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Ettore Scola

Ettore Scola

Italian screenwriter and film director (1931-2016)
May 10, 1931 (January 19, 2016)

How Strange to Be Named Federico: Scola Narrates Fellini

V.O.: Che strano chiamarsi Federico. Scola racconta Fellini
It. 2013. Docufiction by Ettore Scola with Tommaso Lazotti, Vittorio Viviani, Federico Fellini. Twenty years after Federico Fellini's death, his friend, director Ettore Scola, paints an affectionate, playful portrait of him.
Runtime: 92 min.

Unfair Competition

V.O.: Concorrenza Sleale
It. 2001. Dramatic comedy by Ettore Scola with Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Castellitto, Gérard Depardieu. In 1938 in Rome, the fierce competition between two neighbouring merchants turns into solidarity when one of them, a Jew, is persecuted by the Fascists.
Runtime: 105 min.

The Dinner

V.O.: La Cena
It. 1998. Mores comedy by Ettore Scola with Fanny Ardant, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli. During an evening, the tribulations of the staff and the customers of a Roman restaurant hosted by an attentive patroness.

Mario, Maria et Mario

V.O.: Mario, Maria e Mario
It. 1993. Mores drama by Ettore Scola with Giulio Scarpati, Valeria Cavalli, Enrico Lo Verso. Two young communist spouses go through a marital crisis that coincides with the crumbling of their political ideals.
Runtime: 102 min.

Le Voyage du capitaine Fracasse

V.O.: Il Viaggio di Capitan Fracassa
Fr. 1991. Dramatic comedy by Ettore Scola with Vincent Pérez, Emmanuelle Béart, Massimo Troisi. In the seveteenth century, a young penniless baron joins a troupe of acrobats.
Runtime: 133 min.
It. 1989. Chronicle by Ettore Scola with Marcello Mastroianni, Marina Vlady, Massimo Troisi. The owner of a local movie theatre that is being demolished reminisces about the good old days.
Runtime: 110 min.

Quelle heure est-il

V.O.: Che Ora É
It. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Ettore Scola with Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Troisi, Lou Castel. A wealthy lawyer with an expansive, generous disposition arranges a comfortable future for his son, who would prefer a simpler life.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Family

V.O.: La Famiglia
It. 1987. Chronicle by Ettore Scola with Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli, Fanny Ardant. Eighty years of history through the prism of an Italian bourgeois family.
Runtime: 127 min.

Macaroni

V.O.: Maccheroni
It. 1985. Mores comedy by Ettore Scola with Jack Lemmon, Marcello Mastroianni, Isa Danieli. An American industrialist passing through Naples meets up with a friend he met in that city forty years earlier.
Runtime: 104 min.
Fr. 1983. Musical by Ettore Scola with Marc Berman, Francesco de Rosa, Geneviève Rey-Penchenat. A ballroom sets the stage for reliving forty years of history through dance and music.
Runtime: 112 min.

That Night in Varennes

V.O.: La Nuit de Varennes
Fr. 1982. History by Ettore Scola with Jean-Louis Barrault, Marcello Mastroianni, Hanna Schygulla. In 1791, writer Restif de la Bretonne meets various characters in a stagecoach going to Metz.
Runtime: 150 min.

Passion d'amour

V.O.: Passione d'amore
It. 1980. Sentimental drama by Ettore Scola with Bernard Giraudeau, Valeria d'Obici, Jean-Louis Trintignant.
Runtime: 118 min.

La Terrasse

V.O.: La Terrazza
Runtime: 161 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.

A Special Day

V.O.: Una Giornata particolare
It. 1977. Mores comedy by Ettore Scola with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Berd. Left alone in her apartment during a parade celebrating the passage of Hitler to Rome, a woman meets another tenant.
Runtime: 105 min.

Affreux, sales et méchants

V.O.: Brutti, sporchi e cattivi
It. 1976. Mores comedy by Ettore Scola with Nino Manfredi, Francesco Annibali, Maria Bosco. An old man living in a slum in Rome is at odds with his many children.
Runtime: 115 min.

Mesdames et messieurs, bonsoir

V.O.: Signore e signori, buona notte
Runtime: 112 min.

We All Loved Each Other so Much

V.O.: C'eravamo tanto amati
It. 1975. Dramatic comedy by Ettore Scola with Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Gassman, Stefania Sandrelli. Three men from different backgrounds who became friends in the French Resistance experience different fates.
Runtime: 124 min.
It. 1972. Comedy by Ettore Scola with Alberto Sordi, Michel Simon, Pierre Brasseur. An Italian industrialist visiting Switzerland spends a strange evening in the company of former magistrates.

A Drama of Jealousy

V.O.: Dramma della Gelosia, Tutti I Particolari in Cronaca
It. 1970. Satire by Ettore Scola with Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Giancarlo Giannini. A bricklayer leaves his wife to live with a flower merchant, who then becomes the mistress of a cook's assistant.
Runtime: 106 min.

Le Fouineur

V.O.: Il Commissario Pepe
It. 1969. Comedy by Ettore Scola with Ugo Tognazzi.
Runtime: 107 min.

Nos héros réussiront-ils à retrouver leur ami mystérieusement disparu en Afrique?

V.O.: Riusciranno i nostri eroi a ritrovare l'amico misteriosamente scomparso in Africa?
Runtime: 130 min.

I Knew Her Well

V.O.: Io la conoscevo bene
It. 1966. Psychological drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Stefania Sandrelli, Ugo Tognazzi, Jean-Claude Brialy. A pretty manicurist has various sentimental adventures, while dreaming of a career in cinema.
Runtime: 97 min.

Cent Millions ont disparu

V.O.: La Congiuntura
It. 1965. Police comedy by Ettore Scola with Vittorio Gassman, Joan Collins, Jacques Bergerac. A Roman prince is deceived by a young woman who uses him to pass on money stolen in Switzerland.
Runtime: 95 min.

The Magnificent Cuckold

V.O.: Il Magnifico Cornuto
It. 1964. Mores comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Ugo Tognazzi, Claudia Cardinale, Bernard Blier. Convinced that all wives cheat on their husbands, a man comes to doubt his wife's fidelity.
Runtime: 123 min.

Let's Talk About Women

V.O.: Se permettete parliamo di donne
It. 1964. Sketches by Ettore Scola with Vittorio Gassman, Sylva Koscina, Eleonora Rossi Drago. A dozen variations on the relationship between men and women.
Runtime: 95 min.

Ghosts in Rome

V.O.: Fantasmi a Roma
It. 1961. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Marcello Mastroianni, Vittorio Gassman, Sandra Milo. In Roma, ghosts worry about the upcoming demolition of the house they haunt.
Runtime: 85 min.

Adua and Her Friends

V.O.: Adua e le compagne
It. 1960. Social drama by Antonio Pietrangeli with Simone Signoret, Emmanuelle Riva, Gina Rovere. Four prostitutes gather their savings to open a restaurant in Rome.
Runtime: 120 min.

March's Child

V.O.: Nata di marzo
It. 1957. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Jacqueline Sassard, Gabriele Ferzetti, Tina de Mola. After getting married, a couple experiences various difficulties, not least because of the young woman's frivolity.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Bachelor

V.O.: Lo Scapolo
It. 1955. Comedy by Antonio Pietrangeli with Alberto Sordi, Sandra Milo, Abbe Lane. A hardened bachelor ends up marrying a charming young girl.
Runtime: 90 min.

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