Quote of the day
Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow-ripening fruit.
Roberto Rossellini
Born: May 8, 1906
Died: June 3, 1977 (aged 71)
Bio: Roberto Gastone Zeffiro Rossellini was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Rossellini was one of the directors of the Italian neorealist cinema, contributing to the movement films such as the 1945 Roma città aperta.
Known for:
- Rome, Open City (1945)
- Stromboli (1950)
- Journey to Italy (1954)
- Paisan (1946)
- Europe '51 (1952)