Carlo Vanzina

Carlo Vanzina
Country: Italy
Total Credits at Criticker: 46 (Director), 48 (Writer)
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Il ras del quartiere
A comedy film set in 1980's Milan Italy composed by Italian prog-rock band Goblin.
Mystère
Assassins are after a prostitute who has come into possession of a cigarette lighter that, unbeknownst to her, contains the negatives that show a politician's assassination. (imdb)
Eccezzziunale... veramente
The misadventures of three soccer fans, all played by Abatantuono. (imdb)
2061: Un anno eccezionale
In 2061, after an energetic crisis, a fragmented and multi-ethnic Italy has fallen back into some sort of pre-Risorgimento scenario. A group of patriots, led by "The Professor", wants to reunify their country.
Ti presento un amico
Marco is a young man working in London as a manager in the marketing section of a big cosmetics company. He is not married but he lives with his Italian girlfriend, who works in London, too. His job as a manager is hard. Because of the crisis, everybody is in danger of getting fired. Indeed, his girlfriend gets fired and to conquer her fear for the future, she decides to leave him, return back to Italy and her ex. Marco gets promoted as general manager and returns back to Italy, too.
Tre colonne in cronaca
The movie tells the story of an italian politician's shady attempt to take over a newspaper of the opposition.
S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago
Some things never change as this Italian comedy which spoofs government corruption, sports, night clubs, and the Mafia, amply proves.
A spasso nel tempo
While visiting Universal Studios in Hollywood along with their respective families, two Italian tourists get on a real time machine and got lost in time. Professor Mortimer effort to rescue them result in trips through various ages of ancient Italy. Written by Anonymous (imdb)
I Don\
If Sergio Colombo, a middle age man, doesn't want to lose his job, has to attend a full immersion English course in UK. So Sergio leave his wife and son and reaches a school full of terrible kids. Obviously he is the only adult and the worse student. Learning English hasn't been never so hard. Written by 1felco (imdb)
Vacanze di Natale
Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a singer and a playboy, meets Ivana: she now is married with a rich man, Donatone, but in the past she had a flirt with Billo, who wants to light the flame another time. (imdb)
Vacanze di Natale \
Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling problem. (imdb)
Christmas Vacation 2000
In the third installment of the popular Vacanze di Natale series, comedians Christian De Sica and Massimo Boldi yuck it up with Australian model Megan Gale in the ski town of Cortina D'Ampezzo. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
Yuppies, i giovani di successo
A dentist, a car salesman, a lawyer and a PR man, who idolize Gianni Agnelli, FIAT chairman, decide to spend their holidays in Cortina D'Ampezzo, a famous ski-resort in Italy. (imdb)
Arrivano i gatti
Four young comedians from Verona ('I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli') go to Rome trying to achieve big success on cinema or TV. (imdb)
Banzai
Sergio Colombo is an insurance agent. He had just gone through a divorce so he is a little bit scattered. Wanting to unwind he plans to go to vacation with a magnificent girlfriend but suddenly he is ordered off to Canada in order to sign an important contract. At the airport Colombo accidentally gets on a plane that flies in a direction directly opposite to Canada - to Bankgok.
I fichissimi
Mechanic Romeo and grocery deliverer Felice lead two rival gangs and the local discotheque is not big enough for the both of them. When Romeo falls for Felice's sister, conveniently called Giulietta, the entire town becomes too small for the two rivals. Romeo is adamant to keep on seeing Giulietta while keeping clear of Felice, while Felice is forcing other suitors onto his sister that are more to his liking. (imdb)
Eccezzziunale veramente - Capitolo secondo... me
Donato, captain of the Milan ultrà, after spending twenty years in exile in Spain returns to Milan. His story is very simple: on returning to Italy he discovers he has fathered a child with Ginevra his fiancée of long ago (Anna Maria Barbera). His son is twenty years old and lives with his mother and her new companion. Donato, overcome with the need to get to know his own kin decides to meet him... (filmitalia)
A spasso nel tempo: l\
Film about the time travel of a Hollywood filmmaker and an Italian tourist. (ftvdb.bfi)
Le barzellette
Comedy. A collage of amusing stories in the Italian comic tradition.
Un\
The film tells the story of a group of people during the summer: football fans, loving couples, single fathers, beautiful women and businessmen, emigrants who return to their country and great dramatic actors forced into comic situations etc. (wiki)
Time for Loving
In this nostalgic look back at the 1960s through rose-colored glasses, a group of teens meet and frolic and experience their individual emotional maelstroms at a seaside resort one summer -- and then they meet again two decades later... (Rovi)
Selvaggi
A group of italian tourists on holiday in the Caribbean are stranded on a desert island when their small airplane is forced to an emergency landing. How will they manage to survive? (imdb)
Il ritorno del Monnezza
Rocky Giraldi is the son of Nico Giraldi, the infamous cop in the 70's and 80's. Like his father, he is a plainclothes policeman in the special task division, and like his father he often acts on his own will using ' rudimentary ' tactics that are often a little politically incorrect, but on the other hand very funny and efficient. Rocky always solves the case but usually creating a big mess... (filmitalia)
In questo mondo di ladri
Fabio, Monica, Nicola, Walter and Lionello are five normal people, five honest workers that before that fateful day in February, had never even met.They all share the same bad luck, and are all the victims of a real estate fraud in Livigno. Our heroes are very mad, and go to the police seeking help and understanding , wanting to get the culprits arrested, but this is not the case: we live in a world ,where thieves always get away with it. (filmitalia)
Matrimonio alle Bahamas
A not-so-rich Italian girl falls in love with a very rich young man from America. They plan to marry, but there are objections from both families. The situation evolves into a crescendo of mishaps between the two families, as both do all they can to protect their loved ones. ~ Baseline StudioSystems
Olè
Two teachers, who were former rivals in love ten years previously, and a group of pupils go on a school trip to Spain, visiting Toledo, Madrid, Valencia and La Mancha. One evening in Seville the boys encouter a group of American students from a girls school and the two men once again become rivals for the favours and attention of the girls' teacher Margaret Granger. Since the two groups have the same itinerary they are regularly thrown together. (ftvdb.bfi)
Vacanze in America
A group of students from the San Crispino school for boys take a holiday in the United States, traveling from New York trough Utah all the way to Los Angeles. Young Father Don Buro (Christian De Sica) has great difficulty controlling the youngsters, especially with trouble making ex-student Peo (Jerry Calà) along for the trip, and finds himself distracted by the attractive single mother of one of the boys (Edwige Fenech). (imdb)
Fratelli d\
A rental car shop assistant who dreams of the jet-set is mistaken for the son of an industrialist and invited to embark on a luxury boat cruise. (worldcat)
Simpatici & antipatici
A satirical portrait of a group of Italian men who all belong to an elite rowing club. (bfi)
Vado a vivere da solo
A young man named Giacomino leaves his parents to live on his own, but he quickly finds that it is more difficult than he thought. (imdb)
Una vacanza bestiale
The adventures of a group of tourists during a trip in the Middle East. (bfi)
Febbre da cavallo - La mandrakata
Sequel of Steno's masterpiece "Febbre da Cavallo". Mandrake and his new friends still continue to bet (and lose a lot of money) on horse races. What will they invent for cheating money?
Mai stati uniti
Angela, Antonio, Carmen, Michele e Nino,five people who dont't know each other, one day met each other in the office of a notary. Here, they discover that they are children of the same fhather, who, once dead, has left them an eredity. But to get this eredity before they must go to USA and scatter his hashes in the lake Powell .Here begins the adventure of five brothers...
Sapore di te
Italy 1980's - The sun, the sea and the relaxation of the summer vacation are ideal for nostalgic memories, passionated love affairs and funny comfusions. (imdb)
Un matrimonio da favola
Daniel uses his wedding to a wealthy heiress as the excuse for a school reunion with hilarious results. (imdb)
Ma tu di che segno 6?
Anthology comedy film based on astrology, consisting of five episodes.
Call Girl
Maria comes to Italy from Poland to reunite with her sister Eva, who left seven years earlier and claims to have made a lot of money working as an interpreter. Maria will later discover that Eva is a high-priced call girl when her sister is murdered after a "business meeting" at a hotel. To find out who the killer is, Maria decides to start answering her sister's cellular phone and taking appointments with her former clients...
Sognando la California
Four Italian friends have a 15 year graduation reunion and decide to realize their old dream: a trip to California. Finally free of wives and girlfriends, they arrived in the US and rent a large car to take the road in search of adventure. (imdb)
Buona giornata
A common day in the actual Italy, narrated by the different stories of seven different people, it's the starting point for an overview to the 21st century's italian society, among corrupt politicians, unfaithful husbands, hardcore soccer fans and dishonest businessmen. (imdb)
Torno indietro e cambio vita
Marco has a perfect life, a beautiful wife and a great job. But one day his wife Giulia confesses that she has met another man and wants to leave him. Suddenly, he is forced to reevaluate everything. (imdb)
Montecarlo Gran Casinò
The misadventures of different Italian rascals who came to the famous Montecarlo Gran Casinò to get lucky (imdb)
Luna di miele in tre
On the eve of his wedding trip (destination Sanremo) Alfredo Riva learns that he had won a contest of "Playmen" whose prize is a five-day vacation in Jamaica together, day and night, with the beautiful playmate Christine. (imdb)
Caccia al tesoro
A poor family looking for a miracle gets their dreams come true. (wikipedia)
Non si ruba a casa dei ladri
A couple of honest workers takes revenge on the corrupt politician that ruined them. (imdb)
Vacanze di Natale a Cortina
At Christmas a group of characters moves to Cortina d'Ampezzo to spend the winter holidays. (imdb)
South Kensington
A London aristocrat rents out rooms in his posh estate to a pair of Italians who are wooing two wealthy British gals.
E adesso sesso
Eight episodes vaguely inspired to real events. The "fil rouge" is the relationship between the Italians and sex in the first years of 2000s. From prostitution to virtual sex all the categories are represented in a funny way that anyway tries to investigate this kind of reality. (imdb)
Sotto il vestito niente - L\
The triumph of the designer Federico Marinoni in the world of Milanese fashion is marred by the hit-and-run death of his main model and muse, Alexandra Larsson. (imdb)