Francesca Marciano (Rome, July 17, 1955) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and actress. With Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato, a film directed by Carlo Verdone, she won a David di Donatello for best screenplay in 1992. In New York she met Stefania Casini with whom she wrote the screenplay for her first film, which would become the film Lontano da dove produced by Gaumont Italia, which she directed with Casini. The film went into competition in Venice in 1983, achieving a fair amount of success. Returning to Italy that year, she directs an episode of the collective film Provvisorio quasi d'amore born of a collaboration with filmmakers from the Indigena group, including Silvio Soldini, Paolo Rosa, Enrico Ghezzi, Giancarlo Soldi and Daniele Segre. After this second experience as a director, however, she realized that her path was writing, and from this time on she worked exclusively as a screenwriter. At the end of the 1980s, after writing Turné for the direction of Gabriele Salvatores, and after collaborating with Carlo Verdone on three films, she moved permanently to Kenya. In the years that followed he traveled to Ghana, Benin, Togo, Somalia, Sudan, and Tanzania, making numerous reportages for RAI. He wrote his first novel, in English, Rules of the Wild, set in Kenya, which was purchased by Pantheon publishing house, published in New York in 1998 and later translated into seventeen countries. Mondadori published it under the title Uncovered Sky. It was followed by two more novels Red House and The End of Manners, later also published in Italy by Longanesi and translated into more than ten languages. With the novel Red House she won the Rapallo Carige Prize for Women Writers in 2003. Her book The Other Language came out in the United States in 2014 with Pantheon, and in 2015 in Italy with Bompiani, Isola grande Isola piccola.
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Biography from TMDB.
- July 17, 1955 (71)
- Rome, Lazio, Italy
- Writer and actor
- 13 on MovieCove · 34 credits in all
What are Francesca Marciano's films like?
Across their 13 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 1 · Wry 2 · Earnest 10
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 4 · Dark 6
A split, not a type: Grounded 9 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 2
Gentle 1 · Charged 8 · Intense 4
Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 2
A split, not a type: Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 8 · Full focus 2
A split, not a type: Easy watch 1 · Affecting 3 · Heavy 9
Resolved 9 · Open-ended 3 · Ambiguous 1
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet11
- Ambiguous1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Francesca Marciano's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 3 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Francesca Marciano's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
34 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Painted Screams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Vanished Into the Night(2024)
Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films
The Art of Joy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
A Brighter Tomorrow(2023)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
You Came Back(2020)
Midcredits score: 26th percentile of all films
Euphoria(2018)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films
a Jacket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Pericle (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Me, Myself & Her(2015)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films
Escobar: Paradise Lost(2014)
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
Honey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
A Five Star Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Me and You(2012)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
La scuola è finita (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Me, Them and Lara(2009)
Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films
Raise Your Head (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Signorina Effe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Don't Tell(2005)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films
I'm Not Scared(2003)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Un Paradiso di Bugie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1997)
Iris Blond (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Ritorno a casa Gori (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
La mia generazione (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Perdiamoci di vista (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)
Love at First Sight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Turné (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Provvisorio, quasi d'amore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Lontano da dove (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Return of Casanova (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
All The Souls... Except the Dead (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1977)
Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films
Seven Beauties(1975)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 33 titles from 1975 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Me, Them and Lara (2009)
Highest rated
Seven Beauties (1975)
Most popular right now
Escobar: Paradise Lost (2014)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Francesca Marciano's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 58th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 13 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th6
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed2
Reviewers score the dialogue 55/100 and the plot and story 52/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Francesca Marciano work with?
People who share at least 2 of Francesca Marciano's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Franco Piersanti shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Carlo VerdoneShared titles: Me, Them and Lara (2009), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Carlo Verdone
Writers
- Luca InfascelliShared titles: Vanished Into the Night (2024), You Came Back (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Luca Infascelli
- Valia SantellaShared titles: A Brighter Tomorrow (2023), Euphoria (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Valia Santella
- Niccolò AmmanitiShared titles: Me and You (2012), I'm Not Scared (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Niccolò Ammaniti
- Pasquale PlastinoShared titles: Me, Them and Lara (2009), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Pasquale Plastino
Actors
- Massimiliano GalloShared titles: Vanished Into the Night (2024), Me, Myself & Her (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Massimiliano Gallo
- Riccardo ScamarcioShared titles: Vanished Into the Night (2024), Euphoria (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Riccardo Scamarcio
- Margherita BuyShared titles: A Brighter Tomorrow (2023), Me, Myself & Her (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Margherita Buy
- Rodolfo CorsatoShared titles: Me and You (2012), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Rodolfo Corsato
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Franco PiersantiShared titles: A Brighter Tomorrow (2023), Me and You (2012), Don't Tell (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Franco Piersanti
- Massimo FiocchiShared titles: You Came Back (2020), I'm Not Scared (2003)See all 2 shared titles with Massimo Fiocchi
- Fabio CianchettiShared titles: Me and You (2012), Don't Tell (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Fabio Cianchetti
- Danilo DesideriShared titles: Me, Them and Lara (2009), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Danilo Desideri
Producers
- Federico Boldrini ParraviciniShared titles: Vanished Into the Night (2024), L'amore è eterno finché dura (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Federico Boldrini Parravicini
- Roberto SessaShared titles: Vanished Into the Night (2024), You Came Back (2020)See all 2 shared titles with Roberto Sessa
- Carlotta CaloriShared titles: Euphoria (2018), Me, Myself & Her (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Carlotta Calori
- Francesca CimaShared titles: Euphoria (2018), Me, Myself & Her (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Francesca Cima
Mixed roles
- Valeria GolinoShared titles: You Came Back (2020), Euphoria (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Valeria Golino
