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Bruno Zanin

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Bruno Zanin
Born(1951-04-09)9 April 1951
Died7 July 2024(2024-07-07) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Actor, writer
Years active1973–2024
SpouseMonique
ChildrenFrancesco
Fiorenzo

Bruno Zanin (9 April 1951 – 7 July 2024) was an Italian film, theatre, and television actor and writer.

Life and career

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Child of farmers and the sixth of seven brothers, Zanin studied at a school run by priests up to the age of fourteen when an event occurred that made him leave (detailed in his novel, Nobody Must Know). After a life on the road including time in jail, he became an actor by accident when Federico Fellini chose him among thousands of young men for the role of Titta in the film Amarcord. He went on to appear in numerous films, theatre plays and television series with Italian and foreign filmmakers such as Giuseppe Ferrara, Marco Tullio Giordana, Giuliano Montaldo, Franco Brusati, Luigi Faccini, Lucian Pintilie and Lina Wertmüller. In the theatre, he has worked with Giorgio Strehler, Luca Ronconi, Marco Sciaccaluga, Gianfranco De Bosio, Sandro Sequi, and Alfredo Arias, appearing chiefly in Venetian language plays by Goldoni but also in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice.

In 2007 he published his first novel, an autobiographical work titled Nobody Must Know. The book obtained special mention at the Città di Latisana per il Nord Est, an Italian literary awards event. The novel was published in Spanish by Trotta editorial (Madrid) as Que no se entere nadie.

Zanin had two sons, Francesco and Fiorenzo. He lived in a log cabin in the woods at Vanzone con San Carlo, a mountain village below Monte Rosa, Piedmont.

Zanin died on 7 July 2024, at the age of 73.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Director Notes
1973 Amarcord Titta Federico Fellini
1974 City Under Siege Young Lover of Maria Romolo Guerrieri
1974 La prova d'amore Gianni Tiziano Longo
1975 Killer Cop Franco Ludovisi Luciano Ercoli
1975 The First Time on the Grass Gianluigi Calderone
1976 And Agnes Chose to Die Figlio di Cencio Giuliano Montaldo
1976 The Mistress Is Served Daniele Cardona, il figlio Mario Lanfranchi
1978 La borgata dei sogni Daniele Pettinari
1978 Mille e una vita Gianfranco Mingozzi
1982 Marco Polo Giulio Giuliano Montaldo TV Mini-Series, 3 episodes
1982 Il buon soldato Marco Franco Brusati
1983 Occhei, occhei Claudia Fiorio
1984 Notti e nebbie Bonetti Marco Tullio Giordana TV movie
1985 Inganni Luigi Faccini
1986 The Moro Affair 2nd Brigadist Giuseppe Ferrara
1987 Treasure Island in Outer Space Morgan Antonio Margheriti TV Mini-Series, 5 episodes
2000 Francesca e Nunziata Beppe Lina Wertmüller TV movie
2000 La donna del delitto Bruno D'Amato Corrado Colombo
2009 Reame del Nulla Razi Mohebi
2017 In Search of Fellini Beppi Taron Lexton

TV theatre

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  • 1979: The Merchant of Venice, by William Shakespeare, dir. Gianfranco De Bosio with Sergio Fantoni, Andrea Giordana, Massimo Dapporto, Pino Ferrara, Lina Sastri, Bruno Zanin, Vittorio Stagni, Ilaria Occhini, Massimo Foschi, Gianrico Tedeschi, Antonio Garrani, Loris Loddi, (aired on 24 March 1979).

Theatre

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  • 1974: Goldoni – La putta onorata and la buona moglie
  • 1975: Goldoni – Il Campiello
  • 1979: Shakespeare – Il Mercante di Venezia
  • 1982: Goldoni – I pettegolezzi delle donne
  • 1989: Goldoni – Il Ventaglio

Writing

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  • 2006: Nobody must know (ed. Tullio Pironti)

References

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  1. ^ board, Editorial (8 July 2024). "Addio a Bruno Zanin, il "Titta" di Amarcord di Fellini". Veneziatoday.
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