Franco Piavoli (born 21 June 1933) is an Italian film director,
screenwriter, and producer.Piavoli studied law at the University of
Pavia in Lombardy. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he made a number of
short films: Uccellanda (1953), Ambulatorio (1954), Incidente (1955),
La stagioni (1960), Domenica sera (1962), Emigranti (1963), and Evasi
(1964).Nearly 20 years later, Piavoli released his first feature film
The Blue Planet in 1982, which competed at the 39th Venice
International Film Festival. Piavoli later directed Nostos: The Return
in 1989, a film inspired by Ulysses' return to Ithaca in the Odyssey,
and contains only sparse dialogue that imitates "sounds of ancient
Mediterranean languages".In 2009, Piavoli worked with Ermanno Olmi on
Olmi's documentary about food production Terra Madre.
screenwriter, and producer.Piavoli studied law at the University of
Pavia in Lombardy. Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he made a number of
short films: Uccellanda (1953), Ambulatorio (1954), Incidente (1955),
La stagioni (1960), Domenica sera (1962), Emigranti (1963), and Evasi
(1964).Nearly 20 years later, Piavoli released his first feature film
The Blue Planet in 1982, which competed at the 39th Venice
International Film Festival. Piavoli later directed Nostos: The Return
in 1989, a film inspired by Ulysses' return to Ithaca in the Odyssey,
and contains only sparse dialogue that imitates "sounds of ancient
Mediterranean languages".In 2009, Piavoli worked with Ermanno Olmi on
Olmi's documentary about food production Terra Madre.
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