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1) 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.
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
Italiano
Description
This powerful epic depicts the life of Fr. Carlo Gnocchi, an Italian priest who labored heroically to minister to the wounded and dying soldiers during World War II, and to victims of the war on the home front. While teaching students at the Gonzaga Institute in Milan, Fr. Gnocchi volunteers to be the military chaplain on the war front. After witnessing the horrors of the war, helping many suffering soldiers and miraculously escaping death, he returned...
3) Baarìa
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Italiano
Description
Grand-scale, semi-autobiographical portrait of life and love over three generations in a small town in Sicily. Set against the background of major events in the history of 20th century Italy.
5) L'immensit�a
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Italiano
Description
"Rome, 1970s. Clara is struggling to raise her three children under the crushing expectations surrounding marriage, gender and identity in the early 1970s. Her eldest child Andrew -- whom Clara calls Adri -- was born female but yearns for another life; an outsized, vibrantly-realized vision of a world where he can live as the boy he knows himself to be. Telling adults that he's an alien from another galaxy, Andrew often ventures through the reeds...
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.
Series
Criterion collection volume 610
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Italiano
Description
In turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it's not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor that they find a voice, unite, and stand up for themselves. This historical drama by Mario Monicelli is a beautiful and moving ode to the power of the people, brimming with humor and honesty.
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