Antonio Battistella

Antonio Battistella

Birth : 1912-06-26,

Death : 1980-04-06

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Antonio Battistella

Movies

La rosa rossa
Zaccaria Piero De Faralia
A former General comes back to Trieste to live with his cousins.
Rebecca (La prima moglie)
Colonnello Julyan
Vita di Cavour
Giuseppe Mazzini
Paris, My Love
Antonio
Parigi O Cara is probably the most camp in the history of Italian cinema, certainly a favourite with the GLBT community who quote its lines by heart. Unique as it's the only film where Franca Valeri (now 90) is the unquestioned star, in the role of Delia, a snobbish, stingy prostitute who is moving to Paris looking for greener and more lucrative pastures. An anti-neorealist, amoral, almost abstract comedy, which anticipates Almodóvar, a ferocious, though gentle, non-moralistic portrayal of the 60's boom and its broken dreams. The dialogue between Delia and her brother (played by Fiorenzo Fiorentini), when he does (or does not) tell her he is a homosexual, is memorable, a primordial coming-out, a masterpiece of allusions. But what makes it one of the first examples of a film with a "gay point of view" is the approach: perceptive, non-conformist, caustically witty. A film ahead of its times, still unbeaten.
The Thief of Baghdad
Sultan of Bagdad
When Karim impersonates a prince Osman, he steals the heart of Amina the Sultans daughter. The real prince intends to get Amina back by giving her a love potion. But his plan backfires and Amina becomes deathly ill. Karim must make it through 7 doors to retrieve the only thing that can save his love-a mystical blue rose. A timeless, enchanting story!
Saffo - Venere di Lesbo
Paione
The poetess Sappho led an uprising against the corrupt government of the island of Lesbos.
The Rival
Gerardo Monis
The love triangle between a Countess, a soldier and a younger woman.
High School
Padre di Giulia
It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.
Enrico IV
Rodolfo
Signorinette