Claudia Cardinale: 40 Photos Celebrating the Italian Cinema and Style Siren

Claudia Cardinale: 40 Photos Celebrating the Italian Cinema and Style Siren

Claudia Cardinale has died at the age 87: The Italian diva par excellence, the face of ’60s Italian cinema and beyond, considered both the girl next door and a figure of mass sex appeal, and an enduring style icon. Across over 150 screen and theatrical roles, Cardinale was celebrated for her work in films by the Italian director greats, from Luchino Visconti, to Sergio Leone, and Federico Fellini, hitting it big in Hollywood in Blake Edwards’s classic The Pink Panther and Leone’s Once Upon A Time In the West. Beside Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani, Cardinale was a symbol of Italian cinema’s golden age.

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Nick Cassavetes to Direct the U.S. Remake of Italian Smash Hit Movie ‘The Boy With the Pink Pants’

Nick Cassavetes to Direct the U.S. Remake of Italian Smash Hit Movie ‘The Boy With the Pink Pants’ (EXCLUSIVE)

Nick Cassavetes (“John Q, “The Notebook”) is set to direct the U.S. remake of “The Boy With the Pink Pants,” which topped last year’s Italian box office and broke many hearts along the way. The film tells the harrowing true story of Andrea Spezzacatena, a 15 year-old boy who committed suicide in 2012 after enduring bullying at school and online.

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