Scola made further successful films , including '' A Special Day '' ( 1977 ) , '' That Night In Varennes '' ( 1982 ) , '' What Time Is It ? '' ( 1989 ) and '' Captain Fracassa 's Journey '' ( 1990 ) . He directed close to 40 films in some 40 years . His film '' Passione d'amore '' , adapted from a nineteenth-century novel , was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the award-winning musical '' Passion '' . He was a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival . . Scola died in Rome on January 19 , 2016 at the age of 84
1988 Cannes Film Festival
1988 Cannes Film Festival
Ettore Scola