 A Fistful of Dollars 1964  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action / Western
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Jose Calvo, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Sieghardt Rupp, Antonio Prieto, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martin, Benito Stefanelli, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell, Harry Dean Stanton
A drifter gunman "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) comes into a Mexican border town of San Miguel, which is in the midst of turmoil set off by two families who are fighting. "Joe" makes friends with bar owner Silvanito (Jose Calvo) and ends up earning cash for killing off the feuding family members. As he plays one family against the other, "Joe" stays awhile and leaves a more peaceful town. The film spawned two sequels: "For a Few Dollars More" and "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly."
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Kaos 1984 R, 187 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Chaos
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli, Omero Antonutti, Franco Franchi, Biagio Barone, Regina Bianchi, Ciccio Ingrassia, Enrica Maria Modugno, Massimo Bonetti, Salvatore Rossi, Franco Scaldati, Pasquale Spadola
This five-part series presents stories by Luigi Pirandello representing poverty stricken Sicilians. In "The Other Side," a peasant woman (Margarita Lozano) tries to contact her sons in America. "Moonstruck" involves a newlywed (Enrica Maria Modugno) who finds that the personality of her husband (Claudio Bigagli) changes during full moons. Franco Franchi and Ciccio Ingrassia are featured in "The Jar"–a story about a craftsman (Ingrassia) who gets trapped inside a jar that he is repairing. In Requiem," villagers oppose a feudal landlord, the Baron (Pasquale Spadola). The epilogue, "Conversing with Mother," involves a son (Omero Anonutti) who talks to the spirit of his deceased mother (Regina Bianchi).
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Manon of the Spring 1986  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Claude Berri
Cast: Yves Montand, Daniel Auteuil, Emmanuelle Beart, Hippolyte Girardot, Elisabeth Depardieu, Gabriel Bacquier, Margarita Lozano, Yvonne Gamy, Ticky Holgado, Jean Bouchaud
Manon (Emmanuelle Beart) seeks revenge against Cesar (Yves Montand) and his nephew, Ugolin (Daniel Auteuil), for the death of her father in this excellent follow-up to "Jean de Florette."
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The Night of the Shooting Stars 1982 R, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Omero Antonutti, Micol Guidelli, Miriam Guidelli, Claudio Bigagli, Margarita Lozano, Massimo Bonetti, Norma Martelli, Enrica Maria Modugno, Sabina Vannucchi, Giorgio Naddi, Renata Zamengo, Massimo Sarchielli
In 1944, the Germans retreated from the Italian town of San Marino. Galvano (Omero Antonutti) leads a group of townspeople to the safety of darkness outside the town where they wait while the German soldiers retreat, and the American soldiers march in.
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Night Sun 1990  N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Julian Sands, Nastassja Kinski, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti, Margarita Lozano, Patricia Millardet, Pamela Villoresi, Rudiger Vogler, Sonia Gessner, Tony Sperandeo, Matilde Piana, Teresa Brescianini
Based on a story by Leo Tolstoy, nobleman Sergio (Julian Sands) is to be wed (in an arranged marriage) to Cristina (Nastassja Kinski). When he finds out that she was the king's mistress, he becomes a monk–distancing himself from the outside world. But life will not be simple for Sergio as women desire him, and his reputation as a miracle-worker spreads.
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Porcile 1969  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Pigpen
Pigsty
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Pierre Clementi, Jean-Pierre Leaud, Alberto Lionello, Ugo Tognazzi, Anne Wiazemsky, Margarita Lozano, Marco Ferreri, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Two obscure narratives are told in this film. One involves the son of a post-World War II German industrialist who gets fed up with human relationships and protests by becoming involved with pigs. The other, set several centuries ago, follows a young cannibal as he searches for food in his volcanic surroundings.
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Viridiana 1961  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luis Bunuel
Cast: Silvia Pinal, Fernando Rey, Francisco Rabal, Margarita Lozano, Victoria Zinny, Teresa Rabal, Jose Calvo, Jose Manuel Martin, Luis Heredia, Joaquin Roa, Lola Gaos, Maria Isbert, Teresa Rabal
Viridiana (Silvia Pinal) makes a last visit to her wealthy uncle, Don Jaime (Fernando Rey), before taking her vows to become a nun in the Catholic Church. When Don Jaime realizes that Viridiana closely resembles his wife who had died years ago on their wedding night, he drugs Viridiana and tries to rape her. Later, Don Jaime confesses but then hangs himself. Viridiana inherits his estate and invites homeless beggars to the estate for food and comfort. Her plans go awry when the beggars stage an orgy, which proves to be a pivotal point in Viridiana's life, and she finds that she must make choices.
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| 1. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
2. Jean de Florette (1986)
3. Kaos (1984)
aka: Chaos
4. Manon of the Spring (1986)
5. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
6. Night Sun (1990)
7. Porcile (1969)
aka: Pigpen
aka: Pigsty
8. Viridiana (1961)
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