Movie List for "italy"

A filmic essay on class struggle which draws on images from westerns but has no plot and is both an experiment in making a revolutionary film and an interrogation of how successfully such a film can be revolutionary. Year 1970.

“Love at Twenty” unites five directors from around the world to present their different perspectives on what love really is at the age of 20. The episodes are united with the score of Georges Delerue and still photos of Henri Cart… Year 1962.

Bernardo Bertolucci, along with co-scenarist Gianni Amico, used Dostoievski’s 1846, pre-imprisonment novella The Double: A Petersburg Poem, which they moved to Italy and updated to the pro-Vietcong student-protest present. Year 1968.

Through the childhood and adolescence of Signor Giacomo Casanova (from his memoirs), this is a description of how people lived in 18th-century Venice: their customs, habits, medicine, religion, and–most of all–the omnipresence o… Year 1969.

Alexandre Boursault, solicitor in the provinces, would have been the happiest of men if his wife had not openly displayed her political ideas and participated in all sorts of demonstrations. Year 1972.

After Queen Elizabeth I commands him not to grow old, a young nobleman struggles with love and his place in the world. Year 1992.

N/A Year 1965.

An examination of the possible consequences of a certain event. Year 1993.

Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon’s army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon’s victory, so that after the war the grateful Empero… Year 1961.

An ordinary foundry worker fakes a love story between him and the chambermaid from RMS Titanic. When ship sinks and chambermaid probably dies, his story gains popularity. But lie always has its price. Year 1997.

Agnes is a nun who goes with her order to the beach for a swim in the ocean. Agnes finds some perfectly-fitting mod garb and a motor bike left for her to use, and she takes off on an adventurous romp. Year 1970.

N/A Year 1970.

A small-time criminal wants to give up his life of crime. He performs a robbery with a friend, with similar feelings, and things go sour. Year 1971.

Doctor Popaul doesn’t trust beautiful women: he says he prefers “moral beauty”. Among colleagues he makes a bet who manages to sleep with the most ugly woman during the next year – and wins. Shortly after he meets the plain Christ… Year 1972.

Jean Diserens has a double life: he is both a real estate developer and a drug dealer. He is looking for new ways to make money. But his superior, Crazy Capo, does not see things the same way. Year 1973.

N/A Year 1972.