Pierfrancesco FAVINO

Actor

Italy

Pierfrancesco FAVINO © Pablo ARROYO

The most prominent Italian actor of his generation, Pierfrancesco Favino has gained recognition with Gabriele Muccino’s debut hit The Last Kiss (2001). Awarded for his performance in Michele Placido’s Romanzo Criminale (2005), he pursued a parallel career in Hollywood with Ron Howard’s Angels and Demons and Rush, Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna and Marc Foster’s World War Z. In 2018, he played the role of Tommaso Buscetta in Marco Bellocchio’s The Traitor, presented in Competition at the Festival de Cannes 2019, and returns in 2022 with Mario Martone’s Nostalgia, also in Competition. In between, he shoots Hammamet by Gianni Amelio and Padrenostro by Claudio Noce (2020), for which he wins the Best Actor prize at the Venice Film Festival. He recently worked with Pablo Larraìn on Maria and Gabriele Salvatores on Naples to New York.

Jury attendance

  • Member Feature films, 2024

Feature films

LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO

LE COMTE DE MONTE-CRISTO

Out of Competition, 2024Actor
NOSTALGIA

NOSTALGIA

In Competition - Feature Films, 2022Actor
IL TRADITORE

IL TRADITORE

In Competition - Feature Films, 2019