Luigi Comencini Movies

An average Joe becomes the poster boy for a book about Jesus due to his Christ-like appearance, but his meek and good-hearted nature ends up clashing...

Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days...

The film begins when Eugenio, a 14 year old child, is conduced from his grandparents home outside Rome, to Giancarlo (his father) in the city, by...

In the summer, while their wives and children are away, four men try to enjoy their free time.

In the movie La valigia dei sogni (The Suitcase of Dreams, Italy, 1953) directed by Luigi Comencini, some sequences from Cenere are inserted. The...

Omnibus film with individual segments directed by Renato Castellani, Luigi Comencini and Franco Rossi; all of them starring the radiant Catherine...

The film tells the story of a love affair between a poor poet and an equally poor seamstress in 19th century Paris.

Federico, Bruno, Pirro and Benny are married. The first three have beautiful wifes, Benny instead is married to a ugly woman. Ornella is Bruno's...

A man has problems connecting with his son after coming home from work in Africa, after his wife's death.

When an old lady dies two hours before her life insurance expires, the insurance lawyer suspects something dubious. He begins to investigate and he...

On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he...

The film follows the struggles of an idealistic Catholic politician.

Among old films sent to pulp, the fortunate discovery of nitrates in country farmhouses and the rediscovered treasures of silent cinema, the work of...

Intended as a light farce this comedy by Luigi Commencini is a little plodding in its story about a bank manager who has had it with his...

A social document of children, against the background of post WWII Milan.

Documentary filmed in the judicial asylum of Aversa which testifies to the systems of care still based on violence and segregation.

Christina and Francesca Comencini go on a pilgrimage to Agen, France to find the places where there Dad Luigi Comencini spent his childhood.