Dino Risi Movies

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated...

Gino Bardi is a centre-forward in a football team which is about to be relegated to the second division. Just before a very important match a girl he...

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts...

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

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

Three episodes about Italian husbands and their relationships.

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...

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

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

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

Luca, a young man from a rich family, travels to Rome. Here he encounters Gino, who makes a living with petty theft.

Joys and disappointments of three young girls who dreaming of making a career in film: Luisa has talent and triumphs; Franca tries to seduce a...

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...

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...

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

A traveling salesman in post WWII Milan pops into a movie house and the camera searches the faces in the dark watching.