Writing
Sep 19, 1902
Luzzara, Italy
Cesare Zavattini
Writing
Biography
Cesare Zavattini (20 September 1902 – 13 October 1989) was an Italian screenwriter. In 1935 he met Vittorio De Sica, beginning a partnership that produced over twenty films, including such masterpieces of Italian neorealism as Shoeshine (1946), Bicycle Thieves (1948), Miracle in Milan (1951), and Umberto D (1952).
Feature Films (11)
In this documentary, giants of italian cinema such as Rossellini, De Sica, Fellini and Zavattini talk about the importance of cinema after WW2, and about huge moments of social rebellion. This movie gives the floor to the creators of italian neorealism.
Cinéma et Réalité
Mario Soldati accompanies us once again, after the journey in the Po valley, in search of genuine foods, this time to discover the culinary traditions of Christmas lunch. Cesare Zavattini tells about the typical Christmas dishes of his region. The broadcast aired on December 17, 1958.
Il Pranzo di Natale a casa di Cesare Zavattini
The film tells of old Antonio, 81, who refuses to stay in a mental home and walks away. He hits the streets to give a message to people: be yourselves, tell what you think, make love and stop with violence against the weaker members of society. When he realizes nobody will listen, he tries to take his life by holding his breath, but he doesn't succeed.
The Truth
This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his friends, acquaintances and third wife. Documentarian John Walker explores the various influences Strand encountered throughout his life that helped him to develop as an artist. His personal life and relationships are examined and shed light on the inner working of this man who achieved great renown while hiding "under the dark cloth."
Strand, Under the Dark Cloth
A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the former empress of Persia. Featuring interviews with Monica Vitti, Tonino Guerra and more.
Antonioni: Documents and Testimonials
Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.
Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Film Maker's Life
Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through Cinecittà Luce's archives.
Hollywood sul Tevere
The following documentary on screenwriter, publisher, novelist, and film theorist Cesare Zavattini was made in 2019 and is part of an ongoing Italian television series profiling important historical figures. Each episode in the series, “Italiani con Paolo Mieli,” is introduced by Mieli, a journalist and the editor of Italy’s leading newspaper.
Cesare Zavattini on “Italiani con Paolo Miele,” 2019
A documentary feature film about Vittorio De Sica, one of the greatest masters of world cinema. Through a new access to his family, rare archives and testimonies of contemporary artists and filmmakers from the entire world, the ilm retraces his life, his work and legacy. An intimate portrait of an author able to transform the observation of the real in an universal emotion and reveals the modernity of a gaze which keeps on illuminating cinema and our way of seeing the world.
