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Marcellino

It. 1991. Tale by Luigi Comencini with Nicolo Paolucci, Fernando Fernán Gomez, Alberto Cracco. In the 17th century, a young Italian orphan raised by kind monks still dreams of finding his mother.

Runtime: 92 min.

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Merry Christmas... Happy New Year

V.O.: Buon Natale... Buon anno

It. 1989. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Michel Serrault, Virna Lisi, Consuelo Ferrara.

Runtime: 100 min.

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La Bohème

Fr. 1987. Music performance by Luigi Comencini with Barbara Hendricks, Luca Canonici, Gino Quilico. A poet living in an old garret falls in love with a neighbor.

Runtime: 106 min.

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La Storia

It. 1986. Mores drama by Luigi Comencini with Claudia Cardinale, Andrea Spada, Lambert Wilson. The tribulations of a Roman schoolteacher and her two sons during and after the war.

Runtime: 153 min.

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Les Belles Années

V.O.: Cuore

It. 1984. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Johnny Dorelli, Giuliana De Sio, Bernard Blier. During the First World War, a lieutenant meets up with childhood friends, with whom he reminisces about his school years.

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Traffic Jam

V.O.: L'Ingorgo - Una storia impossibile

It. 1979. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Angela Molina, Harry Baer.

Runtime: 115 min.

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Eugenio

V.O.: Voltati Eugenio

It. 1979. Drama by Luigi Comencini with Francesco Bonelli, Saverio Marconi, Dalila de Lazzaro.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Qui a tué le chat?

V.O.: Il Gatto

It. 1977. Police comedy by Luigi Comencini with Ugo Tognazzi, Mariangela Melato, Michel Galabru. To sell their house, a man and his sister try to get rid of their tenants.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Mesdames et messieurs, bonsoir

V.O.: Signore e signori, buona notte

It. 1976. Satire by Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, Luigi Magni, Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola with Marcello Mastroianni, Ugo Tognazzi, Nino Manfredi.

Runtime: 112 min.

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Tentations à l'italienne

V.O.: Quelle strane occasioni

It. 1976. Sketches by Nanni Loy, Luigi Magni, Luigi Comencini with Paolo Villaggio, Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi.

Runtime: 115 min.

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La Femme du dimanche

V.O.: La Donna della domenica

It. 1975. Crime drama by Luigi Comencini with Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant. A detective suspects that a group of wealthy people are involved in the murder of an architect.

Runtime: 109 min.

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Mon Dieu, comment suis-je tombée si bas?

V.O.: Mio Dio, Come sono caduta in basso!

It. 1974. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Laura Antonelli, Alberto Lionello, Michele Placido. The misadventures of an aristocrat who has made a misbegotten marriage.

Runtime: 103 min.

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L'Argent de la vieille

V.O.: Lo scopone scientifico

It. 1972. Dramatic comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano, Bette Davis. A poor Roman family man finally thinks he can fleece the old American millionaire who's been coming to play cards with him and his wife for eight years.

Runtime: 113 min.

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Les Aventures de Pinocchio

V.O.: Le Avventure di Pinocchio

It. 1971. Tale by Luigi Comencini with Andrea Balestri, Nino Manfredi, Gina Lollobrigida. An elderly carpenter makes a wooden puppet that comes to life with the intervention of a fairy.

Runtime: 135 min.

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L'Essai

V.O.: Senza sapere niente di lel

It. 1969. Crime drama by Luigi Comencini with Philippe Leroy, Paola Pitagora. An insurance company employee investigates the suspicious death of a client.

Runtime: 97 min.

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Casanova, un adolescent à Venise

V.O.: Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova, veneziano

It. 1969. Mores drama by Luigi Comencini with Leonard Whiting, Claudio De Kunert, Maria Grazia Buccella. The childhood and first romantic experiences of the famous seducer.

Runtime: 125 min.

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Italian Secret Service

It. 1968. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Nino Manfredi, Françoise Prévost, Clive Revill. Assigned to kill a neo-Nazi, a Neapolitan subcontracts his mission, which gets him into trouble.

Runtime: 106 min.

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L'Incompris

V.O.: Incompreso

It. 1967. Psychological drama by Luigi Comencini with Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi. A very sensitive child suffers from the apparent indifference of his widowed father.

Runtime: 105 min.

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Le Partage de Catherine

V.O.: La bugiarda

It. 1965. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Catherine Spaak, Enrico Maria Salerno, Marc Michel.

Runtime: 95 min.

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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.

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Don Camillo en Russie

V.O.: Il Compagno Don Camillo

It. 1965. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Fernandel, Gino Cervi, Leda Gloria. A priest forces the communist mayor of his village to take him to Russia.

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Bebo's Girl

V.O.: La Ragazze di Bube

It. 1963. Psychological drama by Luigi Comencini with Claudia Cardinale, George Chakiris, Marc Michel. In 1944, in Tuscany, a young country girl falls in love with a partisan of communist allegiance who later, must flee abroad.

Runtime: 106 min.

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Le Commissaire

V.O.: Il Commissario

It. 1962. Police comedy by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Franca Tamantini, Alessandro Cutolo. After rushing to arrest and convict a deadly hit-and-run suspect in order to move up in the ranks, a police commissioner fears he has sent an innocent man to prison.

Runtime: 109 min.

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Corde raide

V.O.: À cheval sur le tigre

It. 1961. Satire by Luigi Comencini with Nino Manfredi, Gian Maria Volonté, Mario Adorf. The misadventures of a mild-mannered prisoner drawn into a plot to escape.

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Quand la guerre finira

V.O.: Tutti a casa

It. 1960. War drama by Luigi Comencini with Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Martin Balsam. After the armistice of 1943, Italian soldiers seek to return home.

Runtime: 120 min.

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Tu es mon Fils

V.O.: La Finestra sul Luna Park

It. 1957. Drama by Luigi Comencini with Giulia Rubini, Pierre Trabaud, Gastone Renzelli. After wrongly suspecting his deceased young wife of infidelity, a man devotes himself entirely to his son.

Runtime: 89 min.

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La Belle de Rome

V.O.: La Bella di Roma

It. 1955. Mores comedy by Luigi Comencini with Silvana Pampanini, Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa. A pretty girl uses her lovers to raise the money needed to run an inn.

Runtime: 95 min.

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Jalousie

V.O.: Pane, amore e gelosia

It. 1954. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio De Sica, Roberto Risso. Romantic complications in a mountain village.

Runtime: 93 min.

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Bread, Love and Dreams

V.O.: Pane Amore e Fantasia

It. 1953. Comedy by Luigi Comencini with Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Roberto Risso. In love with a gunslinger, a beautiful wild woman is the subject of her country's gossip.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Heidi

Suis. 1952. Tale by Luigi Comencini with Elsbeth Sigmund, Heinrich Gretler, Margrit Rainer. A little orphan keeps company to a young paralytic whom she helps to heal by her good mood.

Runtime: 85 min.

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La Traite des blanches

V.O.: La trata delle bianche

It. 1952. Social drama by Luigi Comencini with Eleonora Rossi Drago, Silvana Pampanini, Vittorio Gassman.

Runtime: 86 min.

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Behind Closed Shutters

V.O.: Persiane chiuse

It. 1951. Mores drama by Luigi Comencini with Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giulietta Masina. A young girl wants to save her sister from prostitution.

Runtime: 90 min.

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De nouveaux hommes sont nés

It. 1950. Social drama by Luigi Comencini with Aldo Celli, Tina Pica, Mario Russo. Nice theme. Basic technique. Unpretentious ensemble. Sincere and spontaneous play of the little Neapolitans.