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Alessandro Cicognini has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
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Alessandro Cicognini has 0 scores in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Cicognini set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Vittorio De Sica
Director
8 shared titles · Bicycle Thieves

Cesare Zavattini
Screenplay
5 shared titles · Bicycle Thieves

Giuseppe Amato
Producer
4 shared titles · Bicycle Thieves

Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
4 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Julien Duvivier
Director
4 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Fernandel
Actor
3 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Gino Cervi
Actor
3 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Saro Urzì
Actor
3 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Lamberto Maggiorani
Actor
2 shared titles · Bicycle Thieves

Paolo Stoppa
Actor
2 shared titles · The Return of Don Camillo

Memmo Carotenuto
Actor
2 shared titles · Don Camillo's Last Round

Sylvie
Actor
2 shared titles · Ulysses
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