Vittorio De Sica

This begins our series of posts of the top ranked films on the internet by individual nations. The U.S. easily has the most listed, with 630 overall, with 489 in the top 1000. France is second with 117 (but 176 if you include joint efforts, with 148 in the top 1000), the UK is next with 92. Many international films present a unique problem: they are sometimes made by several countries together, so separating the true country of origin may be difficult. In this case, we are listing the films from Italy alone first, 49 total, 42 in the top 1000, then a second ... Read Full Story

[San Francisco] Behind every great Italian auteur stands a great Italian actor—or several. Where would Federico Fellini be without Marcello Mastroianni, or Mario Monicelli without Alberto Sordi or Totò? This series, presented in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of San Francisco, celebrates classic Italian cinema through its leading men, from national icons like Vittorio Gassman to the non-professionals who brought extraordinary vitality to works by Vittorio De Sica and Pier Paolo Pasolini. Five films starring Gassman, generously provided by Cinecittà, reveal the actor in his comic, mischievous, and melancholy modes. Gathered around Gassman are Sordi, the Roman Everyman who cut a darkly funny ... Read Full Story

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