Basileus Quartet 1982  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fabio Carpi
Cast: Pierre Malet, Omero Antonutti, Hector Alterio, Michel Vitold, Francois Simon, Alain Cuny, Gabriele Ferzetti, Veronique Genest, Lisa Kreuzer, Mimsy Farmer
When the leader of a string quartet dies, the three aging members who remain must replace their cohort with a young man–a move that has a great impact on the psyches of the aging musicians.
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Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979  PG, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Eboli
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Paolo Bonacelli, Irene Papas, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Francois Simon, Luigi Infantino, Francesco Callari, Antonio Allocca, Enzo Vitale
Set in mid-1930s' fascist Italy, this film is based on real-life anti-fascist author/painter Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte). Carlo is exiled to a remote region of Southern Italy, which was populated by peasants. The simple life–and wisdom–of the peasants had an impact on him and his thinking as he began to have a new appreciation of them and their way of life.
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| 1. Basileus Quartet (1982)
2. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
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