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Marina Massironi has 11 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1990s through the 2020s. 6 rank in the Top 10%, led by Three Men and a Leg.
Down Periscope
1996
Comedy
Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo cross Italy from north to south for Giacomo's wedding: the father of the bride, a despotic magnate who is both their boss and father-in-law—since Aldo and Giovanni have also married into the family not for love but for money, a fate now awaiting Giacomo—has entrusted them with a priceless piece of modern art, one that looks just like a rather unremarkable wooden leg.
Dir. Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Massimo Venier, Giovanni Storti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
as Marina
I Corti ("Shorts") by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo was the first stage show of the comedy trio, with the participation of Marina Massironi. It was recorded live at the Teatro Nuovo in Ferrara on 28 and 29 March 1996. Produced by Agidi, with the theatre direction of Arturo Brachetti.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti · With Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Giovanni Storti
Aspiring thespians Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo work dead-end jobs while nurturing their dream production of Cyrano de Bergerac, until love for the same woman tears their friendship apart. Three years later, Giovanni and Giacomo reunite after learning that Aldo is dying.
Dir. Giovanni Storti, Aldo Baglio, Giacomo Poretti, Massimo Venier · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
A comedy show.
Dir. Arturo Brachetti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
While on the run from the police, an unlikely companionship blossoms between a funny con man who just broke out of jail, the bumbling cop whose car he seized at gunpoint, and a nitpicking civilian he unwittingly took hostage.
Dir. Massimo Venier, Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
Luca and his best friend Alberto experience an unforgettable summer on the Italian Riviera. But all the fun is threatened by a deeply-held secret: they are sea monsters from another world just below the water’s surface.
Dir. Enrico Casarosa · With Jacob Tremblay, Jack Dylan Grazer, Emma Berman
An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by the "secretaries of Juliet" -- and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.
Dir. Gary Winick · With Amanda Seyfried, Christopher Egan, Gael García Bernal
An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.
Dir. Silvio Soldini · With Licia Maglietta, Bruno Ganz, Giuseppe Battiston
A nostalgic journey with Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo, retracing thirty years of friendship and success in the world of Italian comedy, including personal memories and unforgettable moments that made them icons of laughter.
Dir. Sophie Chiarello · With Aldo Baglio, Giovanni Storti, Giacomo Poretti
A young man challenges the web to offer money for a sex tape of him and his girlfriend to finance his work and finally be able to afford having a child. Is it really wrong to sell our own intimacy in order to be able to afford making our dreams come true?
Dir. Edoardo Leo · With Anna Foglietta, Edoardo Leo, Rocco Papaleo
Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactment of his most famous exploits, and the winner will inherit his billion-dollar fortune.
Dir. Paolo Costella · With Claudia Gerini, Paolo Hendel, Marina Massironi
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