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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1973-07-24

Place of Birth

Catania, Sicily, Italy

Manuela Ventura

Known for

Anti-Mafia Squad

Anti-Mafia Squad

Fighting a modern, fragmented and brutal Mafia, the Sicilian Anti-Mafia Squad seeks to crush the criminal network that holds a death grip on the region. Sophisticated surveillance helps, unless the enemy lies within.

Corleone

Corleone

The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

Questo nostro amore

Questo nostro amore

"questo nostro amore" narrates about the chronicles of the Costa and Strano families, living in Turin, from the '60s to the '80s, going thorugh all the social changes of those years.

Generation 56k

Generation 56k

A chance encounter leads two 30-somethings to remember 1998, the year their teenage hormones kicked in — and the internet changed their lives forever.

Il segreto dell'acqua

Il segreto dell'acqua

Black Souls

Black Souls

A former narcotics smuggler, now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills, is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son.

La lunga notte - La caduta del Duce

La lunga notte - La caduta del Duce

The Braid

The Braid

India. Smita is an untouchable. She dreams of seeing her daughter escape her miserable condition and enter school. Italy. Giulia works in her father’s workshop. When he has an accident, she discovers that the family business is ruined. Canada. Sarah, a successful lawyer, is about to be promoted to the head of her firm when she learns that she is ill. Three lives, three women, three continents. Three battles to fight. Although they don’t know each other, Smita, Giulia and Sarah are unknowingly linked by their most intimate and singular bond.

Questo è il mio paese

Questo è il mio paese

Il ponte della vita

Il ponte della vita

Where Am I Going?

Where Am I Going?

Checco is 39 and lived his entire life with his parents. He loves his job where he does nothing the whole day, until something happens that will change his behavior and his life forever...

White Whiter Whitest Black

White Whiter Whitest Black

Two teenagers, a boy and a girl, explore their relationship during a hot summer.

The Girl From Tomorrow

The Girl From Tomorrow

It’s 1965 and Lia, a spirited young woman living in a small Sicilian town, is initially attracted to Lorenzo, the son of the most prominent (and possibly Mafia-tied) local family. His possessiveness eventually repels her. But soon after, he appears with his cronies to kidnap, rape and force her into a shotgun marriage, all with the collusion of the town’s authorities. Lia and her family refuse to accept this barbaric ‘tradition’ and, despite the constant intimidation and violence, they take their fight for Lia’s rights to court.

Caught by a Wave

Caught by a Wave

A summer fling born under the Sicilian sun quickly develops into a heartbreaking love story that forces a boy and girl to grow up too quickly.