Dino Risi Movies

The film consists of twelve episodes, all with Monica Vitti as the protagonist.

The movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier.

A car accident leaves a young woman completely paralyzed and forced to live in an iron lung. Her boyfriend leaves her, but the unfortunate woman...

Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a trio of Americans (an "open" couple and a homosexual) sightseeing in Italy. The husband...

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

The end of a love story, told in fourteen different styles: from comedy to western, from noir to thriller, silent movie and so on.

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

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...

A documentary.

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

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

In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman.

In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to...

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends,...

A story set behind the scenes of the annual Miss Italia pageant, with its load of young girls and recognizable characters.

The real masterpiece, among these early works by Risi, is certainly 1848 . Made to order for the centenary of the Milan uprising against Austrian...

Acclaimed Ukranian dancer Svetlana Zakharova, who later became one of the youngest ballerinas in Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, stars in the title...