The ceremony to celebrate the awarding of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to Franco Nero will be held on September 22 at the Ministry of Culture, in the presence of the Minister of Culture, Alessandro Giuli, Undersecretary Lucia Borgonzoni, and the actor himself.
"The event," a statement explains, "will be an opportunity to pay tribute to one of the greatest interpreters of Italian cinema in the world, whose career has spanned more than sixty years of film history."
Franco Nero is among the most celebrated and beloved Italian actors internationally. Born in Parma in 1941, he made his film debut in the 1960s and achieved worldwide fame in 1966 with the lead role in Django by Sergio Corbucci, becoming an icon of Spaghetti Western cinema. Throughout his career he has worked with directors such as Luchino Visconti, John Huston, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Claude Chabrol and Quentin Tarantino, alternating between Italian cinema and international productions.
"His contribution has been decisive in bringing Italian cinema to Hollywood's stages, and today he receives recognition that celebrates an entire career dedicated to the silver screen," the Ministry of Culture's statement concludes.
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