Maya Sansa
Nascimento : 1975-09-25, Rome, Italy
História
Maya Sansa (born 25 September 1975) is an Italian actress.
Maya Sansa was born in Rome the daughter of an Iranian father and an Italian mother. When she was 14, she started to study acting at her high school in Rome the "Virgilio". She then moved to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. There she graduated in acting and was soon picked by Marco Bellocchio to take part in his new film: La balia. Maya later worked with Bellocchio for a second time, starring in the film Goodmorning, Night. Sansa has also worked with Marco Tullio Giordana in the film The Best of Youth.
On 2 May 2004 The New York Times published an article which named her as the new image of Italian cinema.
On 14 June 2013, she won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Dormant Beauty.
She has a daughter, Talitha, with her partner Fabrice Scott with whom she lives in Paris.
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Sara
Three months after surviving a terrorist attack in a bistro, Mia is still traumatized and unable to recall the events of that night. In an effort to move forward, she investigates her memories and retraces her steps.
Caterina
On a winter’s day, Nena gathers her family to celebrate her birthday. Il paradiso del pavone is a small journey into the intimacy and authenticity of human beings: a film about an extended family in which everyone talks but no one really listens. Until an unexpected event forces the family members to look into each other’s eyes and reveal themselves for what they really are.
Gina
It’s summer, the heat is overwhelming and the weather is out of whack. A group of friends are enjoying their yearly holiday in their favorite little village, wedged between the sea and the mountains. As usual, they are bored and eat and drink a lot. They do not pay attention to the fire which progresses on the mountain nearby, nor to the world around them. But this year, a mysterious man arrives from the sea and shakes up their seemingly balanced existence...
Doctor
Marion tem 18 anos. Ela sente uma tristeza profunda desde a morte da irmã e, ao mesmo tempo, tem uma necessidade urgente de liberdade. No aniversário da morte de sua irmã, ela embarca em uma jornada pelas ruas de Paris, em uma noite de encontros com alguns rostos familiares em uma cidade com a qual os jovens não se relacionam mais. Até que Marion conhece o impulsivo e descontraído Alex. Nessa reunião entre duas pessoas solitárias, seus caminhos se encontram em um percurso que evolui como uma peregrinação, como uma viagem noite adentro.
Claudia Raffaelli Santini
Um especialista em segurança e sua família se envolvem em uma rede de segredos e mentiras depois que uma jovem é agredida na pequena cidade onde moram.
Clara Fasani
Marco and Anita discover they are expecting a child. Finally a ray of light in Marco’s life after his heartbreak following the loss of Leo, his first born with his former wife Clara. Suddenly, however Perla, the new owner where the couple lived until the tragic accident, bursts into Marco’s and his ex-wife’s lives. The mysterious woman claims she keeps feeling a strange presence and hearing the voice of a child that is tormenting her and her son. Marco therefore finds himself torn between the ties of the past and an unwritten future.
A gang of fathers and abandoned parents go to extreme measures to fight italian youngsters emigration by performing a reverse illegal immigration, kidnapping and smuggling their children out of Germany.
Namorada amorosa, fortuna da família, papel no cinema: ele tem tudo. Até que um aplicativo desperte um poderoso novo anseio. Enquanto em Roma para filmar seu primeiro filme, o ator e herdeiro industrial Niccolò fica obcecado com o aplicativo de namoro "US" que o envia a uma espiral autodestrutiva.
Silvana
We are in the mid-60s, when a very young Mariele Ventre gave birth to the very first formation of the Piccolo Coro, originally composed of only eight children. In a few years the Piccolo Coro becomes a real school of choral singing. In its 56 years of history, there have been hundreds of small voices that have brought the music of Zecchino d’Oro and its repertoire around Italy and the world.
Fabienne é a estrela do cinema francês. Ela decidiu contar ao mundo a história de sua vida e publicar suas memórias. Seu livro será lançado sob o título “Verdade”, mas não corresponde à realidade, segundo algumas pessoas próximas a ela. É o que diz a filha de uma atriz que mora nos Estados Unidos e trabalha como roteirista. Ela foi até a mãe com o marido e o filho e leu um livro, não encontrando nela uma única palavra verdadeira sobre si mesma. Mas a opinião da filha não afeta muito a decisão de Fabienne. A estrela é absorvida na preparação para um novo papel, no qual a imagem de sua família real é estranhamente encarnada. O amor e a ternura estão ocultos por trás das declarações ardentes e enganosas.
Mother Sun
Kenza e Yael são duas jovens francesas que vão à Síria para lutar ao lado das forças curdas. Lá eles conhecem Zara, uma sobrevivente yezidi. Nascidas em diferentes culturas, mas profundamente unidas, as mulheres-lutadoras curam suas feridas passadas e descobrem sua força atual, especialmente o medo que inspiram em seus oponentes. As três jovens logo se uniram e se tornam verdadeiras irmãs de armas.
Elisabeth Farnese
Ano de 1721. Uma ideia audaciosa germina na mente de Felipe de Orléans, regente da França… Luís XV de 11 anos, logo se tornará rei, e, uma troca de princesas permitiria consolidar a paz com a Espanha, após anos de guerra, que deixaram os reinos enfraquecidos. Então, Felipe casa a filha, Mlle de Montpensier, de 12 anos, com o herdeiro do trono da Espanha, e Luís XV se casa com a Infanta da Espanha, Anna Maria Victoria, de 4 anos. Mas a entrada precipitada dessas jovens princesas na corte francesa, sacrificadas no altar dos jogos dos poderes, vai acabar com a sua tranquilidade.
Maria
In 1983 an English journalist travels to Italy to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a young vatican girl.
Giovanna
Ada
The debut feature from Franco-Senegalese filmmaker Dyana Gaye charts the interconnected destinies of three far-flung sojourners across three continents. A quiet drama, about the anxieties of negotiating journeying to foreign countries and making a place for oneself in the world.
Francesca
Cansado da carreira de ator, o respeitado Serge Tanneur decide abandonar os palcos e se aposentar, vivendo isolado na pequena Ilha de Ré. Sua calma é interrompida pela chegada de Gauthier Valence, ator de televisão popular, que o convida a interpretar o papel principal em uma adaptação de O Misantropo, de Molière. Afinal, a nova condição de Serge combina muito bem com o personagem clássico... Após a recusa inicial, Serge propõe um desafio: ambos devem ensaiar a primeira cena da peça juntos, nos papéis de Philinte e Alceste, e depois de cinco dias treinando, ele dará a resposta sobre sua participação. Começam assim os jogos de poder e manipulação entre os dois homens.
Valeria
In the 21th century getting hold of natural resources of emerging countries, is no matter of war--it is a matter of complex financial actions. And the power of governments behind the events has been replaced by the power of holding companies. Nowadays you don't conquer a country. You buy it. "Short story of long betrayals" is again set in the Republic of Queimada, where in the "Salar de Queimada" (a salt lake) lies 50% of lithium in the whole world. Not surprisingly, there is an international interest in its fate and a breathless fight to seize it.
Rossa
Eluana Englaro é uma italiana de 38 anos que está há 17 anos em um estado vegetativo, em coma desde um acidente de trânsito. Seus pais lutam na justiça para conseguir autorização pela opção de deixar a filha morrer, mas a eutanásia não é permitida pela lei neste caso. A história de Eluana reflete na vida de outras pessoas, como a mãe, que cuida da filha em coma. Com o posicionamento da igreja, questões delicadas envolvendo escolhas, respeito, amor e esperança vêm à tona.
The Woman
In this dark tale of an esoteric ritual, a woman enters a shadowy laboratory where three witches attend a bubbling cauldron, surrounded by hanging skeletons of dresses. She is disrobed, led to a bath, laid in the water and her finger pricked to draw blood. The witches circle, chanting in strange tongues. As the smoke clears, we see the woman has made the ultimate sacrifice, transforming herself into the object of her desire.
Catherine Cormery (1924)
Baseado em um romance de Albert Camus que estava trabalhando antes de sua morte, seguimos Jacques Comery com sua viagem de volta para a Argélia, em 1957. Um lugar cheio de memórias de infância. O País está dividido entre aqueles que querem continuar a ser uma parte da França, e aqueles que exigem a independência.
Doctor Alexandra 'Alex' Smith
A French video artist traverses Canada on a train that takes her from the east to the west through the snow. This journey leads her to encounter the last girlfriend of her ex-husband, an internationally respected showman who is now dead. Each of the two women will try to understand how the "man of their life" loved and lived with the other. See how they dance.
Véra
Judith, a young nurse, is so meek in front of her husband Roland, that she can't manage to tell him that she has lost her job. When he learns this, he starts to follow her...He discovers that in a secret life, she is another mysterious and sublime person.
Ingrid
Andrea is a twentysomething from a rich but cold family who leads a superficial life devoid of responsibility. After receiving a letter from his dying father, whom he hasn't seen since he was a child, Andrea reluctantly joins him in Kenya to bid him farewell. Once there, he'll find himself with a rather singular inheritance: an 8-year-old half-brother that his father had from a local woman.
Marinella
Nicola is a man who has spent much of his life in a mental institution, though not always as a patient. Nicola's mother suffered from mental illness, and when young Nicola grew old enough to understand some of her stranger behavior as well as the family's other dark secrets, a few of the adults around him preferred to suggest he was disturbed like his mother, and he was encouraged to visit an asylum not far from his home. As an adult, Nicola has spent enough time around people who have a tenuous connection with reality that he has a superficial resemblance to them, and has developed a strange set of imaginary friends to go along with his eccentric real-life companions and the woman he loves from afar, Marinella.
Martina
Peter and Martina are a tourist couple on a vacation on the Croatian coast. Both are successful and in their prime. However, the couple is going through a crisis. Both are frustrated and unsatisfied with their lives. They hope this vacation will help save their relationship. They both hope that this, long expected vacation will improve their relationship. They go on a mountain trip, and they get lost. Far from their usual comfort, confronted with the raw nature, they are left with no other option but to face one another...
Lena
Inverno de 1943. Martina, oito anos de idade, vive na encosta do Monte Sole, não muito longe de Bolonha. É a filha única de uma família de camponeses que, como tantas outras, se esforça por sobreviver. Há poucos anos perdeu um irmão recém-nascido e desde então deixou de falar. Em Dezembro, a mãe engravida de novo e, na noite de 28 para 29 de Setembro de 1944, dá à luz um menino. Quase ao mesmo tempo, as SS levam a cabo buscas sem precedentes na região, que ficarão na história como o massacre de Marzabotto. Comentário Triste relato do massacre em uma vila de camponeses italianos durante a II Guerra Mundial. O caso retratado só foi julgado na Itália em 2005. Vergonhosos crimes de guerra. Feridas expostas. No início do filme, e em um outro momento de aflição, a mãe reza aos pés de uma imagem de Maria Santíssima, também grávida. Ambas esperam pelo homem que virá…
Maddalena
Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that their stories appear almost parallel and complementary.
Giulia
Ann leaves Thomas and everything else behind when she catches him kissing another woman. With her music and help from Georges, she begins a journey to find herself.
Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.
Mileva Marić
The relationship between renowned scientist Albert Einstein and his first wife, Mileva Marić.
Chiara
Emma meets François at an airport in France. He is an astronomer who studies the phenomenon of black holes, and Emma finds herself immediately taken with him. Their romance flourishes during a stay in the countryside. But one day, François disappears on a bicycle ride. Left alone in a big house, Emma becomes afraid and returns to Paris to continue her life as a real estate agent. Soon after, François' brother Michel contacts her and together they try to solve the mystery of François' disappearance. But when he encounters Emma, Michel begins to transform into a ghost. Emma slowly begins to realize she possesses a frightening power that she was not aware of.
Maria Luzzato
Maio de 1944. Cinco mulheres de uma unidade de comando saltam de pára-quedas na França ocupada com a audaciosa e perigosa missăo de proteger o segredo do desembarque do Dia D e eliminar o Coronel Heindrich, comandante da contra-inteligęncia alemă. Louise é uma atiradora treinada e viúva do líder da Resistência. Jeanne é uma prostituta sem sentimentos que năo hesita em matar. Gaëlle é uma jovem e brilhante expert em explosivos desesperada para ver alguma açăo. Suzy é uma estonteante showgirl que foi amante de Heindrich. Maria é uma condessa italiana encoberta pela a Resistência Francesa. Juntas elas lutarăo para manter o segredo do Dia D encoberto.
Anna Lo Russo
Francesca
Estranged by the degree of corporate influence within the largest U.S. listening station in the world, an aging NSA officer defects and mounts a clandestine counter-listening station high in the Italian alps.
Maria
Giovanni, a married man with a child, meets on a train Maria, a former lover.
Chiara
The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen from the perspective of one of his assailants -- a conflicted young woman in the ranks of the Red Brigade.
Mirella Utano
Os irmãos Nicola e Matteo tem as vidas transformadas após tentarem resgatar uma jovem que sofria torturas em um manicômio na década de 60. O filme conta desde então os acontecimentos da vida dos dois rapazes até os dias atuais.
Stella
Stella
Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.
Grazia Negro
Lupo Mannaro, based upon the novel by Carlo Lucarelli, is a psycho-thriller revolving around the police commissioner Romeo who is obsessively convinced that the unsuspected Engineer Velasco, well known and respected in his milieu, is a dangerous serial killer. Romeo together with his determined assistant Grazia Negro and police superintendent Rago starts investigating with the help of the famous criminologist Del Gatto. The commissioner will often find himself in difficulty but won't give up the investigation due to his obstinacy and his strong vocation. The case slowly turns itself into a personal challenge between Romeo and Velasco, with unpredictable moves as well as strategies of defence and attack.
Katia
A short film.
Annetta
Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for his infant when his wife panics after childbirth. He brings a peasant, Annette, to Rome, forcing her to leave her own baby behind. To the consternation and increasing anger of the wife, the nanny immediately bonds with the couple's infant son - Annette's a natural. Against a backdrop of leftist demonstrations, Annette, who's lover is a teacher jailed for subversion, asks the doctor to teach her to read and write. Her nature and curiosity, the doctor's bland ideas, he and his wife's problems, and the two infants bring the story to a head.
