Career
Born in Naples, Salvatores debuted as a theatre director in 1972, founding in Milan the Teatro dell"Elfo, for which he directed several avant-garde pieces until 1989. In that year, he directed his third feature film, Marrakech Express, which was followed in 1990 by Turné. Turné was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1992, he released Puerto Escondido, from the eponymous novel by Pino Cacucci, in which Abatantuono and Bentivoglio were joined by another standard actor for Salvatores, Claudio Bisio.
The main themes of Salvatores" screenplays are escape from a reality that cannot be accepted or understood, nostalgia for friends, and voyages that never education This was followed by the surreal Denti (Teeth, 2000), and
Both featured Sergio Rubini. A good success was I"m Not Scared of 2003, from the Niccolò Ammaniti novel.
In 2005 he directed the noir.
His 2008 film As God Commands was entered into the 31st Moscow International Film Festival.
