Dino Risi — Director (40)

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Complexes (1965)
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other title: Einmal zu wenig, einmal zu viel / Les Complexés …
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.

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The Widower (1959)
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other title: O Viúvo / Der Witwer …
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

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The Street of Hope (1953)
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other title: Il viale della speranza / La senda de la esperanza …
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 producer, however no artistic skills, Giuditta, the most inexperienced and naive, will have to choose between the dream of cinema and the reality of a marriage.

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The Career of a Chambermaid (1976)
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other title: Telefoni bianchi / 白色电话 …
This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

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Dear Father (1979)
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other title: Cher Papa / Querido papá …
In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).

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The Monsters (1963)
I mostri
迪诺·里西 actor: 乌戈·托尼亚齐 / 维托里奥·加斯曼 …
other title: I mostri / 怪物 …
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes. Most of the patrons of the good cinema know that Italian film industry has always been at the forefront of serious as well as good cinema movement.So by that yardstick,it is important to make a note of Italian comedy.This was one of the most interesting chapters of Italian cultural life after the dreadful harsh realities of the treacherous World War 2.As Italy made a meticulously planned recovery after the harsh destruction of an alien invasion,its society witnessed numerous sociological as well as economical upheavals.This was the primary reason which gave birth to Italian cinema movement.Dino Rosi's film "I Mostri" is the perfect example of Italian ribaldry. It was made as a result of many people's collective efforts. Apart from Ugo Tognazzi and Vittorio Gassman, famous filmmaker Ettore Scola also lent a helping hand. Although there are short humorous episodes in this film, due to its 2 hour length,this film gives subtle impression of a feature film.A must for all those who are interested in good cinema, Italian culture and the strengths and weaknesses of human behavior.

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Ghost of Love (1981)
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other title: 爱的幻影 / 一个女人两张脸 …
Nino Monti, un commercialista pavese, incontra in autobus una donna amata nella giovinezza, Anna Brigatti, ormai sfiorita e disfatta. La rivede in concomitanza con un efferato delitto. Intanto da un amico dottore, viene a sapere che Anna è morta di cancro da tre anni, dopo aver sposto il conte Zighi ed essersi trasferita a Sondrio. Nino ha occasione di andare a Sondrio e rivede Anna ancora piacente. Si danno un appuntamento sulle rive del Ticino, nei luoghi del loro giovanile amore; ma in un banale incidente Anna affoga. Nino la rivedrà ancora, vecchia e disfatta, a Pavia, ove di nuovo si sperderà nelle acque del Ticino. Nino si ritrova in una casa di cura ove ricompare l'Anna giovanile nelle vesti di un'infermiera...

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渔娘恋 (1955)
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other title: Pane, amore e... / Scandal in Sorrento
Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife. Marshall Antonio Carotenuto comes back to native Sorrento to take care of the local fire brigade. But since Sofia, a very nice fishmonger, occupies his native house Antonio share another home with Donna Violante, secretly fall in love with him. Sofia accepts to marry Antonio almost as a joke to make Nicolino, a traffic policeman, getting jealous. The chances for the two deloused sweethearts aren't over as it could appear.

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I See Naked (1969)
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Dino Risi actor: 尼诺·曼弗雷迪 / 西娃·科丝西娜 …
other title: 我看到了裸体 / Vedo nudo …
Seven sketches including the title sketch "I See Naked" in which a fashion editor begins to see naked women everywhere he goes.