Cristina Comencini
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Cristina Comencini (; 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 Luigi Comencini (; 8 June 1916 – 6 April 2007) was an Italian film director. Together with Dino Risi, Ettore Scola, and Mario Monicelli, he was considered among the masters of the "commedia all'italiana" genre. His daughters Cristina Comencin ...
. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand (Rome). 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. 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


External links

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Official Website
(Italian)
Speciale Cristina Comencini
su Locanda Almayer {{DEFAULTSORT:Comencini, Cristina 1956 births Living people Italian women film directors Italian screenwriters 20th-century Italian novelists 21st-century Italian novelists Italian women novelists Writers from Rome Film directors from Rome 21st-century Italian women writers 20th-century Italian women writers