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Oct 21, 2014 · As the Frank Rossi Quartet played the song “Tarantella” late last month in a banquet room at Balagio Ristorante in Homewood, Mary Lucarini blew out the 100 candles on her birthday cake. Lucarini, known to most as Mama Mary, has lived in the working class Hungry Hill neighborhood of Chicago Heights all her life, in the same home she was born in.
Oct 4, 2021 · Mama Mary was 87 years old when she closed her restaurant and finally retired in 2009, but even now she cooks Italian dishes for her great-grandsons, Rocco and Bronx DeBergh, of Chicago Heights.
The producer Vittorio Cecchi Gori talks frankly about the success story behind the greatest film production and distribution company Italy has ever had. It’s the story of fathers and sons, intellectuals with passion and vision, and men with often complicated love lives, but it’s also the epic tale of what started as a Renaissance-style workshop and turned into an enormous industry.
Founded by Mario and Vittorio Cecchi Gori, the company began producing films in 1987 and was renamed to Cecchi Gori Group after the death of Mario Cecchi Gori in 1993. 1st Logo (December 23, 1987-1993)
Vittorio Cecchi Gori (born 27 April 1942) is an Italian film producer and politician. He pleaded guilty to bankruptcy and was sentenced in February 2020 to 8 years and 5 months of imprisonment. Born in Florence, Italy he is the son of Mario Cecchi Gori. He has produced numerous films, most notably Il Postino: The Postman (1994), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and ...
Apr 27, 2018 · The son of Mario Cecchi Gori, whose production company he inherited, he provided the financial muscle behind two of Italy’s greatest films of recent years, Il Postino (1994), which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture, and Roberto Benigni’s Life is Beautiful (1997), which won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language film.
Vittorio Cecchi Gori (Italian pronunciation: [vitˈtɔːrjo ˈtʃekki ˈɡɔːri]; born 27 April 1942) is an Italian film producer and politician. He pleaded guilty to bankruptcy and was sentenced in February 2020 to 8 years and 5 months of imprisonment.Born in Florence, Italy, he is the son of ...
