 The family then settled in Rome where Mezzogiorno fully dedicated himself to the theatre.In 1983, Jean-Jacques Beineix opened the doors of French cinema with "Moon in the Gutter" where he acted alongside Gérard Depardieu and Nastassja Kinski, but the real recognition came the same year in "L'Homme blessé", a film by Patrice Chéreau, where he played Jean, a homosexual.Meanwhile, Mezzogiorno moved to Paris.