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Mario Monicelli

Mario Monicelli

Italian film director and screenwriter (1915-2010)
May 16, 1915 (November 29, 2010)

Une Famille formidable

V.O.: Parenti Serpenti
It. 1992. Mores comedy by Mario Monicelli with Paolo Panelli, Pia Velsi, Riccardo Scontrini. The members of a family argue after finding out that one of them will have to sacrifice themself and take in their elderly parents.
Runtime: 95 min.

Pourvu que ce soit une fille

V.O.: Speriamo che sia femmina
It. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Mario Monicelli with Liv Ullmann, Philippe Noiret, Giuliana De Sio. A count's death causes the momentary dispersion of his family, but it will soon be reunited on new grounds.
Runtime: 111 min.
It. 1985. Dramatic comedy by Mario Monicelli with Marcello Mastroianni, Flavio Bucci, Laura Morante. A dissatisfied person pretends to be dead in order to start his life again elsewhere.

Le Marquis s'amuse

V.O.: Il Marchese del Grillo
It. 1981. Comedy by Mario Monicelli with Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, a Roman marquis, the pope's chamberlain, is only interested in having fun at other people's expense.
Runtime: 127 min.

Lovers and Liars

V.O.: Viaggio con Anita
Runtime: 95 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.

Un Bourgeois tout petit, petit

V.O.: Un Borghese piccolo piccolo
It. 1976. Dramatic comedy by Mario Monicelli with Alberto Sordi, Shelley Winters, Romolo Valli. A civil servant avenges the death of his son shot by a criminal.
Runtime: 112 min.

Mesdames et messieurs, bonsoir

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

My Friends

V.O.: Amici miei
It. 1975. Mores comedy by Mario Monicelli with Ugo Tognazzi, Philippe Noiret, Gastone Moschin. The lives of four longtime friends are disrupted by an accident following one of their raucous outings.
Runtime: 110 min.

Come Home and Meet My Wife

V.O.: Romanzo popolare
It. 1974. Mores comedy by Mario Monicelli with Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Michele Placido.
Runtime: 95 min.

Lady Liberty

V.O.: La Mortadella
It. 1971. Comedy by Mario Monicelli with Sophia Loren, Luigi Proietti, William Devane. An Italian immigrant is detained at customs because she refuses to give up a sausage that she has brought as a gift.
Runtime: 96 min.

Caprice à l'italienne

V.O.: Capriccio all'italiana
It. 1968. Sketches by Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi. Six humorous stories on the themes of misunderstanding and breaking the rules.
Runtime: 79 min.

La Fille au pistolet

V.O.: La Ragazza con la pistola
Runtime: 102 min.

Les Ogresses

V.O.: Le Fate
It. 1967. Sketches by Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli, Mauro Bolognini, Antonio Pietrangeli with Monica Vitti, Claudia Cardinale, Raquel Welch. The romantic affairs of four whimsical women.
Runtime: 110 min.

For Love and Gold

V.O.: L'armata Brancaleone
Runtime: 120 min.
It. 1965. Comedy by Mario Monicelli with Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Michèle Mercier. An Italian officer, working for NATO, is looking for difficult love affairs.
Runtime: 113 min.

High Infidelity

V.O.: Alta infedeltà
It. 1964. Sketches by Franco Rossi, Elio Petri, Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli with Nino Manfredi, Charles Aznavour, Monica Vitti. Four sketches dealing with the adventures of married women.
Runtime: 120 min.

The Organizer

V.O.: I Compagni
It. 1963. Social drama by Mario Monicelli with Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot. At the end of the 19th century, in Turin, the workers of a textile factory go on strike for better working conditions.
Runtime: 130 min.
It. 1961. Sketches by Mario Monicelli, Federico Fellini, Luchino Visconti, Vittorio De Sica with Marisa Solinas, Anita Ekberg, Romy Schneider. The adventures of a new couple, a puritan, a married aristocrat involved in a scandal and a fairground worker who offers herself up as the prize in a lottery.
Runtime: 208 min.

The Passionate Thief

V.O.: Risate di gioia
It. 1960. Dramatic comedy by Mario Monicelli with Anna Magnani, Toto, Ben Gazzara. Instead of celebrating New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, a woman spends the day with a declining actor and a pickpocket.
Runtime: 106 min.

The Great War

V.O.: La Grande Guerra
It. 1959. War drama by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio Gassman, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Mangano. Two Italian soldiers engaged against their will in the war participate in the battle of Piave.
Runtime: 118 min.

The Big Deal on Madonna Street

V.O.: I Soliti Ignoti
It. 1958. Police comedy by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori. In Rome, some modest crooks decide to make a big move.
Runtime: 102 min.

Le Médecin et le sorcier

V.O.: Il Medico e lo stregone
It. 1958. Melodrama by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Lorella De Luca. A young doctor struggles to establish himself in a village whose inhabitants trust a quack.
Runtime: 100 min.

Pères et fils

V.O.: Padri e figli
It. 1957. Mores comedy by Mario Monicelli with Vittorio De Sica, Marcello Mastroianni, Antonella Lualdi. Family portraits based on the theme of fatherhood.
Runtime: 108 min.
It. 1956. Sentimental comedy by Mario Monicelli with Elsa Martinelli, Gabriele Ferzetti, Walter Chiari. A young girl from a modest background falls in love with a wealthy young man.
Runtime: 90 min.
It. 1955. Drama by Mario Monicelli with Mel Ferrer, Amedeo Nazzari, Lea Massari. In a village in Sardinia, a priest tries to put an end to a vendetta.
Runtime: 93 min.

Unfaithfuls, the

V.O.: Le Infedeli
It. 1953. Moral study by Mario Monicelli with Pierre Cressoy, May Britt, Anna-Maria Ferrero. While pursuing an investigation, a detective discovers the weaknesses of some women and blackmails them.
Runtime: 88 min.

Outlaw Girl

V.O.: Il Brigante Musolino
Runtime: 88 min.

Gendarmes et voleurs

V.O.: Guardi e Ladri
It. 1951. Mores comedy by Steno, Mario Monicelli with Toto, Aldo Fabrizi, Pina Piovani. Threatened with dismissal for letting a crook escape, a brave gendarme enters the privacy and family of the fugitive in order to find the thief.
Runtime: 109 min.

Totò cherche un appartement

V.O.: Totò cerca casa
It. 1949. Comedy by Mario Monicelli, Steno with Alda Mangini, Lia Molfesi. In Rome, in the aftermath of the Second World War, a candid man struggles to house his family.
Runtime: 79 min.
It. 1949. Fantasy comedy by Mario Monicelli with Mischa Auer, Marcel Cerdan, Marilyn Buferd. Under the devil's influence, an actor lives under the skin of several characters.

The Captain's Daughter

V.O.: La Figlia del capitano
It. 1947. Adventures by Mario Camerini with Irasema Dilian, Amedeo Nazzari, Vittorio Gassman. In the time of Catherine the Great, a young Russian officer is accused of treason.
Runtime: 102 min.

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