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Butterfly on the Shoulder (1978) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
Un papillon sur l'épaule
director: Jacques Deray actor: Lino Ventura / Claudine Auger …
other title: Morti sospette / Mord in Barcelona …
On a stopover in Barcelona, Fériaud Roland discovers a corpse in the hotel room next door. He wakes up in a strange clinic without remembering who brought him there. The doctor insists he hallucinated, but it's not long before he obtains evidence that it wasn't a dream.
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His Days are Numbered (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
I giorni contati
director: Elio Petri actor: Salvo Randone / Franco Sportelli …
other title: I giorni contati / Les jours comptés …
A middle-aged plumber quits his job and questions his life after seeing somebody his own age suddenly die from a heart attack on his way to work.
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The Dust of Time (2008) [Movie] Douban NeoDB TMDB
Η σκόνη του χρόνου
director: 西奥·安哲罗普洛斯 actor: 威廉·达福 / 布鲁诺·冈茨 …
other title: 时光之尘 / Η σκόνη του χρόνου …
A, an American film director of Greek ancestry, is making a film that tells his story and the story of his parents. It is a tale that unfolds in Italy, Germany, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and the USA. The main character is Eleni, who is claimed and claims the absoluteness of love. At the same time the film is a long journey into the vast history and the events of the last fifty years that left their mark on the 20th century. The characters in the film move as though in a dream. The dust of time confuses memories. A searches for them and experiences them in the present.
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Lucky Luciano (1973) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB WikiData IMDb Douban
Lucky Luciano
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Edmond O'Brien …
Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.
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The Assassin (1961) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
L'assassino
director: Elio Petri actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Micheline Presle …
other title: L'assassino / O Assassino …
Suave antiques dealer Alfredo Martelli is picked up by the police with no justification. At the precinct, Martelli realizes what the investigation is all about-- that he is the main suspect in the killing of his wealthy ex-lover. Is he guilty, or is he just a sleaze?
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The Mattei Affair (1972) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Il caso Mattei
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Luigi Squarzina …
other title: Il caso Mattei / O Caso Mattei …
Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis, then as an investor in methane gas through a public company, A.G.I.P., and ultimately as the head of ENI, a state body formed for the development of oil resources. On October 27, 1962, he died when his private airplane crashed during a flight to Milan. Officially, it is declared an accident, but many journalists explore other plausible reasons for Mattei's untimely death.
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Illustrious Corpses (1976) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData Douban
Cadaveri eccellenti
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Lino Ventura / Tino Carraro …
other title: Cadaveri eccellenti / Cadáveres Incómodos …
A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.
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The 10th Victim (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
La decima vittima
director: Elio Petri actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Ursula Andress …
other title: La decima vittima / Det tiende offer …
In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
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Marriage Italian-Style (1964) [Movie]
Matrimonio all'italiana
director: 维托里奥·德西卡 actor: 索菲娅·罗兰 / 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 …
other title: 意大利式结婚 / Matrimonio all'italiana …
一次意外中，多米尼克（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）救下了美丽的女子费鲁美娜（索菲娅·罗兰 Sophia Loren 饰），两人一见钟情很快陷入了热恋之中，可惜多米尼克是一个花花公子，随着时间的流逝，他不再专情与费鲁美娜，转而投入了别的女人的怀抱。
费鲁美娜虽然身份卑微，却是专情之人，为了能够成为多米尼克的妻子，她甚至不惜使用了一些欺骗的手段。不幸的是，多米尼克识破了费鲁美娜的谎言，费鲁美娜再度面临着和爱人分离的处境。费鲁美娜有三个孩子，她告诉多米尼克，这其中有他的亲生骨肉，直到这时才良心发现的多米尼克回到了费鲁美娜的身边，但他始终不知道自己的亲生儿子究竟是哪一个。
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Everybody's Fine (2009) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban
Everybody's Fine
director: 柯克·琼斯 actor: 罗伯特·德尼罗 / 凯特·贝金赛尔 …
other title: 天伦之旅 / 幸福窝天伦 …
Eight months after the death of his wife, Frank Goode looks forward to a reunion with his four adult children. When all of them cancel their visits at the last minute, Frank, against the advice of his doctor, sets out on a road trip to reconnect with his offspring. As he visits each one in turn, Frank finds that his children's lives are not quite as picture-perfect as they've made them out to be.
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Dear Michele (1976) [Movie] TMDB
Caro Michele
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Mariangela Melato / Delphine Seyrig …
other title: Caro Michele
Michael is the younger son of a middle-class family, a strong-willed and free-thinking fellow, who is off in some distant country fighting for a revolutionary cause. Everyone in the family writes to him, describing the events of their lives, as they drift into a kind of conventionality which would perhaps have horrified them earlier. Only Michael’s girlfriend Mara, the mother of his child, retains her independence, even though it is through the help of Michael’s increasingly conventional friends and family that she survives.
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Casanova '70 (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Casanova '70
director: Mario Monicelli actor: Marcello Mastroianni / Virna Lisi …
other title: Casanova 70
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli
director: Francesco Rosi actor: Gian Maria Volonté / Paolo Bonacelli …
other title: Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Christus kam nur bis Eboli …
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
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Zabriskie Point (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Zabriskie Point
director: Michelangelo Antonioni actor: Mark Frechette / Daria Halprin …
other title: Deserto de Almas
Anthropology student Daria, who's helping a property developer build a village in the Los Angeles desert, and dropout Mark, who's wanted by the authorities for allegedly killing a policeman during a student riot, accidentally encounter each other in Death Valley and soon begin an unrestrained romance.
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The Beekeeper (1986) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb TMDB
Ο μελισσοκόμος
director: 西奥·安哲罗普洛斯 actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 / Nadia Mourouzi …
other title: 养蜂人 / Ο μελισσοκόμος …
Following the wedding of his daughter, stone-faced beekeeper Spyros makes an annual journey from the north of Greece to the south, traveling along with his hives. En route, he meets an erratic, young female drifter, with whom he strikes up an unusual, self-destructive relationship.
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Sunflower (1970) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB Douban WikiData
I girasoli
director: Vittorio De Sica actor: Sophia Loren / Marcello Mastroianni …
other title: I girasoli / Sonnenblumen …
After World War II, a woman refuses to believe her husband, missing on the Russian front, is dead. Flashbacks reveal their brief courtship and marriage. Years later, she travels to Russia with his photo, determined to find him. What will she discover?
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And the Ship Sails On (1983) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
E la nave va
director: Federico Fellini actor: Freddie Jones / Barbara Jefford …
other title: E la nave va / Og skibet sejler …
In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and camaraderie abound until the ship is descended upon by an Austrian flagship. The Serbians are forced to board it, but naturally they resist, igniting a skirmish that ends in destruction.