PASQUINI, ANGELO

(1948-)

Screenwriter. After being one of the animators and writers of the notorious satirical journalIl Male, Pasquini began working in films as a cowriter forDaniele Luchetti'sDomani accadra(It's Happening Tomorrow, 1988). He collaborated again with Luchetti onLa settimana della sfinge(The Week of the Sphinx, 1990) and onIl portaborse(The Yes Man, 1991), for which he supplied the story. He subsequently worked withGabriele SalvatoresonSud(South, 1993), withMichele PlacidoonLe amiche del cuore(Close Friends, 1992) andUn eroe borghese(Ordinary Hero, 1995), withMario BrentaonBarnabb delle montagne(Barnabo of the Mountains, 1994), and withSergio RubinionPrestazione straordinaria(Working Overtime, 1994). In the late 1990s, after writing and directing his first feature film,Santo Stefano(1997), he also worked extensively for Italian television, writing, among other things, one of the popular Inspector Montalbano series,Il commissario Montalbano:la voce del violino(Inspector Montalbano:The Sound of the Violin, 1999). He has most recently collaborated on the screenplay of Rubini'sLa terra(The Land, 2006), sharing a nomination for theDavid di Donatellofor Best Screenplay.