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1) The Boom
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Italiano
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Giovanni lives far beyond his means to provide for his wife's bodily needs. In return, she fully satisfies his sexual desires. Nearly insolvent and terribly worried at the idea of losing his wife, he thinks of committing suicide when an ad gives him hope again : a rich man offers anyone able to give him one of his eyes a big amount of money...
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Hailed around the world as one of the greatest movies ever made, the **Academy Award–winning** BICYCLE THIEVES, directed by Vittorio De Sica, defined an era in cinema. In poverty-stricken postwar Rome, a man is on his first day of a new job that offers hope of salvation for his desperate family when his bicycle, which he needs for work, is stolen. With his young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief. Simple in construction and profoundly...
3) Don't Be Bad
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Italiano
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Vittorio and Cesare are “brothers for life.” A life of excess: nights at the disco, powerful cars, alcohol, and drugs. Searching for a new life, Vittorio meets Linda, and in order to save himself, distances himself from Cesare, who is spiraling out of control. But their bond is too strong, and when they meet again Vittorio tries to help his friend find work and live a normal life, with hope of a brighter future together. A favorite at the 2015...
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Italiano
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The issue of assisted suicide made national headlines in Italy when the decision was made to end the life of Eluana Englaro, after she spent seventeen years in a vegetative state. DORMANT BEAUTY shows how assisted suicide affects the lives of four characters struggling with their own beliefs. A senator, forced to vote for a law with which he profoundly disagrees, is torn between his conscience and his loyalty towards the leaders of his party. His...
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Italiano
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A senator, forced to vote for a law with which he profoundly disagrees, is torn between his conscience and his loyalty towards the leaders of his party. His daughter, a right-to- life activist, falls in love with an advocate for assisted suicide. A famous actress turns towards faith and miracle cures in the hope of bringing her daughter out of an irreversible coma. And the beautiful Rossa is saved by the young doctor Pallido and reawakens to life....
8) Redemptio
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Italiano
Description
Presents seven authentic interviews with inmates held in the Catlagirone prison, in Sicily. All the interviews are genuine, as the prisoners tell the story of their lives in prison: what they dream, what they hope, what they need. Different stories from different men, convicted for various crimes, from robbery to murder. Different men, but with a common fear. What is awaiting them outside once they are finally released?
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Italiano
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A young woman who has contracted a mysterious and contagious disease is forced by her village to take a trip, accompanied by only her father, to a hermit healer who is said to be her only hope of salvation. A long journey awaits the pair across a wildland, fighting against time, and they find out against their will that the girl's illness is not the only threat hanging over them.
10) Futura
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Italiano
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Following in the footsteps of a long line of documentarians, a collective of three Italian filmmakers known for their politically acute cinema Pietro Marcello (Martin Eden), Francesco Munzi (Black Souls), and Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro) set out to interview a cross-section of their nation's youth about their hopes, dreams, and fears for the future. With today's political divisions, socioeconomic unease, overreliance on technology, and global...
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Italiano
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Journey across Africa to hear the stories of tragedy, turmoil, controversy, and hope. It is well-known that Africa is going through a very difficult transition, but who really understands the depths of wars, hunger and diseases that make up its everyday catastrophes? A look to see if the problems are close to being resolved, or just the beginning of a spiraling pandemic of a worldwide crises.
12) Il posto
Series
Criterion collection volume 194
Language
Italiano
Description
"When young Domenico ventures from the small village of Meda to Milan in search of employment, he finds himself on the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder in a huge, faceless company. The prospects are daunting, but Domenico finds reason for hope in the fetching Antonietta. A tender coming-of-age story and a sharp observation of dehumanizing corporate enterprise, Ermanno Olmi's Il Posto is a touching and hilarious tale of one young man's stumbling...
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