A philosophy student, she quit University after two years, and moved to France in 1982. Although she was planning to be a writer, she brought to the screen instead an autobiographical story with Pianoforte (1984): the film won the De Sica Award at the Venice Film Festival and was invited to other International Festivals. In the five years it took her to prepare _Lumié‘¢e du lac, La (1989)_ she co-wrote with Luigi Comencini Ragazzo di Calabria, Un (1987) -- later on, she also co-directed Marcel ...[Read Story]