Director Carlo Vanzina dies, author of the hits of the Italian popular comedy

Carlo Vanzina, photo taken on the Internet

The director Carlo Vanzina who, along with his brother Enrico, has signed many blockbusters of the recent Italian comedy, has died today in Rome ] at the age of 67 due to illness, the family reports

Vanzina was the son of director and screenwriter Steno, author of some of the most famous comedies of the country, and his father inherited a love for the cinema and for this kind of popular entertainment.

Inventor of so-called holiday movies, when launching movies in summer or Christmas, sometimes underestimated by critics when considered of poor quality and something vulgar, but which achieved box office success.

With his brother, he has signed some 70 films, some of them among the biggest comedies since the 80s with a group of artists like Christian De Sica, Mbadimo Ghini, Mbadimo Boldi and Jerry Calà

He made his debut with the film "Luna de miele in tre" (1976) with Renato Pozzetto and Stefania Casini and the first successes came with "Eccezzziunale … veramente" (1982), releasing Diego Abantantuono , and "Sapore di mare" in 1983, a summer film that made a collection of records.

With "Vacanze di Natale (1983) began the film reef in the birth period that criticism denigration called genre" cinepanettoni ", a play on words with the typical Italian sweetness at that time, but it pleased a large part of the Italian public who filled the rooms in search of fun and easy laughing.

His films were also considered the heirs of the "bady comedies" of the 70s, and always had the models and the The most famous presenters of the moment.

The brothers Vanzina worked with actors like Diego Abatantuono, Gian Mar Will, Sergio Castellitto, Renato Pozzeto, Paolo Villaggio, Gigi Proietti, Enrico Montesano, Vincenzo Salemme, Christian De Sica, Mbadimo Boldi, Enrico Brignano, Michele Placido, Virna Lisi and Monica Bellucci, among others

"Caccia al Tesoro" (2017) with Vincenzo Salemme, Serena Rossi, Carlo Buccirosso, a back to the old Italian comedy and inspired by "Operazione San Gennaro" (1966) by Dino Risi. EFE

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