Violante Placido

Acting

Violante Placido

Born 1976-05-01 · Roma, Italy

Violante Placido (born 1 May 1976) is an Italian actress and singer. She is the daughter of actor-director Michele Placido and actress Simonetta Stefanelli. Description above from the Wikipedia article Violante Placido, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting credits

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance poster
5.0

When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

2011

The American poster
6.0

Dispatched to a small Italian town to await further orders, assassin Jack embarks on a double life that may be more relaxing than is good for him.

The American

2010

The Lookout poster
5.6

When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

The Lookout

2012

La Dolce Villa poster
6.3

When his daughter decides to buy a crumbling Tuscan villa, Eric rushes to Italy to talk her out of it — and instead finds beauty, romance and new purpose.

La Dolce Villa

2025

Femminile singolare poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Femminile singolare

2022

Modalità aereo poster
5.7

Diego is a successful entrepreneur. Rich and not caring for the good of others, no scruples to belittle the next. His attitude turns against him when he forgets in his airport bathroom his latest-generation mobile phone with social profiles, contacts and credit cards.

Modalità aereo

2019

7 Minutes poster
7.0

Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.

7 Minutes

2016

Wherever You Are poster
4.8

A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.

Wherever You Are

2004

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope poster
7.0

The life of the pope John-Paul II, from his youth as a writer, actor, and athlete in war-torn occupied Poland to his election as Pope at the age of 58.

Karol: A Man Who Became Pope

2005

The Undesirables poster
7.0

USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.

The Undesirables

2003

Pinocchio poster
6.1

The enchanted story of Pinocchio.

Pinocchio

2009

Fade to Black poster
4.4

Still reeling from the painful breakup of his marriage to screen siren Rita Hayworth, filmmaker Orson Welles makes his way to Rome, where he gets pulled into a tangled political plot involving murder and mysterious motives. A beautiful actress proves a tempting distraction. But if they want to stay alive, Welles and his young Italian driver need to stay focused.

Fade to Black

2006

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance' poster
NR

A six-part documentary on the making of the film.

The Path to Vengeance: Making 'Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'

2012

Moana poster
6.4

The life story of Italian iconic pornographic actress Moana Pozzi. The actress Ilona Staller sued the production of the film for the unauthorized use of the character "Cicciolina", of which she owned the rights.

Moana

2009

Improvised Christmas poster
5.4

No synopsis available yet.

Improvised Christmas

2022

Ginostra poster
4.4

An FBI Agent from America and his bride and young child travel to the Sicilian island of Ginostra to solve the murder of a key witness.

Ginostra

2003

Circo Zarathustra poster
NR

Drawing on the vast body of Nietzsche’s work and weaving together his writings and his thought, Leonardo Petrillo has created a remarkable work that analyses the paradoxical, at times extreme and contradictory thinking of modernity’s most controversial philosopher.

Circo Zarathustra

2026

Any Reason Not to Marry? poster
5.3

Leo and Nina lived happily out of wedlock until one day Nina asked Leo to marry him. Leo, hostile to conformity, had always been opposed to the idea and it looked as though Nina as well. But giving in to his companion's insistence, the young man agrees to an unconventional wedding, without the expensive white gown, without the traditional candy box, with gifts to charities instead of wedding presents, the lot. Nina agrees … or seems to.

Any Reason Not to Marry?

2006

Estomago 2: The Cookfather poster
6.9

Sequel to the award-winning 2007 film, Stomach 2 tells the tasty and bloody dispute between a faction leader and an Italian boss for control of the prison where they are held and the privilege of being served by the talented cook Raimundo Nonato

Estomago 2: The Cookfather

2024

Let's Stay Friends poster
5.4

Alessandro, a forty-year-old widower pediatrician, lives with his teenage son, leading a monotonous and insipid existence. After a call from an old friend in Brazil, the man has his tired stability tested.

Let's Stay Friends

2019

Enrico Piaggio: Vespa poster
7.0

It is 1945. Enrico Piaggio’s Pontedera factory is in ruins and the 12,000 people who worked there are condemned to unemployment and misery. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility resting on his shoulders: the lives of so many families depend on his ability to create new jobs. A project is born in the mind of the entrepreneur: a small, robust, agile and affordable means of transport, capable of relaunching mobility, giving impetus to the recovery of the country’s economic and civil life. To make this dream come true, Piaggio turns to engineer Corradino D’Ascanio, a brilliant designer who uses the experience gained in the field of aeronautics to create the scooter that remains today the symbol of Italian creativity and design: the Vespa!

Enrico Piaggio: Vespa

2019

Sleepless - Senza sonno poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Sleepless - Senza sonno

2009

Soul Mate poster
5.4

In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it, Teresa seeks revenge and vows to divide them.

Soul Mate

2003

A Dinner for Them to Meet poster
5.9

Actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing the most painful moment of his existence. After a suicide attempt, his three daughters, scattered throughout Europe, each with a different mother, come to his side. The sisters meet to decide what to do with their father, establishing a genuine tie for the very first time.

A Dinner for Them to Meet

2007