Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Birthday: 1941-12-16 Place of Birth:
Synopsis
Acting
The Conviction
A girl and her art professor get trapped inside a castle-museum after it closes at night. After a little resistance she agrees to have sex with him, but then she sues the professor for rape. The professor will have to prove his innocence.
The French Revolution
A history of the French Revolution from the decision of the king to convene the Etats-Generaux in 1789 in order to deal with France's debt problem. Part one spans the event until August 10, 1792 (when the King Louis XVI lost all authority and was imprisoned). Part two carries the story through the end of the terror in 1794, including the deaths by guillotine of Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, and Desmoulins.
The Bitch
After serving time for sexual assault, a disgraced cop finds work as a private detective and becomes enmeshed in a bizarre web that includes a gangster and his former girlfriend…the same woman who sent the cop to prison years before.
The House of the Yellow Carpet
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift of Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit begins a twisted a nightmare.
The Moon in the Gutter
A dockworker seeking revenge on the killer of his sister finds himself the object of desire for two women.
Three Brothers
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a factory worker involved in labor disputes. Once home, each encounters the past and engages in reveries of what may come.
Desideria
All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...
Speed Cross
Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.
Stunt Squad
Fed up with the murderous shenanigans of Valli’s protection racket, police chief Grifi assembles an ace team of stunt trained police officers to tackle the mob!
L'amaro caso della baronessa di Carini
Sicily 1812: the first liberal constitution shall put an end to the privileges of the feudal lords. Luca Corbara (Pagliai) is sent there by the Minister of Finance to control the landed properties.Following the ballad heard from a storyteller, he begins to suspect that the current Carini feud is made up of lands usurped more than two centuries before by the lover of the killed Baroness. Don Mariano d'Agro'(Celsi), the Baron of Carini, is hampering him and tries to get rid of Luca Corbara by accusing him of the murder of the storyteller Nele Carnazza. Through the intervention of the mysterious sect of the Beati Paoli, who want to avenge the wrongs committed by the Baron, and the help of Laura, the wife of Don Mariano (Agren), he is kept from being accused.
Il marsigliese
"Il marsigliese" ("The Marseille man") is another cult TV series broadcasted by Italian Television in three episodes from 28th September to 12th October 1975, directed by Giacomo Battiato and starring Marc Porel, Lina Polito, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Corrado Gaipa, Renato Mori, Isa Danieli, Giovanni Polito, Biagio Pelligra, with screenplay by Luciano Codignola and also Battiato. A breathtaking thriller where Porel plays a young man from Marseille who, as soon as he has arrived in Neaples, causes a feud among local camorra men and Sicilian mobsters, with a big climax placed in Genoa.
