Peter Arpesella is an award winning actor and writer, and published author. His family owned the Grand Hotel of Rimini where he grew up. Federico Felini, who portrayed the Grand Hotel in his Oscar winning film "Amarcord," was a dear family friend, always welcomed at the hotel, as if his home, when in his native town. After his father's early death Peter worked as an investment banker in New York. Then he went to therapy and became an actor and writer. He lives in Los Angeles.