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Dino Risi

7 June 1916 - 7 June 2008

Director/Screenwriter

A neo-realist director who enjoyed critical and commercial success, Risi’s best known film is perhaps Profumo Di Donna (1974), remade in America as Scent Of A Woman. Other hits include A Porte Chiuse (1960), Il Sorpasso (1962), I Mostri (1963), Il Tigre (1967) and Il Nome Del Popolo Italiano (1972).

- Read Dino Risi's Independent Obituary
- Read Dino Risi's Times Obituary
- Read Dino Risi's Guardian Obituary
- Read Dino Risi's Variety Obituary

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