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Where Is Freedom? (1954) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Dov'è la libertà...?
director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: Totò / Vera Molnar
other title: Wo ist die Freiheit? / Où est la liberté ?
A barber, murderer because of jealousy, spends twenty years in jail. He cannot, however adjust himself to a changed world and to the hypocrisy of his own relatives and decides to return behind bars.
Clothing the Naked (1954) [Movie] Douban IMDb
Vestire gli ignudi
director: 马塞洛·巴格利埃罗 actor: 皮埃尔·布拉瑟 / 埃莱奥若拉·罗西·德拉哥
other title: Vestire gli ignudi
Ersilia Drei, after a suicide attempt recounts her vicissitudes: hired as governess to the daughter of Consul Grotti she is wooed by Franco but soon after seduced by the very consul who drives her away after his daughter loses her life due to Ersilia's distraction. Because of economic difficulties she falls lower and lower until she meets Ludovico with whom she can perhaps hope for sincere love again. The consul's return, however, will lead her toward a tragic ending.
What a Woman! (1956) [Movie] IMDb Douban
La fortuna di essere donna
director: Alessandro Blasetti actor: Sophia Loren / Marcello Mastroianni
other title: 女人万岁 / La fortuna di essere donna
A photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.
The Protagonists (1968) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
I protagonisti
director: Marcello Fondato actor: Sylva Koscina / Jean Sorel
other title: Os Protagonistas / Bandit zu besichtigen
An enterprising reporter takes along four willing adventurers to interview and photograph a young Sardinian criminal in hiding. Under intermittent gunfire, they make their way to the mountain hideout of the bandit. After a leisurely conversation and photo session, the encampment comes under fire from a group of armed citizens acting as police. Bullets fly and violence overtakes the criminal's two henchman, as the thrill-seeking group and the wanted criminal find themselves under attack.
Time to Kill (1989) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Tempo di uccidere
director: 吉奥里亚诺·蒙塔尔多 actor: 尼古拉斯·凯奇 / Ricky Tognazzi
other title: 全面攻击 / Tempo di uccidere
1936, Italian army is invading Ethiopia. Lieutenant Silvestri suffering toothache decides to reach the nearest camp hospital. But the lorry has an accident and stop near a rock, so Silvestri continues by walk. On his way he meets and rapes a wonderful young Ethiopian. He also wound her when he shot to a wild animal, and later kills her to avoid further pain. When he finally reaches the hospital, he realizes he gets probably leprosy. Trying to escape from Ethiopia Silvestri will kill again. But surprises aren't still over.
It Happened in the Park (USA) (1953) [Movie] Douban
Villa Borghese
director: 维托里奥·德西卡 / 吉安尼·弗兰西奥里尼 actor: 爱德华多·德·菲利波 / 维托里奥·德西卡
other title: 公园日记 / Villa Borghese
(Includes spoilers) VILLA BORGHESE is a film consisting of six vignettes (cut to five in its U.S. release) that are all set in the Roman park that bears that name. All the episodes take place within one day. The first episode, taking place early in the day, is called "Servant Girls and Soldiers" and is a trifle about a couple of guys trying to put the makes on a couple of young girls. The second piece is called "The Greek Letter Pi" and is a poignant little anecdote about a schoolgirl (Anna Maria Ferrrero) who is urged by her classmates to approach their Greek professor (François Perrier), so that they can photograph them kissing and perhaps blackmail the prof for a passing grade. It turns out the professor has a sad story to tell the girl…that he is going blind. The tearful girl cannot go though with the plan. The third episode is the funniest and probably the best in the film. It's called "Incident at Villa Borghese" and features tour-guide Vittorio De Sica as an incorrigible over-cologned woman-chaser who comes between Giovanna Ralli and her furiously jealous boyfriend Maurizio Arena. The dramatics that ensue among the three…and others…is absolutely hilarious. In one delicious moment, De Sica sits in the car with the boy on one side of him, screaming at the girl, and the girl's breasts on the other side, pressed against De Sica's face as he barely conceals his lust. In "The Marriage Arranger" Eduardo De Filippo is the father of a girl he is trying to marry off. The discussions between the relatives center on rather selfish interest…money, dowry. Then the increasingly ill-at-ease girl is revealed to have a handicap, involving her foot, and the young suitor comes to the emotionally distraught girl's side and, through simple humanity and kindness, saves the day in a way the crude relatives were not capable of doing. Of all the relationships we witness in the film, this is the only one that seems to have a future. "The Lovers" is a bittersweet episode about a man breaking up his affair with a married woman…as the woman's small children play in the park with their nurse and call out to their adulterous mommy. It is nicely acted by two great stars of the French cinema, Micheline Presle and Gérard Philippe. The final racy episode, "Beauty Contest," is a Felliniesque dissertation about two rival Roman street–prostitutes, who as they are about to be rounded up by the police, wind up at a Miss Cinema beauty contest taking place in the park. The younger of the women (Eloisa Cianni) eludes the police by going off with an older man in his car. The other and older one (Franca Valeri) is not so lucky and the episode and the film end as she is driven off in a police vehicle. It is late at night.
The movie was released in the United States in 1957, inexplicably, in a French-language version, which didn't match the content, despite the presence of some French performers. It was retitled IT HAPPENED IN THE PARK. Furthermore, the first decent-enough episode was shorn, also inexplicably, because the film was already a short one. The direction by Gianni Franciolini is subtle and finely-tuned throughout, and the ensemble of actors in the production makes, of itself, a worthwhile experience of the movie, which should not remain as forgotten as it is.
Liza (1972) [Movie] Douban
Liza
director: 马可·费雷里 actor: 凯瑟琳·德纳芙 / 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼
other title: 丽莎 / 母狗
在影片《母狗》中费雷里描绘了一个女人如何接近一位连环画画家。画家生活在一个孤岛上,正在画无产阶级的第一个英雄斯巴达克思的连环画。这个女人由于能在这个男人面前扮演一个俯首贴耳的角色而得到满足。她给自己套上了一个狗项圈,跪在他面前,舔他的手。费雷里不是以此来美化大男子主义,而更多的是为了谴责资本主义社会男女之间的病态关系;但这里也应责备费雷里的两重性、他的玩世不恭和过多的滑稽效果。也许那个生活在孤岛上无所作为的画家正是费雷里自己的写照,因为费雷里不满他的生活和工作:“我试图在这个制度里拍摄影片,而且是拍摄我想拍的影片。我本应该是幸福的;但我并不幸福,因为我相信我的影片是没有用的。我从来不抱幻想,我知道只有少数人看我的影片,而且即使看了,又会起什么作用?这些影片只会使人不安。但这是不够的,而且也没有什么意思。"
Love in Rome (1960) [Movie] Douban
Un amore a Roma
director: 迪诺·里西 actor: 米琳娜·德蒙若 / 爱尔莎·玛蒂妮利
other title: 罗马焚情 / Un amore a Roma
A young impoverished aristocrat and struggling writer falls for the charms of an aspiring starlet, whose amoral nature and hungry curiosity drives her from one adventure to another.
The 10th Victim (1965) [Movie] Eggplant.place Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
La decima vittima
director: 埃里奥·贝多利 actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 / 乌苏拉·安德丝
other title: 제10의 도망자 / La decima vittima
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.
The Final Inquiry (2006) [Movie] Douban
L'inchiesta
director: 朱利叶斯·贝斯 actor: 达尼埃莱·利奥蒂 / 杜夫·龙格尔
other title: 凯撒密令 / L'inchiesta
耶稣被钉死在十字架上三年后,有传言说他将死而复生,并领导群众推翻罗马统治者。为了安稳民心,罗马政府派出一位名叫塔罗斯的官员去寻找耶稣的遗体以反驳传言。结果塔罗斯在调查中频频受阻,不仅有人故意不想让他知道真相,他自己也陷入了关于信仰的矛盾之中……
Boccaccio '70 (1962) [Movie] Douban IMDb TMDB WikiData
Boccaccio '70
8.1 (30 ratings) director: 维托里奥·德西卡 / 费德里科·费里尼 actor: 玛丽莎·苏尼纳斯 / Germano Gilioli
other title: 三艳嬉春 / 博迦丘70年
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
Not on Your Life (1963) [Movie] WikiData IMDb Douban TMDB
El Verdugo
7.8 (38 ratings) director: 路易斯·加西亚·贝尔兰加 actor: 尼诺·曼弗雷迪 / 埃玛·佩内利亚
other title: 刽子手 / El Verdugo
An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.