The famous actor, director and screenwriter Franco Nero was made famous by the film Django by Sergio Cobucci. Often the performer played the role of prosecutors in films about the work of the police.
Francesco Sparanero was born in San Prospero in the family of a policeman on November 23, 1941. The future artist spent his childhood in Parma. The child organized school performances, and then, while serving in the army, created his own theater.
The path to the dream
After the service, Franco went to Milan to receive an economic education. The guy got a job as a singer in a nightclub to pay for classes. The student had to earn money as an accountant.
Despite all the efforts to complete his studies, the young man did not succeed. All the time he did not forget about his childhood dream to be on stage. They paid attention to him and invited him to act in films. Nero always cherished hopes for an artistic career.
He went on an excursion to the Cinecitta film studio, where famous directors of Italy had worked since 1937 and met there with the most famous directors. After the trip, Nero was even more inspired for an artistic future. Carlo Lizani and John Houston offered him a small role, but the film had to be left.
The work began in 1963. Alfredo Gianettis shot "The Girl on a Loan". True, the film did not have any impact on the future of the novice artist. The turning point in his biography was the 1966 film Django. Spaghetti Western was filmed near Madrid. The work made a strong impression on the audience. A lot of remakes of the picture have appeared.
Star role
Nero played the main role. In the story, the cowboy Django has to avenge his beloved. He single-handedly fights against corrupt local authorities and bandits. The picture turned out to be very tough, in the spirit of Tarantino.
Already in 2012, this director made his own remake of the film with Nero called "Django Unchained." In 1987, the sequel to Nello Rossati's The Return of Django was released. Franco also played the main character in it. In 1967, Franco was offered to reincarnate as a popular cowboy. This time Luigi Bazzoni took up the filming of "Death Came with Django." Baldi finished his adventure with the painting Goodbye Django.
In 1968, the artist had a chance to star in "Day of the Owl". In the initial part of the Damiani trilogy, the hero will have to investigate a murder. He confronts officials and the local mafia.
In 1986, the film "A Quiet Place Outside the City" was released, in which Vanessa Redgrave also starred with Nero. Franco performed the artist who had not found his vocation. His manager and girlfriend, Flavia, played by Vanessa, helped him.
The picture was conceived in the genre of mystical and psychological drama. The work was not easy, because Nero was used to westerns and detectives. The tape was included in the competition screening of the Berlin Festival.
Significant works
In 1969 the premiere of "Battle on the Neretva" took place. It told about the real battle in Yugoslavia during the Second World War. The premiere screening took place in Sarajevo. The brilliant artist Pablo Picasso drew a poster for the ribbon.
Franco played Captain Reeve. Sergei Bondarchuk became Martin. Orson Welles played the role of senator of the Chetniks, and Oleg Vidov was Nikola. Other famous artists also took part in the international project. The work was nominated for the "Oscar" as the best foreign film.
Starting in 1975, Nero moved into television projects. He is a producer, director and screenwriter. He has fifteen works in the role of a producer, two screenplays and as many directorials. In 1997, the artist reincarnated as Mario Domino for The Godmother opposite Redgrave and Kinski.
In 2005, the debut "Forever Blues" was released, and in 2016 "Apocalypse's Angel" was shown. Pictures passed without a stir. The Franco-screenwriter was much better received. "Jonathan the Bears Friend" is a collaboration between Italian and Russian craftsmen.
The picture was shown in 1994. In the film, Nero played the main character. The artist, despite his venerable age, remains very popular. Its schedule is scheduled by the hour for several years in advance.
Private life
The Golden Globe Award went to Nero for his role in the musical Camelot in 1968. He was awarded for Best Debut. He also received a prize at the International Festival in Moscow in 2017 for his contribution to world cinema. The famous actor has no less remarkable personal life. Nero met his future wife in 1967.
He met the chosen one on the set of the American "Camelot". The hero of the artist was the valiant knight Lancelot. The king's wife, Lady Ginevra, was performed by Vanessa Redgrave. At this time, the actress was going through parting with her first husband.
The feelings depicted in front of the camera, according to the script, grew into real ones. For a long time, the artists were not going to formalize the relationship. The ceremony took place only in 2006. A common child, the son of Carlo Gabriel, was born and raised in the family. He became a filmmaker and writer. Vanessa has two daughters from a previous marriage to Tony Richards.
In 2010, the artistic couple starred in the comedy Letters to Juliet. Scripted by fact-checking journalist Sophie Hold in Verona, where she went with her fiance, she manages to see the famous house of Juliet and women answering letters to Shakespeare's heroine.
It also occurs to a New Yorker journalist to become Juliet's secretary. The girl collects correspondence and finds a 1957 letter from the Englishwoman Claire. She asked Juliet to help solve the issue of escape with the Italian Lorenzo Bartolini.
Sophie decides to answer the message. A few days later, Claire's grandson Charles reproached her for a rash act. Grandma came to Verona to find the love of her youth. Claire and Sophie meet and together begin their search for Lorenzo.
At the same time, the journalist writes a story about their trip, realizing her dream of becoming a writer. Vanessa performed Claire, and Lorenzo became Nero.
