Dino Risi Filmes

Acclaimed Ukranian dancer Svetlana Zakharova, who later became one of the youngest ballerinas in Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet, stars in the title...

An aging, down-and-out public employee must face the primary school examination.

A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives...

This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends,...

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars"...

Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a trio of Americans (an "open" couple and a homosexual) sightseeing in Italy. The husband...

In the Tigullio region near Gênes this shortdocumentary shows the funeral of a local fisherman.

A story set behind the scenes of the annual Miss Italia pageant, with its load of young girls and recognizable characters.

On a layover at a hotel, a young stewardess meets a handsome man. Though they do not speak a common language, they share a brief yet intense romantic...

Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

The end of a love story, told in fourteen different styles: from comedy to western, from noir to thriller, silent movie and so on.

The movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier.

The real masterpiece, among these early works by Risi, is certainly 1848 . Made to order for the centenary of the Milan uprising against Austrian...

Emilio -an orphan in an by WW II devastated Milan- can take part in a camp for boys called 'Verso la vita'. Slowly but surely the company of the...

The technical office for the renovation of Milan Cathedral - the Duomo - shows the camera the treasures of the place and the projects for the facades...

A documentary.

The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).