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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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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Roseanna's Grave 1997 PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: For Roseanna
Director: Paul Weiland
Cast: Jean Reno, Mercedes Ruehl, Polly Walker, Mark Frankel, Giuseppe Cederna, Renato Scarpa, Luigi Diberti, Trevor Peacock, Fay Ripley, George Rossi
Roseanna is dying and wants to be buried next to her daughter. BUT, there are only three plots left in the local cemetery, so her husband campaigns to keep fellow townsfolk alive. Meanwhile, Roseanna makes plans for her family's futures.
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| 1. Enrico IV (1984)
aka: Henry IV
2. Mediterraneo (1991)
3. Roseanna's Grave (1997)
aka: For Roseanna
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