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Revision as of 23:00, 4 December 2025
Italian film director, and novelist
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Cristina Comencini |
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Cristina Comencini pictured in 2008 |
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| Born | 8 May 1956 |
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| Years active | 1982–present |
| Children | 3, including Carlo Calenda |
| Father | Luigi Comencini |
| Relatives | Francesca Comencini (sister) |
Cristina Comencini (Italian: [kriˈstiːna komenˈtʃiːni]; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.
Biography
She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français 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.[3]
Filmography
Books in translation
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