Dino Risi Movies

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

After eighteen years of psychiatric care, the former bank manager Augusto Scrivani returns home from his daughter-in-law Carla. Dino Risi directs a...

The movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of killing her husband, a wealthy financier.

In this comedy, a guru’s groupie plans to seduce him so she can number him among her many conquests.

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

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

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

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

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,...

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

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

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

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

The technical office for the renovation of Milan Cathedral - the Duomo - shows the camera the treasures of the place and the projects for the facades...

On a layover at a hotel, a young stewardess meets a handsome man. Though they do not speak a common language, they share a brief yet intense romantic...