Mediterraneo 1991  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti, Ugo Conti, Memo Dini, Vasco Mirandola, Vanna Barba, Irene Grazioli
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, this is a good (but confusing) anti-war film about relationships between Italian soldiers and residents of a Greek isle during World War II.
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My Mother's Smile 2002  N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Jacqueline Lustig, Chiara Conti, Piera Degli Esposti, Alberto Mondini, Maurizio Donadoni, Toni Bertorelli, Gianni Schicchi, Gigio Alberti, Bruno Cariello
Noted artist Ernesto (Sergio Castellitto) learns that the Vatican is considering canonizing his mother, and his family is looking forward to the fame this will bring. Her sainthood rests on whether or not she forgave Ernesto's brother before he killed her, and Ernesto is asked to participate in a hearing. But Ernesto is an atheist who does not want to compromise his convictions and is now forced to confront his hatred for his mother.
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Nirvana 1997  R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Sci-Fi
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Stefania Rocca, Sergio Rubini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Amanda Sandrelli, Claudio Bisio, Gigio Alberti, Antonio Catania, Ugo Conti, Silvio Orlando, Leonardo Gajo
Jimi's (Christopher Lambert) latest virtual reality computer game becomes infected with a virus that causes the game's hero, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), to have human consciousness. Solo pleads to be destroyed, but the master copy has been provided to his bosses for distribution. Furthermore, the company has many safeguards to protect their products. Jimi, with help from hackers, must play his own reality game to get to his program and destroy Solo.
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| 1. Mediterraneo (1991)
2. My Mother's Smile (2002)
3. Nirvana (1997)
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