Basileus Quartet 1982  N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Fabio Carpi
Cast: Pierre Malet, Omero Antonutti, Hector Alterio, Michel Vitold, Francois Simon, Alain Cuny, Gabriele Ferzetti, Veronique Genest, Lisa Kreuzer, Mimsy Farmer
When the leader of a string quartet dies, the three aging members who remain must replace their cohort with a young man–a move that has a great impact on the psyches of the aging musicians.
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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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Miracle at St. Anna 2008   R, 160 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Thriller
Director: Spike Lee
Cast: Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alfonso, Omar Benson Miller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Valentina Cervi, Matteo Sciabordi, John Turturro, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, D.B. Sweeney, Omero Antonutti, Robert John Burke, Omari Hardwick
In the 1980s, postal worker Hector Negron (Laz Alfonso) unexpectedly shoots a customer, and now Daily News reporter Tim Boyle (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) searches for the story behind the shooting. Through flashbacks, the story is told about four World War II soldiers–Cpl. Negron, Sgt. Stamps (Derek Luke), Sgt. Cummings (Michael Ealy), and Pfc. Train (Omar Benson Miller)–from the all-Black "Buffalo Soldier" Division who are trapped behind enemy lines. Their fellow soldiers have been killed, and they are the sole survivors, but they find relative safety in an Italian village and relate to some of the residents. As the flashbacks progress, they reveal how Negron's shooting relates to an encounter in that village 40 years ago.
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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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The Sunday Woman 1976  R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Mystery
Director: Luigi Comencini
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Aldo Reggiani, Pino Caruso, Claudio Gora, Omero Antonutti, Lina Volonghi, Franco Nebbia, Maria Teresa Albani
Set in Turin, Italy, this murder mystery focuses on the police commissioner Santamaria (Marcello Mastroianni) who trails an architect's killer. The path leads to the idle rich–among whom is the beautiful Anna Carla Dosio (Jaqueline Bisset).
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| 1. Basileus Quartet (1982)
2. Kaos (1984)
aka: Chaos
3. Miracle at St. Anna (2008)
4. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
5. The Sunday Woman (1976)
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