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  • Arrivano i bersaglieri

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    In the year 1870 Rome, then governed by the Pope, was captured by the Italian General La Marmora’s troops. After the armistice, the Italian soldier Alfonso killed a Pope’s soldier, the son of Don Prospero. Then he sought refuge in the house of Don Prospero himself. There Costanza and Olimpia, respectively the wife and the…

  • Fun Is Beautiful

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    Three characters’ misadventures in semi-deserted, summertime Rome: a dim-witted mama’s boy falls for a tourist; a would-be womanizer struggles to find company for his sex tourism trip to Kraków; a hippie is drawn into his father’s schemes to bring him back into polite society.

  • La Cage aux Folles II

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    In a move to make his partner, Renato, jealous, the flamboyant Albin waits in a local cafe – dressed as a woman – hoping to be picked up. But Albin gets more than he bargains for when the fly he catches in his web is actually a spy, who uses him as an unwitting courier…

  • Lion of the Desert

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    This movie tells the story of Omar Mukhtar, an Arab Muslim rebel who fought against the Italian conquest of Libya during the second Italo-Senussi War. It gives western viewers a glimpse into this little-known region and chapter of history, and exposes the savage means by which the conquering army attempted to subdue the natives.

  • Amadeus

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    Disciplined Italian composer Antonio Salieri becomes consumed by jealousy and resentment towards the hedonistic and remarkably talented young Salzburger composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

  • Specters

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    A mysterious tomb is unearthed in the catacombs under Rome, the contents of which contain evidence of an ageless evil that may once have preyed on man.

  • Zeno’s Conscience

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    La coscienza di Zeno is a TV adaptation of the 1923 novel by Italo Svevo. It was broadcasted by RAI in 1988.

  • A Time of Destiny

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    World War II provides the setting for a melodramatic tale of love and revenge.

  • The Big Blue

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    Two men answer the call of the ocean in this romantic fantasy-adventure. Jacques and Enzo are a pair of friends who have been close since childhood, and who share a passion for the dangerous sport of free diving. Professional diver Jacques opted to follow in the footsteps of his father, who died at sea when…

  • Priceless Beauty

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    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.

  • The Borgia, or the Golden Blood

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    A 3 part drama series about the notorious powerful Borgia family who took power in Italy in the 15th/16th centuries.

  • Boys on the Outside

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    Young men with no future have little in the present as well. Natale is released from prison: he takes up with his friends again but none can find work. Claudio, from Palermo, gets out of juvenile detention in Naples and he’s met by Vita, a girl who’s come from home to run away with him.…

  • A Season of Giants

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    At the turn of the sixteenth century, Michelangelo (Mark Frankel), Raphael (Andrea Prodan), and Leonardo Da Vinci (John Glover) create their masterpieces, while dealing with religious persecution, political turmoil, and the discovery of America.

  • Il colore della vittoria

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  • Paganini

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    Legendary “devil violinist” Niccolo Paganini sets all of 19th century Europe into frenzy.

  • Meridian

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    After her father’s death, Catherine returns to her family’s gothic castle in Italy and gets caught in the web of a mysterious love triangle.

  • The Godfather Part III

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    In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

  • Year of the Gun

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    American novelist David Raybourne accidentally becomes entangled in the Red Brigade’s terrorist plan to kidnap Italian Premier Aldo Moro during a research trip to Rome. As the terrorists attempt to kill David, he and his photojournalist friend must struggle to stay alive.

  • Porco Rosso

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    In Italy in the 1930s, sky pirates in biplanes terrorize wealthy cruise ships as they sail the Adriatic Sea. The only pilot brave enough to stop the scourge is the mysterious Porco Rosso, a former World War I flying ace who was somehow turned into a pig during the war. As he prepares to battle…

  • DeGenerazione

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    Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento.

  • A Month by the Lake

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    For 16 years Miss Bentley has been spending April at an elegant hillside villa on Lake Como. This year, 1937, her London society artist father has recently died and the only other English-speaking guests are brash Americans. Then Major Wilshaw arrives. He suggests they meet for cocktails and Miss Bentley stands him up — not…