Mariano Laurenti (15 April 1929 – 6 January 2022) was an Italian film director and actor.
Career
He started as a script supervisor and later became an assistant director for, among others,
Mauro Bolognini and
Stefano Vanzina.
He directed 50 films between 1966 and 1999, being mainly active in the "
commedia sexy all'italiana
The commedia sexy all'italiana (, lit. "sex comedy Italian style"), also known as commedia scollacciata or commedia erotica all'italiana, is a subgenre of Italian ''commedia all'italiana'' film genre.
Style
''Commedia sexy'' is characterized typ ...
" genre.
[ Laurenti died in ]Gubbio
Gubbio () is an Italian town and '' comune'' in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia (Umbria). It is located on the lowest slope of Mt. Ingino, a small mountain of the Apennines.
History
The city's origins are very ancient. ...
on 6 January 2022, at the age of 92.
Selected filmography
* '' Il vostro super agente Flit'' (1966)
* '' Zingara'' (1969)
* ''Satiricosissimo
''Satiricosissimo'' is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio. It is a parody of the 1969 Federico Fellini film ''Fellini Satyricon''.
Plot summary
Ciccio loves very much the novel '' Sa ...
'' (1970)
* ''I due maghi del pallone
''I due maghi del pallone'' (''The two wizards of the ball'') is a 1970 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti starring the comic duo Franco and Ciccio.
Plot summary
Ciccio Ingrassetti is the PR of a milanese pharmaceutical firm whic ...
'' (1970)
* '' Ubalda, All Naked and Warm'' (1972)
* '' Naughty Nun'' (1972)
* '' Il figlioccio del padrino'' (1973)
* '' Il vizio di famiglia'' (1975)
* ''L'affittacamere
''L'affittacamere'' is a 1976 Italian comedy film directed by Mariano Laurenti and starring Gloria Guida.
Plot
Giorgia and Angela Mainardi are two sisters: the first is very beautiful, and the second is fat and has problems with sleepwalking. O ...
'' (1976)
* '' Classe mista'' (1976)
* '' The Schoolteacher Goes to Boys' High'' (1977)
* ''La compagna di banco
''La compagna di banco'' is a 1977 commedia sexy all'italiana directed by Mariano Laurenti.
Cast
* Lino Banfi: Teo D'Olivo
* Lilli Carati: Simona Girardi
* Gianfranco D'Angelo: Professor Ilario Cacioppo
* Alvaro Vitali: Salvatore
* Antonio Mel ...
'' (1977)
* '' Per amore di Poppea'' (1977)
* '' La liceale nella classe dei ripetenti'' (1978)
* '' How to Seduce Your Teacher'' (1979)
* '' L'infermiera di notte'' (1979)
* '' The Nurse in the Military Madhouse'' (1979)
* '' La ripetente fa l'occhietto al preside'' (1980)
* '' La settimana bianca'' (1980)
* ''Il ficcanaso
''Il ficcanaso'' (''The Nosy One'') is a 1981 Italian giallo- comedy film directed by Bruno Corbucci.
Plot
Luciano Persichetti is haunted by a mysterious killer who calls himself "The Guardian Angel" with precognitive abilities.
Cast
* Pip ...
'' (1981)
* '' L'onorevole con l'amante sotto il letto'' (1981)
References
External links
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1929 births
2022 deaths
Film directors from Rome
Comedy film directors
Parody film directors
Italian parodists
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