Auguri Cristina! Can I buy you a drink in New York when you come for Open Roads: New Italian Cinema?
She’s an award-winning director and screenwriter, she’s the daughter of Luigi Comencini and the sister of Francesca Comencini, but most important she’s a pioneer.
There are so many good directors that happen to be women these days, but Cristina Comecini has been a trailblazer for them all. Her La Bestia Nel Cuore (Don’t Tell) was nominated for an Oscar, and this year her newest film, Latin Lover, will screen at Lincoln Center’s Open Roads: New Italian Cinema.
Latin Lover stars Francesco Scianna as an Italian movie heart-throb, passed away and memory kept alive by his wife and daughters. One very bittersweet note about the cast: the latin lover’s widow is played by the iconic movie star Virna Lisi, who died before the movie made it to theaters.
I Love Italian Everything 