Maurizio Ponzi (born 8 May 1939) is an Italian

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and cinema critic. Born in

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, he wrote cinema reviews in several Italian magazines during the early 1960s. He worked as assistant director in

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's episode in ''

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'' and directed a series of documentaries in 1967–1968. He has directed 22 films between 1968 (his debut film '' I visionari'' won a prize in the

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) and 2004. His film ''

The Pool Hustlers ''The Pool Hustlers'' ( it, Io, Chiara e lo Scuro, "I, Chiara and lo Scuro") is a 1982 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Maurizio Ponzi. It was screened in the ''Un Certain Regard'' section at the 1983 Cannes Film Festival. It was co-writte ...

'' (''Io, Chiara e lo Scuro'', one of three featuring

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that Ponzi directed in the early 1980s) 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

1983 Cannes Film Festival The 36th Cannes Film Festival was held from 7 to 19 May 1983. The Palme d'Or went to the '' Narayama Bushiko'' by Shōhei Imamura. In 1983, the new building for the main events of the festival, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès, was inaug ...

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1968) * ''Equinozio'' (1971) * ''Il caso Raoul'' (1975) * ''

'' (1982) * '' What a Ghostly Silence There Is Tonight'' (1982) * '' Son contento'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1984) * '' Il tenente dei carabinieri'' (1986) * '' Noi uomini duri'' (1987) * ''

Il volpone ''Il volpone'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed in by Maurizio Ponzi, inspired by Ben Jonson's comedy with the same name. The film stars Enrico Montesano, Enrico Maria Salerno and Paolo Villaggio. Plot Set in the Ligurian Riviera during ...

'' (1988) * '' Volevo i pantaloni'' (1990) * '' Vietato ai minori'' (1992) * ''Anche i commercialisti hanno un'anima'' (1994) * ''Italiani'' (1996) * ''Fratelli coltelli'' (1997) * ''Besame mucho'' (1999) * ''A luci spente'' (2004) * ''Ci vediamo a casa'' (2012)

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