Cristina Comencini
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Occupation(s) | Film director, screenwriter, novelist |
Years active | 1982 - present |
Cristina Comencini (Italian: [kriˈstiːna komenˈtʃiːni]; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Biography
She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome).[1]
Cristina Comencini's 2005 film The Beast in the Heart, based on her own novel La bestia nel cuore, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her upcoming film When the Night, also based on her own novel and published in the United States by Other Press, is scheduled to compete in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September.[2]
She is mother of former Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda.
Filmography
- 1989: Zoo
- 1993: La fine è nota
- 1996: Va' dove ti porta il cuore
- 1998: Matrimoni
- 2000: Liberate i pesci!
- 2002: The Best Day of My Life (Il più bel giorno della mia vita)
- 2005: La mia mano destra
- 2005: The Beast in the Heart (La bestia nel cuore)
- 2008: Black and White
- 2009: Due partite
- 2011: When the Night (Quando la notte)
- 2015: Latin Lover
- 2016: Something new
- 2018: Sex Story
- 2019: To Return
- 2024 : The Children's Train
Books in Translation
- 1994: The Missing Pages
- 2012: When the Night, published by Other Press
References
- ^ A.http://www.franceculture.com/emission-a-plus-d-un-titre-litterature-cristina-comencini-essais-jerome-thomas-2011-03-10.html. B.http://www.africultures.com/php/index.php?nav=personne&no=14299.
- ^ "Venezia 68: International competition of feature films". Venice. Archived from the original on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2011-07-31.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cristina Comencini.
- Cristina Comencini at IMDb
- Official Website (Italian)
- Speciale Cristina Comencini su Locanda Almayer
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