Artemisia 1997  R, 98 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Agnes Merlet
Cast: Valentina Cervi, Michel Serrault, Miki Manojlovic, Luca Zingaretti, Emmanuelle Devos, Frederic Pierrot, Jacques Nolot, Dominique Reymond, Maurice Garrel, Brigitte Catillon
Artemisia Gentileschi (Valentina Cervi) (1593-1652) was the daughter of the painter Orazio Gentileschi (Michel Serrault), and she became a Baroque artist in her own right. This biography deals with Artemisia's early years as an apprentice and the rape trial that resulted from her affair with her teacher, Angostino Tassi (Miki Manojlovic).
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Jesus 1999  TV, 173 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Jeremy Sisto, Jacqueline Bisset, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Debra Messing, Gary Oldman, David O'Hara, Jeroen Krabbe, G.W. Bailey, Luca Zingaretti, Luca Barbareschi
Jeremy Sisto takes on the role of Jesus in this modern interpretation of the Bible, which, as it turns out, is rather uninspired.
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Perlasca: An Italian Hero 2002 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Alberto Negrin
Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Jerome Anger, Amanda Sandrelli, Franco Castellano, Marco Bonini, Lorenzo Lavia, Elena Arvigo, Christiane Filangieri, Gyorgy Cserhalmi, Jean-Francois Garreaud
Based on real events surrounding Giorgio Perlasca's (Luca Zingaretti) efforts to save Jews from certain deaths in Hitler's camps, this film includes the bribes, lies, and Perlasca's impersonation of the Spanish consul–all means of surviving the Nazi occupation of Hungary.
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| 1. Artemisia (1997)
2. Jesus (1999)
3. Perlasca: An Italian Hero (2002)
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