Ornella Muti

Ornella Muti is an actress in Italian, Spanish and French cinema. The appearance of the film star can only be envied, her youth over the years does not go anywhere, time has no power over the age of the Italian beauty.

In addition to filming, Ornella worked as a model in porn magazines and a TV presenter, and today she has her own jewelry brand.

Biography

Francesca Romana Rivelli and her twin sister Claudia were born in the capital of Italy on March 9, 1955. Fans of the actress know her under the pseudonym Ornella Muti. The biography of the girl was successful thanks to hard work and some lucky coincidences. The girls' father was born in Naples and was a journalist, his mother was from Estonia, was engaged in sculpture. The parents of the mother, the grandmother and grandfather of the actress, left Russia (St. Petersburg) in 1917. Aristocratic ancestors could not accept the established Soviet power in Russia.

The Rivelli family did not live richly. There was often not enough money, and when, under obscure circumstances, my father died, my mother was forced to raise Francesca and Claudia alone. Family problems became an obstacle on the way of a young woman to an acting career.

The girl found a job

Daughters and their mothers barely had enough money for food, not to mention fashionable clothes and other things.

Francesca came up with the idea: in order to earn money, at age 13 she went to an art school and agreed to pose naked.

Then she began acting in erotic magazines, telling everyone that she was already 18 years old. Once a candid photo from such a magazine caught the eye of a school teacher, the director of the school and the mother of the young model became aware of the photo shoots.

The principal wanted to expel her school, and her mother fluttered. This story was not made public in view of the difficult financial crisis of the family, and Francesca insisted that she was not stealing, but was trying to make money.

• The parameters of the figure in his youth at Ornella were really impressive: chest volume - 90 cm, waist volume - 62 cm, hips - 89 cm.

First role

When the girl was 14 years old, her sister gathered for the casting of the picture “The Most Beautiful Wife”. Claudia, not wanting to go alone, called Francesca to go with her. The director Domiano Domiani saw a future star in a casual visitor with long hair and began to do photo tests, despite her resistance.

Domiani also came up with a pseudonym - Ornella Muti. The photos came out successful and she got the role of a 17-year-old girl.

The film did not bring fame to the actress, but opened up the possibility of another way to earn money. In addition, on the set of the picture, the girl met with Alessio Orano (her husband in the film), who turned out to be 10 years older than her.

Ornella Muti in his youth, from the age of 12 began to attract the attention of male fans. Alessio did not resist, but the beauty did not reciprocate, preferring another man. At the age of 18, Ornella's daughter Nike was born from a loved one, but he ran to his wife, barely learning about the girl’s pregnancy. It is believed that this was the producer José de Castro. A year later, Orano and Muti got married.

After the release of the first film with an unknown beginner actress, she began to receive multiple offers, mainly from comedic directors.Ornella Muti, nude or not, in comedies or serious films has always been attractive to men and envied by other, less successful actresses.

There were many different gossip about the girl in the press, she was credited with numerous fictional love stories with surrounding men.

In 1976 the film “The Last Woman” is released, the main role in which Ornella Muti was offered without samples. It was an idea directed by Marco Ferreri. After winning numerous awards in the role of Valerie, the actress achieved the same popularity as Gina Lollobrigida (Gina Lollobrigida). Such films as “The Death of a Wretch” (joint work with Alain Delon), the film directed by Chukhrai “First Love” and the adaptation of the fantastic comic book “Flash Gordon” (paired with Timati Dalton) brought the actress world fame.

1. In 1980, viewers saw the painting "The Taming of the Shrew", she entered the list of 250 world hits according to IMDВ. Adriano Celentano and Ornella Muti at that time were known to the public. He is like a standard of brutal macho, she is like a woman - a child. In fact, they played themselves.
   The film was a stunning success not only in the homeland of the actors, but also in many other countries of the world. During the filming of the film, actress Ornella Muti falls in love with handsome Adriano and he reciprocates. They both leave families and begin to live together, but Muti and Orano are officially divorced, and Claudia Mori continues to be Celentano's wife.
2. The successful duet of actors and lovers broke up after the second joint painting, "Madly in Love"when Adriano returned to his wife, and Ornella let him go, not wanting to continue to be just a passion of a married Italian.
3. With Gerard Depardieu, Ornella Muti starred in the television series "Count of Monte Cristo." The series was released in the native language of Depardieu and was a joint work of French, German and Italian cinema.
4. Film "Bonnie and Clyde in Italian" recognized as the best comedy of the 1980s. thanks to the perfectly selected cast. The director is Steno.
5. Sylvester Stallone became Muti's partner in the Oscar comedywhere he played a gangster. The film adaptation took place in the USA.

Filmography

Ornella Muti took films of any genre seriously and responsibly, combining the true Italian sexuality and the child’s naivety in them. The actress has released more than 100 works in more than 100 films. Basically, she played the main roles. Behind the scenes of many films there are interesting stories and curious facts that are not known to the audience.

The Taming of the Shrew (1980)

Interesting Facts

1. The film was the highest grossing in the history of Italian hire. At cinema screenings, 19 billion lire was collected. In the USSR in 1983, it became incredibly popular and continues to be liked today by all residents of the former Soviet republics.
2. The name of the film is borrowed from Shakespeare (The Taming of the Shrew), only gender roles are changed. The name of the main character - Elia - is consonant with the name of the biblical prophet - Ilya. Elijah has a strong temper in the Bible, and his opponent was the beautiful Jezebel, the wife of the king of Judah. There is an episode in the film where Elia sends ravens to feed on a nearby plot. According to Bible legend, the crows brought food to the prophet Elijah.
3. The film takes place in the province of Pavia (Pavia, Lombardia). The town of Voghera is not so small, today its population is more than 38 thousand people.
4. The gas station on which Lisa strips, stands in Arluno and works to this day.
5. It is no coincidence that there is a scene in the film where Elia crushes grapes with her feet. The area is famous for its vineyards for more than 1000 years. In the 80s, harvesting is traditionally carried out by the whole team. The authors of the script did not greatly distort the picture of the discussion of the mechanization of winemaking. Today, 20 brands of Pavia wines are marked with the DOC quality mark.
6. The restaurant, which filmed the lunch scene of Elia and Lisa, can be visited today. It is called Villa Pio, located on the Ticino River and specializes in fish and rice dishes. His scenes are decorated with numerous posters from the movie "The Taming of the Shrew." The restaurant is a favorite place for celebrating weddings with locals.
7. There is an episode in the film where Lisa tries to seduce Elia in a car. The action took place on Lake Annone (Lago di Annone), located in the province of Lecco (Lecco). The lake is divided in half by the incoming Isella Peninsula. Its shores have become the chosen vacation spot for couples in love.
8. The hitchhiking scene was filmed in the village of Ojono (Oggiono), near Lake Annone. In this place, a livestock exhibition is held every year.
9. In the Soviet film distribution censorship, many scenes that were considered provocative at that time were cut from the film. The audience did not see the hunt organized for the hunters, the scene of calving the cow, the restaurant fight of the main character with a friend and the scene where Elia rejects Lisa, who climbed naked to his bed.
10. After removing the last scene, it is not very clear why the girl called her ex-boyfriend and asked to urgently pick her up from the villain Elia. It looked like this: Lisa claims that she has some more time to conquer an inaccessible bachelor and immediately calls her boyfriend, wrapped in a blanket.
11. At the end of the film, Adriano Celentano's song “Innamorata, Incavolata A Vita”, which became Italy's national hit for 16 weeks, sounds.

The People's Romance (1974)

Interesting Facts

1. With this film, Ornella Muti began to build a career as a serious actress. Director Mario Monicelli gave the complex and ambiguous main female role in the love triangle to Muti for her beauty, talent, openness to the camera.
2. The film is banned for children under 16 years of age. The main male role is played by Hugo Tonyazzi. At first it was supposed to give her to Nino Manfredi. The second main male role is played by Michele Placido. Russian viewers know him as Commissioner Katani from the television series "Octopus".
3. In 1975, the film received the David Donatello Award for Best Screenplay. This is a late example of Italian comedy, it can be called a comedy melodrama. The drama from the film was not allowed to positive Italians by making ease of the nation’s morals. The scenario fully reflects the social mood of the 70s.
4. The final of the picture is not determined by the scriptwriters, viewers come up with it themselves, but the plot is brought to a successful conclusion to the story.
5. The duo of Tonyatsia-Muti, the audience could see in two more paintings: "Bishop's Room" (1977) and New Monsters "(1977).

The Last Woman (1976)

Interesting Facts

1. The drama of the family life of a young couple: Gabriel and Gerard (J. Depardieu) develops in an unexpected way when the young wife leaves her husband, leaving him a child who is not yet a year old. Gerard has an affair with the nanny of his son Valerie (O. Muti), but the state of mind of the protagonist does not allow them to establish relations.
2. Screenwriters (R. Ascona, N. Simsolo), director (M. Ferreri) and stellar cast members best revealed the man’s inability to conform to male ideals. The film was scandalous, hypernatural, with many intimate scenes. One of the darkest and most closed films of the director.
3. Only in this film can you watch Depardieu naked for a long time.

Quotes

The actress was one of the first to undress in Italian cinema, without losing mystery and sophistication.

An Italian woman with Russian roots has already celebrated her 60th birthday, but continues to delight fans with her flowering appearance, wisdom and style.

Here are some of her statements:

• the myth that women love only the rich was invented by lazy wimps. In fact, women love not rich men, but strong men who were able to achieve something and continue to act;
• I tried to find everything that I didn’t like about people and get rid of it. Everything that I liked, I tried to acquire;
• the truth is that not every chance should be grabbed;
• it doesn't matter if you’re the first or the second. It is important that you do your work honestly, and you like it;
• movement is the best way to be fit;
• if you can, you must help;
• you can make plastic and be happy, or you can be happy without doing plastic;
• getting old hurts. To deny this is a hypocrite;
• Now the most important thing for me is what is happening at the moment, I'm used to living for today;
• the inner life of every person gives light. This light is what we call beauty.

Maintaining the beauty of the outside and developing the beauty of the inside, Ornella Muti is now doing a lot of charity work, helping sick children. She is one of the most influential and wealthy Italian actresses.

In Moscow

Charitable foundations often invite the actress to Moscow. The first time she visited Russia in the 70s, choosing Leningrad for a visit. Currently, Ornella brings gifts to Russian children's hospitals and transfers them the proceeds from the sale of his legendary movie dresses.

In 2015, the actress was fined by a court in Italy for 600 euros for the failure of the concert. Ornella said she was sick, but at the same time she appeared with Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg at a charity evening.

Personal life: husbands and children

Ornella Muti's first husband lived with her for 6 years, and the marriage with Adriano Celentano never took place. In 1988, the actress’s life partner was producer and businessman Federico Faccinetti, whose marriage lasted 10 years. The husband repeatedly made novels on the side, not always choosing beautiful women as mistresses. And because of financial frauds, he repeatedly had problems with the law and big debts. The family lived on Ornella’s money, in her name her husband wrote out fake checks in huge amounts and made a big waste of shareholders' funds.

Despite the fact that Ornella had two children from the marriage with Fakkinetti, she left her husband, having paid all his debts in order to get a divorce. After some time, the hapless swindler again finds himself in prison.

In 1998, fans of the actress will learn that now Ornella Muti is the wife of Italian plastic surgeon Stefanio Piccolo. In 2008, they broke up because of the ultimatum of the spouse. He invited his wife to choose between him and her children, because he did not want to share his beloved with anyone. Ornella chose the children.

In 2008, Ornella Muti married tycoon and jeweler Fabrice Cervarve, who is 10 years younger than her. He assisted his wife in organizing the jewelry business and helped present his own brand. Beautiful Italian boutiques are open in Italy, France and Russia.

According to Ornella Muti, children are always difficulties and happiness. If the children do not succeed, it brings pain. The eldest daughter - Nike Rivelli - followed in the footsteps of her mother, she started acting in men's magazines early and gave birth to her first son Akash early. The mother was angry with her for a long time and for the whole year she stopped communicating with her daughter. But blood ties cannot be undone so easily, soon the most beautiful grandmother of the planet met her grandson, forgiving the eldest daughter.

• The daughter, Carolina Fakkinetti, an exact copy of her mother, married and also gave birth to a son, whom she named Alessandro.
• The youngest son, Andrea Fakkinetti, is now dating a girl and also dreams of an acting career.

Photo actress now

Ornella Muti now lives in Monte Carlo and is the owner of vineyards in Tuscany. Revenues from the jewelry business and winemaking allow her to engage in charity, not particularly publicizing this fact. With a growth of 168, the actress weighs 55 kg. She adheres to Buddhist philosophy, tries to sleep more and does not eat meat, fish and dairy products. Adheres to a diet by blood type. Ornella quit smoking, does not drink alcohol and is engaged in a specially designed set of exercises for her.

The last work of the actress was released in 2012, she did not act in films anymore. Currently, the burning brunette turned into a blonde, often attends fashion shows and film festivals.

Interesting Facts

1. 60-year-old actress actively uses social networks, fans can watch her life on Instagram and Facebook.
2. Ornella on the way to obtaining Russian citizenship.
3. In the film "The Taming of the Shrew", the Italian starred in a sky-blue dress, later it was sold for $ 15,000 at auction.
4. A snow-white dress from the picture “Madly in Love” went for $ 18,000.
5. Muti claims that never used the services of plastic surgeons.
6. Pregnancy and unwillingness to interrupt her have led to the fact that the actress preferred the prospect of becoming a mother to the filming of a Hollywood blockbuster.
7. Ornella Muti speaks 5 languages: Italian, Spanish, German, French and English. Learns Russian language.

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