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Ruggero Maccari has 14 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1950s through the 1980s. 4 rank in the Top 10%, led by Il Sorpasso.
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Roberto, a shy law student in Rome, meets Bruno, a forty-year-old exuberant, capricious man, who takes him for a drive through the Roman and Tuscany countries in the summer. When their journey starts to blend into their daily lives though, the pair’s newfound friendship is tested.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Vittorio Gassman, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Spaak

Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, John Vernon

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.
Dir. Mario Mattoli · With Totò, Sophia Loren, Enzo Turco

Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Nino Manfredi, Francesco Anniballi, Maria Bosco

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni's superiors inform him that he'll lose his job if he can't catch Esposito.
Dir. Steno, Mario Monicelli · With Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Ave Ninchi

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Vittorio Gassman, Alessandro Momo, Agostina Belli
Antonio and Peppino live in a small town in central Italy: Peppino is the barber, Totò is maintained by the rich but avaricious wife Teresa.
Dir. Camillo Mastrocinque · With Totò, Peppino De Filippo, Titina De Filippo
The myths of the sixties are satirized in 20 episodes.
Dir. Dino Risi · With Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Lando Buzzanca
Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the family of a wealthy man. They end up messing everything up, with lots of gags and funny events in the meantime.
Dir. Mario Mattoli · With Totò, Isa Barzizza, Carlo Campanini

A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves to Rome to become a star.
Dir. Antonio Pietrangeli · With Stefania Sandrelli, Mario Adorf, Jean-Claude Brialy

"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal portraits, bookends in this 80-year saga, enclose the central story, which opens with the baptism of Carlo, a baby in his grandfather's lap, and ends with Carlo as a grandfather with a baby in his arms. And never once do we get out of the house, whose rooms provide the film's structure. Comfort or passion? Carlo couldn't really decide until it was too late.
Dir. Ettore Scola · With Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.
Dir. Steno · With Totò, Aldo Fabrizi, Louis de Funès
A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Monicelli) - 4. Kidnapping of a Beloved Person (Ettore Scola) - 5. First Aid (Mario Monicelli) - 6. Big Boy to His Little Mother (Dino Risi) - 7. Model Citizen (Ettore Scola) - 8. Pornodiva (Dino Risi) - 9. Like a Queen (Ettore Scola) - 10. Inn! (Ettore Scola) - 11. Without Words (Dino Risi) - 12. The Funeral Oration (Ettore Scola)
Dir. Dino Risi, Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola · With Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi
In the first episode, Quirino tries to conquer co-worker Gabriella. In the second episode, Prof. Beozi ends up in a raid of the police in a local for homosexuals when trying to avoid a scandal. In the third episode, Guglielmo passes all tests in order to become reader of the television news brilliantly, although the commission works with all subtleness's to exclude him.
Dir. Franco Rossi, Luigi Filippo D'Amico, Dino Risi · With Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Alberto Sordi
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