Carmelo Bene

Carmelo Bene
Carmelo Bene in Nostra Signora dei Turchi (1968)
Born(1937-09-01)1 September 1937
Died16 March 2002(2002-03-16) (aged 64)
Rome, Italy[1]
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director, writer, film director, screenwriter
Years active1967–2002
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Children1

Carmelo Pompilio Realino Antonio Bene, known as Carmelo Bene (1 September 1937 – 16 March 2002) was an Italian actor, poet, film director, and screenwriter. He was an important exponent of the Italian avant-garde theatre and cinema.[2] In 1968, his movie Our Lady of the Turks won the Special Jury Prize (Venice Film Festival) at the Venice Film Festival. [3] He died of a heart ailment in 2002.[4]

  1. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. 19 March 2002.
  2. ^ (in Italian) Carmelo Bene on the Italian Encyclopedia Treccani
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
  4. ^ III, Harris M. Lentz (9 April 2003). Obituaries in the Performing Arts, 2002: Film, Television, Radio, Theatre, Dance, Music, Cartoons and Pop Culture. McFarland. ISBN 9780786452071. Retrieved 13 June 2018 – via Google Books.

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