Francesco Rosi

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Personal Info

Known for

Directing

From

Naples, Campania, Italy

Born

11/15/1922

Age

102

Credit(s)

28

Biography

Francesco Rosi (15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages. While the topics for his later films became less politically oriented and more angled towa ...Show More