Italian film directoryear Luigi Comencini, considered one of the parents of the call Italian comedy died today in Rome at the age of 90, as reported? his family, after "a long illness endured with courage and discretion." The funeral will be held tomorrow Saturday in Rome.
Comencini was born in Brescia on June 8, 1916 and is considered one of the parents - along with Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli and Ettore Scola - of Italian comedy, a film genre of great international success in the 50s and 60s. His long career has directed the most important Italian actors of the time, such as Vittorio de Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Alberto Sordi, Nino Manfredi, Marcello Mastroianni and Ugo Tognazzi.
His international fame is owed above all to the marshal carotenuto, played by Vittorio De Sica, ya? María «la bersallera» -the actress Gina Lollobrigida- who were the protagonists of the film Pan, Amor y Fantasía, which won the Silver Bear in 1953 at the Berlin Film Festival. After the success of the film, Comencini continued the saga with the film Pan, amor e celosía (1954).