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Naples 1904: Italian theatre is thriving, and comic actor, Eduardo Scarpetta is the box office king. Known in the Neapolitan theater for his cheeky alter egos, Scarpetta's larger-than-life stage productions were matched only by his eccentric personal life. Composed of wives, partners, lovers, legitimate and illegitimate children, Scarpetta's home situation resembled one of his comedies more than a traditional family. At the height of his popularity,...
2) Sin
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Italiano
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Florence, early XVI century. Although widely considered a genius by his contemporaries, Michelangelo Buonarroti (Alberto Testone) is reduced to poverty and depleted by his struggle to finish the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. When his commissioner and head of the Della Rovere nobility Pope Julius II dies, Michelangelo becomes obsessed with sourcing the finest marble to complete his tomb. The artist’s loyalty is tested when Leo X, of the rival Medici...
3) Francesco
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Italiano
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A dramatization of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, who renounced nobility in order to live among the poor and found a monastic order.
4) Vincere
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Italiano
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About fascist dictator Benito Mussolini and the woman he loved. Ida Dalser was scorned, denounced, and then written out of history. Mussolini's rise to power and Dalser's descent into an insane asylum are tragic counterpoints in a doomed romance. Dalser may have been written off at the time, but Bellocchio and Mezzogiorno allow her a final, unexpected triumph in this cinematic masterwork.
5) Amarcord
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Criterion collection volume 4
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Italiano
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"In his carnivalesque portrait of provincial Italy during the Fascist period, Federico Fellini satirizes his youth and turns daily life into a circus of social rituals, adolescent desires, male fantasies, and political subterfuge, all set to Nino Rota's classic, nostalgia-tinged score."--Container.
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Italiano
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Seven-time Italian prime minister Giulio Andreotti's long career was dogged by persistent accusations of conspiracy, Mafia connections and state-sponsored terror. This compelling film explores the shocking political machinations and shady criminal underworld surrounding this fascinating and controversial figure.
7) Francesco
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Italiano
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Depicting the life and times of St. Francis of Assisi and the rise of the Franciscan order that he founded. Following his death, Francis₂ devoted followers recall the saint₂s life and chart his transformation from the pampered son of an aristocrat into a selfless man of faith devoted wholly to a life of apostolic poverty.
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The story of a son's development under an oppressive father. Gavino lives in solitude as an illiterate Sardinian shepherd. Finally he revolts against his father and his own illiteracy, studies and earns a degree and finds his identity through his newly-found ability to communicate.
9) Roma
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Criterion collection volume 848
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Italiano
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Virtually a plotless, gaudy, impressionistic portrait of Rome through the eyes of one of its most famous citizens. Blending autobiography with scenes from present-day Roman life.
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Italiano
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Fariborz Kamkari's documentary about the life and career of Carlo Di Palma is as much a portrait of the late cinematographer, known for his inventive work with such directors as Woody Allen, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Elio Petri, as it is a journey through the last 70 years of world cinema.
12) Mom+mom
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Italiano
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It is the story of two women who love each other and of their desire to have a child together. Karole and Ali still don₂t know that the enthusiasm of this first attempt will be followed by many vicissitudes, but when the desire becomes stronger than the pain and fatigue, miracles can happen. Based on the true story of the director.
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Italiano
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An intimate portrait of the great Italian actress who became a symbol of neorealism and an icon of the world's film industry after her breakout role in Rome, Open City. Anna is unique in the sense that she represents women in film, embodying a feminine model, which differed from all the other celebrities who came before and after her. Thanks to her great skills as an actress, Magnani inspired some of the greatest European and American directors: Roberto...
16) Padre Pio
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Italiano
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Religious biography of Francesco Forgione, better known to Catholic believers as the modern day saint Padre Pio. The friar's intense devotion manifested itself in the appearance of the stigmata - the wounds suffered by Christ at Calvary.
17) Intervista
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Italiano
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"A Japanese film crew interviews Fellini about his career as he films the memories of his life as a young journalist walking into his beloved studio Cinecitta for the first time"--Container.
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Criterion collection volume 1043
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Italiano
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An elegy of exile and an epic immersion into the world of rural Italy during the Mussolini years, Francesco Rosi's sublime adaptation of the memoirs of the painter, physician, and political activist Carlo Levi brings a monument of twentieth-century autobiography to the screen with quiet grace and solemn beauty. Banished to a desolate southern town for his anti-Fascist views, the worldly Levi discovers an Italy he never knew existed.
20) Fulci for fake
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Italiano
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He was known as The Maestro of Splatter and The Godfather of Gore. But who was the real Lucio Fulci? When an actor agrees to portray the infamous director, he sets out to research the triumphs, tragedies, and truths behind Fulci's life, work, and legacy. Through never-before-seen home movies, rare behind-the-scenes footage from his classic films, audio confessions from Fulci himself, revealing interviews and for the first time, the dual participation...
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