The well-known American actor Richard Gere will be the special guest at the Magna Graecia Film Festival, which will be held in Catanzaro in Calabria, from 30 July to 6 August. There hollywood star will receive, for the occasion, the Golden Column, a coveted recognition that will be made by the master goldsmith Michele Entrusted.
Richard Gere at the Magna Graecia Film Festival
It was Richard Gere who made the announcement of the award Gianvito Casadonte, superintendent of the Politeama theater as well as founder and director of the Magna Graecia Film Festival. Casadonte is also director of the Mimmo Rotella Foundation Award and Rai consultant. Richard Gere, loved by women for his timeless charm, in his long career has given life to numerous characters in films that have become real cult.
At the Magna Graecia Film Festival the actor will also be the protagonist of a masterclass and a mini-retrospective. In this regard, two of his best-known films will be screened: Officer and gentleman (1982) and pretty woman. Will also the occasion to celebrate the forty years of Officer and gentleman, Taylor Hackford's film that consecrated Gere to the Olympus of Hollywood stars, paving the way for a brilliant career.
Story of one of the most beloved actors in cinema
Richard Tiffany Gere was born in Philadelphia on August 31, 1949. He entered the world of entertainment thanks to the theater: in 1971 he acted in "Rosencrantz and Guilderstern Are Dead" and in 1973 he ventured into the theatrical version of the musical Grease. His debut in front of the camera dates back to 1975, when he gets a role in the detective story Report to the chief of police. In 1977 she stands out in erotic drama Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
The first starring role comes with Days of Heaven (1978), second directed by Terrence Malick; film for which he also won a David di Donatello. Gere becomes a star, as well as a sex symbol, thanks to American Gigolo, the film by Paul Schrader. And then it comes Officer and gentleman (1982) and other incredible successes. In 1990 another film remained in the annals: pretty woman, in which Gere is Julia Roberts' pygmalion in the role of a prostitute. The actor also collects other successes in the most diverse interpretative genres and with films directed by great directors; alongside him the biggest names in Hollywood. He also won a Golden Globe and a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Buddhism
The great Hollywood interpreter is also a philanthropist committed to the front line for the protection of human rights, especially for the Tibetan Buddhist community. He in fact he supports the Tibet Independence Movement and is very close to the Dalai Lama. An effective and concrete proximity, due to which he was denied entry into the People's Republic of China. The defense of human rights has become his reason for living, a particular reason for growth and maturation also on the spiritual level, so much so that for many years Richard Gere has adhered to the Buddhist religion.
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