Dino Risi Filmes

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

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

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

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

A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.

The Midnight Sun Film Festival is held every June in the Finnish village of Sodankylä beyond the arctic circle — where the sun never sets....

A group of boys calling themselves The Monte Cristo gang find a note from an innocent prisoner and set out to free him from a fortress-like prison.

In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Unreleased episodes from "I Mostri" with Ugo Tognazzi as protagonist.

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