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John G. Avildsen – rocky

Mind Movie / 1976 / Action Sports Adventure Romance Drama / United States / 119 min / Photographer – Bianca Zenari / Photograph – Statue of David, Florence Italy / LoadingBookmark

Rocky is a movie written by and starring Sylvester Stallone. Focusing on the American dream of how anything is possible to attain. Rocky Balboa an uneducated, kind-hearted working class Italian-American small time club boxer gets …

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Otto Bell – the eagle huntress

Mind Movie / 2016 / Documentary / Mongolia / 87 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – eagle pride, Warwick Castle, England / LoadingBookmark

When we are supported particularly from those that are close to us we can naturally develop a belief system which supports what we want to achieve. At times it is not always as simple as that. We can have doubts regardless of our support. Aisholpan shows us to remain determined, to be courageous, to practice, to develop relationships and move forward…

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George Miller – lorenzo’s oil

Mind Movie / 1992 / Documentary Drama / United States / 129 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – St Mark’s Basilica, Venice Italy / LoadingBookmark

Lorenzo’s Oil is based on the true story of Augusto and Michaela Odone who search for the cure to their son’s disease adrenoleukodystrophy (ALD). The movie received two nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role and Best Original Screenplay in the 65th Academy Awards…

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Olivier Dahan – la vie en rose

Soul Movie / 2007 / Biographical drama / Paris, France / 140 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Rose, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

La Vie en rose is a biographical movie about the French cabaret singer, songwriter and actress Edith Piaf. The movie weaves the story of her life through key events…

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Curtis Hanson & Michael Apted – chasing mavericks

Mind Movie / 2012 / Biographical drama / California, United States / 116 min / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Solo, Cronulla, Australia / LoadingBookmark

Chasing Mavericks is a biographical drama of the life of Jay Moriarity an American Surfer who at the age of 16 was made internationally famous appearing on the cover of Surfer magazine…

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Josh Billings – get there

Mind Quote / Lanesborough, Massachusetts, United States / 1818 - 1885 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Seaview San Pietro, Portovenere, Italy / LoadingBookmark

“Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.”

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Ricky Martin – the cup of life

Mind Music / 1998 / Latin, Pop / 4.28 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Heracles Fighting Achelous, Louvre Paris France / LoadingBookmark

Translated from the Spanish La Copa de la Vida, The Cup of Life is a song recorded by Ricky Martin written by Luis Gómez Escolar, Desmond Child and Draco Rosa…

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Lucy Walker – Waste Land

Mind Movie / 2010 / Documentary / Rio De Janeiro, Brazil / 100 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph - Moon watching over us, Earth / LoadingBookmark

Wasteland is a documentary that follows the journey of Vik Muniz who engages in a project to create artwork with the help of catadores (pickers) of recycle materials…

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Steve McQueen – 12 years a slave

Mind Movie / 2013 / Historical Drama, Based on True Story / Set in United States / 134 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Trees, Riva del Garda Italy / LoadingBookmark

Based on the true story of Solomon Northup, who was a New York State born free African American who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841…

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Ridley Scott – gladiator

Mind Movie / 2000 / Epic Historical Drama / Set in Rome / 155 min / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – The Colosseum, Rome Italy / LoadingBookmark

Gladiator is the story of a Roman general Maximus Decimus Meridius who finds himself embroiled in aftermath of a betrayal of an ambitious emperor’s son. Through a series of…

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George Bernard Shaw – circumstance

Mind Quote / Dublin, Republic of Ireland / 1856 – 1950 / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Strzelecki monument, Jindabyne Australia / LoadingBookmark

“I don’t believe in circumstance, the people that get on in this world, are the people that get up and look for their circumstances they want, and if they don’t find them, they make them.”

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Laozi – act

Mind Quote / Henan, China / 604BC-531BC / Photographer – Janet Zenari / Photograph – Beetles in the garden, Sydney Australia / LoadingBookmark

“If you wish to be out front, then act as if you were behind.”

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