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Umberto D.
Vittorio De Sica · 1952
When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by the end of the month or he and his small dog will be turned out onto the street. Unable to get the money in time, Umberto fakes illness to get sent to a hospital, giving his beloved dog to the landlady's pregnant and abandoned maid for temporary safekeeping.
A Estrada da Vida
Federico Fellini · 1954
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.
Um Dia Muito Especial
Ettore Scola · 1977
Two neighbours — a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife — forge a strong bond on the day of Adolf Hitler's historic 1938 visit to Rome.
Noites de Cabíria
Federico Fellini · 1957
Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem.
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini · 1960
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome''s elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Tre metri sopra il cielo
Luca Lucini · 2004
A bad boy and a socialite girl hook-up.
A Bigger Splash
Luca Guadagnino · 2015
An American couple, Paul and Marianne, spend their vacation in Italy and experience trouble when Marianne invites a former lover and his teenage daughter to visit, which leads to jealousy and dangerous sexual scenarios.
Tea with Mussolini
Franco Zeffirelli · 1999
In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini.
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Anthony Minghella · 1999
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Call Me by Your Name
Luca Guadagnino · 2017
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.
Life Is Beautiful
Roberto Benigni · 1997
A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.
The Postman
Michael Radford · 1994
Simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet; he uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
Malena
Giuseppe Tornatore · 2000
Malena es la belleza más encantadora e irresistible de Castelcuto, un aburrido pueblo de la soleada costa siciliana. Es nueva en la población y estando su marido en la guerra, cada paseo que da por el pueblo se convierte en un espectáculo, acompañado por las lujuriosas miradas de los hombres de la localidad y de los resentidos cotilleos de sus envidiosas esposas. Un ejército de flacos adolescentes en bicicleta la sigue allí donde vaya, con la única intención de observar su exquisita y arquetípica belleza. Entre ellos se encuentra Renato Amoroso, un chico de trece años con mucha imaginación que lleva su deseo a unos límites inesperados de obsesiva fantasía.
Cinema Paradiso
Giuseppe Tornatore · 1988
En un pequeño pueblo siciliano durante los años previos a la llegada de la televisión (justo al finalizar la Segunda Guerra Mundial) el joven Toto vivía fascinado por el cine. Toto trata de entablar amistad con Alfredo, el proyeccionista del cine local, una persona muy irritable pero con un gran corazón. Todos estos hechos se presentan en forma de nostálgicos recuerdos de Toto que ha crecido hasta convertirse en un cineasta de éxito, y que revive a su infancia cuando recibe la noticia de que Alfredo ha muerto.
Rocco and His Brothers
Luchino Visconti · 1960
When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.
The Leopard
Luchino Visconti · 1963
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 pragmatic Prince Don Fabrizio Salina allows his war hero nephew, Tancredi, to marry Angelica, the beautiful daughter of gauche, bourgeois Don Calogero, in order to maintain the family's accustomed level of comfort and political clout.
Bicycle Thieves
Vittorio De Sica · 1948
Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his son, Antonio combs the city, becoming desperate for justice.
Amarcord
Federico Fellini · 1973
In an Italian seaside town, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior. Frequently clashing with his stern father and defended by his doting mother, Titta witnesses the actions of a wide range of characters, from his extended family to Fascist loyalists to sensual women, with certain moments shifting into fantastical scenarios.
8½
Federico Fellini · 1963
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
La Dolce Vita
Federico Fellini · 1960
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
