Franco Citti
Franco Citti | |
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The Decameron (1971) | |
| Born | 23 April 1935 Rome, Italy |
| Died | 14 January 2016 (aged 80) Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Relatives | Sergio Citti (brother) |
Franco Citti (Italian:
Biography
Citti was born in
Pasolini subsequently cast him in six of his subsequent films, becoming one of the filmmaker's close creative collaborators. He played Carmine, opposite
Citti also worked with such notable filmmakers as Sergio Corbucci, Carlo Lizzani, Valerio Zurlini, and Bernardo Bertolucci. He appeared in a number of films directed by his brother Sergio, and co-directed with him the 1998 film Cartoni animati. To non-Italian audiences, Citti is perhaps best known for his role as Sicilian bodyguard Calò in The Godfather and The Godfather: Part III, uttering the memorable line "In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns."
He died in Rome on 14 January 2016, at the age of 80, after a long illness.[1][2]
Filmography
- Accattone (1961) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - Vittorio "Accattone" Cataldi
- Una vita violenta(1962) - Tommaso
- Mamma Roma (1962) (Pier Paolo Pasolini)
- The Shortest Day (1963) (Sergio Corbucci) - Fante Romano
- Du mouron pour les petits oiseaux (1963) (Marcel Carné) - Renato
- Requiescant (1967) (Carlo Lizzani) - Burt
- Edipo Re (1967) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - Edipo
- Seduto alla sua destra (1968) (Valerio Zurlini) - Oreste
- Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968) (Enzo G. Castellari) - Hoagy
- Il magnaccio (1969) (Franco De Rosis)
- La legge dei gangsters(1969) - Bruno Esposito
- Pigsty (1969) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - Cannibal
- Una ragazza di Praga (1969) (Sergio Pastore) - Alberto Marini
- Gli angeli del 2000 (1969) - Franco
- Ostia (1970) (Sergio Citti) - Rabbino
- The Decameron(1971) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - Ciappelletto
- La primera entrega (1971)
- The Godfather (1972) (Francis Ford Coppola) - Calò - Sicilian Sequence
- I racconti di Canterbury (1972) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - The Devil
- Storie scellerate(1973) (Sergio Citti) - Artemio
- Storia de fratelli e de cortelli (1974) (Mario Amendola) - Artemio
- Ingrid sulla strada (1973) (Brunello Rondi) - Renato
- Giuda uccide il venerdì (1974)
- Il fiore delle mille e una notte(1974) (Pier Paolo Pasolini) - The Demon
- Chi dice donna dice donna (1976) (Tonino Cervi) - Benito (segment "La signorina X")
- Colpita da improvviso benessere (1976) (Franco Giraldi) - Luiso Malerba
- Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976) (Ruggero Deodato) - Rudy
- Todo modo (1976) (Elio Petri) - Autista di M.
- Rome: The Other Side of Violence (1976) (Marino Girolami) - Berte
- Puttana galera! (1976) (Gianfranco Piccioli) - Ciro
- Destruction Force (1977) (Stelvio Massi) - Antonio Lanza
- Il gatto dagli occhi di giada (1977) (Antonio Bido) - Pasquale Ferrante
- Casotto (1977) (Sergio Citti) - Nando
- La luna (1979) (Bernardo Bertolucci) - Man in Bar
- L'albero della maldicenza (1979) (Giacinto Bonacquisti) - Angelo Maria
- Ciao marziano (1980) (Pier Francesco Pingitore) - Er Cinese
- Eroina (1980) (Massimo Pirri) - Alfredo, il 'Sceriffo'
- Il minestrone (1981) (Sergio Citti) - Francesco
- Pè sempe (1982)
- The Black Stallion Returns (1983) (Robert Dalva) - Foreign Legion Officer
- The Malady of Love (1986) (Giorgio Treves) - Cigal
- Rosso di sera (1988) (Beppe Cino) - Franco
- Kafka la colonia penale (1988)
- The Secret (1990) - Franco
- The Godfather: Part III (1990) (Francis Ford Coppola) - Calò
- Appuntamento in nero (1990) - Projectionist
- El infierno prometido (1992) - Caronte
- Power and Lovers (1994) - Michele
- I magi randagi(1996) (Sergio Citti)
- Festival (1996) (Pupi Avati)
- Il sindaco (1996) (Antonio Avati)
- Cartoni animati (1997) (Franco Citti and Sergio Citti) - Peppe
- E insieme vivremo tutte le stagioni (1999) (Gianni Minello) - (final film role)
- Pier Paolo Pasolini e la ragione di un sogno (2002) (Laura Betti) - Himself
Awards and nominations
Avellino Neorealism Film Festival
- Special Mention (Accattone)
British Academy Film Award
- Best Foreign Actor (Accattone)
Nastro d'Argento
- Best Actor (Accattone)
References
- ^ a b La Repubblica. "È morto Franco Citti, l'Accattone di Pasolini". Retrieved 14 January 2016.
- ^ Franco Citti
External links
- Franco Citti at IMDb
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