Movie List for "italy"

A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife. Year 1961.

A young and shy girl Celestina arrives from her small home village to Rome to become a housemaid. Her inexperience and naivety causes her to change her employers quite frequently. As she is moving from one family to another she makes Year 1953.

In West Africa during the late 17th century, King Adanggaman leads a war against his neighboring tribes, ordering his soldiers to torch enemy villages, kill the elderly and capture the healthy tribesmen to sell to the European slave Year 2000.

Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. But he actually has trouble fulfilling this ideal, and Barbara only notices his failures after they are married. When the townfolk learn about his trouble th Year 1960.

In WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war. Year 1991.

A desperate Sicilian man, whose 15-year-old daughter was seduced and impregnated by his older daughter’s fiancé, tries to find a way to save the family’s honor. Year 1964.

While recovering in Venice, sickly composer Gustav von Aschenbach becomes dangerously fixated with teenager Tadzio. Year 1971.

N/A Year 2013.

Baaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born. Year 2009.

A series of comedic and nostalgic vignettes set in a 1930s Italian coastal town. Year 1973.

Onoff is a famous writer who hasn’t published any new books for quite some time and has become a recluse. When he is picked up by the police one stormy night, without any identification, out of breath and running madly, without clear Year 1994.

A U.S. secret agent is sent to the distant space city of Alphaville where he must find a missing person and free the city from its tyrannical ruler. Year 1965.

The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso. Year 1975.

N/A Year 1953.

A young man from north Italy named Amedeo decides to come to Rome.He has a crazy idea in his head to meet the pope. Year 1972.

In post-war Italy, a working-class man’s bicycle is stolen. He and his son set out to find it. Year 1948.