Renato Cestiè
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Renato Cestiè is a former Italian film actor.
He was Italy's top child star
of the 1970s
. His best known work was in tear-jerkers such as The Last Snows of Spring, where he would play a neglected child who, most often, would die of disease by the end of the film. Despite their grim themes, these films were successful and spawned many imitators. Several of Cestiè's movies were also popular in the UK, where they were released by GTO Films.
In his adult career he mostly worked on television
. After a part on the sitcom I ragazzi della 3ª C
, he retired from acting and opened a gym
.
He was Italy's top child star
Child actor
The term child actor or child actress is generally applied to a child acting in motion pictures or television, but also to an adult who began his or her acting career as a child; to avoid confusion, the latter is also called a former child actor...
of the 1970s
1970s
File:1970s decade montage.png|From left, clockwise: US President Richard Nixon doing the V for Victory sign after his resignation from office after the Watergate scandal in 1974; Refugees aboard a US naval boat after the Fall of Saigon, leading to the end of the Vietnam War in 1975; The 1973 oil...
. His best known work was in tear-jerkers such as The Last Snows of Spring, where he would play a neglected child who, most often, would die of disease by the end of the film. Despite their grim themes, these films were successful and spawned many imitators. Several of Cestiè's movies were also popular in the UK, where they were released by GTO Films.
In his adult career he mostly worked on television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
. After a part on the sitcom I ragazzi della 3ª C
I ragazzi della 3ª C
I ragazzi della 3ª C is an Italian television series....
, he retired from acting and opened a gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
.
Selected Filmography
- San Michele aveva un gallo (1972)
- It Can Be Done AmigoIt Can Be Done AmigoIt Can Be Done Amigo is a 1972 Spanish / Italian / French film directed by Maurizio Lucidi.The film is also known as Saddle Tramps - Cast :*Bud Spencer as Hiram Coburn...
(1972) - Il diavolo nel cervelloIl diavolo nel cervelloIl diavolo nel cervello is is an Italian psychological thriller movie.- Plot :A child suspected of having killed his father, is imprisoned in a mental hospital...
(1972) - The Last Snows of Spring (1973)
- TorsoTorso (1973 film)Torso, or I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale is an Italian giallo thriller directed by Sergio Martino. The film was shot on location in Perugia and the Italian countryside in early 1972, and was subsequently released in 1973...
(1973) - The Balloon VendorThe Balloon VendorThe Balloon Vendor is a 1974 drama film directed by Mario Gariazzo and starring Lee J. Cobb.-Cast:* Alfredo Adami - Alfredo* Gianni Agus - Circus manager* Giordano Albertoni* Maurizio Arena - Romolo* Adolfo Celi - Professor...
(1975) - White Horses of Summer (1975)
- Nero veneziano (1978)