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A Joke of Destiny Lying in Wait Around the Corner... 1983 half star

    PG, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Lina Wertmuller
Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Piera Degli Esposti, Gastone Moschin, Roberto Herlitzka, Renzo Montagnani, Enzo Jannacci, Valeria Golino, Massimo Wertmuller, Pina Cei

  [Full title: "A Joke of Destiny Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit"] The problems encountered by the Italian Minister of Interior (Gastone Moschin) when he is accidentally locked in his computerized limousine could almost be compared to those of a national crisis.

La Matriarca 1968 2 stars

    X, 90 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
aka: The Libertine

Director: Pasquale F Campanile
Cast: Catherine Spaak, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Luigi Pistilli, Renzo Montagnani, Nora Ricci, Fabienne Dali, Luigi Proietti, Edda Ferronao, Paolo Stoppa, Vittorio Caprioli

  After her husband's death, Mimi (Catherine Spaak) finds a hidden room where he had carried out sexual fantasies with other women. Since the room is well-equipped with sex tools, Mimi decides to pick up where he had left off.

Massacre in Rome 1973 2 and a half stars

    PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: George P. Cosmatos
Cast: Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern, John Steiner, Robert Harris, Anthony Steel, Peter Vaughan, Renzo Montagnani, Delia Boccardo, Renzo Palmer, Giancarlo Prete, Duilio Del Prete

  Based on a true incident of World War II, when 33 members of the S.S. brigade were assaulted and killed in Nazi-occupied Rome, Nazi Lt. Col. Kappler (Richard Burton) orders the execution of 333 Roman citizens. A local priest, Father Pietro Antonelli (Marcello Mastroianni), chooses death over acting as a liaison between the Romans and Germans and fights to save them.

Travels with Anita 1979 2 stars

    N/R, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy / Drama
aka: Lovers and Liars

Director: Mario Monicelli
Cast: Goldie Hawn, Giancarlo Giannini, Claudine Auger, Aurore Clement, Laura Betti, Andrea Ferreol, Lorraine De Selle, Renzo Montagnani, Lorraine De Selle, Renzo Montagnani, Marne Maitland, Carlo Monni, Geoffrey Copleston

  While vacationing in Rome, American actress Anita (Goldie Hawn) falls in love with a banker, Guido Massacesi (Giancarlo Giannini). Guido is on his way to Tuscany to visit his ailing father and invites Anita to join him. Unaware that Guido is married, Anita agrees to go off on the trip. Guido's father dies before Guido and Anita reach Tuscany, and during the funeral, family members gather to honor their deceased patriarch and end up in the midst of petty arguments.

Movie Quick Pick

1. A Joke of Destiny Lying in Wait Around the Corner... (1983)
2. La Matriarca (1968)
aka: The Libertine
3. Massacre in Rome (1973)
4. Travels with Anita (1979)
aka: Lovers and Liars

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