''Caro Michele'' is a 1976 Italian

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

directed by

Mario Monicelli Mario Alberto Ettore Monicelli (; 16 May 1915 – 29 November 2010) was an Italian film director and screenwriter and one of the masters of the ''Commedia all'Italiana'' (Comedy Italian style). He was nominated six times for an Oscar, and was awa ...

. It was entered into the

26th Berlin International Film Festival The 26th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 25 June – 6 July 1976. The Golden Bear was awarded to the American film '' Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson'' directed by Robert Altman. The Japan ...

, where Monicelli won the

Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ...

Cast

Mariangela Melato Mariangela Melato (19 September 1941 – 11 January 2013) was an Italian cinema and theater actress. She began her stage career in the 1960s. Her first film role was in ''Thomas e gli indemoniati'' (1969), directed by Pupi Avati. She played in ma ...

as Mara Castorelli *

Delphine Seyrig Delphine Claire Beltiane Seyrig (; 10 April 1932 – 15 October 1990) was a Lebanese-born French actress and film director. She came to prominence in Alain Resnais's 1961 film ''Last Year at Marienbad'', and later acted in films by Francois ...

as Adriana Vivanti, the mother *

Aurore Clément Aurore Clément (born 12 October 1945) is a French actress who has appeared in French and English language movies and television productions. Early life She was born Marie-Thérèse Aurore Louise Clément in Soissons. Following the death of her ...

as Angelica Vivanti *

Lou Castel Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films. Life and career The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fa ...

as Osvaldo *

Fabio Carpi Fabio Carpi (19 January 1925 – 26 December 2018) was an Italian director, screenwriter, and author. Life and career Born in Milan, in the 1940s Carpi began his career as a film critic for the newspapers ''Libera Stampa'' and ''L'Unità''. In ...

as Fabio Colarosa *

Marcella Michelangeli Marcella Michelangeli (born 28 January 1943) is an Italian former actress and singer. Biography Born Marcella Gherardi in Uscio, Genoa, she won several beauty contests at a young age, including Miss Liguria. While a student at the School of Fin ...

as Viola Vivanti *

Alfonso Gatto Alfonso Gatto (17 July 1909 – 8 March 1976) was an Italian writer. Along with Giuseppe Ungaretti and Eugenio Montale, he is one of the foremost Italian poets of the 20th century and a major exponent of hermetic poetry. Biography Gatto stud ...

as Vivanti padre *

Eriprando Visconti Eriprando Visconti di Modrone, Count of Vico Modrone (September 24, 1932 – May 26, 1995) was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was the nephew of the more famous Luchino Visconti. Born in Milan into a noble family, in ...

as Filippo *

Isa Danieli Isa Danieli (born 13 March 1937) is an Italian film actress. She has appeared in 32 films since 1962. Selected filmography * '' Love and Anarchy'' (1973) * ''The Peaceful Age'' (1974) * '' Swept Away'' (1974) * '' Il marsigliese'' (1975) by Gia ...

as Livia, Mara's friend *

Renato Romano Renatus is a first name of Latin origin which means " born again" (natus = born). In Italian, Portuguese and Spanish it exists in masculine and feminine forms: Renato and Renata. In French they have been translated to René and Renée. Renata is ...

as Oreste, Angelica's husband *

Giuliana Calandra Giuliana Calandra (10 February 1936 – 25 November 2018) was an Italian film, television and stage actress, journalist and television hostess. Life and career Born in Moncalieri, Giuliana Calandra debuted in 1963 Pier Paolo Pasolini's ''La ric ...

as Ada, Osvaldo's wife * Costantino Carrozza as Livia's Husband * Luca Dal Fabbro as Ray *

Adriana Innocenti Adriana Innocenti (16 October 1926 – 4 March 2016) was an Italian actress and voice actress. Life and career Born in Portico e San Benedetto, Forlì, Innocenti formed at the Silvio d’Amico Academy of Dramatic Arts in Rome and then made her ...

as Matilde, Adriana's sister-in-law * Loredana Martínez as Mara's Cousin * Eleonora Morana as Colarosa's Servant *

Alfredo Pea Alfredo Pea (born 17 November 1954) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Pea studied acting at the "Studio di arti sceniche" drama school by Alessandro Fersen. He became first known in the mid-seventie ...

as Livia's Brother-in-Law

References

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* 1976 films 1976 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films Films scored by Nino Rota 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Mario Monicelli Films with screenplays by Tonino Guerra Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub