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Cristina Comencini

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  • Director
  • Actress
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Cristina Comencini
Cristina Comencini was born in Rome in 1956. Her father was the Italian director Luigi Comencini and with him she began her career as a screenwriter, co-writing Il matrimonio di Caterina (1982), Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989), Quattro storie di donne (1986), Cuore and La Storia.

Graduated in Economics, she made her debut as a movie director in 1988 with Zoo, followed by I divertimenti della vita privata (1990), La fine è nota (1992), Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996), Matrimoni (1998), Liberate i pesci (1999), Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2005 - nominated by the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film's category), Bianco e nero (2008), Quando la Notte (2011), Latin Lover (2015). For theatre she wrote and directed the plays Due Partite (2006), Est Ovest (2009), Libere (2010) and La Scena (2013).

As author, she published Pagine strappate (1991), Passione di famiglia (1994), Matrioska (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2004), Due partite (2006), L'illusione del bene (2007 - nominated by Premio Strega as Best Book of the Year), Quando la Notte (2009), La nave più bella (2012), Lucy (2014), Voi non la conoscete (2014).

She is the happy mother of three: Carlo, Giulia and Luigi.
BornMay 8, 1956
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BornMay 8, 1956
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    • Awards
      • 13 wins & 23 nominations total

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    Known for

    Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002)
    Il più bel giorno della mia vita
    6.9
    • Writer
    • 2002
    Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Don't Tell (2005)
    Don't Tell
    6.4
    • Writer
    • 2005
    La fine è nota (1993)
    La fine è nota
    6.1
    • Writer
    • 1993
    Zoo (1988)
    Zoo
    5.6
    • Writer
    • 1988

    Credits

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    Writer



    • Le assaggiatrici (2025)
      Le assaggiatrici
      6.5
      • screenplay
      • 2025
    • The Children's Train (2024)
      The Children's Train
      7.4
      • screenplay
      • 2024
    • Tornare (2019)
      Tornare
      5.4
      • Writer
      • 2019
    • Sex Story (2018)
      Sex Story
      7.3
      • Writer
      • 2018
    • Alessio Boni and Cristiana Capotondi in Di padre in figlia (2017)
      Di padre in figlia
      6.5
      TV Mini Series
      • creator
      • 2017
    • Paola Cortellesi, Micaela Ramazzotti, and Eduardo Valdarnini in Something New (2016)
      Something New
      5.7
      • play "La scena"
      • 2016
    • Latin Lover (2015)
      Latin Lover
      6.1
      • written by
      • 2015
    • When the Night (2011)
      When the Night
      5.8
      • novel
      • screenplay
      • 2011
    • The Woman of My Life (2010)
      The Woman of My Life
      5.6
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2010
    • Margherita Buy, Paola Cortellesi, Isabella Ferrari, Marina Massironi, Valeria Milillo, Claudia Pandolfi, Carolina Crescentini, and Alba Rohrwacher in Due partite (2009)
      Due partite
      6.4
      • play
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, and Fabio Volo in Bianco e nero (2008)
      Bianco e nero
      5.6
      • writer
      • 2008
    • Il nostro Rwanda (2007)
      Il nostro Rwanda
      • concept
      • 2007
    • Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Don't Tell (2005)
      Don't Tell
      6.4
      • novel
      • screenplay
      • 2005
    • Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002)
      Il più bel giorno della mia vita
      6.9
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2002
    • Liberate i pesci! (2000)
      Liberate i pesci!
      6.2
      • screenplay
      • story
      • 2000

    Director



    • The Children's Train (2024)
      The Children's Train
      7.4
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Tornare (2019)
      Tornare
      5.4
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Sex Story (2018)
      Sex Story
      7.3
      • Director
      • 2018
    • Paola Cortellesi, Micaela Ramazzotti, and Eduardo Valdarnini in Something New (2016)
      Something New
      5.7
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Latin Lover (2015)
      Latin Lover
      6.1
      • Director
      • 2015
    • When the Night (2011)
      When the Night
      5.8
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Ambra Angiolini, Aïssa Maïga, and Fabio Volo in Bianco e nero (2008)
      Bianco e nero
      5.6
      • Director
      • 2008
    • Il nostro Rwanda (2007)
      Il nostro Rwanda
      • Director
      • 2007
    • Giovanna Mezzogiorno in Don't Tell (2005)
      Don't Tell
      6.4
      • Director
      • 2005
    • Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002)
      Il più bel giorno della mia vita
      6.9
      • Director
      • 2002
    • Liberate i pesci! (2000)
      Liberate i pesci!
      6.2
      • Director
      • 2000
    • L'ultima volta
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Marriages (1998)
      Marriages
      5.9
      • Director
      • 1998
    • Ritratti d'autore (1996)
      Ritratti d'autore
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 1996
    • Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996)
      Va' dove ti porta il cuore
      5.4
      • Director
      • 1996

    Actress



    • Senta Berger and Leonard Whiting in Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence (1969)
      Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
      7.1
      • Angela
      • 1969

    Personal details

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    • Official site
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    • Born
      • May 8, 1956
      • Rome, Lazio, Italy
    • Spouses
        Riccardo Tozzi2001 - present (1 child)
    • Children
        Carlo Calenda
    • Parents
      • Luigi Comencini
    • Relatives
        Gianni Comencini(Aunt or Uncle)
    • Other works
      Novel: "L'illusione del bene", Feltrinelli.

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    • Trivia
      Daughter of Luigi Comencini. Sister of Francesca Comencini, Eleonora Comencini and Paola Comencini. Mother of Giulia Calenda. Niece of Gianni Comencini. Aunt of Carlo Toscan du Plantier and Camille Dugay Comencini.

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