Mario Martone

Mario Martone (b. 1959, Naples, Italy) began his career as a stage director in 1976 with the play Faust. Two years later he established the theatre company Falso Movimento and began to make a name for himself with the production Tango glaciale (1982). During the 1980s he also experimented in film. His feature debut Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician (Morte di un matematico napoletano) from 1992 was favourably received by the critics and took away the Grand Special Jury Prize from Venice. After the medium-length Rasoi (1993) he shot the film Nasty Love (L’amore molesto, 1995), which was screened in the main competition at Cannes and won several David di Donatello awards. He also made Rehearsals of War (Teatro di guerra, 1998) and The Scent of Blood (L’odore del sangue, 2004). The historical fresco We Believed competed at Venice.

46. IFF Karlovy Vary