Fat Girl 2001   N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Catherine Breillat
Cast: Anais Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinee Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg, Claude Sese, Marc Samuel, Frederick Bodin
While vacationing with their parents at a French beach resort, beautiful 15-year-old Elena (Roxane Mesquida) and her awkward, 12-year-old sister Anais (Anais Reboux) meet handsome law student Fernando (Libero De Rienzo). A romance blooms between Elena and Fernando during which Elena surrenders her virginity. All the while, Anais trails after the couple–an outcast but, perhaps, the only one who fully grasps the situation.
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My House in Umbria 2003  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Maggie Smith, Ronnie Barker, Chris Cooper, Benno Furmann, Giancarlo Giannini, Timothy Spall, Libero De Rienzo, Emmy Clarke, Cecilia Dazzi, Anna Longhi
Based on a short novel by William Trevor, this made-for-HBO film tells the story of survivors of a bomb blast in a train compartment. After the explosion, the survivors are requested to remain in the country until the investigation is complete. One of the survivors, Mrs. Emily Delahunty (Maggie Smith), a British romantic novelist now living in Italy, invites the others–a British General (Ronnie Barker), a young German man (Benno Furmann), and a girl, Aimee (Emmy Clarke)–to her home. Aimee is traumitized and will not speak, but she comes around as Emily works with her. As the others get to know each other, Aimee's uncle, Tom (Chris Cooper), her only living relative, arrives and shows a willingness to take the girl, though he is not excited about it. Maggie Smith won an Emmy for her performance.
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2. My House in Umbria (2003)
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