Original Story
Винченцо проводит дни в своем книжном магазине, на небольшой площади в Париже. С ним живет его дочь, Альбертина, которая не выходит из комнаты вследствие несчастного случая. Год проходит за годом. Винченцо живет спокойной жизнью, но это спокойствие не может длиться вечно.
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
An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life. The camera, just like the people, moves constantly from table to table, into the kitchen and the back room to observe the staff's petty jealousies and frustrations -- until two hours later it's time for everybody to go home.
Screenplay
Винченцо получил хорошее образование, но, несмотря на его способности, не может найти работу. Юноша чувствует себя обманутым, впадает в депрессию. Его сосед Бартолини тоже несчастлив, но по другому поводу. Его, когда-то красивая и любящая, жена теперь потолстела и стала настоящим деспотом, он искренне её ненавидит. Бартолини обещает Винченцо большую сумму денег, если тот подстроит аварию и избавит его от жены. Через некоторое время женщина на самом деле погибает в результате несчастного случая, но в условленном месте Винченцо не находит денег...
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.
