Isa Danieli

  • Carlo Di Palma – Teresa la ladra AKA Teresa the Thief (1973)

    1971-1980Carlo Di PalmaComedyDramaItaly

    Teresa Numa in Nardecchia, motherless daughter of a heartless Lazio peasant, becomes a war widow and single mother constantly looking for new jobs–and often forced to steal in order to live.Read More »

  • Lina Wertmüller – Io speriamo che me la cavo AKA Ciao, Professore! (1992)

    Lina Wertmüller1991-2000ComedyItaly

    Marco Sperelli is a teacher, he is divorced and he is sent to work in Corzano, a town near Naples. The first day of work he finds in the school only the school-caretaker and few girls and boys in the class-room. He goes out looking for them and he discovers then a wretched life led by the boys and the girls of Corzano. A life in which only power and violence are worth respecting. Sperelli tries to teach something different but he gets their respect only by slapping Raffaele, on the way to became a camorrist. His presence and his work, however, disturb too many persons and he will be transferred.Read More »

  • Lina Wertmüller – Un complicato intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti AKA Camorra (A Story of Streets, Women and Crime) (1985)

    1981-1990CrimeDramaItalyLina Wertmüller

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    The vicious drug-related killings of young pre-teen boys are the fuel that moves this mystery-actioner into high gear.
    After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow), she is saved from being raped by a Camorra boss because the gangster gets suddenly killed. The killer escapes before Annunziata is able to see who it was. Following this murder are several others, and always with the same “signature” — a syringe in one of the testicles of the victims. Everyone suspects a drug war is on because the slain men are cocaine-heroin pushers. In a subplot, Annunziata’s young son is forced to run drugs (underage children cannot be prosecuted), making him the next candidate for murder. As the drug dealers continue to be killed off, the identity of the killer – or killers – slowly becomes obvious.Read More »

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