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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Italiano
Description
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.
2) Ludwig
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
An operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th century mad king of Bavaria. Tormented by his unrequited love for his cousin, Empress Elisabeth of Austria, coupled with his obsession for the music of Wagner, Ludwig retreats into a fantasy world. He builds fairytale castles and ultimately loses his already-fragile grip on his sanity.
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Italiano
Description
With a lavish home and beautiful wife, hedge-fund manager Giovanni Bernaschi seemingly has it all Meanwhile, real-estate agent Dino Ossola struggles to maintain his family's middle-class existance and faces even worse financial straits when his wife announces that she is pregnant with twins. Leveraging his daughter's relationships with Giovanni's son, Dino deceives the bank and manipulates his way into the Bernaschie hedge fund. As the destinies of...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Italiano
Description
A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown for the first time in thirty years and looks back on his life. As a young boy he was befriended by the projectionist at the movie theater, the Cinema Paradiso. As he grew up, he learned to love films, and was encouraged by his good friend to pursue his dream of one day making movies.
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Italiano
Description
Irena is a mysterious Ukrainian woman with a secret who works her way into the lives of an Italian, affluent young family. She stops at nothing to become the couple's trusted maid and beloved nanny to their fragile young daughter. But deep cracks underneath Irena's dedication soon become apparent as her horrific past and chilling obsession are revealed.
6) La traviata
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
Italiano
Description
Alfredo falls in love with the beautiful courtesan, Violetta Valery, who is dying from consumption.
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Italiano
Description
Italian actor-director Gianni di Gregorio returns to filmmaking with NEVER TOO LATE FOR LOVE, a tender and lighthearted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of Italy's southern countryside. After being evicted from his long-time apartment in Rome, retired professor Astolfo returns to his childhood village in southern Italy, where a distinguished yet run-down estate has been passed down in his family for generations. Any plans for a quiet retirement...
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
Italiano
Description
What do the 1920s, world-famous Perugina chocolate, angora rabbits and high-end tailoring have in common? One woman, Luisa Spagnoli. During the early years of the 20th century, she founded two of Italy's most famous companies, the candy factory Perugina, and the women's clothing company that bears her name. Teaming with entrepreneurial spirit and endowed with extraordinary modernity and creativity, she established herself as a leading businesswoman...
Series
Criterion collection volume 374
Pub. Date
2007]
Language
Italiano
Description
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
14) The war is over
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
The story begins just as Nazi occupation in Italy has ended, during the months when Jewish children and teenagers returned home from concentration camps to find no family waiting. A few courageous souls help them adjust in an impromptu place with no resources, against the background of an Italy that is exhausted, miserable and reduced to ruins.
16) Days and clouds
Series
Film Movement volume year 6, film 8
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
Well-to-do, sophisticated couple, Elsa and Michele, have a 20 year-old daughter, Alice, and enough money for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change. Michele confesses he hasn't worked in two months and was fired by the company he founded years ago. Elsa overcomes her initial shock by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis while Michele, exhausted by an unsuccessful...
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Italiano
Description
Tells the story of an Italian family from the end of the 1966-2000. It revolves around two brothers, Nicola and Matteo. In youth, they share the same dreams, hopes, readings, and friends, until one day they meet a girl, Giorgia, who diverts their destinies; Nicola decides to become a psychiatrist, while Matteo drops-out of university and becomes a policeman. It is an epic tale about the events and people that shape their lives.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
Italiano
Description
It is the Night of San Lorenzo, the night when dreams come true. While watching shooting stars, Cecilia tells her son about a similar night in 1944, when she was six years old, and the residents of San Martino, her small Tuscan hometown, struggled against Nazi oppression during the final days of WWII.
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