Riccardo III (1981)
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Five young men linger in a postadolescent limbo, dreaming of adventure and escape from their small seacoast town. They while away their time spending the lira doled out by their indulgent families on drink, women, and nights at the local pool hall. Federico Felliniâs second solo directorial effort (originally released in the U.S. as The Young and the Passionate) is a semiautobiographical masterpiece of sharply drawn character sketches: Skirt chaser Fausto, forced to marry a girl he has impregnated; Alberto, the perpetual child; Leopoldo, a writer thirsting for fame; and Moraldo, the only member of the group troubled by a moral conscience. An international success and recipient of an Academy Award® nomination for Best Original Screenplay, I vitelloni compassionately details a year in the life of a group of small-town layabouts struggling to find meaning in their lives.
Rome, 1989. Luca Molinari meets Claudia in a party, both of them are stressed about the upcoming final exams. Luca falls in love with the girl and now spends his time looking for her. He is assisted by his inseparable friends: Alice, Richard, Simon and Maximilian in his journey to find the girl he has fallen in love with.
Based on Paolo Villaggio's books "Fantozzi" and "Il secondo, tragico Fantozzi", which are popular in Italy, this film tells the story of an unfortunate accountant's life over the course of one year, shown in a variety of sketches, segments and provocative sequences making Fantozzi a very unlucky person indeed.
The frustrating adventures of a humble employee who all the time has to fullfill the wishes and desires of his bosses.
Bumbling crooks Butch and Toby pose as priests in order to elude being arrested by the authorities in Africa. Butch and Toby deliver a statue of the Virgin Mary from Africa to Amsterdam. Unbenownst to the clueless duo, they're really smuggling diamonds. A group of equally inept mobsters give chase.
Questa e' la storia di una lite, anzi della lite. Quella lite, simile a tante altre che gia' erano state, ma che allontano' per sempre due fratelli, e le loro famiglie. Due fratelli che avevano sempre vissuto da fratelli, condividendo gioie e dolori, superando insieme le difficolta' della vita e dei loro caratteri, con amore. Lo stesso affetto che avevano trasferito ai loro figli, i due cugini, (Ficarra e Picone), cresciuti per tanti anni come fratelli. Cosi' diversi tra loro: prepotente e carnefice il primo (Ficarra), remissivo e vittima il secondo (Picone). Poi, d'improvviso, quella lite li allontano', rendendoli non più fratelli, se non nei loro ricordi di quel meraviglioso periodo della vita, che e' l'adolescenza. Oggi, al momento della nostra storia, i nostri eroi sono due trentenni che conducono due vite profondamente diverse.
Mamma Alba ha due figli maschi: Giorgio, il grande, professionista sul lavoro e con le donne, con una moglie a Roma e almeno un'amante a Milano, e Leonardino, il secondogenito, quello sensibile, depresso, che per una donna ha persino tentato il suicidio. L'arrivo di Sara rivoluziona la vita di Leonardo, portando in essa l'insperata felicità , ma anche quella di Giorgio, poiché Sara è una delle donne a cui lui ha mentito spudoratamente, fingendo persino l'esistenza di un figlio.
"Leave out any hope of salvation, now you're getting in, to never leave again" (Hell - Canto III) It's been years since Beatrice died. Dante, now lonely, has lost control of his life and nothing on Earth is able to help him. Is a holy soul from Paradise, her timeless love and endless care that gives Dante's life a twist. Beatrice, bending the rules of the Underworld, offers her old friend the opportunity to understand the value of life. Dante, guided by the knowledgeable soul Virgilio, will have cross Hell and Purgatory and face several challenges to have the chance of being enlightened by the vision of the Empyrean. His journey is physical and emotional. By meeting many wondering souls Dante will have cope with inner resistances and overcome them evolving and growing to move on with his life.
The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty. He seeks the Pope's blessing, and he endures persecution at the hands of the family of Chiara Offreduccio (1194-1253), who becomes St. Clare. Many join the order he has established and then rebel at his expectations. In near despair - and ill - he writes a Rule to take to the Pope; then, the Lord sends him a message. He dies smiling.
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The life of Jesus Christ according to the Gospel of Matthew. Pasolini shows Christ as a marxist avant-la-lettre and therefore uses half of the text of Matthew.
A man wants to commit suicide due the coldheartness and egoism of his fiancee. After he "plays" a few times russian roulette without the intentioned effect.., he calls his wife and tells her he wants to kill himself, she visits him without knowing what awaits her.
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