Franco Branciaroli
{{short description|Italian actor, stage director and writer}}
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Franco Branciaroli (born 27 March 1947) is an Italian actor, stage director and writer.
Life and career
Born in Milan, Branciaroli studied acting at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro, and made his professional debut in 1970, in an adaptation of Tankred Dorst's Toller directed by Patrice Chéreau.{{Cite book |last=Cappa |first=Felice |title=Dizionario dello spettacolo del '900 |last2=Gelli |first2=Piero |last3=Mattarozzi |first3=Marco |date=1998 |publisher=Baldini & Castoldi |isbn=978-88-8089-295-3 |page=158 |language=it |chapter=Branciaroli, Franco}}{{cite web |title=Branciaròli, Franco |url=https://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/franco-branciaroli/ |website=Enciclopedia Treccani |access-date=12 February 2023 |language=it-IT}} He later worked with prominent stage directors such as Carmelo Bene, Luca Ronconi, Aldo Trionfo, Gianfranco De Bosio, and in the second half of the 1980s he started an acclaimed collaboration with Giovanni Testori. The founder of the stage company Compagnia degli Incamminati, Branciaroli made his debut as a stage director in 1981. In 2022, he debuted as a writer with the novel La carne tonda.{{cite news |last1=Aimi |first1=Gianmarco |title=Franco Branciaroli: «Il teatro di oggi? Reddito di cittadinanza per attori senza cultura» |url=https://www.rollingstone.it/cultura/interviste-cultura/franco-branciaroli-ci-son-voluti-75-anni-per-scrivere-il-mio-primo-romanzo-ma-ora-ho-lillusione-di-essere-dostoevskij/648536/ |access-date=12 February 2023 |work=Rolling Stone Italia |date=1 July 2022 |language=it-IT}} In cinema, Branciaroli acted in five films by the famous Italian director Tinto Brass.
Selected filmography
- Private Vices, Public Pleasures, directed by Miklós Jancsó (1976)
- Black Journal, directed by Mauro Bolognini (1977)
- The Mystery of Oberwald, directed by Michelangelo Antonioni (1980)
- The Key, directed by Tinto Brass (1983)
- Miranda, directed by Tinto Brass (1985)
- All Ladies Do It, directed by Tinto Brass (1992)
- The Voyeur, directed by Tinto Brass (1994)
- Senso '45, directed by Tinto Brass (2002)
- I Viceré, directed by Roberto Faenza (2007)
- Black and White, directed by Cristina Comencini (2008)
- The Woman of My Dreams, directed by Luca Lucini (2010)
- Couple Therapy for Cheaters, directed by Alessio Maria Federici (2017)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|nm0104393}}
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Category:Italian male film actors
Category:Italian male stage actors
Category:Italian male television actors