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Cinema: Franco Nero's career awarded at the Suspense Film Festival

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Cinema: Franco Nero's career awarded at the Suspense Film Festival

(7 July 2017) The sixth edition of the "Suspense Film Festival" is held in Kołobrzeg, Poland. It is considered to be the "best European suspense", the "best first or second works of suspense" and "first shot" reserved for young short film directors. It is organised in collaboration with the Italian Institute of Culture of Warsaw and highlights productions involving various European countries. Italian cinema will also be featured in the festival, represented on Sunday, July 9 by the award-winning "Perfetti sconosciuti" (Perfect Strangers) by Paolo Genovese and "Suburra" by Stefano Sollima. Among the guests of honour and a true icon of our time is Franco Nero. After meeting with journalists and the public, the Italian actor will receive the Career Award during the gala evening. Franco Nero, very loved by Italian directors, is also very popular abroad. A David Donatello winner in 1968, Best Actor or "Il Giorno della civetta" (The Day of the Owl) which was recently featured at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival.


NERO'S ACHIEVEMENTS

Fanco Nero worked with Damiano Damiani in films such as: "Il Giorno della civetta" (The Day of the Owl) (1968), based on the novel by Leonardo Sciascia for which he received a David of Donatello; "Confessioni di un commissario di polizia al Procuratore della Repubblica" and "L'istruttoria è chiusa dimentichi" (The Case is Closed, Forget it) both from 1971; followed by "Perché si uccide un magistrato" (How to Kill a Judge) (1975). In 2006, he starred in the role of Minnie Minoprio in "Forever Blues", based on a play by Enrico Bernard. The actor continues to play in international films and Quentin Tarantino calls him for a cameo role in the 2012 "Django unchained" movie. In 2011 he received a star on the Italian Walk of Fame in Toronto, Canada.

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