Mario Monicelli

Frances Mayes, a 35-year-old San Francisco writer, gets a divorce that leaves her with terminal writer's block and depression. Later, she decides to buy a house in Tuscany in order to change her life.

A motley quintet of inept small-time thieves attempt the burglary of a local pawnshop in this Italian farce.

Four inseparable friends try to face their midlife crisis with day trips and pranks at the expense of their families and the people around them.

A group of misfits, headed by an incompetent knight named Brancaleone, set out to reach the small town of Aurocastro so that their leader can take possession of the fief.

Inspired by Boccaccio's novellas, each episode focuses on sex, love and seduction in Italy in the 1960s, an era of economic growth and major cultural changes.

A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.

A Sicilian woman "dishonored" by her lover goes to England with a pistol intending to murder him.

The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.

Tortorella tries to spend New Year's Eve with her wealthy friends, but ends up with an actor in decay and a pickpocket.

The adventures of two vagabonds in pursuit of their modest ambitions: enough to eat and a place to sleep. Inspired by the seminal 16th century picaresque novels "Lazarillo de Tormes" and "Guzman de Alfarache".

Donatella is a simple and honest Roman girl, daughter of a bookbinder and girlfriend of Guido, a gas station owner.

A pair of young filmmakers have secretly, over a year, filmed the goings-on in a hotel room, trying to realize a "live act" of regular people living their lives. They get in touch with old, money-tight producer Mengaroni to edit t...