by Nickolas Marinelli

Ask any average American who Ninetto Davoli is, and you'll likely get a blank stare. Even fans of vintage foreign films may have a hard time remembering where they've heard that name before. But ask an Italian or Italian film fan, and you'll get the kind of reaction usually reserved for superstars who began their careers in the nineteen-seventies, such as like Ron Howard, Jodie Foster, or John Travolta. Such was the case Saturday night at the opening of the Pasolini Film Series.

Though the unexpectedly-large crowds that packed the Castro Theater were seemingly there to enjoy the films of legendary Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini, it didn't take long to realize that the true focus of the evening was Davoli, whose early career as Pasolini's protégé launched him to enduring stardom.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano