Luigi Comencini Movies

Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who...

A portrait of Italy observed through the eyes of teenagers who talk about the places they live in and imagine themselves, torn between the...

A former silent film actor who has saved old movies of his time from destruction uses them to set up recreational performances at schools. After an...

Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his...

In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up penniless and is forced to work for her...

Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the freedoms of the North and her traditional...

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.

Three episodes of casual erotic character: a porn scriptwriter and his secretary, a man locked up among homosexuals, and a shy man who decides to...

The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.

In the summer, while their wives and children are away, four men try to enjoy their free time.

Maria is a young beauty who is busy juggling three boyfriends (a count, a dentist and a student) at the same time. She manages this elaborate...

In 1988, Figaro magazine asked a few famous directors to direct a series of short movies to celebrate the 10 years of the revue. The movies have been...

Documentary filmed in the judicial asylum of Aversa which testifies to the systems of care still based on violence and segregation.

Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine...

A social document of children, against the background of post WWII Milan.

Among old films sent to pulp, the fortunate discovery of nitrates in country farmhouses and the rediscovered treasures of silent cinema, the work of...

Luigi Comencini interviews children from different Italian regions and different social conditions, but mainly the poorest, visiting them in the...

Luigi Comencini interviews children from different Italian regions and different social conditions, but mainly the poorest, visiting them in the...