Dino Risi — Playwright (14)
Un italiano en la Argentina (1964) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Il gaucho
director: Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Amedeo Nazzari
other title: Il gaucho / Il Gaucho
Marco (Vittorio Gassman) es un agente de prensa que encabeza una delegación italiana que viaja a Buenos Aires para participar en el festival de cine del Mar del Plata. El grupo será recibido por un emigrante italiano que ha hecho fortuna con el comercio de carne vacuna. Pero Marco conocerá también la otra cara de la emigración italiana en Argentina de la mano de un viejo amigo, Stefano (Nino Manfredi).
The Widower (1959) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Il vedovo
director: Dino Risi actor: Alberto Sordi / Franca Valeri
other title: Il vedovo / O Viúvo
Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.
Weekend, Italian Style (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
L'Ombrellone
director: Dino Risi actor: Enrico Maria Salerno / Sandra Milo
other title: L'Ombrellone / Play-Boy Party
Manager Marletti goes to the sea to meet his wife Giuliana to spend the weekend with her and many friends. After three days Marletti comes back driving his car to Rome. So he can sleep, alone and happy, with silence around him.
First Love (1978) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Primo amore
director: Dino Risi actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Ornella Muti
other title: Primo amore / Ein Sack voll Flöhe
Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl.
Poor But Beautiful (1957) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Poveri ma belli
director: Dino Risi actor: Maurizio Arena / Renato Salvatori
other title: Poveri ma belli / Ich laß mich nicht verführen
Salvatore and Romolo are two young and poor young men that are neighbours and friends. They live with their parents in Piazza Navona, Rome. They are poor but handsome, and both fall in love with Giovanna.
Dear Father (1979) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Caro papà
director: Dino Risi actor: Vittorio Gassman / Aurore Clément
other title: Caro papà / Cher Papa
In Caro papá, Dino Risi is telling the story of the decadent lifestyle, and dysfunctional family, of a wealthy businessman (played to perfection by Risi's favorite leading man, Vittorio Gassman). Risi paints his portrait against a backdrop of an Italy where the new permissiveness has run rampant, traditional socio-cultural values have been usurped by consumerism, and the streets have become an open battleground for politically extremist groups (the '70s were dubbed "The Years of Lead" due to the great number of terrorist acts, and politically motivated assassinations).
Venice, the Moon and You (1958) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Venezia, la luna e tu
director: Dino Risi actor: Alberto Sordi / Marisa Allasio
other title: Venezia, la luna e tu / Der Windhund von Venedig
Bepi, a gondolier with a girl in every port becomes entangled in too many romances. While Bepi is overly focused on a pair of gamine American tourists, fellow motor-boatman, Toni, threatens to steal away his childhood sweetheart.
I'm Photogenic (1980) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Sono fotogenico
director: Dino Risi actor: Renato Pozzetto / Edwige Fenech
other title: Sono fotogenico / Je suis photogénique
Antonio Barozzi moves from Lago Maggiore to Rome to become an actor. He does not realize his agent and acting coach are only manipulating him to further their own careers.
The Sign of Venus (1955) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Il segno di Venere
director: Dino Risi actor: Sophia Loren / Franca Valeri
other title: Il segno di Venere / Im Zeichen der Venus
Agnese has many men who woo her and live with her cousin Cesira, who has the opposite problem with men and wishes she would also have men woo her.