Quick Overview
Mario Monicelli, filmaker extraordinaire, has a fifty-year career under his belt. A director and scriptwriter for more than sixty movies, he set new standards for both the domestic and international scenes. His unforgettable masterpieces are: 'I Soliti Ignoti', the carefree bitter-sweet story in "Amici miei", or Vittorio Gassman-Brancaleone da Norcia character in "L'armata Brancaleone." His works of poetic and cinematic genius have become a benchmark in Italian movie history: "Guardie e ladri", "I soliti ignoti", "L'armata Brancaleone", "Amici miei", "Un borghese piccolo piccolo", also "Il medico e lo stregone", "La grande Guerra", "Romanzo popolare", "Il Marchese del Grillo", "I picari". The Book contains: original film posters, rare behind-thescenes pictures. In the CD: best songs from the original soundtracks.