Query: 1960s or Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama films
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
The First Time (1969 film)
Malèna (film)
Cosmonaut (film)
The World of Henry Orient
La scuola
Amarcord
The Girl from Parma
The Sterile Cuckoo
Palm Springs Weekend
The Graduate
The Reivers (film)
Now or Never (2003 film)
Closely Watched Trains
Evidence from documents: The First Time (1969 film): '''''The First Time''''' is a 1969 American coming of age comedy-drama film
Malèna (film): comedy-drama films: '''''Malèna''''' is a 2000 erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by Giuseppe Tornatore from a story by Luciano Vincenzoni.
Italian: On June 10, 1940, in the fictional small Sicilian town of Castelcutò, a teenage boy named Renato Amoroso experiences three major events: the fascist dictator Benito Mussolini announces that Italy is entering World War II; he receives a new bike; he sees for the first time, together with his friends, the beautiful and sensual Maddalena "Malèna" Bonsignore Scordìa, who is the most desired young woman in town.
coming-of-age: Combining a coming-of-age story with the sad odyssey of a woman punished for her beauty, the film ultimately has too little depth, subtlety, thematic consequence or contemporary relevance to make it a strong contender for arthouse crossover.
Cosmonaut (film): '''''Cosmonaut''''' () is a 2009 Italian coming-of-age film written and directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli.
The World of Henry Orient: '''''The World of Henry Orient''''' is a 1964 American comedy film directed by George Roy Hill and starring Peter Sellers, Paula Prentiss, Angela Lansbury, Tippy Walker, Merrie Spaeth, Phyllis Thaxter, Bibi Osterwald and Tom Bosley. It is based on the novel of the same name by Nora Johnson, who co-wrote the screenplay with her father, Nunnally Johnson.


The original story was inspired in part by Nora Johnson's own experiences as a schoolgirl, as well as by a real-life incident involving singer Tony Bennett and two teenaged fans.
La scuola: '''''La scuola''''' (also known as '''''School''''') is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is loosely based on two books by Domenico Starnone, ''Ex Cattedra'' and ''Sottobanco''.


The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film.
In a grammar school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day of school before the summer holidays. Professor Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher, before the end bitterly remembers what happened in that year and he wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school. But they've paid him off in a somewhat offensive way, given that, as the professor has noted, today's youth are in most cases changed, drifters and without a sense of civic duty.
Amarcord: Italian coming-of-age comedy-drama films: '''''Amarcord''''' () is a 1973 Italian comedy-drama film
coming-of-age: a semi-autobiographical tale about Titta, an adolescent boy growing up among an eccentric cast of characters in the village of Borgo San Giuliano (situated near the ancient walls of Rimini) in 1930s Fascist Italy
The Girl from Parma: '''''La parmigiana''''' (internationally released as '''''The Girl from Parma''''') is a 1963 Italian comedy drama film
The Sterile Cuckoo: '''''The Sterile Cuckoo''''' (released in the UK as '''''Pookie''''') is a 1969 American comedy-drama film released by Paramount Pictures that tells the story of an eccentric young couple whose relationship deepens despite their differences and inadequacies.
Palm Springs Weekend: '''''Palm Springs Weekend''''' is a 1963 Warner Bros. bedroom comedy film directed by Norman Taurog.
The Graduate: '''''The Graduate''''' is a 1967 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and written by Buck Henry and Calder Willingham, based on the 1963 novel of the same name by Charles Webb, who wrote it shortly after graduating from Williams College. The film tells the story of 21-year-old Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman), a recent college graduate with no well-defined aim in life, who is seduced by an older married woman, Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), but then falls for her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross).
The Reivers (film): '''''The Reivers''''' (also known as '''''The Yellow Winton Flyer''''' in the UK) is a 1969 Technicolor film in Panavision starring Steve McQueen and directed by Mark Rydell based on the 1962 William Faulkner novel ''The Reivers, a Reminiscence''.
Now or Never (2003 film): '''''Now or Never''''' () is a 2003 Italian coming of age comedy-drama film written and directed by Lucio Pellegrini.
Closely Watched Trains: 1960s: a 1966 Czechoslovak film
coming-of-age comedy-drama films: It is a coming-of-age story about a young man working at a train station in German-occupied Czechoslovakia during World War II.