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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The Holy Year 1976  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
Director: Jean Girault
Cast: Jean Gabin, Danielle Darrieux, Jean-Claude Brialy, Henri Virlojeux, Renato Romano, Maurice Teynac, Luciano Bartoli, Paolo Guisti, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Umberto Raho
This comedy revolves around escaped thief Max Lambert (Jean Gabin) who plots to recover the money he hid years before. Dressed as a priest, he takes a plane to Rome. The plane is hijacked, and now Max must act to get to the money.
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Oedipus Rex 1967 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Franco Citti, Silvana Mangano, Alida Valli, Carmelo Bene, Julian Beck, Luciano Bartoli, Francesco Leonetti, Ahmed Bellashmi, Giandomenico Davoli, Ninetto Davoli
This version of Sophocles' classic Greek story of a man fated to kill his father and marry his mother is fraught with Freudian messages. Unfortunately, the result is too much psychology and not enough Greek mythology.
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| 1. Enrico IV (1984)
aka: Henry IV
2. The Holy Year (1976)
aka: Pilgrimage to Rome
3. Oedipus Rex (1967)
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