Commedia all'italiana — Italy laughing at itself
The Italian comedy tradition from the late 1950s through the 1980s. Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street (1958) is the template — a heist film where everyone is incompetent. Dino Risi's Il Sorpasso (1962) is a road movie that ends like a tragedy. Ettore Scola's We All Loved Each Other So Much (1974) is a love letter to cinema itself. Pietro Germi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni, Nino Manfredi — the golden age of Italian screen comedy, sharper and darker than Hollywood ever dared.
We All Loved Each Other So Much
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My Friends
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Big Deal on Madonna Street
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La Dolce Vita
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Nights of Cabiria
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Amarcord
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Divorce Italian Style
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The Marquis of Grillo
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Fantozzi: White Collar Blues
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Day for Night
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Crooks in Clover
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Nothing Left to Do But Cry
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For Love and Gold
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PlayTime
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Marriage Italian Style
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My Friends Act II
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They Call Me Trinity
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The Executioner
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Seven Beauties
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Mon Oncle
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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Trinity Is Still My Name
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The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
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Swept Away
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The Scopone Game
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Bianco, rosso e Verdone
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The Brain
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My Name Is Nobody
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Roma
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Juliet of the Spirits
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