Fiorile 1993  PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Romance
Director: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Cast: Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan, Lino Capolicchio, Constanze Engelbrecht, Athina Cenci, Giovanni Guidelli, Norma Martelli, Pier Paolo Capponi, Laurent Schilling, Chiara Caselli, Renato Carpentieri, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, Paul Muller, Dominique Proust
In the late 18th century, Elisabetta Benedetti (Galatea Ranzi) puts a curse on the Benedetti family after her lover Jean (Michael Vartan) is executed for a crime committed by her brother Corrado (Claudio Bigagli). Over the next two centuries, the family has gained and lost wealth and is hated by their neighbors. Now, Luigi (Lino Capolicchio), his wife Juliette (Constanze Engelbrecht), and their children visit Luigi's father Massimo (also played by Vartan) who has frittered away the family fortune. Massimo relates the story of the family's misfortunes to the children, and he just may hold the key to removing the curse, or will he pass it on to them?
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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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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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| 1. Fiorile (1993)
2. Kaos (1984)
aka: Chaos
3. The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982)
4. Night Sun (1990)
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