Rodolfo Sonego (27 February 1921 – 15 October 2000) was an

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. He wrote

Commedia all'italiana ''Commedia all'italiana'' () or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre born in Italy in the 1950s and developed in the 1960s and 1970s. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's ''Big Deal on Madonna Street'' in 1958 ...

films such as '' A Difficult Life'', ''

Il vedovo ''Il Vedovo'' (The Widower) is a 1959 in film, 1959 Italy, Italian comedy film directed by Dino Risi. Plot Alberto Nardi (Alberto Sordi) is a Rome, Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory (producing ...

'', and ''

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''.

Life and career

Born in Cavarzano,

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, Sonego graduated at the

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in Turin and started an activity as painter and illustrator. During the war he was a partisan, becoming leader of the Fratelli Bandiera Brigade. After the war Sonego, known for his great communication skills and for his ability in recounting his war experiences, entered the cinema industry as a consulent for several films dedicated to partisan movements during the war. Moved to Rome, he initially collaborated to the screenplays of a number of dramas, working with directors such as

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and

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. In 1954 he met

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for the screenplay of the comedy film '' Il seduttore'' and from then he started a long collaboration with the actor, writing, sometimes uncredited, over 50 films starred by Sordi.

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1951) * '' Shadows on the Grand Canal'' (1951) * '' Rome 11:00'' (1952) * '' It Happened in the Park'' (1953) * '' Camilla'' (1954) * '' The Beach'' (1954) * '' A Hero of Our Times'' (1955) * '' Toto and Carolina'' (1955) * '' Count Max'' (1957) * ''

Il marito ''Il marito'' ( ''The Husband'') is a 1958 Italian-Spanish comedy film directed by Nanni Loy and Gianni Puccini, at their second and last collaboration after '' Parola di ladro''. Alberto Sordi, who was author of the story together with Rodolfo So ...

'' (1957) * '' The Widower'' (1959) * '' The Moralist'' (1959) * '' Crimen'' (1960) * ''

'' (1960) * '' A Difficult Life'' (1961) * '' The Italian Brigands'' (1962) * '' To Bed or Not to Bed'' (1963) * '' The Commandant'' (1963) * '' Il disco volante'' (1964) * '' I complessi'' (1965) * '' Thrilling'' (1965) * '' The Girl with the Pistol'' (1968) * '' Help Me, My Love'' (1969) * ''

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'' (1969) * '' A Girl in Australia'' (1971) * ''

The Scientific Cardplayer ''The Scientific Cardplayer'', also known as ''The Scopone Game'' (), is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Luigi Comencini. The screenplay was written by Rodolfo Sonego. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultu ...

'' (1972) * '' A Brief Vacation'' (1973) * '' Two Missionaries'' (1974) * '' Di che segno sei?'' (1975) * ''

Strange Occasion ''Quelle strane occasioni'', internationally released as ''Strange Occasion'', is a 1976 Italian anthology comedy film directed by Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy and Luigi Magni. Loy didn't accept to sign his segment, ''Italian Superman'', that resul ...

'' (1976) * '' A Common Sense of Modesty'' (1976) * '' Wifemistress'' (1977) * ''

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'' (1977) * '' The Witness'' (1978) * '' Where Are You Going on Holiday?'' (1978) * '' Catherine and I'' (1980) * '' Journey with Papa'' (1982) * '' Everybody in Jail'' (1984) * ''

Troppo forte ''Troppo forte'' (also known as ''Great'', ''He's Too Much'' and ''Too Much'') is a 1986 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. Plot Oscar Pettinari is a young hick from the suburbs of Rome, who gravitates around Cinecittà trying rather ...

'' (1986) * ''

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'' (1990) * '' Acquitted for Having Committed the Deed'' (1992) * '' Household Accounts'' (2003)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sonego, Rodolfo 20th-century Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters 1921 births 2000 deaths 20th-century Italian male writers