Valerio Binasco

Valerio Binasco is an Italian stage, film and television actor, stage director and playwright. He's a graduate from the Drama School of the Teatro Stabile di Genova (Genova Repertory Theater and Academy of Dramatic Arts), Italy.

Don't Tell (2005)

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristina Comencini
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Alessio Boni  •  Stefania Rocca

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristina Comencini
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Alessio Boni  •  Stefania Rocca

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DIRECTION:  Michele Soavi
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Alessandro Preziosi  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Giovanna Ralli

Domenica (2001)

Police inspector Sciarra, struggling with an identity crisis, and Domenica, an orphan who would like to know about her mother, spend one day together along the streets of Naples. It's Sciarra's last day of work and he has to take Domenica to the morgue, to identify ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilma Labate
CAST:  Claudio Amendola  •  Domenica Giuliano  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Valerio Binasco

Police inspector Sciarra, struggling with an identity crisis, and Domenica, an orphan who would like to know about her mother, spend one day together along the streets of Naples. It's Sciarra's last day of work and he has to take Domenica to the morgue, to identify ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wilma Labate
CAST:  Claudio Amendola  •  Domenica Giuliano  •  Annabella Sciorra  •  Valerio Binasco

La vita altrui (2000)

The apparently quiet lives of four milanese bourgeois couples become intertwined  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Sordillo
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Iaia Forte  •  Corso Salani  •  Giusi Cataldo

The apparently quiet lives of four milanese bourgeois couples become intertwined  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Sordillo
CAST:  Jerzy Stuhr  •  Iaia Forte  •  Corso Salani  •  Giusi Cataldo

We Believed (2010)

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

Working Slowly (Radio Alice) (2004)

Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Chiesa
CAST:  Manuel Agnelli  •  Marco Luisi  •  Alessandro Agnello  •  Tommaso Ramenghi

Bologna, 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice, a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guido Chiesa
CAST:  Manuel Agnelli  •  Marco Luisi  •  Alessandro Agnello  •  Tommaso Ramenghi

Two Friends (2002)

Two Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory but is laid off because of his illness. Pino, on the other hand, is a mysterious man and he is always traveling because of his work. Nunzio would very much like to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Sframeli  •  Spiro Scimone
CAST:  Francesco Sframeli  •  Spiro Scimone  •  Teresa Saponangelo  •  Sara Bertelà

Two Sicilian friends, Nunzio and Pino, share the same apartment in Turin. Nunzio works in a factory but is laid off because of his illness. Pino, on the other hand, is a mysterious man and he is always traveling because of his work. Nunzio would very much like to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Sframeli  •  Spiro Scimone
CAST:  Francesco Sframeli  •  Spiro Scimone  •  Teresa Saponangelo  •  Sara Bertelà

Texas (2005)

Enrico, Carlo, Davide, Cinzia, Elisa. Three Saturdays in the life of a group of friends in a quiet town in Piedmont. One night in November, one in December close to Christmas, the third in February. A look at their lives and their daily problems, more or less ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fausto Paravidino
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Fausto Paravidino  •  Riccardo Scamarcio  •  Valerio Binasco

Enrico, Carlo, Davide, Cinzia, Elisa. Three Saturdays in the life of a group of friends in a quiet town in Piedmont. One night in November, one in December close to Christmas, the third in February. A look at their lives and their daily problems, more or less ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fausto Paravidino
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Fausto Paravidino  •  Riccardo Scamarcio  •  Valerio Binasco

A Perfect Day (2008)

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Isabella Ferrari  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Nicole Grimaudo

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Isabella Ferrari  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Nicole Grimaudo

All About You (2012)

Pauline, a beguiling woman in her 60s, returns to her hometown, Turin, for the first time since she was ten years old. She has inherited her aunt’s apartment in town. In Turin Pauline contacts Dr. Angela Gualtieri, a psychologist whom she had met abroad some time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alina Marazzi
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Elena Randonicich  •  Maria Grazia Mandruzzato  •  Valerio Binasco

Pauline, a beguiling woman in her 60s, returns to her hometown, Turin, for the first time since she was ten years old. She has inherited her aunt’s apartment in town. In Turin Pauline contacts Dr. Angela Gualtieri, a psychologist whom she had met abroad some time ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alina Marazzi
CAST:  Charlotte Rampling  •  Elena Randonicich  •  Maria Grazia Mandruzzato  •  Valerio Binasco

Leopardi (2014)

A biopic of 19th-century poet Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verses while struggling with a debilitating illness and isolation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Michele Riondino  •  Anna Mouglalis  •  Isabella Ragonese

A biopic of 19th-century poet Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verses while struggling with a debilitating illness and isolation.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Michele Riondino  •  Anna Mouglalis  •  Isabella Ragonese

Alaska (2015)

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Cupellini
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Astrid Bergès-Frisbey  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Paolo Pierobon

Nadine is a French young woman. Fausto is an Italian young man trying to make it in Paris as a restaurant waiter. They accidentally meet at a five-star hotel. Both are fragile, alone and obsessed with the idea of an unattainable happiness. Their intense love is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Cupellini
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Astrid Bergès-Frisbey  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Paolo Pierobon

Nome di donna (2018)

A single mother faces a culture of sexual harassment at her new workplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Stefano Scandaletti  •  Michela Cescon

A single mother faces a culture of sexual harassment at her new workplace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Stefano Scandaletti  •  Michela Cescon

Darkness (2019)

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuela Rossi
CAST:  Denise Tantucci  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Gaia Bocci  •  Olimpia Tosatto

Three sisters, Stella, Luce and Aria, live in an isolated house, immersed in the shadows, submitted by a violent and authoritarian father, a religious fanatic obsessed with the end of the world, who keeps them prisoners behind locks and closed windows, under the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emanuela Rossi
CAST:  Denise Tantucci  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Gaia Bocci  •  Olimpia Tosatto

Lord of the Ants (2022)

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, supporters and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Amelio
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Elio Germano  •  Sara Serraiocco  •  Leonardo Maltese

Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore. Amidst a chorus of voices of accusers, supporters and a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Amelio
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Elio Germano  •  Sara Serraiocco  •  Leonardo Maltese

Keawe (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Valerio Binasco
CAST:  Franco Ravera  •  Monica Samassa  •  Nicola Pannelli  •  Emanuela Galliussi

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DIRECTION:  Valerio Binasco
CAST:  Franco Ravera  •  Monica Samassa  •  Nicola Pannelli  •  Emanuela Galliussi