Francesca Archibugi
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Francesca Archibugi at the Italian Film Festival in Tokyo, 3 May 2008.
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16 May 1960 Rome, Italy |
| Occupation | Film director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1988-present |
Francesca Archibugi (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeska arkiˈbudʒi]; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter.
Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started to study acting with Alessandro Fersen and graduated in Film Direction from the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome.
From 1980 to 1983 she directed short films such as La piccola avventura (1981), about handicapped children, and acted in La caduta degli angeli ribelli (1981), directed by Marco Tullio Giordana and starring Alida Valli. She filmed the short Un sogno truffato in 1984 with the Lualdi-Interlenghi duo and played the neurotic intellectual woman in Giuseppe Bertolucci's film Segreti, segreti (1986), again starring Alida Valli, and with Rossana Podestà, Lea Massari, Lina Sastri and Stefania Sandrelli.
She wrote the script of L'estate sta finendo in 1987.
Her long film debut came with Mignon è partita in 1988, a bitter family portrait that examines the first experiences and disappointments of teenage love. The film won 5 David di Donatello awards: Best New Director, Best Actress (Stefania Sandrelli), Best Supporting Actor ( Massimo Dapporto), Best Script and Best Sound. During the filming, she fell in love with the composer Battista Lena, who wrote the score for her film.
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