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| image = Director Roberto Faenza.jpg

| birth_place = [[Turin]], [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]

| yearsactive = 1968-present1968–present

'''Roberto Faenza''' (born 21 February 1943 in Turin) is an [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]]. Born in Turin in 1943, FaenzaHe received a degree in Political Science and a diploma at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia.

HeFaenza made his directing debut in 1968 with the international success, ''[[Escalation (1968 Italian film)|Escalation]]'', a film that describes the different sides of power through the relationship between a middle-class father and his hippie son. Immediately after that he directed ''H2S'', an angry apology of the 1968 movement, seized two days after its release and not distributed since. Upon this sequestration he travelled to the United States to teach at the Federal City College of Washington DC.

In 1978 he directed ''[[Forza Italia! (film)|Forza Italia!]]'', a ferocious satire on the power of the Italian Christian Democrat party covering thirty years of Italian political history. The film was withdrawn from the theatres on the day [[Aldo Moro]], Presidentpresident of the Christian Democrats, was kidnapped, and remains banned for over 15 years. Aldo Moro being the one who will end his life recommending (in his handwritten memoirs found in the den of the [[Red Brigades]] in via Monte Nevoso in [[Milan]]) to see the film “if"if one wants to realize the recklessness of his fellow party members”members".{{Citation needed|date<ref>''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MarchncyE4HJz27M&t=2548s Roberto Faenza racconta "Forza Italia!" - Percorsi di Cinema 2009}}]'', ANAC autori, Feb 20, 2018, min.43-33</ref><ref>Memoriale Moro, Sezione "LA DEMOCRAZIA CRISTIANA", Comm. Moro, 173-174; Comm. stragi, II 297-303 Numerazione tematica 10; X legislatura, Commissione terrorismo e stragi, [http://www.senato.it/documenti/repository/relazioni/archiviostorico/commissioni/X%20LEG_TERRORISMO_DOC_RELAZ/X_%20LEG_TERRORISMO_DOC%20XXIII_26%20VOL.1_10.1.91.pdf doc XXIII n.26], pp.141-142; quote: " Kissinger, come dicevo innanzi, lo faceva con estremo semplicismo ed una certa dose di rozzezza. Ma la direttiva è quella, mettere fuori uomini vecchi e inutili, anche se possono avere delle benemerenze, e mandare avanti uomini nuovi. (..) Non è detto che tutti siano migliori: sono però nuovi e diversi e portano più modernità, più spregiudicatezza, più laicismo. Infatti il legame con la Chiesa è afflosciato. E per chi abbia visto "Forza Italia", fa impressione il linguaggio, a dir poco, estremamente spregiudicato, che i democristiani usano al Congresso tra un applauso e l'altro all'On. Zaccagnini. Sono modi di dire e di fare che un tempo sarebbero apparsi inconcepibili. "</ref>

In 1980 Faenza chose the Italian Communist Party as subject matter with ''[[Si salvi chi vuole]]''. Considered as a [[political correctness|politically incorrect]] director, he was forced to work outside of [[Italy]] to be able to find financing: in 1983 he filmed ''[[Copkiller]]'' in [[New York City]] with [[Harvey Keitel]], [[Nicole Garcia]] and the leader of the [[Sex Pistols]], [[John Lydon|Johnny Rotten]].

In 1990 he directed ''[[The Bachelor (1990 film)|The Bachelor]]'', based on a short story by [[Arthur Schnitzler]] with a wide cast of profiled actors: [[Keith Carradine]], [[Miranda Richardson]], [[Kristin Scott Thomas]] and [[Max von Sydow]]. In 1993 he directed ''[[Jonah Who Lived in the Whale]]'' starring actress Juliet Aubrey for which he was awarded the [[David di Donatello]] for Best Director. The film was entered into the [[18th Moscow International Film Festival]] where it won the Prix of Ecumenical Jury.<ref name="Moscow1993">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1993 |title=18th Moscow International Film Festival (1993) |accessdateaccess-date=2013-03-09 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403093721/http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1993 |archive-date=3 April 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Two years later another novel (this time by [[Antonio Tabucchi]]) was the source: ''[[Sostiene Pereira]]'', [[Marcello Mastroianni]]’s's last Italian film, the latter awarded with a [[David di Donatello]] as Best Leading Actor. In 1997 he directed ''[[Marianna UcriaUcrìa]]'' based on the novel ''La lunga vita di Marianna Ucria'' by [[Dacia Maraini]]. It was entered into the [[20th Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref name="Moscow1997">{{cite web |url=http://www.moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1997 |title=20th Moscow International Film Festival (1997) |accessdateaccess-date=2013-03-22 |work=MIFF |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130322163106/http://moscowfilmfestival.ru/miff34/eng/archives/?year=1997 |archive-date=22 March 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In 1999 he directed ''The Lost Lover'', inspired by the bestseller by [[A. B. Yehoshua|Abraham B. Yehoshua]] about the ongoing clash between [[Jews]] and [[Palestinians]]. In 2003 he received international success with ''[[The Soul Keeper]]'', based on the burning passion between [[Carl Jung|Carl Gustav Jung]] and his young Russian patient [[Sabina Spielrein]].

His most recent films are: ''Come into the Light'', about the life of [[Pino Puglisi]], the parish priest killed in [[Palermo]] by the [[mafiaSicilian Mafia|the Mafia]] in 1993, played by [[Luca Zingaretti]] (Nomination European Academy Award (EFA) as Best Director 2005; David Giovani Best Film Award; Flaiano Best Leading Actor Award and Audience Award for the Best Film; Best Leading Actor Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2005; San Fedele Best Film Award); ''[[IThe giorniDays dell'abbandonoof Abandonment (film)|The Days of Abandonment]]'', inspired on the novel by [[Elena Ferrante]], with [[Margherita Buy]], Luca Zingaretti and the musician [[Goran BregovicBregović]]. ''[[I VicerèViceré (film)|I Vicerè]]'' based on the 1894 novel by [[Federico De Roberto]] was released in 2007.

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