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Cristina Comencini is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter and Photoscience Manager Italienne born on 8 may 1956 at Rome (Italie)
Cristina Comencini (born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Cristina Comencini's 2005 film The Beast in the Heart, based on her own novel La bestia nel cuore, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her upcoming film When the Night, also based on her own novel and published in the United States by Other Press, is scheduled to compete in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September.
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She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters le Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome).Cristina Comencini's 2005 film The Beast in the Heart, based on her own novel La bestia nel cuore, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her upcoming film When the Night, also based on her own novel and published in the United States by Other Press, is scheduled to compete in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September.
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Filmography of Cristina Comencini (16 films)
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, 2h5Directed by Luigi Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Leonard Whiting, Maria Grazia Buccella, Lionel Stander, Tina Aumont, Raoul Grassilli, Wilfrid Brambell
Roles Angela
Rating74%
In 1742 in Venice, the young Giacomo Casanova is in a great trouble. A few years ago, in the seminary in Padua, Giacomo has experienced his first love, though he is destined to be a priest. While Giacomo now follows the seminary, the young noble is to sneak into his palace of beautiful girls that spends the night. One day, Giacomo falls in love with a beautiful countess, and so he decides to abandon his studies to become a priest for being a daring libertine.
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Latin Lover (2015)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Virna Lisi, Angela Finocchiaro, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Pihla Viitala
Rating59%
Les filles et veuves d'un légendaire acteur et don Juan se réunissent pour honorer sa carrière dans ce délirant hommage à l'âge d'or du cinéma italien.
When the Night (2011)
, 1h56Directed by Cristina Comencini, Fabio Massimo Cacciatori
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Filippo Timi, Claudia Pandolfi, Michela Cescon, Lucia Mascino
Rating58%
Marina (Claudia Pandolfi) is a young woman attempting to be a good mother to her two-year-old son. She decides to spend the summer in the mountains, in the hope that the change will improve her child's sleeping habits. She rents an apartment from Manfred (Filippo Timi), a man who is distrustful of women. The two generally avoid each other until an unfortunate event of the boy having a fall forces them together. Fifteen years later, Marina returns to the mountain to find Manfred to rekindle the desire she had felt, but upon which she had not acted.
Black and White (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Fabio Volo, Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, Eriq Ebouaney, Anna Bonaiuto, Awa Ly
Rating55%
Carlo, ingénieur informatique, est plutôt sur la défensive quand sa femme, Elena le traine aux manifestations de son association contre le racisme. Leur foyer s'est installé dans la routine.
Don't Tell (2005)
, 2hDirected by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio, Stefania Rocca, Angela Finocchiaro, Giuseppe Battiston
Rating63%
Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. But lately nightmares start disturbing her, just as she discovers she is pregnant. Her childhood, spent with an older brother, has a dark secret hidden within her heart, and she goes to visit her brother in America, to try to understand what happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".
The Best Day of My Life (2002)
, 1h42Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about families
Actors Virna Lisi, Margherita Buy, Sandra Ceccarelli, Luigi Lo Cascio, Marco Baliani, Ricky Tognazzi
Rating68%
The Best Day of My Life is the story of a dysfunctional family as seen through the eyes of young Chiara (Maria Luisa De Crescenzo) who is about to receive her first communion. The family includes matriarch Irene (Virna Lisi) and her three grown up children.
Free the Fish (2000)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Genres Comedy
Actors Michele Placido, Emilio Solfrizzi, Francesco Paolantoni, Laura Morante, Lunetta Savino
Rating64%
Marriages (1998)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Diego Abatantuono, Francesca Neri, Stefania Sandrelli, Claude Brasseur, Emilio Solfrizzi, Cecilia Dazzi
Rating59%
Giulia rencontre par hasard Fabio, un amour de jeunesse, alors que depuis elle a épousé Paolo.
Follow Your Heart (1996)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Virna Lisi, Margherita Buy, Galatea Ranzi, Massimo Ghini, Tchéky Karyo, Luigi Diberti
Rating53%
Dans la ville de Trieste, proche de la fin de sa vie, Olga (Virna Lisi – Margherita Buy) laisse par écrit à sa petite-fille Marta (Valentina Chico ) ses souvenirs, l'occasion pour elle de se remémorer dans les détails les moments forts et importants de sa vie, de la naissance de sa fille Ilaria (Galatea Ranzi) à ses anciens amours, Augusto (Massimo Ghini) et Ernesto (Tchéky Karyo).
The End Is Known (1993)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Genres Thriller
Actors Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Carlo Cecchi, Valérie Kaprisky, Mariangela Melato, Valeria Moriconi, Daria Nicolodi
Rating60%
, 1h40Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy
Actors Delphine Forest, Christophe Malavoy, Giancarlo Giannini, Vittorio Gassman, Roberto Citran, Nathalie Guetta
Rating56%
Pendant la Révolution française, une prostituée accepte de se faire passer pour une femme riche qui lui ressemble beaucoup.
Scriptwriter
Latin Lover (2015)
Directed by Cristina Comencini
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Virna Lisi, Angela Finocchiaro, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Marisa Paredes, Candela Peña, Pihla Viitala
Roles Story
Rating59%
Les filles et veuves d'un légendaire acteur et don Juan se réunissent pour honorer sa carrière dans ce délirant hommage à l'âge d'or du cinéma italien.
When the Night (2011)
, 1h56Directed by Cristina Comencini, Fabio Massimo Cacciatori
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Filippo Timi, Claudia Pandolfi, Michela Cescon, Lucia Mascino
Roles Novel
Rating58%
Marina (Claudia Pandolfi) is a young woman attempting to be a good mother to her two-year-old son. She decides to spend the summer in the mountains, in the hope that the change will improve her child's sleeping habits. She rents an apartment from Manfred (Filippo Timi), a man who is distrustful of women. The two generally avoid each other until an unfortunate event of the boy having a fall forces them together. Fifteen years later, Marina returns to the mountain to find Manfred to rekindle the desire she had felt, but upon which she had not acted.
The Ladies Get Their Say (2009)
Directed by Enzo Monteleone
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Margherita Buy, Isabella Ferrari, Marina Massironi, Paola Cortellesi, Carolina Crescentini, Claudia Pandolfi
Roles Writer
Rating65%
Dans les années 1960, Sofia (Paola Cortellesi), Beatrice (Isabella Ferrari), Claudia (Marina Massironi) et Gabriella (Margherita Buy), quatre amies, se rencontrent tous les jeudis après-midi pour jouer aux cartes et se raconter leurs problèmes. Trente ans plus tard, leurs quatre filles, Rosana (Claudia Pandolfi), Sara (Carolina Crescentini), Giulia (Alba Rohrwacher) et Cecilia (Valeria Milillo ), se réunissent après le suicide de Beatrice.
Black and White (2008)
, 1h40Directed by Cristina Comencini
Origin Italie
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about immigration, La précarité
Actors Fabio Volo, Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, Eriq Ebouaney, Anna Bonaiuto, Awa Ly
Roles Story
Rating55%
Carlo, ingénieur informatique, est plutôt sur la défensive quand sa femme, Elena le traine aux manifestations de son association contre le racisme. Leur foyer s'est installé dans la routine.