Frankfurt – This year, we celebrate the centenary of the birth of two great masters of Italian comedy: Dino Risi and Luigi Comencini. To remember and celebrate them, the Frankfurt Consulate General has created and promoted a retrospective, scheduled for March 2-26 at the Deutsches Filmmuseum (Schaumainkai, 41) of the city on the Main, in collaboration with Made in Italy, the cultural association that in Frankfurt organizes the festival “Verso Sud”, Cinecittà Luce and Rai Com. For the occasion, four films for each director will be screened, starting on Wednesday March 2 with “Pane amore e fantasia” by Comencini. On March 10, there will be instead a special evening with the screening of Risi’s “Una vita difficile” and a meeting with the director’s son Marco, who, interviewed by Franco Montini, will remember his father and, more generally, the great age of Italian comedy. Other Dino Risi film in the review are “Il sorpasso”, on March 12; “Profumo di donna”, on March 16, and “Primo amore” on March 23 The tribute to Comencini, in addition to the opening film, includes “Il gatto” on March 13; “Pinocchio” on March 19 and “L’ingorgo” on March 26. (9colonne)
