Luigi Comencini

Luigi Comencini (8 June 1916 - 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the commedia all'italiana genre. His daughters Cristina and...

In this article: Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, Rome, Basta, World War II, Pinocchio, La ragazza di Bube, Pane, amore e gelosia, and Pane, Amore e Fantasia

...made comedies that carried bits of social satire. Lollobrigida emerged as a natural beauty and a force to be reckoned with in Luigi Comencini's 1953 light-hearted village romance, Bread, Love and Dreams. She plays Frisky, the poor,...

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It is also considered one of the first examples of modern Italian crime novels. A movie with the same title, directed by Luigi Comencini, was released in 1976, starring Marcello Mastroianni as Santamaria, Jacqueline Bisset as Anna...

In this article: Turin, Franco Lucentini, Carlo Fruttero, Jacqueline Bisset, Marcello Mastroianni, and Jean-Louis Trintignant

...her two sons Antonio (called "Nino") and Giuseppe ("Useppe") in Rome, during and immediately after the Second World War . A motion picture based on that novel, directed by Luigi Comencini and starring Claudia Cardinale, was produced in 1986.

In this article: History, Elsa Morante, Second World War, Claudia Cardinale, and Rome

...War II to 2005. She was, perhaps, best known for her role in the 1953 film Pane, Amore e Fantasia, directed by Luigi Comencini, in which she portrayed Annarella, a village midwife who marries the local police marshall, played by actor...

In this article: Marisa Merlini, Pupi Avati, Rome, Pane, Amore e Fantasia, Toto, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio De Sica, and Anna Magnani

...Antonio is one of many men vying for Frisky's affections -- including Pietro (Robert Risso), a shy young officer on his squad. Luigi Comencini directs this Oscar-nominated romantic comedy. Rent Bread, Love and Dreams today! Try Netflix...

In this article: Bread, DVD, Netflix, Vittorio De Sica, and Gina Lollobrigida

...out at us on the silver screen." Her best-known role remains her first, when she played "La Bersagliera," a sassy peasant girl in Luigi Comencini's neorealist comedy "Pane, amore e fantasia." It's also her favorite. "I create La...

In this article: Gina Lollobrigida, God, Pane, Amore e Fantasia, International Herald Tribune, Bread, Second World War, Jeff Koons, and Mother Teresa

Luigi Comencini was also known as "the children's director" Filmmaker Luigi Comencini, who was one of Italy's greatest post-war directors, has died aged 90. In a statement, Rome's Mayor Walter Veltroni described him as: "A master, one...

In this article: Walter Veltroni, Bread, The Adventures of Pinocchio, Pinocchio, Pane, Amore e Fantasia, Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Italy, and Rome

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...Yul Brynner, Frank Sinatra, Sean Connery, Burt Lancaster and Tony Curtis. In Italy, she worked with the likes of Vittorio De Sica and Luigi Comencini. In recent years, she has returned to art, first with photography and then with sculpture.

In this article: Gina Lollobrigida, Rome, Italy, Trapeze, Come September, Never So Few, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Vittorio De Sica, and Golden Globe