Afirma Pereira 1996  N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Pereira Declares
According to Pereira
Director: Roberto Faenza
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Daniel Auteuil, Stefano Dionisi, Nicoletta Braschi, Marthe Keller, Joaquim de Almeida, Teresa Madruga, Nicolau Breyner, Filipe Ferrer, Joao Grosso
Elderly Joe Pereira (Marcello Mastroianni) is a dying man, burying his head in the sand, ignoring Spain's civil war and the Fascist power structure in Portugal–no easy task for the editor of the cultural section of a Lisbon daily newspaper. But when a young Italian subversive, Monteiro Rossi (Stefano Dionisi), comes on board, he forces Pereira to reckon with the political world.
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The Children of the Century 1999  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Diane Kurys
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Benoit Magimel, Stefano Dionisi, Robin Renucci, Karin Viard, Isabelle Carre, Patrick Chesnais, Arnaud Giovaninetti, Denis Podalydes, Olivier Foubert, Michel Robin, Ludivine Sagnier
This film reveals moments from the torrid love affair of early 19th-century French novelist George Sand (Juliette Binoche) and gifted poet Alfred de Musset (Benoit Magimel) in which they came close to destroying each other.
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Claudine's Return 1998  R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Kiss of Fire
Director: Antonio Tibaldi
Cast: Christina Applegate, Stefano Dionisi, Matt Clark, Tony Torn, Gabriel Mann, Perry Anzilotti, Torrie Gold, Ric Reitz, Maia Lien, Tom Nowicki
Bi-sexual Claudine (Christina Applegate) works as a laundress at a motel on Dolphin Island off the coast of Georgia; she also has a night job as a stripteaser. Along comes Italian Stefano (Stefano Dionisi) who takes a job as handyman at the motel, and a relationship with Claudine begins. But, he must deal with her major mood swings, as well as the baby that is now due.
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Gloomy Sunday 1999 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Rolf Schubel
Cast: Joachim Krol, Erika Marozsan, Stefano Dionisi, Ben Becker, Rolf Becker, Andras Balint, Geza Boros, Ilse Zielstorff, Julia Zsolnai, Sebastian Koch, Urike Grote, Ferenc Bacs
Set in Budapest during the 1930s, piano player Andras (Ben Becker) works for restaurant owner Laszlo (Joachim Krol) and becomes part of a romantic triangle involving Laszlo and the restaurant's hostess, Ilona (Erika Marozsan). Andras plays the haunting song, "Gloomy Sunday," and the legend begins that people who hear the tune kill themselves. Behind the legend is the fact that the suicides are taking place in a world where the Nazi death machine is rolling across Hungary.
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Joseph 1995 TV, 185 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Roger Young
Cast: Paul Mercurio, Ben Kingsley, Martin Landau, Lesley Ann Warren, Alice Krige, Dominique Sanda, Warren Clarke, Monica Bellucci, Stefano Dionisi, Valeria Cavalli, Kelly Miller, Michael Angelis
This TV miniseries provides a good retelling the Biblical story of Joseph (Paul Mercurio). Joseph's brothers, jealous of his being the favorite son and his ability to interpret dreams, sell Joseph into slavery to the Egyption Pharaoh. Joseph eventually rises to a powerful position in the government and, eventually, is reunited with his family.
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Femi Ogumbanjo, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Bernard Hill, Johanna Torrel, Rossy de Palma
This Mike Figgis film delves into the character of Nic–based on his sexual episodes from age five through adulthood. Some parts of Figgis' allegory work well, but most fail.
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Sleepless 2001  R, 117 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Max von Sydow, Stefano Dionisi, Chiara Caselli, Gabriele Lavia, Rossella Falk, Paolo Maria Scalondro, Roberto Zibetti, Roberto Accornero, Barbara Lerici, Barbara Mautino
A series of murders in 1983 had not been solved by Detective Ulisse (Max von Sydow). Now, 17 years later, the killing starts again, and it appears to be the same person, a dwarf, who is responsible. Ulisse comes out of retirement to hunt down the killer. Dario Argento deviates somewhat from his bloody horror flicks for this one, though there is still some blood to deal with. He even got a name star–Max von Sydow– to play the lead.
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| 1. Afirma Pereira (1996)
aka: Pereira Declares
aka: According to Pereira
2. The Children of the Century (1999)
3. Claudine's Return (1998)
aka: Kiss of Fire
4. Farinelli (1994)
5. Gloomy Sunday (1999)
6. Joseph (1995)
7. The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
8. Sleepless (2001)
9. The Truce (1996)
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