Francesca Fanti

Francesca Fanti was chosen by Francis Ford Coppola to play the leading role of Filomena Corrado in Distant Vision (2016), a live cinema experimental production directed by Coppola as a month-long project at UCLA. Francesca presented the bold one-woman comedy show "Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo," (written by Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and Franca Rame), and won the ADA Artistic Director Achievement Award for Best Actress in a Comedy in Los Angeles first, then The Bay Area Critics Award for Best Solo Performance in San Francisco where the show was critically acclaimed, sold out and extended for months. In Italy, Francesca worked with American character actor Vincent Schiavelli, presenting the show "Cc'era 'Na Vota" in Sicilian dialect (not her own) to audiences in Sicily. She also starred in the very popular Italian TV show "La Squadra" and worked with director Carlo Carlei on the TV movie "Ferrari". Milestone Italian writer Dacia Maraini invited Francesca to perform her work in Italy after seeing Francesca's sterling performance of the drama one-woman show "Letters of Love" in Los Angeles. Francesca later on brought Maraini's controversial play "Dialogue Between a Prostitute and Her Client" to critically acclaimed performances in Pasadena and she has written a film adaptation of this play. She is also developing two other projects: "Dating Valentina" (a comedy about divorce, single parenting and online dating debut) and "Missing Michael H." (a drama based on the ...

Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (2022)

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During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillermo del Toro  •  Mark Gustafson
CAST:  Gregory Mann  •  David Bradley  •  Ron Perlman  •  Tilda Swinton

During the rise of fascism in Mussolini's Italy, a wooden boy brought magically to life struggles to live up to his father's expectations.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guillermo del Toro  •  Mark Gustafson
CAST:  Gregory Mann  •  David Bradley  •  Ron Perlman  •  Tilda Swinton

Las Vegas Story (2015)

An escort, a stripper, and a drug dealer come together in Las Vegas in this tale of gangsters, second chances, and finding love in Sin City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Q
CAST:  Wade Allain-Marcus  •  Christina Bocanegra  •  August Coryell  •  Francesca Fanti

An escort, a stripper, and a drug dealer come together in Las Vegas in this tale of gangsters, second chances, and finding love in Sin City.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Byron Q
CAST:  Wade Allain-Marcus  •  Christina Bocanegra  •  August Coryell  •  Francesca Fanti

Midlife (2013)

An alcoholic salesman finds himself at the crossroads of his life.  (more)

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CAST:  Greg Travis  •  Leilani Sarelle  •  Billy Wirth  •  Debra Wilson

An alcoholic salesman finds himself at the crossroads of his life.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Greg Travis  •  Leilani Sarelle  •  Billy Wirth  •  Debra Wilson

Caged Hearts (1996)

Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a plan to bust out of prison and hopefully expose the group of corrupt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Charr
CAST:  Carrie Genzel  •  Tane McClure  •  Nick Wilder  •  Dink O'Neal

Kate and Sharon kill a man in self defense and are framed by the justice system. They are put in prison and forced into prostitution. With the help of their defense attorney, they devise a plan to bust out of prison and hopefully expose the group of corrupt ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Henri Charr
CAST:  Carrie Genzel  •  Tane McClure  •  Nick Wilder  •  Dink O'Neal

Bambina (2016)

An isolated expatriate experiences a psychotic break after giving birth to a child fathered by her married lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis O. Korycinski
CAST:  Jenny Cooper  •  Matthew Del Negro  •  Francesca Fanti  •  Claudia Marasca

An isolated expatriate experiences a psychotic break after giving birth to a child fathered by her married lover.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alexis O. Korycinski
CAST:  Jenny Cooper  •  Matthew Del Negro  •  Francesca Fanti  •  Claudia Marasca

Luca (2021)

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Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enrico Casarosa
CAST:  Jacob Tremblay  •  Jack Dylan Grazer  •  Emma Berman  •  Maya Rudolph

Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Enrico Casarosa
CAST:  Jacob Tremblay  •  Jack Dylan Grazer  •  Emma Berman  •  Maya Rudolph