Carlo Cotti
Directing
Biography
Italian director. He made his debut as an actor in small roles in 1960 in the film Rocco and His Brothers by Luchino Visconti, and in Risate di gioia by Mario Monicelli; in this film he met Anna Magnani who advised him to dedicate himself to directing. In the sixties he worked as a production assistant with Riccardo Freda, Roberto Rossellini, Alessandro Blasetti, Joseph Losey and was assistant director to John Huston, Franco Zeffirelli, Alberto Lattuada, as well as Nanni Loy and Losey. In the seventies he directed some commercials and made his debut as a theatre director at the Teatro Gerolamo in Milan. During the eighties he also worked for state television, producing some special reports for Mixer on Rai 2. In 1986 he made his debut as a director by directing Sposerò Simon Le Bon, which was followed in 1989 by a second film, Partire in quarta, for which he also wrote the screenplay, and was made in France. In 1987 he directed the film Portami la luna, Sabrina Ferilli's debut as a television actress, and wrote the screenplay and directed Il miracolo della fede.
Known For
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Caprice Italian Style
World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.
Operation Snafu
At age 50, tax inspector Emerenziano decides to settle down and aims to the three Tettamanzi sisters, who, though not young or pretty by any means, have recently inherited a large amount of money.
Come Have Coffee with Us
Pasquale takes all of his 12 children and runs away from Monza, looking for a house of a wealthy and generous awning. Having met on the way impoverished peasant, Pasquale takes him also, having granted the rank of "Half-Monk" and thus having gained rustic, but a reliable friend.
The Monk of Monza
A youth who has recently graduated can't find a job. One day he unintentionally snatches a bag from a girl and buys a motorbike with the "proceeds" of the theft. Then he begins to work as a mail express courier. At first the girl denounces him then falls in love with him.
Il ragazzo del Pony Express
Based on a popular novel with the English title Devil in the Flesh by Alexandre Jardin, this little drama tells the story of Virgile (Thomas Langmann), a sixteen-year old boy who has grown tired of being a virgin, and decides to seduce Carla (Kristin Scott-Thomas), an older woman. Rather to his surprise, despite his callowness, she proves to be quite willing.
Headstrong
The story of a teenager whose biggest dream is to marry Simon Le Bon, singer of pop band Duran Duran.
Sposerò Simon Le Bon
A whimsical commedia all'italiana divided into four episodes.
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa
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Portami la luna
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Executioners, Masks, Secrets: Italian Horror in the Sixties
Stoner women, but still pompant and wanting to fuck as young stallions in heat: indeed, studs do more. Five old-fashioned stories as it happens all day behind Italian doors. Over 50 women who fall wildly in lust by claiming big cock in all of their holes; enjoying and make people feel happy with the whole experience of a lifetime.