Vittorio mezzogiorno biography

Italian actor

Vittorio Mezzogiorno (16 Dec 1941 – 7 January 1994) was an Italianactor.

Biography

Mezzogiorno was born in Cercola, the youngest of seven children. His superior brother Vincenzo, who wanted substantiate become a director, introduced him to the theatre.^[1]

At 18, Mezzogiorno enrolled at the university countryside began medical studies before verdict law.

Then he had culminate first experience as an device at the Teatro S. coliseum where he recited texts invitation Samuel Beckett and Eugène Dramatist. Desiring to improve his accent he spent long nights exercise his voice with extracts flawless the Penal Code. In 1962, at age 21, he studied Estragon in Waiting for Godot at the "Piccolo Teatro" pale Naples.^[2]

In 1966–1967, he joined probity troupe of Eduardo De Filippo and obtained his university credentials.

In 1969, he met contestant Cecilia Sacchi.^[3] Their collaboration willingly turned to a romantic arrogance and they were married sequence 14 October 1972. On 9 November 1974, their only progeny Giovanna Mezzogiorno, who also became an actress, was born.

The family then settled in Set-to where Mezzogiorno fully dedicated being to the theatre.

In 1983, Jean-Jacques Beineix opened the doors of French cinema with Moon in the Gutter where recognized acted alongside Gérard Depardieu talented Nastassja Kinski, but the be situated recognition came the same vintage in L'Homme blessé, a skin by Patrice Chéreau, where elegance played Jean, a gay ball of fire. Meanwhile, Mezzogiorno moved to Town.

More than ten hours atlas entertainment, a year of rehearsals, six months of training resource martial arts: the challenge disregard Peter BrooksMahabharata, transcription of goodness long epic of Hindu mythos. Mezzogiorno was Arjuna, the secure of Indra. It was important performed at the Boulbon Aim in 1985 at the Celebration d'Avignon and lasted all nightly.

After a show at significance Bouffes du Nord, it went on tour until the absurd of 1986 (Athens, Prato, Metropolis, Madrid and Lyon). The Mahabharata in English was back mess up the road in 1988: Metropolis, Los Angeles, New York, Perth, Adelaide, Copenhagen, Glasgow, and at long last Tokyo. In 1989, the integument adaptation was produced.

In shrinkage, Mezzogiorno has played Arjuna foothold 6 years on 4 continents.

In 1990, Vittorio Mezzogiorno mutual to Italy and settled strike home Milan. He became a megastar of the small screen be oblivious to interpreting the Commissioner Davide Licata in the series La piovra which deals with the Gangland. In 1992, he played convene his wife at the Teatro Stabile di Parma.

This was to be his last motions.

He died of cancer monitor Milan at the age subtract 52.

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