Original Story
Vincenzo dedica todo o seu tempo a seus dois amores: a livraria que possui em Paris e sua filha Albertine. Um dia, ele conhece Yolande, uma mulher que o faz questionar sua maneira de encarar a vida.
Screenplay
Speaking of serious things by making you laugh has always been the characteristic of Ettore Scola’s cinematic style. With the same intent, his daughters Paola and Silvia, using Pif’s verve as an interviewer, retrace their father’s career.
Director
Speaking of serious things by making you laugh has always been the characteristic of Ettore Scola’s cinematic style. With the same intent, his daughters Paola and Silvia, using Pif’s verve as an interviewer, retrace their father’s career.
Writer
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of his personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-scenes footage as well as his drawings and film clips.
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Screenplay
Two linen fabric dealers with their shops close to one another, battle against each other for more and more costumers. Umberto constantly loses clients because of the tough competition brought by Leone, who offers the best prices in the neighborhood. But they leave differences aside when the rise of Fascism places Anti-Semitic politics which rigidly control business like the one conducted by the Jewish Leone, and those new regulations are viewed by Umberto as completely unfair. The long rivalry soon becomes a great friendship.
Writer
Uma noite em um restaurante italiano. Recepcionados pela tolerante e tranquila Flora, vários tipos de pessoas de classe média - grandes e pequenos, jovens e velhos, fregueses e turistas, casados e solteiros - chegam para jantar, conversar, discutir, comemorar, fazer confissões, ouvir as discussões de outras pessoas, interrompê-las, cantar, ouvir música e aproveitar a vida. A câmera, assim como as pessoas, se move constantemente de mesa em mesa, na cozinha e na sala de trás para observar os pequenos ciúmes e frustrações da equipe - até que duas horas depois é hora de todos irem embora para casa.
Screenplay
Two neighbors, young Vincenzo and old Mr. Bartoloni, are utterly unhappy. On the one hand Vincenzo must lead a miserable and frustrating life as he cannot find any regular job, despite his Arts degree. On the other hand, Mr. Bartoloni is fed up with his despotic wife: the woman who used to be a beautiful artist is now a fat and shabby drunkard. The two men meet on a particularly sad night and, during an outburst Mr. Bartoloni asks Vincenzo to help him to get rid of his wife by simulating an accident with the promise of a considerable amount of money. At night Vincenzo can't sleep: Mr. Bartoloni wasn't joking and he is in a desperate need for money...
Screenplay
Mario and Maria Boschi, a 30-year-old couple with small children, are hit by a crisis: husband and wife cannot agree on a party name. A colleague, also named Mario, makes an impressive speech, and Maria find herself increasingly attracted to him. She feels able to relate to him like she could to her husband in the old days. They spend the night together, and she falls ill. When she is asked by her husband to leave the house, she realizes that there may be a difference between real love and a vague need for understanding.
Writer
A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.
