The Italian screen writer and director Ettore Scola has died in Rome at the age of 84. Scola, was considered one of the last greats of Italian
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The Italian screen writer and director Ettore Scola has died in Rome at the age of 84.
Scola, was considered one of the last greats of Italian cinema. Over a forty-year career he won prizes at prestigious film festivals such as Cannes and Moscow.
Grande #EttoreScola pic.twitter.com/aBZBYVBXGy
— Elena Blesa (@Esdenka) January 20, 2016
His movies include the Oscar-nominated “A Special Day” which featured Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
Italian premier Matteo Renzi said Scola had an incomparable way of reading Italian society and said in a tweet that his death “leaves an huge void in Italian culture.”
Addio #Maestro.
#EttoreScola pic.twitter.com/CZWhghZOi6— Davide Simeone (@SimeoneD91) January 20, 2016
A great sadness to learn of the loss of Ettore Scola. Image: “Let's talk about Women” #EttoreScola pic.twitter.com/rcpSHAVFkR
— Les Docs (@lesdocscinema) January 20, 2016