Accattone 1961  N/R, 120 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti, Franca Pasut, Silvana Corsini, Paola Guidi, Adriana Asti, Renato Capogna, Roberto Scaringella, Mario Cipriani, Luciano Conti, Luciano Gonini
Pasolini's first feature film is a study of peasants living in the back alleys of Rome. Accattone (Franco Citti) hates work but makes a comfortable living as a pimp and small-time thief. After his partner (Silvana Corsini) is jailed for prostitution, Accattone starts a downward spiral until he meets and falls in love with virtuous Stella (Franca Pasut). He fails in his search for honest work and eventually sinks back into his former life.
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 The Best of Youth 2003  R, 358 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Marco Tullio Giordana
Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Alessio Boni, Adriana Asti, Sonia Bergamasco, Fabrizio Gifuni, Maya Sansa, Valentina Carnelutti, Jasmine Trinca, Andrea Tidona, Lidia Vitale
In this made-for-TV Italian miniseries, brothers–Nicola (Luigi Lo Cascio) and Matteo (Alessio Boni)–represent Italy's political and social changes from the mid-1960s to 2000 as they take part in shifting events of history.
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A Brief Vacation 1973 PG, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, Jose Maria Prada, Adriana Asti, Teresa Gimpera, Anna Carena, Miranda Campa, Hugo Blanco, Angela Cardile
Clara (Florinda Bolkan) has her hands full trying to support her family–children, disabled husband, obnoxious brother-in-law, and senile mother–on the meager wages of a factory worker. Things take a turn for the better when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and enters a sanatorium where her spirits and body are improved. Sadly, it's only a brief vacation before she must return to her former life.
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The Inheritance 1976  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mauro Bolognini
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Fabio Testi, Dominique Sanda, Gigi Proietti, Adriana Asti, Paolo Bonacelli, Rossana Di Lorenzo, Harold Bradley, Silvia Cerio, Maria Russo, Rossella Rusconi, Simone Santo, Carlo Palmucci
Gregorio (Anthony Quinn) is a domineering, wealthy man who knows that he hasn't many years left. He sells his bakery and decides not to leave any money to two of his grown children since they had not pleased him. Instead, all will go to third son, Pippo (Luigi Proietti), who has stayed with Gregorio's bakery over the years. The lecherous Gregorio is also having an affair with Pippo's wife.
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Rocco and His Brothers 1960 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale, Spiros Focas, Max Cartier, Alessandra Panaro, Corrado Pani, Claudia Mori, Adriana Asti
Hoping for a better life, widow Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) moves with her son Rocco (Alain Delon ) and his three brothers to Milano where the family joins a fifth son, Vincenzo (Spiros Focas). When a feud erupts between two of the brothers, each meets a tragic end.
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| 1. Accattone (1961)
2. The Best of Youth (2003)
3. A Brief Vacation (1973)
4. The Inheritance (1976)
5. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
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