Massimo Ranieri

Massimo Ranieri

Birth : 1951-05-03, Naples, Campania, Italy

History

Massimo Ranieri (born Giovanni Calone, May 3, 1951), is an Italian pop singer, film and stage actor. He was born in Naples (at Santa Lucia), the fourth of eight children in the family. When he was 10, young Giovanni would sing at restaurants, wedding receptions, etc. He was discovered by a music producer about 4 years later and was flown to New York to record an EP under the name of Gianni Rock. He recorded 4 songs in 1964: Tanti auguri signora, Se mi aspetti stasera, Non chiudere la porta, and La Prima Volta. None of the records were successful, because young Gianni's voice was changing. Two years later, he would later re-emerge under his new stage name, Massimo Ranieri. In 1966, he made his TV debut singing "Bene Mio". A year later, he made another TV appearance singing, "Pietà per chi ti ama". In 1968, he recorded 2 more songs: "Da Bambino", Ma L'amore cos'è" and "Preghiera". But it wasn't until 1969, when he really became successful and became a teen idol making all the young girls scream for him, when he sang "O Sole Mio" on live TV. Soon, in most every TV appearance he made, you could hear the girls screaming in the background. That same year, he had a string of hits: "Rita", "Se bruciasse la citta", "Quando l'amore diventa poesia", "Il mio amore resta sempre" and "Zingara". In 1970, "Vent'anni", "Sogno d'amore", "Sei l'amore mio", "Aranjuez Amore Mio", "Candida". During that year, Massimo decided to venture into acting. His screen debut, Metello received rave reviews by critics, and he even won an award for portraying the title character. He co-starred with Anna Magnani in La Sciantosa, later that year. In 1971, "Adagio Veneziano", "Via del Conservatorio", "Io e Te". He represented Italy in the 1971 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, Ireland, where he placed 5th with the song, "L'Amore E' Un Attimo. " That same year he had fathered a daughter, Cristiana, out of wedlock with Franca Sebastiani. He didn't want to have anything to do with her, saying that he was too young and inexperienced, and that it was damage to his career. He didn't have any contact with her until she was about 20. In 1972, "Ti Ruberei", "O Surdato 'nnamurato", "Erba di Casa Mia". In 1973, "Amo Ancora Lei". He returned to the Eurovision Song Contest that year in Luxembourg to represent Italy with "Chi sarà con te", where he placed 13th. And in 1974, "Te Voglio Bene Assaie", "Immagina", "Per Una Donna". During that year, he filmed Salvo D'Acquisto, where he portrayed a Carabinieri policeman who was executed by the Nazis during World War II.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Massimo Ranieri, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Massimo Ranieri

Movies

The Man Who Drew God
The rise and fall of a blind artist who has the extraordinary gift of making true-to-life portraits just by listening to human voices, and of becoming a TV-junk star. A fable on the need to rediscover the miraculous power of dignity in a world where media's noise has solved the problem of man's imperfection simply by removing the problem itself.
Sanremo 72. Il Festival da dove non l’avete mai visto
Se stesso
A documentary on the behind the scenes of the 2022 edition of the Sanremo Music Festival.
Natural Lefty
A widowed mother, tries desperately to get an entry into the ruthless world of professional football for her 12-yer-old son.
Ferro
Himself
One of the most famous Italian singers opens up about his music and his journey through love and addiction.
I Hate Summer
se stesso
Three families end up in the same rented house. Throughout the summer, they become friends and rediscover how to enjoy life.
Riccardo va all'inferno
Pino Daniele - Il tempo resterà
Himself
The Ploy
Pier Paolo Pasolini
In the summer of '75 Pier Paolo Pasolini's film, "Salò", is stolen from the lab where he is editing it. This is just the first step of an intricate plan that will bring the great poet to his violent death.
The Squallor
Self
A documentary about "The Squallor", Italy's first and most successful "ghost band" project, created by four big bosses of 70's-80's Italian music business.
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
Adaptation
Sabato, domenica e lunedì
Peppino Priore
Questi Fantasmi
Adaptation
Questi Fantasmi
Pasquale Lojacono
La meravigliosa avventura di Antonio Franconi
Antonio Franconi
Just before sleeping, a small boy finds a crate of ancient toys: a little circus, lead soldiers and a book about circus legend Antonio Franconi - whose dream was creating a great show mixing all possible forms of art.
Napoli milionaria
Gennaro Jovine
Napoli milionaria
Director
Filumena Marturano
Writer
Filumena Marturano
Domenico Soriano
L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
Self
Passione
John Turturro tells, shooting alleys and testimonies of real neapolitan people, the history and musical culture of Napoli, attending every event and tale with a song.
Massimo Ranieri - Live dallo Stadio Olimpico
Director
Massimo Ranieri - Live dallo Stadio Olimpico
L'ultimo Pulcinella
Michelangelo Fracanzan
An Italian actor (Massimo Ranieri) and his son (Domenico Balsamo) stage a show in a Parisian theater.
Civico zero
Giuliano
No way out - A broken love
Matteo Della Torre
After seven difficult years, Matteo Dell Torre withdraws his campaign from the crisis. But because of the work, he rarely sees with his wife, with children. When the case turned out to be imposed, the police accuse Matteo of murder and find 30 million of bad money on account of the company. Under the threat of business and marriage. Mateo will go to jail. In order to prove his innocence, he turns out to be incarcerated ...
Pilot Operation
Raffaele
The Courage to Love
Massimo
A picture of humankind in Paris: singers, shows, social gatherings, businessmen, nightclub barmen, bums, shoppers.
Le genre humain - 1ère partie: Les Parisiens
Paris, December 1999. A group of Parisians cross paths. A police commissioner madly in love with his colleague's wife, a director looking for a subject. A man who learns that he has lung cancer. A waitress in love with her boss. A wealthy owner of a pizza chain who falls in love with a former member of the Comédie Française when he wanted to buy her castle. Among them, there is also Shaa. She dreams of becoming a singer and starts a duet with Massimo, a street singer of Italian origin. They quickly fall in love with each other. But one day, a producer spots Shaa and offers her a solo career.
Fondali notturni
To Fly!
Antonio
1950s. Gege (Giuseppe Cristofaro) is a delicate child who lives in a hard world that does not accept it. He thus takes refuge in the dream to escape the many small daily harassment. His desire would be to become an airplane pilot and for this the notes of "Volare" by Domenico Modugno accompany his days.
La casa dove abitava Corinne
Leonardi
The story of Doriana, a young lawyer, who moves to Rome, because a criminal she convicted has escaped prison and threatens to kill her. But the flat she takes in Rome doesn't bring her any luck either: In her new flat, unbeknownst to her, a call girl called Corinne has been stabbed to death almost a year ago, and the killer has never been caught. As soon as she lives there, she gets anonymous telephone calls and other hints to the murder. When she learns about the unsolved case, she starts to investigate by herself.
L'ombra nera del Vesuvio
Toni Carità
Two families of the neapolitan camorra fight for the power.
Chaste and Pure
Fernando
Antonio is married to a very wealthy woman but the sole heir of the family fortune is his daughter. He induce his dying wife to swear in the daughter of remaining "chaste and pure" ( so that she cannot marry ) until his own death.
L'ultima volta insieme
Paolo Antonelli
Paul, the son of a senior magistrate Neapolitan, was hired at the law firm of a friend's parent. The young man thinks he lost his mother, but the woman, who has long left the family, is now the mistress of the boss racket shops. Fleeing from prison, blackmail, murder, trials, recognition in extremis between mother and son more than a melodrama with strong colors, a real fumettone.
Priest of Love
Piero Pini
Following the banning and burning of his novel, "The Rainbow," D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. When Lawrence contracts tuberculosis, they return to England for a short time, then to Italy, where Lawrence writes "Lady Chatterley's Lover."
Habibi, amor mío
Young Stefano falls in love with a Spanish girl, Habibi. The two become engaged, but after a happy period, Stefano will discover the girl's betrayals. This will lead the protagonists to drift apart and seek new paths; this will be an opportunity for them to reflect on themselves and the loss of values in life.
A Gun for a Cop
Paolo Palumbo
Hot Potato
Claudio
A factory worker known for his tough attitude and for fighting for workers' rights starts losing credibility when friends and co-workers see him helping a young gay man.
Death Rage
Angelo
A professional killer is lured into a deadly double-cross when he agrees to assassinate a Mafia kingpin.
Born Winner
Sandro
A young man whose passions are money, beautiful women and racing motorcycles comes up with a scheme that will allow him to combine all three, all while committing the "perfect" crime.
Salvo D'Acquisto
Salvo D'Acquisto
The Cousin
Enzo
Italian coming of age story about two cousins, Enzo and Agata, told in three stages.
Chronicle of a Homicide
Fabio Sola
Roma.During a clash between demonstrating laborers (whose fight the students have joined) a policeman and a student are both killed. The investigating magistrate - in charge of the case with two commissioners - wants to believe to the version of the police: the student was killed by one of the laborers, while the policeman would have been killed by Massimo Trotti.
Romance
Sandro Zanichelli
Love story between a young man and a married woman. She's married to a businessman who's neglecting her. She would like to leave him but she's afraid of the age difference between her and her lover.
Tre donne - La sciantosa
Tonino / young soldier
La Sciantosa is part of a project created by writer/director Alfredo Gianetti for the Italian TV. The objective was to portrait a hundred years of Italian history through three movies, all of them with Anna Magnani. The other two are "1943: un incontro" and "L'autmobile". In this first movie, La Magnani is Flora Torres, a "sciantosa" (kind of a small stage diva) who is forgotten during the WWI, living only to remember her past glory. One day she receives a letter to present herself to the high command. There, Flora is called to go to the front and entertain the troops. Along with her maid Cristina, Flora goes to the front. There they are welcomed by the young private Tonino (Massimo Ranieri). Flora starts to act like a prima donna, making absurd demands to everyone. But when she is about to present herself, the vision of the wounded soldiers makes her change her way
The Light at the Edge of the World
Felipe
Pirates take over a lighthouse on a rocky island. They then execute a devious plan to cause ships to run aground, pillaging their wrecks. A lone member of the lighthouse crew survives, and he deperately fights their plot. A shipwrecked maiden that avoids the pirates slaughter soon complicates the situation.
Bubu
Piero
Bubu leaves his job in a bakery, forces his girl-friend into prostitution, and from then on lives out of the money she makes. The young couple find their place in the world of prostitutes and pimps, but the lack of perspective in their life - which is permanently haunted by the possibility of an incurable and fatal venereal infection - and the humiliations the girl endures strain their relationship and lead to conflicts.
Metello
Metello Salani
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.