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 Star Maker 1995  R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Giuseppe Tornatore
Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Tiziana Lodato, Franco Scaldati, Leopoldo Trieste, Clelia Rondinella, Tano Cimarosa, Nicola Di Pinto, Costantino Carrozza, Jane(2) Alexander, Tony Sperandeo
The ravages of World War II are still apparent in Sicily in the early 1950s as con man Joe Morelli (Sergio Castellitto) goes from one poor village to another pretending to be a cinama scout. For a fee, he will give a screen test to the people, and they flock to his tent, pouring out their life stories and dreams in hopes escaping their current situations. Then a poor, but beautiful, woman (Tiziana Lodate) arrives and wants Joe to take her with him. Nominated for the Best Foreign Film Academy Award.
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| 1. Kaos (1984)
aka: Chaos
2. The Star Maker (1995)
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