Francesca Comencini (; born 19 August 1961) is an Italian

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and

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. She attended the

Lycée français Chateaubriand The Lycée français Chateaubriand ( it, Liceo Chateaubriand) is a French international primary and secondary school with two campuses consisting of three buildings in Rome, Italy. Its administration and senior high school/sixth-form college class ...

school with her sisters. She has directed 14 films since 1984. Her film ''

Le parole di mio padre ''The Words of My Father'' ( it, Le parole di mio padre) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Fabrizio Rongione - Zeno Cosini * C ...

'' was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2001 Cannes Film Festival The 54th Cannes Film Festival started on 14 May and ran until 20 May 2001. Norwegian actress and director Liv Ullmann was the Jury President. The Palme d'Or went to the Italian film ''The Son's Room'' by Nanni Moretti. The festival opened with ...

. In 2012, her film '' Un Giorno Speciale'' was selected to compete for the

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at the

69th Venice International Film Festival The 69th annual Venice International Film Festival, organized by Venice Biennale, took place at Venice Lido from 29 August to 8 September 2012. The festival opened with the Indian director Mira Nair's ''The Reluctant Fundamentalist'', and clos ...

. She was married to French producer

Daniel Toscan du Plantier Daniel Toscan du Plantier (7 April 1941 – 11 February 2003) was a French film producer. Educated at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques he became advertising manager for the ''France Soir'' daily newspaper in 1966 and between 1975 and 1985 was di ...

Filmography

* ''

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'' (1984) * '' La lumière du lac'' (1988) * '' Annabelle partagée'' (1991) * ''

Elsa Morante Elsa Morante (; 18 August 191225 November 1985) was an Italian novelist, poet, translator and children's books author. Her novel '' La storia'' (''History'') is included in the Bokklubben World Library List of 100 Best Books of All Time. Life a ...

'' (1997) * ''

'' (2001) * '' Un altro mondo è possibile'' (2001) * '' Carlo Giuliani, ragazzo'' (2002) * '' Firenze, il nostro domani'' (2003) * '' Mi piace lavorare - Mobbing'' (2004) * ''

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'' (2004) * ''

A casa nostra ''Our Country'' ( it, A casa nostra) is a 2006 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It entered the competition at the 2006 Rome Film Festival. Cast *Luca Zingaretti: Ugo *Valeria Golino: Rita *Laura Chiatti: Elodie *Luca Argenter ...

'' (2006) * ''

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'' (2007) * ''

L'Aquila 2009 - Cinque registi tra le macerie L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valley ...

'' (2009) * ''

Lo spazio bianco ''The White Space'' ( it, Lo spazio bianco) is a 2009 Italian drama film directed by Francesca Comencini. It entered the main competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. Cast *Margherita Buy as Maria *Giovanni Ludeno as Fabrizio ...

'' (2009) * '' Un Giorno Speciale'' (2012) * '' Gomorra - La serie'' (from 2014) (TV series) * ''

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'' (2017) *'' Django'' (TV series) (also

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)

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* 1961 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Writers from Rome {{Italy-film-director-stub