Luciano Tovoli

Luciano Tovoli

Nascimento : 1936-10-30, Massa Marittima, Grosseto, Italy

História

Luciano Tovoli (born 30 October 1936) is an Italian cinematographer and filmmaker. With a career spanning over five decades, he is considered one of Italy's premier cinematographers, collaborating with numerous acclaimed filmmakers such as Michelangelo Antonioni, Francis Veber, Dario Argento, Ettore Scola, Andrei Tarkovsky, and Julie Taymor. Films that Tovoli has photographed include The Passenger (1975), Suspiria (1977), Titus (1999). He has been a longtime collaborator of Barbet Schroeder, having worked with the Iranian-born filmmaker's Reversal of Fortune (1990), Single White Female (1992), Before and After (1996), Murder by Numbers (2002), and Inju: The Beast in the Shadow (2008). He is a member of the American, Italian Society of Cinematographers, and an honorary member of the Swedish Society of Cinematographers and the European Federation of Cinematographers. In 1983, Tovoli directed and cowrote Il Generale dell'armata morte based on a novel by Ismail Kadare, starring Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimée. Source: Article "Luciano Tovoli" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Luciano Tovoli
Luciano Tovoli

Filmes

The Gift
Self
After the release of "Nostalgia", Andrei Tarkovsky runs out his Soviet authorities permission to work abroad: he has to go back home. But he understands from the messages of some friends and colleagues that his life in Russia would be even tougher than before. So he then decides to break with Soviet authorities and, a year before the Milan Conference of 1984 during which he will announce publicly his decision, he leaves his friends that are hosting him in Rome and takes refuge in a secret location.
As Falsas Confidências
Director of Photography
Quando Araminte (Isabelle Hupert) contrata Dorante (Louis Garrel) como seu novo secretário, o rapaz da classe baixa se apaixona pela rica viúva, Diante disso, o criado Dubois (Yves Jacques) faz de tudo para que a mulher se apaixone pelo jovem.
Il padre di mia figlia
Director of Photography
A Jew Must Die
Director of Photography
A film based on Jacques Chessex' novel of the same title; featuring André Wilms as Chessex and Bruno Ganz as Arthur Bloch, Swiss Jew killed by Swiss Nazis.
Amnésia
Director of Photography
Martha (Marthe Keller) vive sozinha de frente para o mar em Ibiza e sua vida começa a mudar quando surge uma amizade inesperada entre ela e Jo (Max Riemelt), um músico de 20 anos que sonha em ser contratado como DJ na famosa boate berlinesa Amnesia.
Marcello Mastroianni: The Ideal Italian
Self
A documentary about Marcello Mastroianni.
Que Estranho Chamar-se Federico
Director of Photography
On the 20th anniversary of Federico Fellini's death, Ettore Scola, a devoted admirer of the incomparable maestro, commemorates the lesser-known aspects of his personality, employing interviews, photographs, behind-the-scenes footage as well as his drawings and film clips.
Dracula 3D
Director of Photography
Transilvânia, 1893. Jonathan Harker deixa sua vida na Inglaterra para visitar o afastado castelo do Conde Drácula. Ele foi chamado para catalogar a imensa biblioteca de Drácula, mas em pouco tempo se vê como um prisioneiro do castelo. O Conde se interessa pela vida de Harker, decide procurar sua noiva, Mina Murray, e acaba atacando a amiga desta, Lucy Westenra. Ao ver Lucy enferma, a família convoca o professor Abraham Van Helsing para determinar a causa da doença. Ele logo percebe que ela foi vítima de um vampiro e iniciará sua jornada para tentar pará-lo.
Amici miei - Come tutto ebbe inizio
Director of Photography
Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
Natale in Sudafrica
Director of Photography
Carlo, on vacation in South Africa with his second wife Susanna meets her younger brother Giorgio.
Oceanos
Director of Photography
Em Oceanos, os diretores Jacques Perrin e Jacques Cluzaud foram fundo nas águas que sustentam a vida da humanidade no planeta. Filmado com a mais avançada tecnologia de captação de imagens subaquáticas é um documentário que tem tudo para encantar a família e, principalmente, aqueles que têm consciência dos perigos de um mundo descuidado por seus habitantes.
O Amor Escondido
Director of Photography
A psychiatrist tries to help a suicidal woman who despises her grown daughter.
Dupla Confusão
Director of Photography
Ruby é um ladrão que, após esconder seu roubo mais recente, é capturado e preso em uma cadeia. Lá ele conhece Quentin, um homem tagarela e tapado que se torna seu amigo. Ruby consegue fugir, sendo obrigado a levar Quentin consigo. Já fora da prisão, Ruby passa a perseguir seus antigos parceiros de crime, para se vingar da morte da mulher que amava e também para recuperar o dinheiro roubado antes que eles o encontrem.
La regina degli scacchi
Producer
La regina degli scacchi
Director of Photography
Cálculo Mortal
Director of Photography
Justin Pendleton (Michael Pitt) e Richard Haywood (Ryan Gosling) são dois estudantes brilhantes que decidem praticar um crime perfeito. Após cometerem seu primeiro assassinato a detetive Cassie Mayweather (Sandra Bullock) e seu parceiro Sam Kennedy (Ben Chaplin) são encarregados de solucionar o caso. Durantes as investigações para descobrir o autor dos crimes, a dupla descobre detalhes sobre o passado dos estudantes que podem explicar o porquê deles terem cometido tais assassinatos.
Ti voglio bene Eugenio
Director of Photography
Suspiria 25th Anniversary
Self
Documentary about the shooting of 'Suspiria' that details everything that lovers of horror genre can desire, including the inspiration of the plot, the director, the cast, the style, the music and, of course, its worldwide success. Argento, Daria Nicolodi, Jessica Harper, Udo Kier, Stafania Casini, Giuseppe Colombo, Luciano Tovoli and several members of the progressive rock band Goblin (Claudio Simonetti, Fabio Pignatelli, Massino Marante) are interviewed to learn about their work in the film.
Il gioco
Director of Photography
O Closet
Director of Photography
François Pignon (Daniel Auteuil) é um homem que está divorciado há 2 anos, mas permanece apaixonado pela ex-mulher, que não quer mais falar com ele por considerá-lo chato. Seu filho também se mantém afastado por vontade própria e, para completar, Pignon está prestes a ser demitido. Deprimido com a vida, Pignon conhece seu novo vizinho, Belone (Michel Aumont), a quem conta sua atual situação. É quando Belone lhe propõe uma solução inusitada para salvar o emprego de Pignon: enviar ao seu chefe uma fotomontagem onde Pignon aparece com outros homens, o que faria assumir sua homossexualidade. De acordo com o plano de Belone, a empresa não demitirá mais Pignon por medo de que isto provoque o protesto da ala homossexual da sociedade, a quem os produtos da empresa também são voltados. Inicialmente relutante, já que não é homossexual, Pignon acaba aceitando o plano e vê sua vida modificar totalmente após as fotos se tornarem públicas.
Titus
Director of Photography
Vitorioso, o grande general Titus volta a Roma depois da batalha contra os godos. O triunfo e o orgulho vão causar vinganças e lutas pelo poder, que colocam em perigo Titus e as bases de todo o Império.
O Jantar dos Malas
Director of Photography
Toda quarta-feira alguns caras participam juntos de um jantar que é chamado de "Un Dîner de Cons". Há um jogo juntamente com a refeição: cada um deles tem que trazer um "idiota". O jogo consiste em fazer os idiotas falarem sobre suas ideias e paixões de forma que os anfitriões possam dar uma boa gargalhada. No final eles vão escolher o "idiota da noite".
Medidas Desesperadas
Director of Photography
Em São Francisco Frank Conner, um oficial da polícia, busca freneticamente um doador de medula óssea para salvar a vida do seu filho de nove anos. O único doador compatível é Peter McCabe, um presidiário que cometeu duplo homicídio. McCabe vê na viagem para o hospital uma perfeita oportunidade de fugir e, quando escapa, o pânico e a tensão tomam conta do hospital. Ironicamente Conner tenta capturar o assassino, mas sem feri-lo, pois McCabe é a única esperança que resta para seu filho sobreviver.
Jaguar
Director of Photography
A shaman from the South American rain forest visits France for a public relations campaign. In a hotel's elevator in Paris he meets a French good-for-nothing named Perrin he's fascinated with. He follows Perrin to his flat and although Perrin is not very enthusiastic about so much interest in his person, he lets the shaman spend the night in his flat. After an official meeting on the next day being part of the PR campaign the shaman suffers from a heart attack. Hardly being able to speak and laying in a hospital bed he demands to see Perrin. The latter is not very interested in meeting the shaman again. However it looks like it is to late for animosities as the shaman and Perrin seem to be tied mentally somehow since they've met in the elevator.
Antes e Depois
Director of Photography
Em uma pequena cidade na Nova Inglaterra, uma adolescente brutalmente morta e o principal suspeito Jacob Ryan (Edward Furlong), seu namorado, que está desaparecido. Ben Ryan (Liam Neeson), o pai do rapaz, destrói todas as evidências que possam prejudicar seu filho e Carolyn Ryan (Meryl Streep), a mãe e uma conhecida pediatra local, começa a ser discriminada, assim como todo o resto da família, que se desespera em ocultar fatos de uma verdade que eles realmente não sabem qual é.
O Beijo da Morte
Director of Photography
Um ex-presidiário quer largar o crime para começar uma nova vida. Porém, para poder fazer isso, ele é forçado a se infiltrar na quadrilha de um cruel e poderoso mafioso que a polícia tenta prender há muito tempo.
Meu Pequeno Ladrão
Director of Photography
A garotinha Eva vive com a mãe e o padrasto e agora está em crise de ciúme do novo irmãozinho. Por seu padrasto ser alérgico a animais, ela não tem nenhum bichinho para levar para escola e apresentar aos colegas. Ao voltar da escola pelo parque Eva se depara com um Macaquinho que ela se encanta e o chama de Dodger! Eva começa agora uma tripla aventura: manter Dodger em casa em segredo; defendê-lo do antigo dono, o cigano Azro e tentar reeducar o Macaquinho que era um ladrão de jóias!
Mario, Maria and Mario
Director of Photography
Mario and Maria Boschi, a 30-year-old couple with small children, are hit by a crisis: husband and wife cannot agree on a party name. A colleague, also named Mario, makes an impressive speech, and Maria find herself increasingly attracted to him. She feels able to relate to him like she could to her husband in the old days. They spend the night together, and she falls ill. When she is asked by her husband to leave the house, she realizes that there may be a difference between real love and a vague need for understanding.
Cyber Eden
Director of Photography
Gloria Ruckhauser has a dream: rediscovering the figure and features of herself when she was 20. Convinced that science is getting nowhere in the search for a cure to the aging process, Gloria sets up a foundation whose mission is to find a miracle potion. Various scientists take up the challenge and develop a substance that reverses the biological clock. Now, they face a new challenge. How to stop getting younger before it's too late.
Mulher Solteira Procura
Director of Photography
Atraente manhattanite Allison Jones tem de tudo: um belo namorado, um apartamento de aluguel controlado e uma promissora carreira como designer de moda. Quando o namorado Sam se mostra infiel, Allison atua sozinha, mas deve usar os classificados para procurar um colega de quarto, a fim de manter suas escavações espaçosas.
A Viagem do Capitão Tornado
Director of Photography
O último e faminto herdeiro da família Sigognac deixa o castelo de seus ancestrais para acompanhar um grupo de atores itinerantes em direção ao castelo do rei. Sua vontade é tornar-se Barão de Sigognac, um verdadeiro senhor. Adaptação do romance de Théophile Gautier.
O Reverso da Fortuna
Director of Photography
Em 1979, a milionária Sunny Von Bülow entra em um coma irreversível. Os filhos descobrem que Claus, seu marido, pode ter dado altas doses de insulina a ela e, então, o levam ao tribunal. O caso ganha as manchetes dos jornais e passa a ser acompanhado por todo o país. Baseado em uma história real.
Tempo de Viagem
Director of Photography
The travels in Italy of director Andrei Tarkovsky in preparation for the making of his film Nostalghia.
What Time Is It?
Director of Photography
A father and his son who lived seperated for some time meet each other one day and try to talk their problems over and understand their diametrical differences.
Splendor
Director of Photography
Splendor is the name of an old movie theater managed by Jordan (Mastroianni), who inherited it from his father. The theater is in decay and only generates debts and trouble, but Jordan gets aid in his almost quixotian quest from projectionist Luigi (Troisi) and ushurette Chantale (Vlady). However, Jordan is finally forced to sell the Splendor to businessman Lo Fazio (Piperno), which plans to transform it in some kind of furniture store. When Jordan leaves the theater for the last time (the very first scene), he recalls the glorious days of Splendor and movies in general.
Priceless Beauty
Director of Photography
A rock-star who stopped singing after the death of his brother finds a female genie in a vase. She tries to help him live again.
Da grande
Director of Photography
Marco, a nine year old boy, is in love with his elementary teacher, and feels neglected by his workaholic parents. When they forget about his birthday he wishes he could grow up at once. This really happens and Marco begins a new life as an adult. He rents a room in his teacher's flat and she falls in love with him. He even fakes a kidnapping when he runs out of money but he is mistaken for the kidnapper.
Fugitives
Director of Photography
Coming out from jail, Lucas has decided to change his life and behave like a good citizen. But when he is taken hostage in a bank by a hare-brained robber, no cops can believe he is not part of the action.
Who Is Afraid Of Dracula?
Director of Photography
Fracchia is desperate: he has to sell a house with at least five bathrooms within three days or his boss will fire him. Incredibly, he and his pal Filini manage to find the perfect house, a castle in Transylvania owned by some count Vlad... things get even worse when they meet the Count and his sister, who has a crush on Fracchia and decides to marry him!
A Gaiola das Loucas 3 - 'Elas' se Casam
Director of Photography
Terceira e última versão da série "La Cage aux Folles". Albin descobre que pode herdar uma grande fortuna de um parente distante. Mas o problema é que ele deve se casar com uma mulher e produzir um herdeiro dentro de um ano e meio ou toda a herança será perdida.
Polícia
Director of Photography
Mangin, a police inspector in Paris, leans hard on informants to get evidence on three Tunisian brothers who traffic in drugs. He arrests one, Simon, and his girl-friend Noria. Simon's brothers go to their lawyer. He springs Noria, who promptly steals 2 million francs that belong to the Tunisians. They suspect her of the theft; her life as well as the lawyer's is in danger. Meanwhile, Noria is playing with both the lawyer and Mangin's affections. Mangin is mercurial anyway: intimidating and bloodying suspects, falling for a police commission trainee before flipping for Noria, wearing his emotions on his sleeve. Can he save the lawyer and Noria, and can he convince her to love?
Bianca
Director of Photography
Michele, professor de matemática, é colocado no liceu Marilyn Monroe, onde a História é ensinada através das canções dos anos 60. Do terraço da sua nova casa, ele espia os vizinhos e classifica os casais — felizes ou infelizes — no seu arquivo pessoal. Considerado suspeito de crimes cometidos sobre vizinhos e amigos, Michele apaixona-se entretanto por Bianca, a sua colega professora de francês.
The General of the Dead Army
Director of Photography
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. As they go deeper into the Albanian countryside they find they are being followed by another general who is looking for the bodies of German soldiers killed in World War II.
The General of the Dead Army
Director
In the early 1960s, nearly 20 years since the Second World War ended, an Italian general, accompanied by a priest who is also an Italian army colonel, is sent to Albania to locate and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the war and return them for burial in Italy. As they go deeper into the Albanian countryside they find they are being followed by another general who is looking for the bodies of German soldiers killed in World War II.
Tenebre
Director of Photography
O escritor Peter Neal chega à cidade de Roma para promover seu último livro, Tenebre, mas descobre que alguém está usando seus romances como inspiração para cometer assassinatos. Logo ele se vê envolvido nos crimes e passa a tentar descobrir o provável assassino.
Atrás Daquela Porta
Director of Photography
Tom Berenger stars in this Italian film featuring legendary Italian star Marcello Mastroianni. Berenger is Matthew, an American engineer who falls in love with Nina (Eleanora Giorgi), a woman who holds many disturbing secrets.
O Mistério de Oberwald
Director of Photography
A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the splitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her, otherwise she vows to kill him.
Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Director of Photography
"Uma comédia dos anos 80 em três partes, com Verdone interpretando três personagens icônicos que viajam a Roma para votar. O pedante e prolixo Furio cansa a mulher com sua obsessão pela precisão. O desajeitado e apreensivo Mimmo bate boca, durante a viagem, com a avó, interpretada por Sora Lella, que sabe das coisas. E, finalmente, o desajeitado e tranquilo Pasquale, que emigrou para a Alemanha.
In the Pope's Eye
Director of Photography
The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. In order to particularly grab the wandering flock, a priest invites the comedians from "The Other Sunday," an actual comedy program on Italian television, to perform on this new channel.
Where Are You Going on Holiday?
Director of Photography
In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of misadventures during their vacations.
Behind Convent Walls
Director of Photography
A zealous, handsome priest, who is the confessor for a convent full of women, encourages the equally zealous abbess of the institution to enforce strict rules on these unfortunate women. At the same time, a particularly disturbed nun manages to poison herself and many of the other novitiates in yet another scandal which is covered up by church authorities.
This Is the Night
Director of Photography
Directed by Carlo Di Carlo
Suspiria
Director of Photography
Susan é uma jovem americana que viaja para a Europa para estudar numa prestigiada escola de Balé. Desde o primeiro dia, porém, ela começa a se assustar com estranhas situações que ocorrem no local que a fazem crer que há bruxas por todas a parte.
O Deserto dos Tártaros
Director of Photography
Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.
A Última Mulher
Director of Photography
Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.
A Mulher de Domingo
Director of Photography
O comissário de polícia Santamaria está investigando o assassinato do ambíguo arquiteto Sr. Garrone. As investigações logo o levam para a alta sociedade do Turim. Santamaria suspeita de Anna Carla e ao mesmo tempo se apaixona por ela. Lello é o amante de Massimo, um homossexual amigo platônico de Anna Carla. Ele está seguindo outra direção para descobrir a verdade, e seus resultados estão confundindo o policial. Mas outro assassinato acontece ... (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
La vita in gioco
Director of Photography
A filmmaker of committed films, together with his lover, plans to commit suicide within a few days.
Leonor
Director of Photography
Richard is a medieval nobleman. After his first wife dies in an accident and is buried in the family vault, he remarries and has children by his second wife. A mad longing for his first wife Leonor comes over him, and he sells his soul to the devil for a chance to get her back. But when she returns, she is a murderous vampire.
Profissão: Repórter
Director of Photography
David Locke é um repórter de televisão em locações no Deserto do Saara da África. É quente, suado, e tudo parece estar sujo. Voltando para o hotel depois de se perder e encalhar no deserto, ele descobre que o homem no quarto ao lado do seu morreu. Depois de decidir que não valia a pena viver mais sua própria vida, ele troca de identidade com o homem morto, pega o passaporte do homem, troca a foto, sua bagagem, e sua agenda de compromissos. Deixando a África, ele começa a cumprir os compromissos do homem morto, na esperança de que sua nova vida será mais interessante do que a sua antiga era.
Weak Spot
Director of Photography
Greece 1974 - during the brutal era of the military government, and innocent tourist manager (Ugo Tognazzi) is accused of being a member of the illegal resistance movement. Two secret agents (Michel Piccoli and Mario Adorf) are bringing the innocent victim to Athens. During their trip, their car breaks down, and they're stopping in a small village. From now on, everybody is fighting against each other, and a psychological cat-and mouse-play is starting...
Snapshot of a Crime
Director of Photography
When Luca's girlfriend Mirna (Erna Schurer) inexplicably dumps him, he finds solace in the arms of two fashion models, Stefania and Claudia. When Stefania mysteriously disappears after photographing herself having rough sex with Luca, Mirna begins sending him the negatives -but to what end? Meanwhile, Claudia searches for her missing friend...
Bread and Chocolate
Director of Photography
An Italian immigrant tries to make a new life in Switzerland, taking on a series of increasingly menial jobs in order to do it. He attempts to fit into his new home and society but fails at every turn. Unable to go home again, will his tenacity and optimism be enough to live on?
Dirty Weekend
Director of Photography
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.
Dirty Weekend
Tovoli, TV Journalist (uncredited)
A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the police surrounding them and the robbers threatening to kill everybody.
Diary of a Teacher
Director of Photography
In a school on the extreme outskirts of Rome, a young teacher, instead of neglecting his half-empty classroom, decides to tackle the problem looking for the children who do not attend classes.
Chung Kuo: China
Director of Photography
A documentary on China, concentrating mainly on the faces of the people, filmed in the areas they were allowed to visit. The 220 minute version consists of three parts. The first part, taken around Beijing, includes a cotton factory, older sections of the city, and a clinic where a Cesarean operation is performed, using acupuncture. The middle part visits the Red Flag canal and a collective farm in Henan, as well as the old city of Suzhou. The final part shows the port and industries of Shanghai, and ends with a stage presentation by Chinese acrobats.
Nós Não Envelheceremos Juntos
Director of Photography
Jean é um homem casado, que mantém um caso com Catherine há seis anos. Sua relação é marcada por brigas e desentendimentos por parte dele, que faz de tudo para manter a amante sob seu controle.
Tulips of Haarlem
Camera Operator
Two teenagers looking for love find each other in this tragic and cruel story of romance, co-dependence and psychological torment. Pierre (Frank Grimes) is the French boy who saves the British girl Sarah (Carole Andre) from suicide. Despondent over a broken affair, Sarah soon becomes fond of Pierre and agrees to stay with him. The twisted girl puts him through a series of humiliations before she intentionally blinds him so he will never leave her.
Una macchia rosa
Director of Photography
A photographer comes back to Italy after a trip to India and struggles to adjust to his new life.
Four Came to Kill Sartana
Director of Photography
Seven masked bandits, whose chief calls himself "Mormon", kidnap young Susy, cousin of the mayor of Clayton City, Frank Clonny. Frank accepts the $15,000 ransom requested by the bandits and thinks of a plan which will permit him, with the help of Benson, the sheriff, to free his cousin, recover the money and capture the outlaws. The plan, though, is destined to fail, because one of the mayor's men, Donovan, allows the bandits to escape the trap. Benson then decides to call in Sartana, who the Mormon immediately tries to eliminate with the help of four killers: Buffalo, who kills with a bullwhip; Martinez, an expert knife thrower; Sullivan, a giant of incredible strength and Silky, a sly and fast gunslinger.
The Uninvited
Director of Photography
When her husband returns from his work abroad with a guest, a young girl, his wife suspects a liaison. She leaves her home. Her boss takes her to the Côte d'Azur. They get closer during the long voyage and the man invites her to his marital home.
Um Homem pela Metade
Camera Operator
A young writer descends into madness. Alienated, neurotic, and plagued by guilt, Michele retreats from reality, loses interest in work, and comes to the brink of suicide before being sent to an asylum for shock therapy. Escaping from the asylum, Michele returns to his boyhood home, where he learns the reasons for his present mental state.
Ontem, Hoje e Amanhã
Assistant Camera
Histórias sobre três mulheres, interpretadas por Sophia Loren, todas muito diferentes e os homens que elas atraem. 1 - Adelina vende cigarros no mercado negro e é casada com o desempregado Carmine (Marcello Mastroianni). Ela é sentenciada a prisão, mas pode escapar enquanto estiver grávida. Sete anos e sete filhos depois, o marido esta exausto e a prisão parece algo inevitável, assim como o desprezo de Adelina por Carmine. 2 - Em Milão, Anna esta entediada e resolve dar carona a um escritor. Ela fala com um ar sonhador em fugir dali, e ele dá a atenção que ela precisa. 3 - Enquanto isso, Mara chama a atenção de um ingênuo seminarista, fazendo com que ela brigue com sua avó e faça um voto de castidade. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Bandits of Orgosolo
Camera Operator
A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn’t give himself up, lacking faith in the judicial system and fearing that he may lose his sheep while awaiting trial. He leaves for the mountains with his brother but life is difficult and his flock dies. Returning to the town he discovers his family in abject poverty. He procures a gun and, forced by his social predicament, resorts to banditry.