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The striking landscapes of rural Sardinia provide the backdrop to this lyrical look at the hardscrabble lives of the region’s shepherds in winter.Read More »
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Vittorio De Seta – Pastori di Orgosolo AKA Orgosolo’s Shepherds (1958)
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Luigi Filippo D’Amico – Il Presidente del Borgorosso Football Club AKA The President of the Borgorosso Football Club (1970)
1961-1970ClassicsComedyItalyLuigi Filippo D'Amico
Hilarious comedy on the world of football fans !
16 March 2002 | by skulli99 – IMDB reviewAlbero Sordi is known in Italy, not only for his many comical and dramatic film roles but also for playing parts which reflected the new realities of Italian society.In 1970 the football sports industry was nothing new , but a comedy/comical film about it definitely was.
Albero Sordi plays the part of Benito Fornaciari, a pale, religiously devout Catholic Upper Middle class Italian, who inherits from a long lost uncle a minor league football club , of all things !! He decides to visit the club so as to sell it.But the local population has other ideas ,through an almost armed uprising they “force” him not to sell the club, but rather, lead it to other glories on the football field.Read More »
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Vittorio De Seta – I dimenticati AKA The Forgotten (1959)
1951-1960DocumentaryItalyShort FilmVittorio De Seta
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Vittorio De Seta travels to a remote province in southern Italy to capture a unique celebration known as the “Feast of Silver.”Read More » -
Vittorio De Seta – Pescherecci AKA Fishing Boats (1958)
1951-1960DocumentaryItalyShort FilmVittorio De Seta
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Vittorio De Seta – Contadini del mare AKA Sea Countrymen (1955)
1951-1960DocumentaryItalyShort FilmVittorio De Seta
The rhythms of the sea set the tempo for this vivid account of a day in the lives of Sicilian fishermen.Read More »
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Vittorio De Seta – Parabola d’oro AKA Golden Parable (1955)
1951-1960DocumentaryItalyShort FilmVittorio De Seta
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Filming amid the flaxen wheat fields of Sicily, Vittorio De Seta documents the everyday rituals of farmers during harvest time.Read More » -
Vittorio De Seta – Pasqua in Sicilia AKA Easter in Sicily (1955)
1951-1960DocumentaryItalyShort FilmVittorio De Seta
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Giuliano Montaldo – Sacco e Vanzetti AKA Sacco & Vanzetti (1971)
1971-1980DramaGiuliano MontaldoItalyPolitics
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In 1920, the anarchist Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco (Riccardo Cucciolla) and Bartolomeo Vanzetti (Gian Maria Volonté) are sentenced to death, falsely accused of a robbery and murder. Indeed they are condemned due to their political beliefs, in one of the most shameful and hypocrite judgments of the human history.Read More » -
Leonardo Bercovici – Storia di una donna (1970)
1961-1970DramaItalyLeonardo BercoviciRomance
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Karin studies music in Rome and falls in love with Bruno. She learns that he is married and therefore returns to Sweden. She meets David. They marry and have a daughter. David is sent to Rome. Karin meets Bruno again.Read More »