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Franco Solinas (19 January 1927 – 14 September 1982) was an Italian writer and screenwriter. [1] He is best known for the screenplays of The Battle of Algiers, which was nominated for three Academy Awards, and State of Siege.
Franco Solinas was an Italian writer and screenwriter active from the 1950s to the early 1980s, who specialized in political and historical films. He is best known for the screenplay of The Battle of Algiers (1966), which was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Franco Solinas was an Italian writer and screenwriter active from the 1950s to the early 1980s, who specialized in political and historical films. He is best known for the screenplay of The Battle of Algiers (1966), which was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Aug 9, 2011 · The director and his coscreenwriter, Franco Solinas, wanted to commemorate the popular uprising that had succeeded in ousting the French from Algeria in July 1962. That event triggered a seismic wave of anticolonial movements across the Third World, serving both as a millennial image of freedom and a more practical lesson in the ...
Jun 23, 2020 · English; Italian. xiv, 206 pages : 24 cm. Includes the screenplay for the English version of the film and interviews with G. Pontecorvo and F. Solinas. Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-206)
Mar 11, 2011 · He and scriptwriter Franco Solinas adapted and deepened Yacef’s story and persuaded him to play himself in the film. Their Battle of Algiers is both an elegy for the war’s victims on both sides and a celebration of Algeria’s liberation from colonial oppression.
Franco Solinas was an Italian writer and screenwriter. He is best known for the screenplay of The Battle of Algiers, which was nominated for three Academy Awards.
