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Fat Girl (2001) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb
À ma sœur !
director: Catherine Breillat actor: Anaïs Reboux / Roxane Mesquida
other title: A mia sorella! / Meine Schwester - Ihr erstes Mal
Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.
Oedipus Rex (1967) [Movie] Douban NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData
Edipo re
director: Pier Paolo Pasolini actor: Franco Citti / Silvana Mangano
other title: Edipo re / Rei Édipo
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Oedipus, and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Oedipus that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
La Dolce Vita (1960) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData
La dolce vita
8.4 (5 ratings) director: Federico Fellini actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Anita Ekberg
other title: La dolce vita / Det søde liv
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.
A Bay of Blood (1971) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB IMDb
Ecologia del delitto
director: Mario Bava actor: Claudine Auger / Luigi Pistilli
other title: Ecologia del delitto / Den Blodige Bugt
An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a dilapidated building on the estate.
Theorem (1968) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
Teorema
8.2 (10 ratings) director: Pier Paolo Pasolini actor: Terence Stamp / Silvana Mangano
other title: Teorema / Teorema - Geometrie der Liebe
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970) [Movie] NeoDB Douban WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il rosso segno della follia
director: 马里奥·巴瓦 actor: Stephen Forsyth / Dagmar Lassander
other title: Il rosso segno della follia / 蜜月屠刀
A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail.
Fat Girl (2001) [Movie]
À ma soeur!
director: Catherine Breillat actor: Anaïs Reboux / Roxane Mesquida
other title: A mia sorella! / À ma soeur!
Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she cannot understand that she is merely an object of desire. And, as such, she can only be taken. Or had. Indeed, this is the subject: a girl's loss of virginity. And, that summer, it opens a door to tragedy.
The Beaches of Agnès (2008) [Movie] WikiData TMDB NeoDB Douban IMDb
Les Plages d'Agnès
director: Agnès Varda actor: Agnès Varda / André Lubrano
other title: As Praias de Agnès / Die Strände von Agnès
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.
The Witches (1967) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban WikiData
Le streghe
director: Luchino Visconti / Mauro Bolognini actor: Silvana Mangano / Annie Girardot
other title: Le streghe / Hexen von heute
Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and his son seek for a new wife/mother. A man seeks revenge for a woman's honor. A bored housewife tries to explain to her husband that he's not as romantic as he used to be.
Slap the Monster on Page One (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Fabio Garriba
other title: Sbatti il mostro in prima pagina / Knallt das Monstrum auf die Titelseite!
Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his bosses.
The Night of Varennes (1982) [Movie] Douban TMDB
La Nuit de Varennes
director: Ettore Scola actor: Jean-Louis Barrault / Marcello Mastroianni
other title: Il mondo nuovo / La Nuit de Varennes
During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps.
Caprice Italian Style (1968) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb
Capriccio all'italiana
director: Mario Monicelli / Steno actor: Totò / Ugo D'Alessio
other title: Capriccio all'italiana / Capricho à Italiana
The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events.
Lovers and Liars (1979) [Movie] TMDB
Viaggio con Anita
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Goldie Hawn / Giancarlo Giannini
other title: Viaggio con Anita / Reise mit Anita
An American actress on vacation in Italy falls for her friend's married Italian lover.
What Are the Clouds? (1968) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Che cosa sono le nuvole
director: Pier Paolo Pasolini actor: Totò / Ninetto Davoli
other title: Che cosa sono le nuvole / Que sont les nuages ?
Some puppets come to life in a theater with no windows. This time the puppets interpret William Shakespeare's Othello.
Allonsanfan (1974) [Movie] TMDB
Allonsanfàn
director: Paolo Taviani / Vittorio Taviani actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Lea Massari
other title: Allonsanfàn
After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause.
Marx Can Wait (2021) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb Douban
Marx può aspettare
director: Marco Bellocchio actor: Alberto Bellocchio / Letizia Bellocchio
other title: Marx può aspettare / Marx kann warten
"Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory.