filmography
28 films- 1989The Sleazy UncleScreenplay
- 1982The Good SoldierScreenplay
- 1979To Forget VeniceWriter
- 1974Bread and ChocolateStory
- 1970Tulips of HaarlemWriter
- 1968The Girl Who Couldn't Say NoStory
- 1968Black JesusScreenplay
- 1968Romeo and JulietScreenplay
- 1965The Three FacesWriter
- 1962SmogScreenplay
- 1962Violent LifeStory
- 1962DisorderStory
- 1960Run with the DevilScreenplay
- 1955Il padrone sono meScreenplay
- 1954UlyssesScreenplay
- 1954Human TorpedoesScreenplay
- 1954100 Years of LoveScreenplay
- 1953The Age of IndiscretionScreenplay
- 1953The UnfaithfulsScreenplay
- 1952Sunday HeroesStory
- 1952Il romanzo della mia vitaScreenplay
- 1952Wife for a NightScreenplay
- 1952The Machine That Kills Bad PeopleScreenplay
- 1951AnnaStory
- 1951Honeymoon DeferredScreenplay
- 1950Outlaw GirlScreenplay
- 1950The AccusationScreenplay
- 1950Sunday in AugustScreenplay