Audrey Tautou plays the title role, the legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel, known both for elegance and popularizing slacks for women. In this look at early life, Beno_t Poelvoorde plays her first mentor, who introduces her to high society. Alessandro Nivola is the young British man who steals her heart in this gorgeous-looking drama. Directed by Anne Fontaine. Categories: Biography, Drama. Year: 2009.
Alessandro Nivola in Coco avant Chanel
After Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba), a beautiful, blind violinist, undergoes a cornea transplant, she struggles to understand a new world that she has not seen since she was a young girl. When Sydney begins to see blurry figures and horrific visions around her, her therapist, Paul Faulkner (Alessandro Nivola) explains that the phenomena are just her mind's way of interpreting the new stimuli. But, as the visions become more real, Sydney sets out to discover whose eyes she has inherited, in order to put an end to the terror that surrounds her. Directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud. With Parker Posey and Rade Serbedzija. Categories: Horror, Thriller, Drama. Year: 2008.
Alessandro Nivola in The Eye
After a successful season in the Premiership, Santiago Munez is transferred to Real Madrid, one of the most powerful club teams in the world. Joining a lineup of superstars, including David Beckham and Zinédine Zidane, Santiago must prove once again that he has what it takes to play alongside the best soccer players in the world. Reuniting with his old friend Gavin Harris (Alessandro Nivola) and set to marry his girlfriend Roz (Anna Friel), everything looks to be going Santiago's way. But, when he learns that the mother who abandoned his family years before is now living in Spain, Santiago loses his focus and must decide if he has what it takes to be the best. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. With Stephen Dillane, Leonor Varela, Elizabeth Peña and Rutger Hauer. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2007.
Alessandro Nivola in Goal II: Living the Dream
Santiago (Kuno Becker) dreams of being a professional soccer player. But, living in a poor section of Los Angeles, he doesn't believe he can escape the only life he has ever known. When an extraordinary turn of events has him trying out for the Premiership club Newcastle United, Santiago must defy the odds and prove he has what it takes to play alongside the best players in the world. Directed by Danny Cannon. With Alessandro Nivola and Anna Friel. Categories: Drama, Sports. Year: 2005.
Alessandro Nivola in Goal!
When Madeline (Embeth Davidtz), a recently married art gallery owner from Chicago, travels to rural North Carolina to close a deal with a reclusive artist, her husband, George (Alessandro Nivola), uses the opportunity to introduce her to his family who lives nearby. Although George's family members are for the most part hospitable to Madeline, her presence disrupts their country life and brings hidden resentments out into the light. Directed by Phil Morrison. With Scott Wilson, Benjamin McKenzie, Celia Weston and Amy Adams. Categories: Comedy, Drama, Independent Film. Year: 2005.
Alessandro Nivola in Junebug
Carolina (Julia Stiles) is a small-town girl who doesn't know what to do with herself. Her kooky grandmother (Shirley MacLaine) gives advice, but it doesn't always help. She has a guy friend (Alessandro Nivola) who's crazy about her, but she barely notices him. When a handsome British guy (Edward Atterton) comes to town, she is immediately drawn to him. Directed by Marleen Gorris. Categories: Romance, Comedy. Year: 2003.
Alessandro Nivola in Carolina
In order to secure funding for his new research, Dr. Alan Grant (Sam Neill) is persuaded by wealthy adventurer Paul Kirby (William H. Macy) and his wife, Amanda (Téa Leoni), to accompany them on an aerial tour of an island populated by cloned dinosaurs. When an accident leaves the party stranded on the island, Grant and company encounter new creatures and old enemies as they try to escape with their lives. Directed by Joe Johnston. With Laura Dern, Alessandro Nivola and Michael Jeter. Categories: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi. Year: 2001.
Alessandro Nivola in Jurassic Park III
FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta) assumes the identity of sadistic criminal Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage) through the use of a revolutionary plastic surgery technique in order to infiltrate his organization. But, when Troy wakes from a coma and discovers what has happened, he forces the doctors to give him Archer's face and proceeds to take over his life. Directed by John Woo. With Joan Allen and Gina Gershon. Categories: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller. Year: 1997.
Alessandro Nivola in Face/Off
Jacey (Billy Crudup) and Doug Holt (Joaquin Phoenix) are two poor brothers who fall in love with the three aristocratic daughters of the formidable Lloyd Abbott (Will Patton). Shy and quiet, Doug longs for the heart of Pamela (Liv Tyler), a vivacious and popular girl who seems out of his league, while Jacey is much more calculating in his efforts. Seeing the pursuit as revenge for a patent Lloyd allegedly stole from the Holts' father, Jacey first targets the wild Eleanor (Jennifer Connelly) before turning his attention to the unhappily married Alice(Joanna Going). When Jacey's true motives are finally revealed, the honest romance that has developed between Doug and Pamela is put into jeopardy. Directed by Pat O'Connor. With Michael Sutton, Barbara Williams and Kathy Baker. Categories: Drama, Romance. Year: 1997.
Alessandro Nivola in Inventing the Abbotts