Giovanni Pellegrino

Acting

Giovanni Pellegrino

Acting credits

Dear Goddamned Friends poster
6.8

In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.

Dear Goddamned Friends

1994

The Cyclone poster
6.9

The everyday life of accountant Levante, his family and the other people of a small town in the Tuscan countryside is taken by storm by the serendipitous arrival of five gorgeous Spanish flamenco dancers.

The Cyclone

1996

Terrarossa poster
9.0

Terrarossa is a 2001 film directed by Giorgio Molteni. The film is based on the novel La teda (1957) by the Calabrian writer Saverio Strati.

Terrarossa

2001

I fetentoni poster
4.0

The film is set in Reggio Calabria in the late eighties, when bribes are everywhere and the power of the city is in the hands of two bosses: Saro Lodato and Cocò Raffati.

I fetentoni

1999

Fireworks poster
6.2

Ottone, a professional dog sitter who's uncertain about most things in life, asks an analyst if he made the right decision love-wise while recounting the significant relationships he had with four women.

Fireworks

1997

Il contrabbandiere poster
NR

A struggling Puglian restaurateur, hit by war-driven price hikes, persuades friends to revive decades-old cigarette smuggling, using the illicit trade as a metaphor to expose the political, cultural, and environmental abandonment of the Brindisi-Taranto region.

Il contrabbandiere

2024

The Invisible Wall poster
6.9

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on board. The official version blames the "structural failure" of the plane, but a young journalist smells a cover-up and starts to uncover the truth out of the 'invisible wall' of lies built by politicians and air force higher-ups.

The Invisible Wall

1991

Ugly Nasty People poster
5.8

Four physically disabled lowlifes plot the perfect heist, but things go south when each reveals an agenda of their own.

Ugly Nasty People

2017

Benvenuti in casa Gori poster
6.8

The film is set in a house in a Tuscan landscape, has an ironic content and a Christmas frame. The film is divided into 5 episodes: The Family, The Lunch, Unexpected Pregnancy, The Videotape and Epilogue.

Benvenuti in casa Gori

1990

Camerieri poster
5.7

Four waiters and a cook working at a seaside restaurant hate one another but still keep working together for lack of better opportunities.

Camerieri

1995

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

A caro prezzo

1999

Donne con le gonne poster
6.3

Renzo falls in love with feminist Margherita, too emancipated for him: they start a troubled relationship until he kidnaps her, forcing her to be an housewife devoted to her husband.

Donne con le gonne

1991

Zitti e mosca poster
5.1

In a small Tuscan village that's waiting for the local festival to commence, amidst confusion about the fall of Communism, the lives of some dazed characters intertwine.

Zitti e mosca

1991

Soldati - 365 all'alba poster
6.7

Claudio Scanna is a private in the Italian army: during his first night in a new military base he gets in a fight with senior recruits. Lieutenant Fili, Claudio's commanding officer, is denied a promotion because his superiors discover he was absent without justification during the night of the fight. Fili blames Claudio and vows to make his remaining months in the service a living hell...

Soldati - 365 all'alba

1987

Belle al bar poster
5.2

During a marriage crisis, unhappy Leo has to go to another town for work. There he meets his long-lost cousin Giulio, who has become... Giulia, a very charming girl.

Belle al bar

1994

L'amore di Màrja poster
8.5

In the '70s, young Màrja leads a hippie lifestyle in Finland. During a peace march, she meets Fortunato, a young Sicilian, and falls in love with him. They marry and start a family, happily raising two daughters. However, times become hard and Fortunato suggests they move to his old town, where he can find work easily. Màrja accepts, but she'll have to clash with a close-minded and malicious environment as a foreigner in Southern Italy.

L'amore di Màrja

2004

Da do da poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Da do da

1994

Ma l'amore... sì! poster
3.1

Grandfather Alcide is given a surprise party by his many relatives. He, however, dies of a heart attack. The dearly departed turns out to have been a hardened saver and leaves an astonishing amount of money to his two sons, Alfredo and Nunzio, who suddenly find themselves dealing with a large sum of money. On the advice of Nunzio, the younger brother, Alfredo decides to move to Rome to open a restaurant serving typical Calabrian cuisine, Il Piparedduzzo.

Ma l'amore... sì!

2006

Aspromonte poster
4.2

No synopsis available yet.

Aspromonte

2012

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Albania Blues

2001

The Piece poster
10.0

After a change in summer plans, a 20-year-old violinist finds herself in remote Calabria with family instead of on a beach in Greece with friends. But when her uncle offers her the chance of a lifetime, she reluctantly opens herself up to an experience she’ll never forget.

The Piece

2025