Self (archive footage)
The life and work of master Italian filmmaker Mario Monicelli (1915-2010).
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This short documentary features interviews with film scholar Callisto Cosulich, BICYCLE THIEVES coscreenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico, and actor Enzo Staiola. The interviews were conducted in Italy in 2005.
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No ano 33 d. C. o grande imperador romano Tiberius está perturbado com estranhos eventos: um terremoto balançou seu reino e o céu escureceu como em um eclipse. Parte da população está aos poucos se rebelando, desobedecendo às leis. Tudo isso por causa de uma lenda que está mexendo com todos: um homem, chamado Jesus de Nazaré, teria ressuscitado. Para desmentir esta notícia, Tiberius convoca seu melhor soldado, Tauro, que acaba de retornar da Germânia.
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After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career. Directors Mario Canale and Annarosa Morri look into the melancholic charm of one of the most famous Italian actors through interviews with his two daughters, Barbara and Chiara; directors Fellini and Luchino Visconti; actresses Claudia Cardinale and Anouk Aimee; and in archival footage of Mastroianni himself. The subject matter ranges from Mastroianni’s passion for kidney-bean pasta and his addiction to the telephone to his famous laziness, humility and talent. Shown in black-and-white, Mastroianni — elegantly holding a cigarette in between his fingers — is undeniably the dandy.
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An hour-long documentary featuring interviews with Claudia Cardinale, screenwriter Suso Ceccho D’Amico, Rotunno, filmmaker Sydney Pollack, and many others.
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Star at 17 years with the series of Sissi, Romy Schneider leaves Austria and glory for the love of Alain Delon. From Luchino Visconti to Otto Preminger, through Zulawski and Costa Gravas, she turned with the greatest. The directors interview those who knew her, who loved her, go back to the filming locations, make archive images speak for themselves... and try to detect the part of mystery that Romy Schneider conceals for ever.
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Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.
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1943, an estate north of Firenze. The weight of the world is on the shoulders of Penny, who's about 10. An orphan, she must watch over her little sister when they go to live with her aunt and uncle. Penny's a Catholic, and worries about her uncle's soul. He's Jewish, progressive and a free thinker, a fair boss, and devoted to his family. He can be stern, so Penny also worries that she'll never please him and that he won't love her. Then, after the Allied forces land in Sicily and the Germans begin their retreat, Penny must worry about her uncle's life. She tries logic and appeals to human decency. Can a child keep the sky from falling?
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World-renowned director Martin Scorsese narrates this journey through his favorites in Italian cinema.
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A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement, use of melodrama, and relation to decadence. It touches on the impact of a fabulously wealthy childhood, his writing for "Cinema," his politics, his work with Renoir, his appreciation of Thomas Mann, and his deep knowledge of literature and the arts. Visconti moves constantly between film and the theater, staging plays provocatively, working with Maria Callas at La Scala, and shooting films in theaters. Clips from his films and interviews with actors, crew members, and critics provide details for this portrait of creativity.
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A família Razzi possui uma pequena fábrica de doces em Macerata. Seu desejo de ampliar seus negócios para lidar com o novo mercado europeu unificado os leva a uma série de erros fatais que culminará por acabar com toda sua riqueza.
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A família Razzi possui uma pequena fábrica de doces em Macerata. Seu desejo de ampliar seus negócios para lidar com o novo mercado europeu unificado os leva a uma série de erros fatais que culminará por acabar com toda sua riqueza.
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The life and times of Claudia Bertelli, born in Milan in 1949 from bourgeois parents, educated in England, rebel and single mother, then feminist and married woman and again doctor in the developing countries and mystical nun who dies peacefully in 2011.
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The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's extraordinary musical production relives in the words of his friends and colleagues. His collaboration with Visconti and Fellini are truly memorable. His movie score and sequences of his performances in theaters all over the world hand us down a full and evocative outline of this outstanding artist.
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The artistic evolution of the great composer, whose work left an indelible mark in the history of Italian cinema. In this documentary Nino Rota's extraordinary musical production relives in the words of his friends and colleagues. His collaboration with Visconti and Fellini are truly memorable. His movie score and sequences of his performances in theaters all over the world hand us down a full and evocative outline of this outstanding artist.
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Toscana, agosto 1944: os Aliados acabaram de entrar em Florença, numa Itália devastada pela guerra, e as pessoas estão com fome. "Dieci", que afirma ter sido um boxer e um gerente, reúne um grupo de homens jovens, a fim de organizar lutas de boxe para conseguir algo para comer. Enquanto estão indo para Monteriggioni em um caminhão velho, Diece resgata o negro norte-americano, o soldado Washington, das mãos de uma família italiana. Mais tarde, ele convida a fascista Rosa, que teve seu cabelo cortado como um homem para mostrar que ela era uma traidora, para se juntar ao grupo. Quando eles se encontram com uma tropa de soldados norte-americanos, eles são convidados a se apresentarem em sua base. De volta à estrada, eles encontram Wilma, que pede uma carona e os convida a uma festa de casamento. Durante a viagem, eles aprendem lições de vida, amizade e traição.
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A short documentary about The Leopard.
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A look at the life and work of composer Nino Rota.
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A ceia de Natal está pronta. A família Colapietro irradia paz e tranquilidade. A casa paterna se enche de risos, gritinhos de crianças, muitas lembranças em comum, muitos segredinhos, histórias picantes e fofocas para trocar. Antecipando as delícias da mesa, todos esperam o momento de começar a mais esperada comemoração do ano. Então, a matriarca da família anuncia que ela e o marido estão muito velhos para continuarem vivendo sozinhos e decidiram ir morar com um de seus filhos ou filhas. É claro que ninguém quer ficar com os velhos, e a festa ameaça virar uma autêntica batalha entre irmãos, todos ansiosos para se livrarem da incômoda responsabilidade.
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An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
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An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
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After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.
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A thief caught red-handed tells the landlord a very strange fact that happened to him looking through the keyhole of another apartment where he was stealing.
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The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
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The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.
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Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.
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A Roman agent is sent to Palestine to investigate rumors of the resurrection of an executed criminal.
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A mais profunda reflexão de Derek Jarman sobre arte, sexualidade e identidade reconta a vida do famoso pintor renascentista por meio de suas telas brilhantes, quase blasfemas e seus flertes com o submundo. O filme incorpora a estética precisa do pintor em seus próprios elementos visuais.
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Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
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Fresh out prison, Tiberio reconnects with his old partners in crime, Michele Ferribote and Peppe the Panther, only to realise that a lot has changed--including crime--after twenty years. Can he cope with this new reality?
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Fresh out prison, Tiberio reconnects with his old partners in crime, Michele Ferribote and Peppe the Panther, only to realise that a lot has changed--including crime--after twenty years. Can he cope with this new reality?
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Marcello Mastroianni é um homem comum oprimido, tratado como lixo por sua noiva , desprezado por seus associados e enganado por seus parentes desdenhosos. O desanimado Mastroianni vai para Monte Carlo, onde acumula uma fortuna. Ele também assume a identidade de um jogador menos afortunado que cometeu suicídio. O "novo" Mastroianni é tratado com uma dignidade e respeito que o dominam - e quase o matam. Baseado em Le Deux Vite di Mattia Pascal, uma das muitas histórias de Luigi Pirandello sobre a natureza transitória dos intangíveis "Verdade" e "Identidade". (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
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Marcello Mastroianni é um homem comum oprimido, tratado como lixo por sua noiva , desprezado por seus associados e enganado por seus parentes desdenhosos. O desanimado Mastroianni vai para Monte Carlo, onde acumula uma fortuna. Ele também assume a identidade de um jogador menos afortunado que cometeu suicídio. O "novo" Mastroianni é tratado com uma dignidade e respeito que o dominam - e quase o matam. Baseado em Le Deux Vite di Mattia Pascal, uma das muitas histórias de Luigi Pirandello sobre a natureza transitória dos intangíveis "Verdade" e "Identidade". (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
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During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
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During the reign of King Alboin, the peasant Bertoldo, sly and smart, manages to always get away with pranks and pleasantires with great mastery, and, even if his clumsy wife Marcolfa and their foolish son Bertoldino always put him in trouble, his shrewdness and acumen save him from any unfortunate situation...
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Based on a real-life mystery in the newspapers after World War I, this conventional, straightforward story is about a poorly-dressed man who is brought into the police station in Turin for stealing flower pots from the cemetery. He is rather brutally interrogated, and then because he has no idea who he is or where he belongs, he is put into an asylum for the mentally disturbed. After his photograph is published in the newspapers, a woman shows up at the institution claiming that he is Professor Canella, her missing and wealthy husband. The news obtains the release of the amnesiac, but his claim is quickly and hotly contested by another family, arguing that the man is an imposter. As a result, his case goes back to court and in the meantime, the "professor" is put in jail. As the courtroom drama continues, there are various clues that suggest whether or not the amnesiac has been accurately identified and by whom.
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Faithful adaptation of a story by Tomasi di Lampedusa on the encounter between a man and a mermaid, for the television series Ten Italian directors, ten Italian short stories , in which Gianni Amelio, Luigi Comencini, Carlo Lizzani participated among others.
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Traces the life of Anna Magnani, her creations, her successes, her triumphs, her boycotted career, her nonconformism, her anxieties, her generosity ... Punctuated with photos that tell her career in theater and cinema, Extracts of films, this documentary portrait also gives the floor to his friends and relatives, from Roberto Rossellini to Marcello Mastroianni, through Federico Fellini.
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Francesco Salmarani, a well-known doctor from Treviso, suddenly finds himself with an overdraft bank account as his wife's father has come from America demanding the purchase of a large Palladian villa. Tired of his wife, Francesco consoles himself with Paola and then lets himself be ensnared by the very young and beautiful Mary, who has come as housekeeper and father-in-law's lover. The need to fill the administrative gaps and the dream of running away with Mary lead the doctor to organize a coup against his father-in-law who, linked to the mafia, managed to transfer a large dollar patrimony, stolen from the gang, to the villa. The presence of the boy allows the commissioner to exonerate his son-in-law, Mary and Felegatti, of the death of the old mafioso. However, everyone will be left without the dreamed treasure which will fall to Mary and the son of the Salmarani who flee together.
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Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause.
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Tullio Hermil is a chauvinist aristocrat who flaunts his mistress to his wife, but when he believes she has been unfaithful he becomes enamored of her again.
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"Priest - a miracle please" - The young Italian priest Don Alberto is sent to New York where he is alone and suffers the typical indifference of the metropolis. He is involved with a group of young hippies, the "angels of death" who announced their collective suicide to protest against the society that is deprived of love and victim of the system that kills everything.
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Um professor aposentado de origem americana vive uma vida solitária em um luxuoso palácio em Roma. Ele é confrontado por uma vulgar marquesa italiana e seu amante, por sua filha e pelo namorado de sua filha, e forçado a alugar para eles um apartamento no andar superior de seu palácio. Desse ponto em diante, sua rotina tranquila é transformada em caos pelas maquinações de seus inquilinos, e a vida de todos sofre uma reviravolta inesperada, mas inevitável.
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Este filme retrata a conturbada histórica de vida de Ludwig, rei da Baviera, desde sua coroação em 1864 até sua morte em 1886 como um herói romântico. Fã de Richard Wagner, traído por ele, apaixonado por sua prima Elisabeth da Áustria, abandonada por ela, ele experimentou uma sucessão de derrotas pessoais. E, além disso, foi atormentado por sua homossexualidade e pouco a pouco foi aceitando a loucura.
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Mastro Geppetto is a poor carpenter with no wife and no children. The man is very lonely, and when trading a piece of wood with his colleague Mastro Ciliegia, he decides to build himself a puppet to make him company.
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Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her husband Fabrizio shot dead and her young son Ricky standing beside him with a gun, Sandra suffered a complete breakdown and now lives in isolation with her protective mother. The latter saved the young boy from recrimination by placing the gun in his father's hand, making it seem like he committed suicide. However, things are not what they seem...
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A trajetória da vida de São Francisco de Assis (Graham Faulkner), que quando jovem era filho de comerciantes ricos e desfrutava de vinho, mulheres e canções sem ter nenhuma preocupação. Quando a guerra e a doença assolam a região onde vive, ele sofre uma grande transformação. Ao aparecer diante do bispo local e tirar suas roupas renuncia sua vida prévia para se dedicar a Deus. Mas sua pregação só iria chegar ao ápice ao ir para Roma, para ter uma audiência com o papa Inocêncio III (Alec Guinness).
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A história mostra as dificuldades e reações de Maddalena (Sophia Loren), uma visitante italiana chegando em Nova York. Ela veio ao país carregando uma enorme mortadela que ela pretende dar como presente para seu noivo. Mas a Alfândega, por regras de vigilância sanitária, não permite que o embutido entre nos EUA, então ela fica detida no aeroporto JFK.
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A história mostra as dificuldades e reações de Maddalena (Sophia Loren), uma visitante italiana chegando em Nova York. Ela veio ao país carregando uma enorme mortadela que ela pretende dar como presente para seu noivo. Mas a Alfândega, por regras de vigilância sanitária, não permite que o embutido entre nos EUA, então ela fica detida no aeroporto JFK.
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Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents, and that is the lot of the working class in northern Italy during the second half of the 19th century. Metello fights his way out from his condition through hard work, a determined will to resist oppression inherited from his father, but also by taking advantage of his good looks when dealing with women. Metello progressively assumes an important role in the organization of an emerging workers movement, and attempts to conciliate his risky political activities with his private life.
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Tells a dark story about a young lawyer that falls in love with a strange girl with an unknown past.
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Through the childhood and the adolescence of Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people live in the Venice of the 18th century: customs, habits, medicine, religion and most of all - the omnipresence of hypocrisy. Written by Yepok
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Through the childhood and the adolescence of Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people live in the Venice of the 18th century: customs, habits, medicine, religion and most of all - the omnipresence of hypocrisy. Written by Yepok
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Inspirado na ópera Carmen de Georges Bizet, conta a história de José (Franco Nero), um oficial que se apaixona por Carmen (Tina Aumont). O estilo de vida livre dos ciganos esconde mais segredos do que se possa imaginar, assassinatos, contrabando e o roubo a um caixa forte cheio de ouro são apenas alguns elementos dessa trama,
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Baseado no romance homônimo de Albert Camus, a ação desenrola-se na Argélia na época em que ainda era colônia francesa, país onde Camus viveu grande parte da sua vida. É a história de Meursault, um homem que vive uma vida, que talvez não devesse ser contada. Pois ele vive vazio de emoções, incapaz de sentir amor, saudade, ódio, medo, ou qualquer outra emoção. A sua vida vai se desenrolando como se ele fosse um estrangeiro, não em relação a um país, mas em relação à humanidade. No fim, o crime que comete não o leva ao fim da sua vida, o que leva ao seu fim é a falta de qualquer emoção aquando da morte da sua mãe. Mostrando-nos Camus que tudo o que fazemos num determinado momento se reflete durante o resto de nossa vida.
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Itália, século XVI. Petruchio, um proprietário rural pobre e irado de Verona, chega a Pádua em busca de fortuna e uma esposa, enquanto Baptista, um comerciante rico, anuncia que não permitirá que Bianca, sua filha mais nova, se case até que a temperamental e indisciplinada Katherina, sua filha mais velha, o faça.
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Stuck in a dream world of his own, Italian sculptor Albert Saporito, sometimes has difficulty separating truth from fiction. When he dreams that his gangster neighbor has been murdered, he reports the crime to the police, only to involve himself in a complicated situation.
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Four unrelated short comedies by four different directors. "Queen Sabina"chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. "Queen Armenia" centers on a self-serving opportunistic gypsy babysitter who uses her employer's kids for her own gain. The third episode, "Queen Elena" centers on a husband who learns a lesson about the perils of infidelity after he succumbs to the wiles of the seductive wife next door. The last vignette, "Queen Marta" centers on a wealthy woman who, when drunk, uses her butler as an outlet for her lust.
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Sandro is a well-known journalist and he is conducting a survey on human selfishness. Every man and every woman he meets turns into a theme for his inquiry. Even his own wife, Titta.
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Sandra volta para Volterra, na Toscana, a pequena cidade onde passou a infância. Ela está com o marido americano, Andrew. Ela deseja homenagear seu pai que morreu em Auschwitz, quando ela ainda era criança pequena. Em Volterra, Andrew encontra pela primeira vez Gianni, o irmão de Sandra. Logo percebe que Sandra e Gianni têm um segredo desde sua infância. (e 18 - Estimado 18 Anos) 2 versões de duração: - 105 min Itália - 100 min Argentina
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Sandra volta para Volterra, na Toscana, a pequena cidade onde passou a infância. Ela está com o marido americano, Andrew. Ela deseja homenagear seu pai que morreu em Auschwitz, quando ela ainda era criança pequena. Em Volterra, Andrew encontra pela primeira vez Gianni, o irmão de Sandra. Logo percebe que Sandra e Gianni têm um segredo desde sua infância. (e 18 - Estimado 18 Anos) 2 versões de duração: - 105 min Itália - 100 min Argentina
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Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, oficial da ONU e um Casanova moderno, não se sente estimulado a menos que haja sexo perigoso, mas as mulheres e a sociedade são muito complacentes, então ele fica frequentemente impotente. Um psiquiatra avisa que isso vai piorar e que ele deve ser celibatário. Andrea tenta e falha com isso, abandona sua noiva, encontra uma ligação ocasional com risco de vida e persegue uma mulher amarrada a um marido sem graça, mas assassino. Andrea encontrará prazer e satisfação, ou ele está fadado a perseguir e depois negará fogo quando a busca for bem-sucedida? (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, oficial da ONU e um Casanova moderno, não se sente estimulado a menos que haja sexo perigoso, mas as mulheres e a sociedade são muito complacentes, então ele fica frequentemente impotente. Um psiquiatra avisa que isso vai piorar e que ele deve ser celibatário. Andrea tenta e falha com isso, abandona sua noiva, encontra uma ligação ocasional com risco de vida e persegue uma mulher amarrada a um marido sem graça, mas assassino. Andrea encontrará prazer e satisfação, ou ele está fadado a perseguir e depois negará fogo quando a busca for bem-sucedida? (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
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Durante o conturbado processo de unificação italiana na Sicília, o príncipe Don Fabrizio passa a simpatizar com os ideais socialistas, mas não gosta da ideia de perder seu prestígio e privilégios.
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"Les quatre vérités" aka "The Four Truths" is a movie anthology that consists of four segments, all loosely parodying fables from the 17th-century French poet Jean de la Fontaine. The US cut usually features only 3 segments.
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Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
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Sicilian bandit Salvatore Giuliano's bullet-riddled corpse is found facedown in a courtyard in Castelvetrano, a handgun and rifle by his side. Local and international press descend upon the scene, hoping to crack open the true story behind the death of this young man, who, at the age of twenty-seven, had already become Italy’s most wanted criminal and celebrated hero.
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Quatro diretores contam histórias de Eros para um Decameron dos anos 1970. 0:00:24 - Renzo e Luciana (Mario Monicelli) Os amantes da classe trabalhadora, Renzo e Luciana (Marisa Solinas), se casam, mas devem esconder isso do empregador. Além disso, eles precisam de um quarto próprio na casa dos pais. 0:44:50 - A Tentação do Dr. Antonio (Federico Fellini) Um cartaz de Anita Ekberg provocadoramente vendendo leite é um golpe na decência pública, mais do que o Dr. Antonio pode suportar. 1:39:37 - O Trabalho (Luchino Visconti) Romy Schneider é a esposa de um conde, cujas escapadas com call girls fazem as manchetes dos jornais, decide trabalhar para provar sua independência. Mas o que ela está qualificada para fazer? 2:34:45 - A Rifa (Vittorio De Sica) Sophia Loren é gerente de Estande de Tiro que deve impostos e se oferece por uma noite numa rifa. Um sacristão ingênuo e um criador de vacas ciumento completam o triângulo. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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Quatro diretores contam histórias de Eros para um Decameron dos anos 1970. 0:00:24 - Renzo e Luciana (Mario Monicelli) Os amantes da classe trabalhadora, Renzo e Luciana (Marisa Solinas), se casam, mas devem esconder isso do empregador. Além disso, eles precisam de um quarto próprio na casa dos pais. 0:44:50 - A Tentação do Dr. Antonio (Federico Fellini) Um cartaz de Anita Ekberg provocadoramente vendendo leite é um golpe na decência pública, mais do que o Dr. Antonio pode suportar. 1:39:37 - O Trabalho (Luchino Visconti) Romy Schneider é a esposa de um conde, cujas escapadas com call girls fazem as manchetes dos jornais, decide trabalhar para provar sua independência. Mas o que ela está qualificada para fazer? 2:34:45 - A Rifa (Vittorio De Sica) Sophia Loren é gerente de Estande de Tiro que deve impostos e se oferece por uma noite numa rifa. Um sacristão ingênuo e um criador de vacas ciumento completam o triângulo. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
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During World War II, a plane full of RAF fighter crashes in the Ethiopian desert and they are met upon by an enemy Italian patrol that allows them to go free. But, when the Brits are given orders to attack the Italians, lots of problems ensue.
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A wealthy and self-serving man, sets out on a perilous ocean voyage with his son. An unexpected incident with the vessel causes him to reflect on his not so perfect life.
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On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
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On New Year's Eve, a young woman and an out-of-work actor complicate a pickpocket's plans to ply his trade.
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O filme conta a história da Família Parondi, através da matriarca Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) e seus filhos Rocco (Alain Delon), Simone (Renato Salvatori), Ciro (Max Cartier) e Luca (Rocco Vidolazzi). Depois da morte do marido, ele saem de sua cidadezinha e vão tentar a sorte em Milão. Lá, a família de imigrantes vai sofrer grandes golpes. Rocco e Simone tentam a sorte no boxe e se apaixonam pela mesma mulher, a prostituta Nadia (Annie Girardot).
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O filme conta a história da Família Parondi, através da matriarca Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) e seus filhos Rocco (Alain Delon), Simone (Renato Salvatori), Ciro (Max Cartier) e Luca (Rocco Vidolazzi). Depois da morte do marido, ele saem de sua cidadezinha e vão tentar a sorte em Milão. Lá, a família de imigrantes vai sofrer grandes golpes. Rocco e Simone tentam a sorte no boxe e se apaixonam pela mesma mulher, a prostituta Nadia (Annie Girardot).
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O filme conta a história da Família Parondi, através da matriarca Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) e seus filhos Rocco (Alain Delon), Simone (Renato Salvatori), Ciro (Max Cartier) e Luca (Rocco Vidolazzi). Depois da morte do marido, ele saem de sua cidadezinha e vão tentar a sorte em Milão. Lá, a família de imigrantes vai sofrer grandes golpes. Rocco e Simone tentam a sorte no boxe e se apaixonam pela mesma mulher, a prostituta Nadia (Annie Girardot).
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Loreley looks back to the happy times when she became a silent movie star with the huge success of "La Contessa Azzurra", directed by Don Salvatore and produced by Don Peppino, the owner of a Café Chantant.
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Mike Hamilton, um advogado de Filadélfia, viaja para Nápoles para tratar de assuntos relacionados com o seu falecido irmão. Lá, descobre que ele deixou um filho chamado Nando e decide conhecer o sobrinho. Porém, as condições de vida de Nando o desagradam, pelo que decide levar o garoto consigo para a América. Mas Lucia Cúrcio, a mulher que cuidou de Nando, tem outros planos.
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Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?
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Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
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Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after losing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario changes his mind and decides to follow Totonno to Hamburg. In Hamburg, Totonno and his friends have to sell Mayer's cloth, but they meet with the hostility of a Polish gang and Mario falls in love with Paula Mayer.
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A young girl comes to prison and experiences the entire prison subculture. The inmates she befriends vary from big tough dangerous dames to smaller submissive ladies who are totally lost in prison life.
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Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
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Vito Polara is ambitious and wants to get as more power and money as possible. He decides to leave the cigarette smuggling and try to get the total control of the regional fruit and vegetable distribution considered more profitable. He looks for the help of a rural crime Boss.
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Peppe, um ex-boxeador, organiza o arrombamento de uma casa de penhores. Tiberio, um fotógrafo desempregado, Mario, um receptor, o siciliano Michele e Capannelle, um ex-jockey, são os outros membros da quadrilha. Embora eles sejam aconselhados por Dante, um ladrão aposentado, a tarefa não é tão fácil...
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In the summer, while their wives and children are away, four men try to enjoy their free time.
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In the summer, while their wives and children are away, four men try to enjoy their free time.
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A lonely city transplant and a sheltered girl, haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion.
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A lonely city transplant and a sheltered girl, haunted by a lover’s promise, meet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative romance that quickly entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion.
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A man has problems connecting with his son after coming home from work in Africa, after his wife's death.
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A man has problems connecting with his son after coming home from work in Africa, after his wife's death.
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England, first half of the 19th century. Edmund Kean is a celebrated theatre actor, notorious for his tumultuous private life. He is in love with the beautiful countess Koefeld, wife of the Danish ambassador, to the consternation of his friend, the Prince of Wales. He is also hounded by Anna Damby, who wants to become an actress to escape a marriage to Lord Mewill.
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As part of a story, a reporter goes to meet Elisa, a young woman he met a few years ago on a trial on which she was finally exonerated.
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A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
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A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
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Vencedor do Leão de Prata no Festival de Veneza. Conta as aventuras e desilusões amorosas de cinco amigas que vivem em Turim.
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Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.
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When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.
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When young and attractive Lina Stroppiani, a thief like the rest of her family, tries to steal the taxi of Paolo, together with two accomplices, she can't possibly know that this will have far reaching consequences.
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The Cheerful Squadron is a 1954 Italian war-comedy film directed by Paolo Moffa and Interpreted by movie stars like Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi and Silvana Pampanini. Based on the military environment novel The Allegro Squadron by Georges Courteline (1886), this film presents a series of sketches on military life in the late nineteenth century.
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Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.
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Durante a primavera de 1866, a Itália está ocupada pela Áustria e prepara seu principal movimento de libertação. Em meio ao caos de Veneza, a Condessa Serpieri (Alida Valli), que participa da resistência, começa a nutrir um amor proibido: o tenente autríaco Franz Mahler (Farley Granger).
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Durante a primavera de 1866, a Itália está ocupada pela Áustria e prepara seu principal movimento de libertação. Em meio ao caos de Veneza, a Condessa Serpieri (Alida Valli), que participa da resistência, começa a nutrir um amor proibido: o tenente autríaco Franz Mahler (Farley Granger).
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Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.
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Five portraits of actresses in their "common" life, seen as women rather than movie stars.
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A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
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A trilogy of stories of well-off youths who commit murders. In the French episode, a group of high school students kill one of their colleagues for his money. In the Italian episode, a university student's involved in smuggling cigarettes. In the English episode, a lazy poet finds the body of a woman on the downs, and tries to sell his story to the press.
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Massimo pretends to be rich but he's actually poor.
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Forced by her lover to sell her body, Renata is saved from a suicide attempt by Paolo Martelli, an engineer. She asks him to help her find a job. When Paolo's wife humiliates her, Renata gains revenge by seducing the woman's husband.
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By a twist of fate, the photogenic Milanese shop assistant, Clara Manni, gets the leading role in Italian movie producer Gianni Franchi's romantic drama, "Addio Signora", and becomes an overnight sensation in Rome.
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A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.
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Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Since the evidence points to a crime by the Neapolitan crime organization, the Camorra, fear and corruption cause serious hindrances to the investigation by police authorities. In charge is a young and courageous judge who, using evidence discovered by chance, tries to reconstruct the story of the double murder. The plot that the judge must unravel is very complicated.
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The story of Giuseppe Garibaldi's 1849 campaign to free Italy from Austrian domination.
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Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants, and the neighborhood. He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.
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Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and life will become easier for his wife, Maria Mereander, and kids. An Indian prince (Sabu) visits Italy, is assisted by the teacher and gives De Sica a baby elephant as a reward. This upsets the landlord, Nando Bruno, the other tenants, and the neighborhood. He takes the elephant away but, like Lassie, it comes home.
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Madalena tenta transformar a filha Maria em uma estrela de cinema. Quando surge uma audição para um filme importante, ela acha que encontrou a oportunidade perfeita, mas acaba lidando com a desilusão.
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After World War 2, a newly married couple travel to Italy on their honeymoon and visit the town where the husband fought. The town, however, holds some secrets.
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Era uma vez uma velha que descobre um bebê em seu canteiro de repolhos. Ela acolhe a criança e, quando ela morre, o menino, Totó, vai para um orfanato. Totó deixa o orfanato um jovem feliz, e procura por trabalho em Milão da pós-guerra. Ele acaba com os sem-teto e os organiza para construir uma favela em um terreno baldio. Os invasores descobrem petróleo na terra e Totó tem uma visão da antiga mulher que lhe dá uma pomba mágica que irá conceder-lhe qualquer coisa que ele quiser.
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The second of Castellani's trilogy dealing with the less-than-smooth course of young love in postwar Italy (it was filmed just after Sotto il sole di Roma and just before Two Cents Worth of Hope). Leading man Mario Angelotti, loving not wisely but too well, quickly discovers that the penalty for bigamy is two wives. Between his tempestuous Sicilian bride, played by Elena Varzi and his sedate Milanese missus (Irene Gemma), the poor man barely has time to take a breath.
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The title of this Italian melodrama translates to Pact with the Devil. However, His Satanic Majesty does not appear in the film. Rather, this expensively produced period piece is more along the lines of Romeo and Juliet, with young love threatened by warring families. In his first Italian film, Hollywood veteran Eduardo Cianelli goes through his usual villainous paces as the scheming father of the male lead (Jacques Francois). The most fascinating performance is rendered by Umberto Spadaro, as the village idiot, or is he? Patto col Diavolo makes the most of the visual dynamics of Italy's mountainous Calabrian region.
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A French fugitive arrives in Genoa, where he becomes entangled with an Italian woman and her daughter.
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Unlike most Italian films of the 1940s, Augusto Genina's Cielo Sulla Palude opened in Venice rather than Rome. The film's American title was Heaven Over the Marshes, and indeed most of the story is set in the disease-ridden Pontine Marshes on the outskirts of Rome. This was the home of Maria Goretti, a pious young girl who was murdered by her would-be seducer. For reasons elucidated in the course of the film, Maria's short time on earth made her worthy of Sainthood, which was actually bestowed upon her shortly after the release of this film. Maria Goretti is well-played by Ines Orsini. Cielo Sulla Palude served as the comeback feature for director Augusto Genina, whose previous pro-fascist films had caused him to be blacklisted after WW II.
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A história se passa logo após a Segunda Grande Guerra, com a Itália destruída e o povo passando necessidade. Ricci (Lamberto Maggiorani) consegue um emprego após muita espera. Só que esse emprego, de colador cartazes na rua, lhe pedia como obrigação uma bicicleta. Ricci e sua mulher Maria (Lianella Carell) conseguem um dinheiro para uma, possibilitando que ele realize o seu trabalho. Há também o menino Bruno (Enzo Staiola), filho do casal. Fascinado por bicicletas, o menino cai de cabeça com o pai na busca pela bicicleta que lhes foi roubada, quando Ricci trabalhava apenas em seu primeiro dia.
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On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...
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On his way to Africa, Don Pietro, a young missionary priest has his suitcase stolen in the station of Naples. While trying to retrieve his baggage he realizes how miserable the city of Naples is. Then he decides that his mission is there in Naples, He creates his 'The Boys' Town' a shelter for poor kids, aka the 'scugnizzi' (street urchins), with a view to putting them back on the right track. Some of the kids, though, do not play by the rules just using that 'home' as a convenient place for hiding the product of their thefts...
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Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...
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Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa.
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Vivere in pace is a 1947 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Luigi Zampa.
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In a post-war Rome (1946) a cat burglar inadvertently saves the life of a would-be suicide man who returns from the war to find that he has been betrayed by his fiancée while fighting in the war. From that moment the thief takes the ex-soldier under his wing. They leave house together for a night full of misadventures. In a streets of Rome they meet the struggling typist who can’t pay her rent and opts to street life; a wandering amnesiac who lost his memory and keeps asking everyone “Do you recognize me?”. Thieves, gamblers, hookers, policemen, soldiers and endless chain of cigarette-smoking and alcohol/espresso-drinking.
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During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
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During Fascism and after WWII, a school porter sacrifices himself so his son, who is slightly ashamed of a lowly background, can become a respected professor.The film also takes a few jabs at Italy's rapid governmental reshuffles.
