1984 film by Francesca Comencini

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer from being shot, because he does not belive in capital punishment.

A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him

In Renaissance France, a young doctor falls madly in love with Marie-Blanche, who is afflicted by the venereal disease syphilis. Because of this disease, for which no vaccine has yet been found, the young doctor cannot caress and love the girl without being threatened with certain death.

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A Sadly Forgotten Gem, 14 October 1999
Author: minstrel
This movie is one of the best films the great Italian director, Ettore Scola has ever made. It also has a fantastic cast, all doing a great job, but, is seems the late Massimo Troisi does outshine them all, with a stunning performance as Pulcinella, a Sancho Panza sort of clown. This fantasy, dream-like tale, is based on the famous book by the same name by Théophile Gautier, the French author. This is actually the 5th movie adaptation of this novel, which must tell you something about its force to attract generations of film makers.
Vincent Pérez plays Baron of Sigognac, a young royal, whose quest for material wealth brings him true love and revelations on the nature of this world. The plot themes are somewhat related to Stoppard's excellent Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead - both uses the traveling players to explore the nature of the human condition. One might also recall Bergman's Seventh Seal, but Fracassa is more akin of Stoppard's light hearted, witty, approach to those grave subjects.
A truly exceptional, beautiful and entertaining film, a long standing achievement for all involved, surely better than Il Postino, though, sadly, much less known. Surely overdue for re-release?

意大利重量级导演吉安尼·阿梅利奥一举成名之作
导演：吉安尼·阿梅利奥《消失的星星》《美国》《小小偷的春天》
1983年 意大利“奥斯卡”奖最佳男演员奖
1983年 意大利影评人协会最佳男演员奖，最佳编剧奖
简介：故事在意大利小伙子艾米利奥,他父亲和一个恐怖分子袭击案嫌疑人茱莉亚三人间展开.借恐怖袭击案,讲述了艾米利奥和他父亲之间的矛盾及他们对茱莉亚的不同态度和反应,最后故事以茱莉亚和他父亲被抓而结束.
IMDB评分：7.7/10

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor at the edge of legality. However, Mauro becomes unconsciously jealous of their relationship.

2005 film by Roberto Benigni

1977 film by Mario Monicelli

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

著名男演员吉奥瓦尼回到故乡博洛尼亚，参加他孪生兄弟皮普的葬礼，皮普因为爱情的不幸而自杀，而家里人却告诉吉奥瓦尼的死因是个意外事故。但问题是皮普生前的未婚妻——瓦达，她并不打算在葬礼上露面。在家庭晚餐上，瓦达告诉吉奥瓦尼，皮普生前留下了一封短信……

阿丽亚娜（娜塔丽·沃佳诺娃 Natalia Vodianova 饰）出生于家底雄厚的宗教家庭，美丽单纯的她早早就步入了婚姻的殿堂。一次偶然中，阿丽亚娜结识了一位名为索拉尔（乔纳森·莱斯·梅耶斯 Jonathan Rhys Meyers 饰）的英俊男子，后者为当时在政坛上叱咤风云的犹太裔外交官。
同样年轻气盛的两人，在一段短暂的相互挖掘和试探的过程之后理所当然的走到了一起，他们之间的爱火燃烧得是这样的猛烈，让他们几乎都失去了理智和自我。然而，随着时间的推移，分歧开始渐渐露出端倪，索拉尔欣赏阿丽亚娜的智慧和思想，但阿丽亚娜似乎仅仅沉溺于同索拉尔的鱼水之欢中无法自拔。在内心的冲突和外界的压力之下，一对璧人逐渐走上了悲剧的道路。

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.