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The Leopard

  As Garibaldi’s troops begin the unification of Italy in the 1860s, an aristocratic Sicilian family grudgingly adapts to the sweeping social changes undermining their way of life. Proud but Read More

The Pilgrim of Love

  A mature countess and a pseudo-specialist have rented a villa by the sea and, avoiding police surveillance, run a clandestine gambling den.  Two suitors at the gambling house which Read More

Amarcord

  In an Italian seaside town, young Titta (Bruno Zanin) gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing Read More

Follow Your Heart

  A grandmother writes a diary for her nephew.  Her grandson finds the diary after her death and discovers the family’s true story.  Written by his grandmother (Olga) as she Read More

Marriage Italian Style

  When handsome, successful Domenico (Marcello Mastroianni) first meets the sexy young waif Filomena (Sophia Loren) in Naples during World War II, he is instantly smitten. Flash forward to the Read More

Life Is Beautiful

  A gentle Jewish-Italian waiter, Guido Orefice (Roberto Benigni), meets Dora (Nicoletta Braschi), a pretty schoolteacher, and wins her over with his charm and humor. Eventually they marry and have Read More

The Legend of 1900

  On New Year’s Day 1900, Danny (Bill Nunn), a crew member on an ocean liner, finds a deserted infant and decides to adopt him, nicknaming him “1900.” As an Read More

A Question of the Heart

  Alberto’s and Angelo’s “engines seized” on the same night. Angelo is a young body shop owner from a very poor background who has done a bit of everything and Read More

The Mouth of the Wolf

  According to a reporter for Metro, the film “straddles the line between documentary and drama”. It follows an Italian man named Vincenzo Motta (also known as Enzo) who is Read More

The Man Who Will Come

  Winter, 1943. Martina is 8 years old and lives on the slopes of Monte Sole, not far from Bologna. She is the only child of a peasant family who, Read More