Tullio Pinelli — Playwright (38)

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Let's Hope It's a Girl (1986)
Speriamo che sia femmina Douban
other title: 让我们祈祷这是个女孩 / Speriamo che sia femmina
Elena lives on a Tuscan farm, separated from her ineffectual husband Leonardo, who is more concerned with his mistress Lolli than his wife or two daughters, Franca and Malvina. This collection of female figures inhabiting a world virtually without men is completed by Elena's sister Claudia and Elena's housekeeper Fosca. The only male in the house is a senile old uncle who spends most of his time knitting. This unusual stable female environment is suddenly shaken by several crises.

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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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★ 8.2 31 ratings
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.

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Variety Lights (1950)
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★ 6.9 53 ratings
other title: 卖艺春秋 / Luci del varietà …
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

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The White Sheik (1952)
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★ 7.0 69 ratings
费德里科·费里尼 actor: 阿尔贝托·索尔迪 / 布鲁内拉·博沃 …
other title: 白酋长 / Lo sceicco bianco …
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.

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8½ (1963)
8½
★ 8.7 549 ratings
other title: 8과 1/2 / 8 1/2 …
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

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The Road (1954)
La strada
★ 8.8 488 ratings
other title: 大路 / La strada …
When Gelsomina, a naïve young woman, is purchased from her impoverished mother by brutish circus strongman Zampanò to be his wife and partner, she loyally endures her husband's coldness and abuse as they travel the Italian countryside performing together. Soon Zampanò must deal with his jealousy and conflicted feelings about Gelsomina when she finds a kindred spirit in Il Matto, the carefree circus fool, and contemplates leaving Zampanò.