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Marco Ferreri

May 11, 1928 - May 09, 1997 (68 years old) in Milan, Lombardy, Italy

Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor. He was born in Milan and died in Paris of a myocardial infarction. Upon his death, Gilles Jacob, artistic director of the Cannes International Film Festival, said: The Italian cinema has lost one of its most original artists, one of its most personal authors (...) No one was more demanding nor more allegorical than he in showing the state of crisis of contemporary man. His best known film is La Grande Bouffe, starring Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Philippe Noiret and Ugo Tognazzi.

His 1979 film Chiedo asilo won him the Silver Bear - Special Jury Prize at the 30th Berlin International Film Festival. In 1991, his film La casa del sorriso won the Golden Bear at the 41st Berlin International Film Festival.

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Known For

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Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
Self (archive footage)
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An Almost Perfect Affair
Self (uncredited)
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Pigsty
Hans Günther
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Casanova '70
il conte
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Don't Touch the White Woman!
The Reporter (uncredited)
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Kiss the Other Sheik
(segment "L'uomo dei 5 palloni") (uncredited)
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Droit de Réponse
Self
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The Seventh Floor
dottor Salamoia
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Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary
Self (archive footage)
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Love in the City
Man in Trinità de' Monti (segment "Gli italiani si voltano")

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