Le coppie

Last updated
Le coppie
Le coppie (1970 Italian Film) poster.jpg
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Alberto Sordi
Vittorio De Sica
Cinematography Carlo Di Palma
Ennio Guarnieri
Sante Achilli
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Franco Fraticelli
Music by Manuel De Sica
Enzo Jannacci
Piero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1970 (1970)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Le coppie (internationally released as Man and Wife and The Couples) is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, Alberto Sordi and Vittorio De Sica. It consists of three segments. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Cast

Il frigorifero

La camera

Il leone

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alberto Sordi</span> Italian actor (1920–2003)

Alberto Sordi was an Italian actor, comedian, voice dubber, director, singer, composer and screenwriter.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mario Monicelli</span> Italian film director and screenwriter (1915–2010)

Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli was an Italian film director and screenwriter, one of the masters of the commedia all'italiana. He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and received the Golden Lion for his career.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Monica Vitti</span> Italian actress (1931–2022)

Monica Vitti was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. She appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, Alain Delon, Richard Harris, Terence Stamp, and Dirk Bogarde. On her death, Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini called her "the Queen of Italian cinema".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Enzo Petito</span> Italian actor

Enzo Petito was an Italian film and stage character actor. A theatre actor under Eduardo De Filippo in the 1950s in the Teatro San Ferdinando of Naples, with whom he was professionally closely associated, Petito also appeared in several of his films, often co-starring Eduardo or/and brother, Peppino De Filippo, brothers who are considered to be amongst the greatest Italian actors of the 20th century. Petito played minor roles in some memorable commedia all'Italiana movies directed by the likes of Dino Risi and Mario Monicelli in the late 1950s and early 1960s, often appearing alongside actors such as Nino Manfredi, Alberto Sordi, Peppino De Filippo, Anna Maria Ferrero, and Totò.

<i>Commedia allitaliana</i> Italian film genre

Commedia all'italiana, or Italian-style comedy, is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's Big Deal on Madonna Street in 1958, and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorce Italian Style (1961). According to most of the critics, La Terrazza (1980) by Ettore Scola is the last work considered part of the commedia all'italiana.

<i>Le bambole</i> 1965 anthology film

Le bambole is a 1965 comedy anthology film in four segments, starring Gina Lollobrigida, Nino Manfredi, Elke Sommer, Jean Sorel, Monica Vitti, Virna Lisi and Akim Tamiroff.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Furio Scarpelli</span> Italian screenwriter

Furio Scarpelli, also called Scarpelli, was an Italian screenwriter, famous for his collaboration on numerous commedia all'italiana films with Agenore Incrocci, forming the duo Age & Scarpelli.

<i>An Average Little Man</i> 1977 Italian film

An Average Little Man is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel of the same name written by Vincenzo Cerami. The movie mixes "Italian-Style Comedy" with psychological drama tragedy. The film was an entrant in the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Giuliana Calandra</span> Italian actress (1936–2018)

Giuliana Calandra was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess.

<i>Camera dalbergo</i> 1981 Italian film

Camera d'albergo is a 1981 Italian comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. Ida Di Benedetto won the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress and Ruggero Mastroianni won the David di Donatello for Best Editing.

<i>Rossini! Rossini!</i> 1991 Italian film

Rossini! Rossini! is a 1991 Italian biographical film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It depicts real life events of composer Gioachino Rossini. Monicelli replaced Robert Altman, who was experiencing differences with the producers. The film won the David di Donatello for Best Costumes.

<i>Parenti serpenti</i> 1992 Italian film

Parenti serpenti is a 1992 Italian black comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It won the Italian film critics Silver Ribbon for Best Costumes. Writer Carmine Amoroso, who conceived of the story for the film, later adapted the film into a stage play that ran in Italy and Spain.

<i>Hurricane Rosy</i> 1979 Italian film

Hurricane Rosy is a 1979 Italian-French comedy film written and directed by Mario Monicelli. It is loosely based on a novel by Carlo Brizzolara.

<i>100 film italiani da salvare</i> List of the best 100 Italian films

The list of the 100 Italian films to be saved was created with the aim to report "100 films that have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978". Film preservation, or film restoration, describes a series of ongoing efforts among film historians, archivists, museums, cinematheques, and non-profit organizations to rescue decaying film stock and preserve the images they contain. In the widest sense, preservation assures that a movie will continue to exist in as close to its original form as possible.

<i>The Virtuous Bigamist</i> 1956 film

The Virtuous Bigamist is a 1956 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Soldati. It is a remake of the Italian film Four Steps in the Clouds, and like the original is co-written by Alessandro Blasetti. The other co-writers are Giuseppe Amato, Aldo De Benedetti, Piero Tellini and Cesare Zavattini.

The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned each year, since 1948, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani, the association of Italian film critics.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rossana Di Lorenzo</span> Italian actress (1938–2022)

Rossana Di Lorenzo was an Italian film actress.

<i>Help Me, My Love</i> 1969 film

Help Me, My Love is a 1969 Commedia all'italiana film written, directed and starred by Alberto Sordi.

<i>An Italian in America</i> 1967 Italian film

An Italian in America is a 1967 Commedia all'italiana film co-written and directed by Alberto Sordi and starring the same Sordi opposite Vittorio De Sica. Screenwriter Rodolfo Sonego was inspired for the plot by the participation of one of his friends, the painter Salvatore Scarpitta, to the NBC program This Is Your Life.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nastro d'Argento Lifetime Achievement Award</span>

The Nastro d'Argento is a film award assigned annually, since 1946, by Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani the association of Italian film critics.

References

  1. Leonardo De Franceschi (2001). Lo sguardo eclettico: il cinema di Mario Monicelli. Marsilio, 2001. ISBN   8831777637.
  2. Ivana Delvino (2008). I film di Mario Monicelli. Gremese Editore, 2008. ISBN   978-8884404770.
  3. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059350.