Marco (born 15 January 1968) and Antonio Manetti (born 16 September 1970), collectively referred to as Manetti Bros., are Italian filmmakers, famous for their musical comedies.
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![]() Antonio (left) and Marco (right) Manetti, at the 2017 Venice Film Festival | |
Occupation | Film directors, producers, screenwriters, cinematographers |
Years active | 1995–present |
Marco Manetti | |
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Born | (1968-01-15) 15 January 1968 (age 54) Rome, Italy |
Antonio Manetti | |
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Born | (1970-09-16) 16 September 1970 (age 51) Rome, Italy |
After having directed more than a hundred video clips, for singers such as Piotta, Alex Britti, Mietta, Mariella Nava and Max Pezzali[1] and after their first unfortunate experience behind the camera with Zora the Vampire, the Manetti Bros. direct a small-budget thriller film, set mostly in an elevator: Floor 17. Most of the cast of that film worked once again with the brothers on the TV series L'ispettore Coliandro, based on the stories by Carlo Lucarelli: the series is a success and has been renewed for seven seasons.[2]
In the 2010s the brothers directed their two most celebrated films, both set in Naples: Song'e Napule, a comical tribute to the 1970s poliziotteschi, screened at the 2013 Rome Film Festival,[3] and Ammore e malavita, a musical comedy presented at the 2017 Venice Film Festival.[4] Both movies received critical acclaim and the latter won the David di Donatello Award for Best Picture.[5]
In 2020, they wrote and directed the film adaptation of comics series Diabolik, starring Luca Marinelli as the title character, and co-starring Miriam Leone and Valerio Mastandrea as Eva Kant and Inspector Ginko respectively.[6] The film was scheduled to be released on 31 December 2020,[7] and then postponed to 16 December 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
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