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Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history. The adopted daughter of the Einstein family emigrated to London in the 1950s and applied to the Slade School of Fine Art with the reason "Because I'm a genius!" Mazzetti is also one of the most important representatives of the Free Cinema movement.
From the stage of Vinile, in Rome, rigorously standing up alone in front of her audience, Michela Giraud tells her own truth through the strong and self-deprecating point of view that has always distinguished her.
Henri Verdier, a young bank manager, has made the acquaintance of Karine, a model of great beauty. Robert, who claims to be Karine's brother, forces Karine to introduce him to Verdier. This is to offer him an urgent business deal: 50 million for a uranium purchase which, within a few days, should yield double that amount. Blinded by passion, Verdier accepts and "withdraws" the necessary sum from his bank. He soon realizes he's been duped. Karine is not Robert's sister and Robert is a crook. Verdier tracks them down.
Three short stories full of absurd Italian humor. Episode 1: Oddjobs man Elia is hired to be a waiter and soon finds himself caught up in a plot to knock off his mistress (in more ways than one). Episode 2: Della is convinced that aliens are on their way to consume the world and before long ends up a guinea pig on a spaceship from the planet Phobos. Episode 3: Roberto becomes a Bersaglieri in the Italian army and nearly causes a war between Italy and Switzerland over a packet of cigarettes.
The film is an observation of the migrant experience; from crossing the Mediterranean Sea out of Libya to settling in Paris-based squats. In a view free from prejudice, we quickly see how the experiences of migrants vary in extremes during the different stages in their journey to a better life.
Documentary about the concert for the 50th anniversary of Italy's liberation from Fascism, held in Correggio on April 25, 1995.
A Sicilian leaves for Milan, in search of fortune, with the four sisters he supervises fiercely.
Professor Davide Andrei, a teacher of a high school in the province, is challenged by students who claim full sexual freedom and is seduced, by a bet, by one of his students.
Silvia, who lives in a villa in the hills, has a quarrel with her husband and his friends and then goes away down to the city, where she has the bad luck of being attacked by a group of misfits. At her rescue is a photographer who, in turn, is in trouble for having witnessed a murder by the Chinese mafia...
Nino gives flowers to girls passing by.
"Gli angeli dalle mani bendate" a docu-film exploring fraud in the sport of boxing. The film was directed in 1975 by Oscar Brazzi and starred his brother Rossano Brazzi in the role of a journalist who boldly investigates the seedy underbelly of the boxing world.
Menelaus is the king of Sparta and temporarily departs from his residence, leaving Helen, the queen of Sparta, without him. When Paris of Troy, ambassador and son of the king, arrives in Sparta, he kidnaps Helen and brings her to Troy where the two fall in love. The Greeks attempt to siege the city walls of Troy, but fail. The Greeks then place a huge wooden Trojan horse with Greek warriors hidden inside under the walls of Troy, pretending to be dedicated to the gods and ending the war. Falling for the trap, the Trojans break down the city walls to bring the wooden horse inside.
From the Rai Arturo Toscanini Auditorium in Turin, the Rai National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Giuseppe Mengoli, performs Arvo Pärt’s *Fratres*, Antonio Vivaldi’s *Stabat Mater* (featuring countertenor Carlo Vistoli), and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92.
A retired teacher is sitting at a table outside a bar; it’s a beautiful sunny day. The waiter brings him breakfast. Soon after a young man arrives and the teacher invites him to sit, he was waiting for him. He is dark skinned. He comes from Mali. Well dressed, serene, ready for the “game” that the teacher is playing. It’s a puzzle game where one wins when completing a crossword. But there is a variable that makes this game impossible: guessing the solutions before the question is made. Nevertheless, the young man finishes the game. Or almost…
Marco is a shy courier instructed to deliver some jewels in a photo studio. Here he meets Giorgio, the photographer: handsome, gay, cheeky.
A young priest arrives in a small village because his old colleague is old and frail and cannot uphold the law of God with the necessary strength. He means well but the hypocrisy of the villagers who do not trust him makes his task only harder and while struggling for his beliefs, he falls victim to the sins of the flesh.
An airplane crashes in Spain. The Russian as well as the Chinese government take care of the events because on board there was a "black box" containing precious and dangerous devices for the whole world.
Life on the island of Pantelleria is becoming more difficult by the day. The ferries to the Sicilian mainland have problems running on time because of a strong wind that rises up with no warning, leaving havoc and ruin in its wake. Michele Giangrande is a rich landowner who lives in Palermo.
In Milan, the beggar Carlone has formed a brotherhood. Carlone's sister Anna, is a poor blind girl. One day Carlone saves a mutilated, who tried to end his days.
Marcello is engaged to Gina, the daughter of the boarding house where he lives, but he is undecided whether to marry her or not.
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.
Crossword-solving waitress Gloria falls for a womanizing TV repairman.
The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.
An Italian journalist is arrested in Venezuela by the military, accused of being a revolutionary. The journalist, interviewed by the press, says he has no connection with the guerrilla organizations and is thrown into jail and subjected to psychological and physical violence.
At the age of three, little Wolfgang has lost his parents. Since then his uncle Eduard raises the boy. As a former concertmaster Eduard has recognized how gifted his nephew is and the boy learns the hard way. The 6-year-old must practice daily 6 hours at the piano and already impresses at famous music parties. When Eduard Fabricius breaks a leg after a concert in Lucerne and must go to the hospital, he can be persuaded by a pediatrician to grant some carefree vacation weeks in a manor for Wolfgang. The manor belongs to the young widow Elisabeth who soon grows very fond of the little boy. Wolfgang makes friends with 11-year-old Heidi and Jöggi, a boy his age who first saw a rival in him...
Freshly released from a Russian POW camp, Italian soldier Bruno Baldi tries to discover who betrayed his brother to the Nazis.
In World War II, guerrillas kidnap a German general.
A few teen and youthful protesters in Iran, after being arrested by the governing regime, are offered forced labor in lieu of imprisonment. They go on a terrifying mission in the dark of night.
The extraordinary life of the great poet Alda Merini: from mental illness to motherhood, from impossible loves to access to culture and fame. An unprecedented and fascinating portrait of a contemporary icon.
Luca and Margherita are facing one of the most important challenges of their lives. Both in their twenties, they find themselves facing the prospect of becoming parents. This event marks the beginning of a journey that will take them in two different directions. Luca will run away from his responsibilities, embarking on a journey of discovery that will lead him to a fantastic microcosm, where he will find the courage to face real life and undergo an inner transformation.
In each episode, one or more people find themselves trapped in a seemingly insoluble situation, which is instead resolved (as the series title states) at the last minute.
In 1891 Gauguin left Marseille for the Pacific, marking the beginning of a journey towards the essence of life and art, and forging his destiny as one of the greatest modern painters who ever lived.
Anna, a woman with a troubled past, marries an honest worker at the SIMA mechanical workshop, who provides her with a decent life despite financial difficulties. Blackmailed by a man who knows about her past, Anna loses her mind and kills him. Sentenced to ten years in prison, she dies in childbirth while giving birth to a baby girl.
Two brothers who continually fight with each other are sent to Stranger City by their mother to work for their brother who owns a saloon where both fall in love with saloon girls.
A filmmaker chases the essence of cinema, pushing beyond the limits of creation. But the closer he gets to his truth, the more reality blurs.
The story of two boys, one gay and the other homophobic, who are seemingly different from each other and find themselves living together. Over time they learn to appreciate each other, help each other, and go beyond appearances.
A typical 1968 film, it is directed in an elliptical style by the author, who builds a political theorem on the link between violence and revolution.
This documentary using images from the Luce Archive tells the story of Freddi a Fascist civil servant who had a profound love for cinema which he developed during his many trips to Hollywood where he carefully studied and observed important American productions meeting famous producers and directors. Actor Diego Abatantuono is the voice of Freddi on screen that takes us back to the period of 1934-1939 when he was the Head of National Film Office, his ties with the duce and will to replace old cinema and organize an actual state institution as well as the ambitious project of creating city of cinema with state of the art systems architectural designs by the famous architect Gino Peressutti.
Based on the 1893 play Der Andere by Paul Lindau.
Marco and Luciana are married and in love, but the passion of Marco for football distract him, and make him impossible to keep a job for a long time: that's why the young couple keeps arguing.
Alfonso is a Neapolitan scientist, shy, awkward and unemployed. Gayan is a former Sri Lankan cricket champion who is penniless, just arrived in Naples and convinced he will find Paradise. Vincenzo is a rising politician thanks also to recommendations, but things do not go as he would have hoped. In a multi-ethnic Naples, the destinies of these three characters intertwine, who find themselves sharing a shack built illegally on the roof of a building. This paradoxical situation will give rise to a hilarious cohabitation between the three and a partnership that will make them find the courage to face their own destiny, changing it forever.
Italian comedy starring Peppino De Filippo, Mischa Auer, Dolores Palumbo and Virginia Belmont. Rosa Auricchio (Dolores Palumbo) and her daughter (Virginia Belmont) inherit a large fortune which they use to purchase a luxury hotel, then learning the hotel has never been successful. They meet a knight (Mischa Auer) who specializes in relaunching businesses. He fills the hotel with fake guests in order to attract real ones, and hires a broke baron (Peppino De Filippo) to relaunch the hotel.
A painter in the throes of a creative block finds inspiration thanks to a fascinating and mysterious gallery owner, but he can't expect the shocking consequences of their encounter.
A group of men team up against a ruthless mob.
Twenty million dollars are going to be transferred from an Arab central bank to a British oil company. Four among the biggest criminal of the world are in charge to rob it. An undefined intelligence agency tries to stop them. An infiltrator is not sure for who is working. A complicate twist is waiting beyond the corner and will include a love affair too.
Ramon avenges his brother's murder and kills the Baxter Family. The surviving Slim Baxter joins for his revenge a troubled gang, which has also a lot to settle with Ramon. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Jeff Clayton, who has already won $5,000 at poker when the game’s big loser returns, asking for one last hand. This time, the stranger will wager his portion of a ranch. He loses, tries to gun down Clayton in despair, and loses again, winding up dead on the floor of the saloon.
An home movie documentary about a young man with a camera who tries to recount and reframe a pivotal moment in his childhood: the death of his mother. An intimate and personal story about what remains of that mother-son relationship, now marked by an unbridgeable distance and an absence with which it is necessary to come to terms.
A woman, a man, two cultures and years separating them: will Adriana and Mohamed overcome the prejudices of the world around them? A sincere love story in the heart of Southern Italy.