commedia all'italiana
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"Commedia all'italiana (i.e. "Comedy in the Italian way" ,,,) or Italian-style comedy is an Italian film genre. It is widely considered to have started with Mario Monicelli's I soliti ignoti (Big Deal on Madonna Street) in 1958 and derives its name from the title of Pietro Germi's Divorzio all'italiana (Divorce Italian Style, 1961).
Rather than a specific genre, the term indicates a period (approx. from the late fifties to the early seventies) in which the Italian film industry was producing mainly brilliant comedies, with some common traits like satire of manners, farcical and grotesque overtones, a strong focus on "spicy" social issues of the period (like sexual matters, divorce, contraception, marriage of clergies, the economic rise of the country and its various consequences, the traditional religious influence of catholic Church) and a prevailing middle-class setting, often characterized by a substantial background of sadness and social criticism that would dilute the comic contents." (wikipedia)
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I soliti ignoti
1958 — a.k.a. Big Deal on Madonna Street, in 9 top lists Check -
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La grande guerra
1959 — a.k.a. The Great War, in 6 top lists Check -
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I compagni
1963 — a.k.a. The Organizer, in 4 top lists Check -
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Alta infedeltà
1964 — a.k.a. High Infidelity, in 0 top lists Check -
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Casanova '70
1965, in 0 top lists Check -
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L'armata Brancaleone
1966 — a.k.a. For Love and Gold, in 2 top lists Check -
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La ragazza con la pistola
1968 — a.k.a. The Girl with a Pistol, in 1 top list Check -
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Vogliamo i colonnelli
1973 — a.k.a. We Want the Colonels, in 0 top lists Check -
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Romanzo popolare
1974, in 0 top lists Check -
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Amici miei
1975, in 2 top lists Check -
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Il marchese del Grillo
1981, in 0 top lists Check -
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Brancaleone alle crociate
1970 — a.k.a. Brancaleone at the Crusades, in 0 top lists Check -
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Un borghese piccolo piccolo
1977 — a.k.a. An Average Little Man, in 3 top lists Check -
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Amici miei - Atto II°
1982 — a.k.a. All My Friends Part 2, in 0 top lists Check
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