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8 1/2
(1988)
Otto e mezzo
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni
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Fellini tells his story of losing his inspiration in the midst of making a film.
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Amarcord
(1973)
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Magali Noel, Bruno Zanin
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Fellini reminiscences about love, sex, politics, and growing up in a small Italian town in the 1930s.
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Bicycle thief
(1948)
Ladri di Biciclette
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Director:
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Vitorrio De Sica
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| Starring:
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Lamberto Maggorani, Enzo Staiola
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A desperately poor man and his son search for a stolen bicycle that is vital for his job.
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Big deal on Madonna St.
(1958)
I soliti ignoti
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Director:
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Mario Monicelli
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| Starring:
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Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni
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Five bumbling men conspire to burglarize a small-time jeweler's safe.
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Caro diario
(1993)
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Director:
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Nanni Moretti
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| Starring:
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Renato Carpentieri, Nanni Moretti
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Moretti travels on his motor-scooter, cruises around remote islands, and consults doctors to cure his annoying rash.
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Cinema Paradiso
(1988)
Nuovo Cinema Paradiso
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Director:
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Giuseppi Tornatore
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| Starring:
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Philippe Noiret, Jacques Perrin
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A filmmaker recalls his childhood, falling in love with the movies at his village's theater and forming a deep friendship with the projectionist.
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Divorce Italian style
(1961)
Divorzio all' italiana
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Director:
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Pietro Germi
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| Starring:
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Marcello Mastroianni, Daniela Rocca
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A married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin, but with divorce illegal, he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
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Don't tell
(2005)
La bestia nel cuore
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Director:
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Cristina Comencini
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| Starring:
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Alessio Boni, Giovanna Mezzogiorno
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When Sabina's father dies, she is left haunted by a terrible dream that becomes a living nightmare.
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Garden of the Finzi-Continis
(1970)
Il giardino dei Finzi-Contini
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Director:
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Vittorio De Sica
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| Starring:
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Lino Capolicchio, Dominique Sanda
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In 1938 Italy, the aristocratic Finzi-Continis have to acknowledge Fascism and anti-Semitism.
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Ginger and Fred
(1986)
Ginger e Fred
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Giulietta Masina, Marcello Mastroianni
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A dance team that earned its living imitating the routines of Rogers and Astaire reunites 30 years later to do a TV show.
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Golden door
(2006)
Nuovomondo
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Director:
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Emanuele Crialese
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| Starring:
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Vincenzo Amato, Charlotte Gainsbourg
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A poor Sicilian farmer marries a British lady he meets on the boat to Ellis Island at the turn of the 20th Century.
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Juliet of the spirits
(1965)
Giulietta degli spiriti
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Giulietta Masina, Sandra Milo
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Visions, memories, and mysticism help a 40-something woman to find the strength to leave her cheating husband.
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La dolce vita
(1960)
The sweet life
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Anita Ekberg, Marcello Mastroianni
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A journalist mixes in high society and is both attracted and repelled by what he sees.
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La notte
(1961)
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Director:
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Michaelangelo Antonioni
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| Starring:
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Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau
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An emotionally estranged couple faces heartache, desperation, and personal loss in the course of one night.
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La strada
(1954)
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Director:
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Federico Fellini
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| Starring:
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Giulleta Masina, Anthony Quinn
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A carefree girl is sold to a traveling entertainer who physically and emotionally torments her.
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L'Avventura
(1960)
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Director:
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Michaelangelo Antonioni
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| Starring:
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Gabrielle Ferzetti, Monica Vitti
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A woman disappears during a boating trip, and during the search, her lover and her best friend become attracted to each other.
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Life is beautiful
(1999)
La vita è bella
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Director:
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Roberto Benigni
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| Starring:
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Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi
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A Jewish man must use his humour to protect his son in a Nazi death camp.
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Mafioso
(1962)
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Director:
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Alberto Lattuada
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| Starring:
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Norma Bengell, Alberto Sordi
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Nino takes his modern Milanese family back to his roots in rural Sicily and reconnects with the more unsavory elements of his past.
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My brother is an only child
(2007)
Mio fratello è figlio unico
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Director:
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Daniele Luchetti
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| Starring:
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Elio Germano, Riccardo Scamarcio
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The violent political unrest of 1960s Italy brings two feuding brothers to the boiling point.
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My mother's smile
(2002)
L'ora di religione (il sorriso di mia madre)
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Director:
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Marco Bellocchio
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| Starring:
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Sergio Castellitto, Jacqueline Lustig
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A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.
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