Big Deal 1958  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Vittorio Gassman, Renato Salvatori, Memmo Carotenuto, Rosanna Rory, Carla Gravina, Claudia Cardinale, Marcello Mastroianni, Carlo Pisacane, Tiberio Murgia, Gina Rovere, Renato Terra
This film makes use of the neorealistic style and provides good satire of the "bank heist" genre. Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, the plot involves amateur crooks who try to rob a pawnshop. A 1987 sequel, "Big Deal After 20 Years," picks up the story 20 years later.
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A Brief Vacation 1973  PG, 106 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Renato Salvatori, Daniel Quenaud, Jose Maria Prada, Adriana Asti, Teresa Gimpera, Anna Carena, Miranda Campa, Hugo Blanco, Angela Cardile
Clara (Florinda Bolkan) has her hands full trying to support her family–children, disabled husband, obnoxious brother-in-law, and senile mother–on the meager wages of a factory worker. Things take a turn for the better when she is diagnosed with tuberculosis and enters a sanatorium where her spirits and body are improved. Sadly, it's only a brief vacation before she must return to her former life.
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Flic Story 1975  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
aka: Cop Story
Director: Jacques Deray
Cast: Alain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Renato Salvatori, Claudine Auger, Maurice Barrier, Maurice Biraud, Andre Pousse, Mario David, Paul Crauchet, Marco Perrin, William Sabatier, Adolfo Lastretti
Paris detective Roger Borniche (Alain Delon) has been on the trail of Emile Buisson (Jean-Louis Trintignant) for the three years since he escaped from prison in 1947. Borniche captures Buisson, handcuffs him, and takes him to prison where he confesses to committing more than 100 robberies and killing 30 people. Based on a true story.
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The Light at the Edge of the World 1971  PG, 120 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Kevin Billington
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Yul Brynner, Samantha Eggar, Fernando Rey, Jean-Claude Druout, Renato Salvatori, Massimo Ranieri, Tito Garcia
Cape Horn lighthouse keeper Will Denton (Kirk Douglas) fights for his survival when the pirate, Jonathan Kongre (Yul Brynner), tries to snare him on his own island. Both want shipwrecked Eggar.
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Luna 1979   R, 142 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Cast: Jill Clayburgh, Matthew Barry, Veronica Lazar, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Tomas Milian, Fred Gwynne, Roberto Benigni, Peter Eyre
This soap opera relates the misfortunes of opera star widow Caterina Silveri (Jill Clayburgh) who must face her son Joe's (Matthew Barry) drug addiction and goes to extremes in the process. 1 User Review
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| | froggy 01/29/2008 | | Saw this movie only once. I've looked for years to find the name of this movie. No one I know has ever seen the movie. I've always liked Jill, but I did find this movie to be a bit bizarre. I cant say the movie is boring or dull or that it had any redeeming factors. It was like watching a train wreck , you couldn't look away. |
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Queimada! 1969 PG, 112 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Burn!
Director: Gillo Pontecorvo
Cast: Marlon Brando, Renato Salvatori, Norman Hill, Evaristo Marquez, Thomas Lyons, Valeria Ferran Wanani, Dana Ghia, Giampiero Albertini, Carlo Palmucci, Joseph P. Persaud, Alvaro Medrano, Alejandro Obregon
For political reasons, Sir William Walker (Marlon Brando) encourages a slave revolt on a Portuguese Caribbean island, and problems ensue.
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Rocco and His Brothers 1960 N/R, 175 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Luchino Visconti
Cast: Alain Delon, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Katina Paxinou, Roger Hanin, Paolo Stoppa, Suzy Delair, Claudia Cardinale, Spiros Focas, Max Cartier, Alessandra Panaro, Corrado Pani, Claudia Mori, Adriana Asti
Hoping for a better life, widow Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) moves with her son Rocco (Alain Delon ) and his three brothers to Milano where the family joins a fifth son, Vincenzo (Spiros Focas). When a feud erupts between two of the brothers, each meets a tragic end.
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Two Women 1960 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Vittorio De Sica
Cast: Sophia Loren, Eleonora Brown, Raf Vallone, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Renato Salvatori, Pupella Maggio, Carlo Ninchi, Andrea Checchi, Emma Baron, Bruna Cealti, Antonella Della Porta, Franco Balducci, Luciano Pigozzi
While traveling by train and on foot, widow Cisira (Sophia Loren) tries to protect her 12-year-old daughter Rosetta as they make a daring escape from Rome during World War II. But after they are raped in a church by Allied Moroccan soldiers, Rosetta is traumatized, Cisira suffers a breakdown, and their lives are changed forever. Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in this film.
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 Z 1969 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Francois Perier, Pierre Dux, Bernard Fresson, Renato Salvatori, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gorges Geret, Julien Guiomar, Magali Noel, Clotilde Joano, Habib Reda
On his way to giving a speech opposing the use of the atomic bomb, Greek pacifist Z (Yves Montand) is attacked by right-wing political extremists. The police have done little to protect Z, and, later, when Z is killed after being clubbed on the head, the police also had not protected him. The Examining Magistrate (Jean-Luis Trintignant) is appointed to look into the matter and finds that there was, indeed, a cover-up involving the police. The film is based on the 1963 killing of Gregorios Lambrakis and employs flashbacks as a tool for intrigue. "Z" won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture and Editing and was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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| 1. Big Deal (1958)
aka: Big Deal on Madonna Street
2. A Brief Vacation (1973)
3. Flic Story (1975)
aka: Cop Story
4. The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
5. Luna (1979)
6. Queimada! (1969)
aka: Burn!
7. Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
8. Two Women (1960)
9. Z (1969)
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