Kaos 1984  R, 187 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Chaos
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Omero Antonutti, Franco Franchi, Biagio Barone, Regina Bianchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Enrica Maria Modugno, Massimo Bonetti, Salvatore Rossi, Franco Scaldati, Pasquale Spadola
This five-part series presents stories by Luigi Pirandello representing poverty stricken Sicilians. In "The Other Side," a peasant woman (Margarita Lozano) tries to contact her sons in America. "Moonstruck" involves a newlywed (Enrica Maria Modugno) who finds that the personality of her husband (Claudio Bigagli) changes during full moons. Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia are featured in "The Jar"–a story about a craftsman (Ingrassia) who gets trapped inside a jar that he is repairing. In Requiem," villagers oppose a feudal landlord, the Baron (Pasquale Spadola). The epilogue, "Conversing with Mother," involves a son (Omero Anonutti) who talks to the spirit of his deceased mother (Regina Bianchi).
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The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Omero Antonutti, Micol Guidelli, Miriam Guidelli, Claudio Bigagli, Margarita Lozano, Massimo Bonetti, Norma Martelli, Enrica Maria Modugno, Sabina Vannucchi, Giorgio Naddi, Renata Zamengo, Massimo Sarchielli
In 1944, the Germans retreated from the Italian town of San Marino. Galvano (Omero Antonutti) leads a group of townspeople to the safety of darkness outside the town where they wait while the German soldiers retreat, and the American soldiers march in.
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| 1. Kaos (1984)
aka: Chaos
2. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
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