Cristina Comencini

Cristina Comencini (; born 8 May 1956) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and novelist.

Biography She is one of four daughters of Italian film director Luigi Comencini. She attended with her sisters the Lycée français Chateaubriand in her native city of Rome.

Cristina Comencini's 2005 film The Beast in the Heart, based on her own novel La bestia nel cuore, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Her 2011 film When the Night, based on her own novel and published in the United States by Other Press, competed in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

She is the mother of former Minister of Economic Development, Carlo Calenda.

Filmography 1989: Zoo 1993: La fine è nota 1996: Va' dove ti porta il cuore 1998: Matrimoni 2000: Liberate i pesci! 2002: The Best Day of My Life (Il più bel giorno della mia vita) 2005: La mia mano destra 2005: The Beast in the Heart (La bestia nel cuore) 2008: Black and White 2009: Due partite 2011: When the Night (Quando la notte) 2015: Latin Lover 2016: Something new 2018: Sex Story 2019: To Return 2024: The Children's Train

Books in translation 1994: The Missing Pages 2012: When the Night, published by Other Press