The Belly of an Architect 1987  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Greenaway
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Chloe Webb, Lambert Wilson, Sergio Fantoni, Vanni Corbellini, Alfredo Varelli, Stefania Casini, Geoffrey Copleston, Francesco Carnelutti, Marino Mase, Marne Maitland, Claudio Spadaro, Rate Furland, Enrica Maria Scrivano, Julian Jenkins
American architect Stourley Kracklite (Brian Dennehy) travels to Italy with his young, pregnant wife, Louisa (Chloe Webb), where they plan to spend months while Stourley oversees an art and architecture exhibit. But, Stourley begins suffering stomach pains, doesn't have much time for Louisa, and Louisa turns to the waiting arms of suave Caspasian Speckler (Lambert Wilson).
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Enrico IV 1984 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Henry IV
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli, Gianfelice Imparato, Claudio Spadaro, Giuseppe Cederna, Giacomo Bertozzi, Fabrizio Macciantelli, Luciano Bartoli
This adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's popular play stars Marcello Mastroianni as Enrico IV, a wealthy man who, after falling from a horse many years earlier, believes he is 11th-century Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. He has a grand time playing the role in his castle, but family and friends gather to bring him back to reality. As they play his games, they begin to wonder whether or not he might really be the Emperor.
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 Tea with Mussolini 1999 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, Lily Tomlin, Baird Wallace, Charlie Lucas, Massimo Ghini, Paolo Seganti, Claudio Spadaro
Based on Franco Ziffirelli's autobiography, this is the story of his childhood adoption by a band of ex-patriot women (Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith, and Lily Tomlin) who were living in Italy on the eve of World War II.
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| 1. The Belly of an Architect (1987)
2. Enrico IV (1984)
aka: Henry IV
3. Tea with Mussolini (1999)
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