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Ivano Marescotti is known for:

  • The Talented Mr. Ripley
    Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
  • Hannibal
    After having successfully eluded the authorities for years, Hannibal peacefully lives in Italy in disguise as an art scholar. Trouble strikes again when he's discovered leaving a deserving few dead in the process. He returns to America to make contact with now disgraced Agent Clarice Starling, who is suffering the wrath of a malicious FBI rival as well as the media.
  • King Arthur
    The story of the Arthurian legend, based on the 'Sarmatian hypothesis' which contends that the legend has a historical nucleus in the Sarmatian heavy cavalry troops stationed in Britain, and that the Roman-British military commander, Lucius Artorius Castus is the historical person behind the legend.

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Biography

Ivano Marescotti (February 4th, 1946 – March 26th, 2023) was an Italian actor and theater director. Born in Villanova di Bagnacavallo, province of Ravenna, he worked as a clerk in the urban sector of the Councillorship of Ravenna. Marescotti began acting at 35 years old, first in local amateur stage works, then in some major stage companies. After acting in small film roles, he had his breakout role in 1991 as Tobia the chemist in Silvio Soldini's comedy film The Peaceful Air of the West. From then, Marescotti started appearing in dozens of films, usually in supporting roles, establishing himself as one of the most active character actors in the Italian cinema of the 1990s and 2000s. In recent years, he took part in several international productions. In 2004, he won a Silver Ribbon for the short film Assicurazione sulla vita. And In 2007, he was elected to the regional constituent assembly of the Democratic Party in Bologna. Marescotti died in Ravenna on March 26th, 2023 after a three-year battle with prostate cancer, at the age of 77.