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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L'Avventura 1960   N/R, 145 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Romance
aka: The Adventure
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Cast: Gabriele Ferzetti, Monica Vitti, Lea Massari, Dominique Blanchar, Renzo Ricci, Dorothy DePoliolo, Lelio Luttazzi, Giovanni Petrucci, Esmeralda Ruspoli, James Addams, Jack O'Connell, Franco Cimino, Prof. Cucco, Giovanni Danesi, Angela Tommasi Di Lampedusa
While on a yachting holiday to an island off the coast of Sicily, socialite Anna (Lea Massari) has an argument with her lover Sandro (Gabriele Ferzetti) and disappears. Her best friend Claudia (Monica Vitti) and Sandro join forces and search the island for Anna but find no sign of her. Meanwhile, Claudia and Sandro become attracted to each other, and Claudia becomes Sandro's new lover. The cinematography is what makes this film as good as it is. 1 User Review
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| | One of the best of all time. | Dolores 03/27/2007 | | I can't believe this is only rated 3 stars and "An Almost Perfect Affair" is rated 2. L'Avventura is one of the great films of all time. It is slow-paced, it is contemplative, it is also stunningly beautiful and hypnotic, so stick with it. Monica Vitti turns in a performance of aching vulnerability and sensitivity. The cinematography is some of the best of all time. This film will haunt you in all the best ways. It is extremely honest, mysterious, and ambiguously hopeful. Please give it a chance. |
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Murmur of the Heart 1971  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Louis Malle
Cast: Lea Massari, Benoit Ferreux, Daniel Gelin, Michael Lonsdale, Ave Ninchi, Gila von Weitershausen, Fabien Ferreux, Marc Winocourt, Micheline Bona, Henri Poirier
The incestuous affair involving a precocious 15 year old (Benoit Ferreux) and his mother (Lea Massari) is treated sensibly and with humor in this good coming-of-age film.
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| 1. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
aka: Eboli
2. L'Avventura (1960)
aka: The Adventure
3. Murmur of the Heart (1971)
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