Dino Risi Movies

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother's will.

This semi-amusing sex (romance) comedy has four separate stories: "The Telephone Call", written by Rodolfo Sonego, directed by Dino Risi. "A Treatise...

Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are...

An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.

Police commissioner Lo Gatto is in charge of the local Italian police station within Vatican State. During an investigation, following the murder of...

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts...

Raffaele, a Neapolitan student, get the news that his beloved grandmother Sabella is dying. He immediately goes to Pollena to be beside her.

An italian film producer travels to Argentina with part of the crew to a Film Festival contest.

After discovering her boyfriend is married, a young woman attempts suicide but survives and falls for the priest who took her call, leading to...

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars"...

A young psychiatrist struggles to remove an erratic captain from command at an Italian base in the Lybian desert during World War II.

After eighteen years of psychiatric care, the former bank manager Augusto Scrivani returns home from his daughter-in-law Carla. Dino Risi directs a...

Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to...

June 27, 1980: a DC–9 flying over the Tyrrhenian Sea breaks up mid-air and crashes near the Italian island of Ustica, killing all 81 people on...

Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a...

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated...

A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the...

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).

The life story of a nun who started out as a bar singer, then took the veil because she couldn't choose between two men, and now devotes herself to...