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Dino Risi

Dino Risi

Italian film director (1916-2008)
December 23, 1916 (June 7, 2008)
U.S. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Martin Brest with Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, James Rebhorn. A blind, former military man with a rough temperament embarks on a journey to New York City with a college student who was hired to watch over him.
Runtime: 157 min.

Deux Femmes

V.O.: La Ciociara
It. 1988. Drama by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Sydney Penny, Robert Loggia. During the Second World War, a woman returns to her native village with her teenage daughter.

Le Fou de guerre

V.O.: Scemo di Guerra
It. 1985. Comedy by Dino Risi with Coluche, Beppe Grillo, Fabio Testi.
Runtime: 100 min.

Good King Dagobert

V.O.: Le Bon Roi Dagobert
Fr. 1984. Burlesque by Dino Risi with Coluche, Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi. On a trip to Rome, the king of the Franks is unwittingly drawn into a plot hatched by the emperor of Byzantium.
Runtime: 113 min.
Runtime: 125 min.

Fantôme d'amour

V.O.: Fantasma d'Amore
Runtime: 100 min.

Dernier Amour

V.O.: Primo Amore
It. 1978. Dramatic comedy by Dino Risi with Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Mario Del Monaco.
Runtime: 115 min.

Cher Papa

V.O.: Caro papà
It. 1978. Satire by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman, Stefano Madia, Aurore Clément. An Italian business person discovers that his son is part of a terrorist group.
Runtime: 106 min.

Les Nouveaux Monstres

V.O.: I Nuovi Mostri
It. 1978. Sketches by Mario Monicelli, Dino Risi, Ettore Scola with Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi. Presentation of characters illustrating various aspects of the human condition.
Runtime: 113 min.

The Bishop's Bedroom

V.O.: La Stanza del vescovo
It. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Dino Risi with Ugo Tognazzi, Patrick Dewaere, Ornella Muti.
Runtime: 111 min.
It. 1976. Satire by Dino Risi with Agostina Belli, Vittorio Gassman, Cochi Ponzoni. In the 1930s, a maid becomes a movie star.
Runtime: 116 min.

How Funny Can Sex Be?

V.O.: Sessomatto
Runtime: 97 min.

Parfum de femme

V.O.: Profumo di donna
It. 1974. Dramatic comedy by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli. A young soldier accompanies a captain, blinded by an explosion, on a trip from Milan to Naples.
Runtime: 103 min.

The Priest's Wife

V.O.: La Moglie del prete
It. 1971. Comedy by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Venantino Venantini. A young woman pursues a priest with her affections in order to get him to marry her.

Au nom du peuple italien

V.O.: In Nome del Popolo Italiano
It. 1971. Social drama by Dino Risi with Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Ely Galleani. An investigating judge, called upon to investigate the suspicious death of a young woman, believes it was a murder and suspects an industrialist of the crime.
Runtime: 102 min.

Un Jeune Homme normal

V.O.: Il Giovane normale
It. 1969. Mores comedy by Dino Risi with Lino Capolicchio, Janet Agren, Jeff Morrow. A young Milanese is invited by American tourists to accompany them to Tunisia.
Runtime: 92 min.
It. 1969. Sketches by Dino Risi with Nino Manfredi.
Runtime: 110 min.

Fiançailles à l'italienne

V.O.: Straziami, ma di baci saziami
It. 1968. Comedy by Dino Risi with Nino Manfredi, Pamela Tiffin, Ugo Tognazzi. A village barber, who has alienated the affections of his fianc
Runtime: 100 min.

Treasure of San Gennaro

V.O.: Operazione San Gennaro
It. 1967. Police comedy by Dino Risi with Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Harry Guardino. Three Americans attempt to seize the jewels contained in the shrine of Saint January in Naples.
Runtime: 104 min.
It. 1967. Satire by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman, Ann-Margret, Eleanor Parker. A married industrialist falls for the advances of a capricious young woman.
Runtime: 110 min.

Week-End Italian Style

V.O.: L'Ombrellone
Runtime: 90 min.

Les Poupées

V.O.: Le Bambole
It. 1965. Sketches by Dino Risi, Luigi Comencini, Franco Rossi, Mauro Bolognini with Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer, Gina Lollobrigida. The love affairs of some women.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Easy Life

V.O.: Il Sorpasso
It. 1963. Mores comedy by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak. A student goes for a drive with a casual braggart.
Runtime: 105 min.

March on Rome

V.O.: La Marcia su Roma
It. 1962. Satire by Dino Risi with Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Roger Hanin. An idle man and a peasant join the new Fascist party.
Runtime: 94 min.

Una vita difficile

V.O.: Una Vita difficile
It. 1961. Dramatic comedy by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi, Lea Massari, Franco Fabrizi.
Runtime: 118 min.

L'Inassouvie

V.O.: Un amore a Roma
It. 1960. Psychological drama by Dino Risi with Mylène Demongeot, Peter Baldwin, Elsa Martinelli. A journalist falls in love with a fickle young woman.
Runtime: 110 min.

Love and Larceny

V.O.: Il Mattatore
It. 1959. Comedy by Dino Risi with Vittorio Gassman, Anna Maria Ferrero, Peppino de Filippo. An unemployed actor exploits his talents as a comedian in a scam.
Runtime: 91 min.

Le Veuf

V.O.: Il Vedovo
It. 1959. by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi.

Venice, the Moon and You

V.O.: Venezia, la luna e tu
It. 1958. Comedy by Dino Risi with Alberto Sordi, Marisa Allasio, Inge Schoener.
Runtime: 97 min.

Ma soeur et moi

V.O.: Belle ma povere
Runtime: 90 min.

L'Impossible Isabelle

V.O.: La Nonna Sabella
It. 1957. Comedy by Dino Risi with Tina Pica, Renato Salvatori, Sylva Koscina. A young man manages to thwart the matrimonial plans his grandmother had for him.
Runtime: 90 min.

Pauvres mais beaux

V.O.: Poveri ma belli
It. 1956. Mores comedy by Dino Risi with Maurizio Arena, Renato Salvatori, Marisa Allasio. Two young men fall in love with the same young girl who seeks consolation from them for an unhappy love.
Runtime: 77 min.

L'Amour à la ville

V.O.: L'Amore in Città
It. 1956. Sketches by Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Carlo Lizzani, Francesco Maselli, Dino Risi, Cesare Zavattini, Michelangelo Antonioni with Rita Josa, Ugo Tognazzi, Marco Ferreri. Six portraits that present a certain view of love and its consequences.
Runtime: 85 min.

Scandal in Sorrento

V.O.: Pane, amore e...
It. 1955. Comedy by Dino Risi with Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Lea Padovani. A retired marshal is seduced by a fishmonger and then falls in love with a mature, pious young woman.
Runtime: 92 min.

L'Éternel Féminin

V.O.: Il Segno di Venere
It. 1955. Mores comedy by Dino Risi with Sophia Loren, Franca Valeri, Vittorio De Sica. The daily life and loves of two cousins living together in Rome.

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