La commedia nel cinema italiano

The origins lie in the hungry mask of Pulcinella, in Italian-style comedy through Totò’s comic body and Alberto Sordi’s chameleonic one. From Massimo Troisi’s new southern and sentimental humour to Checco Zalone’s even newer and more irreverent comedy, passing through Luciano De Crescenzo’s satire of apartment-block life, Mario Monicelli’s family satire and Antonio Albanese’s social satire. Comedy is nothing more than an enlargement of everyday life, a close-up of our daily existence.

Wherever we look, there is a story to tell, an episode to experience and expand, bringing out every possible nuance and shaping all the characters, their goals and their flaws, which are the lifeblood of every story.