Mario Monicelli — Director (38)
Hotel Room (1981) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Camera d'albergo
other title: Chambre d'hôtel / Cuarto de hotel
A couple of young movie makers have secretly filmed for over a year what was going on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of common people living their life. They get in touch with old and money-tight producer Mengaroni to edit their movie, but while they contact the accidental actors for gathering authorization, he starts to manipulate their work.
Dirty Linen (1999) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Panni sporchi
other title: Trapos sucios / 家醜
The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth.
Looking for Paradise (1995) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Facciamo paradiso
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Margherita Buy / Lello Arena
other title: Facciamo paradiso / Buscando el paraíso
The life and times of Claudia Bertelli, born in Milan in 1949 from bourgeois parents, educated in England, rebel and single mother, then feminist and married woman and again doctor in the developing countries and mystical nun who dies peacefully in 2011.
The Couples (1970) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le coppie
other title: Drôles de couples / Tres parejas
Three episodes. Episode 1 - The Refrigerator (Monicelli). A married couple of two poor emigrant workers spend almost all their money to buy a refrigerator (a must in the '70s). The purchase is too expensive for their family balance sheet. To earn some money they decide to go for prostitution. The wife is not so unhappy to the perspective. Episode 2 - The Room (Sordi). To celebrate ten years of marriage a couple decides to spend a quick holiday in top luxury hotels in Sardinia. But the fashion luxury VIP world is too hard to enter; they soon will end in prison. Episode 3 - The Lion (De Sica). Two adulterous, Antonio and Giulia, are blocked by a lion, staying on the exit in the place they met. They both have to come back home, but couldn't move because of the lion’s presence. The critical situation soon drives them to their limit, revealing their real essence.
Bertoldo, Bertoldino, and Cacasenno (1984) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno
other title: Bertoldo, Bertoldino e Cacasenno / 贝托尔多,贝托尔迪诺和卡斯卡森诺
During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
Dear Goddamned Friends (1994) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Cari fottutissimi amici
other title: Caros F... Amigos / 親愛的朋友
In 1944 Tuscany, a group of boxers struggling through World War II stages rigged matches to earn money and travel, accompanied by a missing black American soldier and a girl resisting marriage, as they navigate the challenges of their war-torn world.
Come Home and Meet My Wife (1974) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place
Romanzo popolare
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Ornella Muti
other title: Romanzo popolare / Romances et Confidences
50 year old Giulio and his 17 year old goddaughter, Vincenzina, fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the lover affair with Vincenzina.
We Want the Colonels (1973) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Vogliamo i colonnelli
other title: 우리는 대령을 원한다 / Nous voulons les colonels
Italy 1973. Giuseppe Tritoni (Ugo Tognazzi) is an ultra-right-wing congressman that doesn't agree anymore with his fascist party policy. He contacts many Italian Army officers and built a net of relationship in order to organize a Coup d'Etat (Golpe). Something goes wrong and the Interior Minister (Home Secretary) Mr. Li Masi (Lino Pugliesi) got the all information about the attempted Golpe. So the Minister organizes a counter-Golpe. Tritoni desperately, to save his project, kidnaps the Italian Republic President (Claude Dauphin) that immediately dies for heartache. Now Minister Mr. Li Masi is free to lay down the law to the rest of the country, realizing basically the actual Golpe! Tritoni surrenders and will spend rest of his time trying to sell his ideas about managing Golpe in Africa!
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992) [Movie] IMDb TMDB Douban Eggplant.place
Parenti Serpenti
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: 托马斯·毕安柯 / Renato Cecchetto
other title: 最亲的亲戚,有毒的关系 / Parenti Serpenti
Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or her inherit the family house.
The New Monsters (1977) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
I Nuovi mostri
other title: 新怪物 / I Nuovi mostri
In many ways, 'I Nuovi Mostri' is an extension of Dino Risi's film „I Mostri”. However, its episodes were shot in color whereas the original "Monsters" film was shot in black and white. Most episodes of this film are about human nature especially shortcomings of people which reveal a negative facet of their lives. There are also episodes where the spotlight is on revealing the hypocrisy present in modern society due to strange rules and regulations. For example: an episode features an injured man who cannot be admitted to any hospital as there is no more room in a general hospital, no medical service after 23:00 in an hospital run by nuns and only military personnel with proper identification papers can be given treatment in a military hospital. Italian film 'Viva Italia'! is also known as "I Nuovi Mostri". It is the tale of new Italian monsters who represent weaknesses present in an average Italian. These people have been called "monsters" as their personal interests are always on top of their minds. These are the people who do not hesitate a bit in order to ensure their happiness at the cost of their beloved ones. An excellent film for all those cinema admirers who wish to learn more about Italian way of living.