Raimondo Del Balzo

Raimondo Del Balzo (17 January 1939 – 22 September 1995) was an Italian screenwriter and director.

Born in Rome, Del Balzo first worked as a journalist, and then he entered the cinema industry in 1967 as a screenwriter.[1] In 1973 he got a large commercial success with his directorial debut film, The Last Snows of Spring, a success confirmed by his second work, White Horses of Summer.[1] These films launched a melodramatic subgenre known as "lacrima movie" (i.e. "tearjerker movie"), usually characterized by plot involving unfortunate children and fatal diseases.[2] A strong sentimentalism was his trademark also in his later works, which indeed disappointed at the box office.[1] Del Balzo died of cancer, such as the main characters of his first two films.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Roberto Poppi (2002). I registi: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri. Gremese Editore. ISBN 8884401712.
  2. ↑ Vv. Aa. Preparate i fazzoletti, guida al lacrima movie. Nocturno Dossier, 2007.
  3. ↑ Franco Grattarola. "Il cinema strappacuore di Raimondo Del Balzo". Cine 70 3.

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