Cristina Comencini was born in Rome in 1956. Her father was the Italian director Luigi Comencini and with him she began her career as a screenwriter, co-writing Il matrimonio di Caterina (1982), Buon Natale... Buon anno (1989), Quattro storie di donne (1986), Cuore and La Storia. Graduated in Economics, she made her debut as a movie director in 1988 with Zoo, followed by I divertimenti della vita privata (1990), La fine è nota (1992), Va' dove ti porta il cuore (1996), Matrimoni (1998), Liberate i pesci (1999), Il più bel giorno della mia vita (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2005 - nominated by the Academy Awards for the Best Foreign Language Film's category), Bianco e nero (2008), Quando la Notte (2011), Latin Lover (2015). For theatre she wrote and directed the plays Due Partite (2006), Est Ovest (2009), Libere (2010) and La Scena (2013). As author, she published Pagine strappate (1991), Passione di famiglia (1994), Matrioska (2002), La bestia nel cuore (2004), Due partite (2006), L'illusione del bene (2007 - nominated by Premio Strega as Best Book of the Year), Quando la Notte (2009), La nave più bella (2012), Lucy (2014), Voi non la conoscete (2014). She is the happy mother of three: Carlo, Giulia and Luigi.
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Biography from IMDb.
- May 8, 1956 (70)
- Roma
- Writer and director, also actor
- 7 on MovieCove · 24 credits in all
What are Cristina Comencini's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Survival.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 1 · Earnest 7
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 2 · Dark 2
Grounded 6 · Stylized 2 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 4 · Intense 1
Steady 6 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 3
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 4 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0
A split, not a type: Easy watch 5 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 2
Resolved 7 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet5
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Cristina Comencini's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 1 of their 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, on Netflix (1).
Subscription and free streaming for Cristina Comencini's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
24 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page; 4 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Temps nouveaux (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Tasters(2025)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
The Children's Train(2024)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Tornare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Sex Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Something New(2016)
Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films
La scena (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Latin Lover(2015)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
When the Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Woman of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
The Ladies Get Their Say (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Bianco e nero(2008)
Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films
Don't Tell(2005)
Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films
The Best Day of My Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Liberate i pesci! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Marriages (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Follow Your Heart (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
La fine è nota (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
The Amusements of Private Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
Zoo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
History (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Cuore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Career shape
A full career of 24 titles from 1969 to 2025.
Film career
- 1969Screen debut· Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
3 major awards from 5 major nominations, 2005–2011.
- Venice award, nominated
- Venice award, won · Best Film
- Venice award, won · Best Italian Film
- Venice award, won
- Venice award, nominated · Best Film
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Cristina Comencini's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 55th percentile, the median of all 7; across their 8 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up1
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th2
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 3 are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed2
- Mixed1
Reviewers score the plot and story 55/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles; fans 67, detractors 30. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Cristina Comencini work with?
People who share at least 2 of Cristina Comencini's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Giulia Calenda shares the most, 6.
Writers
- Giulia CalendaShared titles: The Tasters (2025), The Children's Train (2024), Something New (2016), Latin Lover (2015), Bianco e nero (2008), Don't Tell (2005)See all 6 shared titles with Giulia Calenda
Actors
- Angela FinocchiaroShared titles: Latin Lover (2015), Don't Tell (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Angela Finocchiaro
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Italo PetriccioneShared titles: The Children's Train (2024), Something New (2016), Latin Lover (2015)See all 3 shared titles with Italo Petriccione
- Andrea FarriShared titles: Something New (2016), Latin Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Andrea Farri
- Francesca CalvelliShared titles: Something New (2016), Latin Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Francesca Calvelli
- Cecilia ZanusoShared titles: Bianco e nero (2008), Don't Tell (2005)See all 2 shared titles with Cecilia Zanuso
Producers
- Giovanni StabiliniShared titles: Something New (2016), Bianco e nero (2008), Don't Tell (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Giovanni Stabilini
- Marco ChimenzShared titles: Something New (2016), Bianco e nero (2008), Don't Tell (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Marco Chimenz
- Riccardo TozziShared titles: Something New (2016), Bianco e nero (2008), Don't Tell (2005)See all 3 shared titles with Riccardo Tozzi
- Lionello CerriShared titles: The Tasters (2025), Latin Lover (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Lionello Cerri