Francesca Archibugi — Playwright (21)
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The Belt (1989)
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Giuliana Gamba actor: James Russo / Eleonora Brigliadori …
other title: Gepeinigt / La cintura
Vittorio, an American novelist teaching in Rome, meets the beautiful but damaged Bianca and they rapidly fall into an urgent, tempestuous affair. He's hesitant over their relationship since she seems to thrive on conflict and is constantly baiting him into physical altercation. Bianca gives Vittorio an exquisite leather belt as a gift; he knows immediately that she wants him to whip her with it. Driven by his craving for her, Vittorio complies to Bianca's desire. Their relationship escalates into a dark realm of S&M which becomes more and more self-destructive.
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With Closed Eyes (1994)
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弗朗西斯卡·阿奇布吉 actor: 斯特法尼娅·桑德雷莉 / 马可·梅塞里 …
other title: Les Yeux fermés / Con los ojos cerrados …
In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landowner, falls in love with Ghisola, a peasant girl with no family. His father has her sent away. Years later, the two meet again: still in love with her, Pietro would like to marry her, but she has become the mistress of a married man.
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Shooting the Moon (1998)
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弗朗西斯卡·阿奇布吉 actor: 瓦莱丽亚·戈利诺 / 赛尔乔·鲁比尼 …
other title: L'Albero delle pere / 梨树 …
14-year-old Siddharta, wise beyond his age, has to deal every day with his heroin-addict mother Silvia and an absent father. One day, his four-year-old sister Domitilla accidentally pricks her finger on one of Silvia's used needles without her noticing. Seeking advice on the Internet, Siddharta is told to have her tested for hepatitis and AIDS. Thus he embarks on a odyssey of medical bureaucracy and both kind and uncaring adults.
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Towards Evening (1990)
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弗朗西斯卡·阿奇布吉 actor: 马切洛·马斯楚安尼 / 桑德琳·邦奈尔 …
other title: 黄昏に瞳やさしく / Am Ende des Tages …
Italy, 1977. Professor Bruschi is a retired widower who lives according to a strict routine he set for himself. An ardent old-style communist, he has always been at odds with the unconventional lifestyle led by his son and his hippieish girlfriend Stella. When their four-year-old daughter is left in his care out of the blue after the two break up, the old professor becomes a sort of father figure to the girl, growing fond of her. However he's once again challenged when Stella also arrives for a stay in his elegant villa, reclaiming custody of her daughter.
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Mignon Has Left (1988)
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弗朗西斯卡·阿奇布吉 actor: 斯特法尼娅·桑德雷莉 / Jean-Pierre Duriez …
other title: Die französische Cousine / Mignon est partie …
With her father on trial, 15-year-old Mignon leaves Paris to stay with her Italian relatives. The rather prim, snooty teen at first struggles to fit in with the more earthy Forbicioni family, each with their own problems. Eventually she bonds with her lovestruck little cousin Giorgio—who'll learn important life lessons over the course of his summer with Mignon.
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Ten Minutes (2024)
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玛丽亚·索雷·托尼亚齐 actor: Barbara Ronchi / Margherita Buy …
other title: 十分钟 / Dieci minuti …
Ten minutes a day can change the course of your day. Ten minutes doing something completely new can change the course of a life. This is what Bianca will discover in the midst of an existential crisis. New meetings, the discovery of special bonds and listening to those who have always loved us. Sometimes it doesn't take much to start over and this film teaches us this, through a warm and passionate story of rebirth.
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Dry (2022)
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保罗·维尔齐 actor: 莫妮卡·贝鲁奇 / 萨拉·萨里约科 …
other title: 干旱罗马 / Siccità
In Rome it hasn’t rained for three years and the lack of water is overturning rules and habits. Through the city dying of thirst and prohibitions moves a chorus of people, young and old, marginalised and successful, victims and profiteers. Their lives are linked in a single design, while each seeks his or her deliverance.
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The Hummingbird (2022)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 皮耶尔弗兰切斯科·法维诺 / 南尼·莫莱蒂 …
other title: 蜂鸟 / Il colibrì …
Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Tragedy and fate seem to haunt him, yet he somehow manages never to get ensnared in the chaos—like his namesake, “the hummingbird”, he focuses all his energy at standing still.
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Couch Potatoes (2017)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 克劳迪奥·比西奥 / Gaddo Bacchini
other title: 躺着的人们 / gli sdraiati …
Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.
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A Matter of Heart (2009)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 安东尼奥·阿尔巴内斯 / 吉姆·罗斯·斯图尔特 …
other title: 运气 / Una Questione di cuore …
Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.
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An Italian Name (2015)
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弗兰切斯卡·阿尔基布吉 actor: 亚历山德罗·加斯曼 / 米卡埃拉·拉马佐蒂 …
other title: 为儿取名 / Il nome del figlio …
Paolo is an outgoing and handsome real estate broker married to Simona, a beautiful woman from the rough outskirts of Rome who has become an author of spicy bestsellers and is pregnant with their child. Betta, Paolo’s sister and her husband Sandro organise a dinner party with Paolo, Simona and their childhood friend, the eccentric musician Claudio. During the lively gathering Paolo reveals what he would like to name his son, causing reactions to steam up and a torrent of revelations to follow reaching climactic proportions.
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Magical Nights (2018)
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★ 6.7 6 ratings
保罗·维尔齐 actor: Mauro Lamantia / Giovanni Toscano …
other title: 魔力之夜 / Notti magiche …
Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly taken to the police–start to tell their version of the story.