Cristina Comencini
Born	( 1956-05-08 ) 8 May 1956 (age 68) Rome
Occupation(s)	Film director, screenwriter, novelist
Years active	1982 - present

Cristina Comencini ( Italian: [kri?stiːna komen?t?iːni] ; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.

Biography [ edit ]

She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini . She attended with her sisters the Lycee francais Chateaubriand (Rome) . ^[1]

Cristina Comencini's 2005 film The Beast in the Heart , based on her own novel La bestia nel cuore , was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film . Her upcoming film When the Night , also based on her own novel and published in the United States by Other Press , is scheduled to compete in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September. ^[2]

She is mother of former Minister of Economic Development , Carlo Calenda .

Filmography [ edit ]

• 1989: Zoo
• 1993: La fine e nota
• 1996: Va' dove ti porta il cuore
• 1998: Matrimoni
• 2000: Liberate i pesci!
• 2002: The Best Day of My Life ( Il piu bel giorno della mia vita )
• 2005: La mia mano destra
• 2005: The Beast in the Heart ( La bestia nel cuore )
• 2008: Black and White
• 2009: Due partite
• 2011: When the Night ( Quando la notte )
• 2015: Latin Lover
• 2016: Something new
• 2018: Sex Story
• 2019: To Return
• 2024 : The Children's Train

Books in Translation [ edit ]

• 1994: The Missing Pages
• 2012: When the Night , published by Other Press

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cristina Comencini .

• Cristina Comencini at IMDb
• Official Website (Italian)
• Speciale Cristina Comencini su Locanda Almayer