Lina Wertmüller — Director (27)
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A Night Full of Rain (1978)
La fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: 吉安卡罗·吉安尼尼 / 坎迪斯·伯根 …
other title: In einer Regennacht / La fin du monde dans notre lit conjugal …
When romantic journalist Paolo rescues American photographer Lizzy from a scuffle in an Italian village, his efforts at romance lead nowhere. But when they meet again in San Francisco, Paolo succeeds in wooing her. Can their love overcome the differences between the traditional Italian Communist and the modern, liberated American woman that threaten to tear the two apart?
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Too Much Romance... It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (2006)
Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: 索菲亚·罗兰 / F·默里·亚伯拉罕 …
other title: Demasiado amor / Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia
After a long marriage, Maria and Jeffrey are now in crisis. Trying to keep the family together, she tries to convince their children to attend the birthday of the old grandmother Assunta, owner of the beautiful house in which they live. But their children are going through a rough patch. Francesco is a writer who is ashamed of having achieved fame with a book of literary shoddy, why his wife has lost respect. Marco is a doctor and is happy with his family, but his wife is determined to throw it all away for that to become an actress. Meanwhile, Miriam, a young emancipated, discovers she is pregnant, but does not know which of her lovers is the father.
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Damn Poverty! (2009)
Mannaggia alla miseria! WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Gabriella Pession / Sergio Assisi …
other title: Mannaggia alla miseria! / Mannaggia alla miseria
Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Peace prize winner, is known in the whole world as the banker of the poor, because he pioneered and tested a funding system in Bangladesh: by lending little sums of money to the less well-off with no interest, and returning it by installments gained with their work, people are able to get free from extreme misery. Thus, what can happen if three boys, just graduated, who live in Naples, try to import this funding system that subverts every economic rule?
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A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Street Bandit (1983)
Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Ugo Tognazzi / Renzo Montagnani …
other title: Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada / A Joke of Destiny
When the Minister of the Interior accidentally becomes locked inside his computerized, armoured limo following a mechanical failure, it triggers a series of headline-making events, especially as he happens to be in front of his political opponent's home. The event becomes a scandal involving many, including the rival, his feminist daughter, his wife, and her one-time terrorist lover hiding in the basement.
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Let's Talk About Men (1965)
Questa volta parliamo di uomini WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Nino Manfredi / 卢仙娜·帕鲁兹 …
other title: Questa volta parliamo di uomini / Hablemos de hombres …
Multiple stories intersect in this satirical look at misogyny, male promiscuity and oppressive behaviour: a wealthy man discovers his wife suffers from kleptomania and decides to help her indulge her vice; a retired circus performer returns to knife-throwing with his once-lovely assistant, even though his vision has deteriorated; and a lecherous college professor attempts to sleep with his attractive female students.
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The Belle Starr Story (1968)
Il mio corpo per un poker WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 / Piero Cristofani actor: Elsa Martinelli / George Eastman …
other title: Mein Körper für ein Pokerspiel / Belle Starr …
Dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-shoots and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the West. One man who's her equal is Larry Blackie, with whom she has an on-again, off-again relationship. Together, they become involved in a robbery which goes awry...
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All Screwed Up (1974)
Tutto a posto e niente in ordine WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Luigi Diberti / Nino Bignamini …
other title: Chacun à son poste et rien ne va / Todo en su sitio y nada en orden …
Southern Italian workers relocate to Milan and adjust to life in the city, where they reside in a house together. Among the group are country boys Gigi and Carletto, who are overwhelmed by urban living. While some find work at a hectic restaurant, others are employed at a grim slaughterhouse. However, when some of the migrant workers are unable to make ends meet, they resort to theft, worsening their situations.
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The Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirlwind of Sex and Politics (1996)
Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: Tullio Solenghi / Veronica Pivetti …
other title: Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e di politica / The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics …
During the 1994 general elections, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism, fearing that his party is about to lose, journeys to a northern village to instigate. He isn't there long before he encounters a beautiful hairdresser, with whom their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-hide passion for her. Although she too is intrigued with him, their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.
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Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1986)
Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti WikiData IMDb TMDB
莉娜·韦特穆勒 actor: 安赫拉·莫利纳 / 哈维·凯特尔 …
other title: 붉은 무대 / Camorra …
After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is saved from being raped by a Camorra boss as the gangster is suddenly killed. The killer escapes before Annunziata is able to see who it was. Following this murder are several others, and always with the same “signature” — a syringe in one of the testicles of the victims. As the gangsters continue to be killed off, the identity of the killer – or killers – slowly becomes obvious.
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Ferdinando and Carolina (1999)
Ferdinando e Carolina WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
里娜·韦特缪勒 actor: 赛尔乔·阿西西 / 贾布瑞拉·派申 …
other title: 费迪南多与卡罗莱纳 / Ferdinando e Carolina …
On his death bed in the 1820s, King Ferdinando I of Naples tries to escape the ghosts of his bloody kingship by remembering his younger days, when he was allowed to go hunting and have fun, and inventing love games. Then he was obliged to marry Mary Caroline of Austria, daughter of Empress Mary Theresa, in a political marriage: unexpectedly, they became happy lovers, until court power games divided them, and a different historical season arrived.
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Don't Sting the Mosquito (1967)
Non stuzzicate la zanzara WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
LINA WERTMULLER actor: RITA PAVONE / GIULIETTA MASINA …
other title: 别逗蚊子 / Non stuzzicate la zanzara …
Rita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to her. She wants to take part in a singing contest but her father who is dead against it has her kidnapped. He finally gives in when his wife threatens to sing in the contest herself.
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The Nymph (1996)
Ninfa plebea WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
里娜·韦特缪勒 actor: 斯特法尼娅·桑德雷利 / 雷欧·波瓦 …
other title: 平民天使 / Ninfa plebea …
On the outskirts of Naples during the Second World War, naïve 15 year-old Miluzza, subjected to repeated abuse by the men around her, is unable to escape the confines of her small village. After her mother's unfortunate death, she meets a wounded soldier and helps him return to his family's farm. He falls in love and wants to marry her but his mother insists on his betrothal to a virgin.
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To Save Nine (1989)
Il decimo clandestino WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
里娜·韦特缪勒 actor: 皮埃拉·迪格利·埃斯波斯蒂 / 多米妮克·桑达 …
other title: 舐犊情深 / Il decimo clandestino …
Originally titled simply Decimo Clandestino, this Lina Wertmuller "miniature" began life as an Italian TV drama. Piera Degli Esposti plays the widowed, impoverished mother of a huge farm family. The woman moves her nine children to Bologna, where their living conditions are deplorable. To avoid a hike in rent, she tells her landlady (Dominique Sanda) that she is living alone. Also known as To Save Nine (a curiously brief English-language title for a Wertmuller film!), IL Decimo Clandestino was expanded from 60 to 90 minutes for its theatrical release.
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Swept Away (1974)
Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
★ 7.8 9 ratings
里娜·韦特缪勒 actor: 吉安卡罗·吉安尼尼 / 玛丽安杰拉·梅拉托 …
other title: 踩过界 / Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto …
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. The sailor, Gennarino, who is a communist, does not like this woman but has to bear with her bad mood. One day she wakes up late in the afternoon and asks to be taken to land where everyone had gone earlier. Gennarino sets up a boat but during the trip, the boat breaks down. They spend the night in the middle of the sea.