Italy On This Day

Won most prestigious awards at Cannes and Venice festivals Ermanno Olmi's films won some of  cinema's most prestigious awards  The f...

Master of dark comedy and social drama Ettore Scola is seen by some as the last of the great postwar Italian directors The screenwriter and ...

Most famous film was banned in France Gillo Pontecorvo was a journalist before being inspired to make a career as a film director Th...

Factory worker who shot to fame in Bicycle Thieves Maggiorani with Enzo Staiola, who played his son, Bruno, in Vittorio de Sica's...

Documentary style put him among greats of Italian cinema Francesco Rosi The film director Francesco Rosi, one of Italy's most inf...