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In 1900, a Parisian courtesan flees to Rome to protect her reputation when her daughter’s learning disability could become exposed. There she meets Maria Montessori, who is pioneering a teaching method that may help the child.

La nouvelle femme.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 40 min
Size: 	3.93 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1920x1036 
Aspect ratio:  	1.85:1
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	5 120 kb/s
BPP: 	0.107
Audio
#1:  	French 5.1ch AAC LC @ 512 kb/s (Original (Fre, Ita))

https://nitro.download/view/9268F4FC633ACDE/La_nouvelle_femme.mkv

Language(s):French, Italian
Subtitles:French, English here

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Voice from cineuropa wrote:
Ferzan Ozpetek deploys a star cast in his dazzling film set in a dressmaker’s for film and theatre, where the fates of its female employees interweave while fulfilling an important order

As often happens with the Turkish-Italian director, there’s also an autobiographical impetus behind this his 15th film. On this occasion, Ozpetek goes back to the early ‘80s when he worked as an assistant director and frequented film and theatre dressmakers, meeting the greatest costume designers, director and actors of the period, against a backdrop of mannequins, sewing machines and fabric scraps. That said, the film opens in the present-day: gathered around the usual, sumptuously decked table is a group of women whose faces we progressively recognise. They’re famous actresses who have all starred in the director’s previous films: Luisa Ranieri, Jasmine Trinca, Nicole Grimaudo, Paola Minaccioni, Elena Sofia Ricci, Lunetta Savino, Aurora Giovinazzo, Milena Vukotic, Carla Signoris, Anna Ferzetti and Loredana Cannata, in addition to new entries Vanessa Scalera, Geppi Cucciari, Milena Mancini, Sara Bosi and Mara Venier. They’ve been called together by Ozpetek himself, who’s appearing in one of his films for the very first time, developing his next work alongside them.

So it is, therefore, that between a plate of pasta, a read-through, and a little playful banter (“so, what are you planning to do with this vaginadrome?”), we’re catapulted back to 1974, inside the walls of a splendid dressmaker’s directed by two diametrically opposed sisters, one of them determined and slightly despotic, the other more fragile and tormented, played by Luisa Ranieri and Jasmine Trinca (the former now on her fourth Ozpetek films, the latter rewarded with a David di Donatello trophy for her role in The Goddess of Fortune [+]). An important order comes in for a huge film set in the eighteenth century: the costume designer (Vanessa Scalera) is an Oscar winner and the director (Stefano Accorsi, also on his fourth Ozpetek film) is incredibly demanding. The dressmakers get to work; they don’t have much time, but plenty to contend with, including a rivalry between two prima donnas who should be prevented from crossing paths when trying on their costumes, at all costs. And each of them has their own problems at home too, whether a violent husband, a tricky son or eternally insufficient funds… But these women are like diamonds: they’re not easily broken.

Diamanti lasts 135 minutes, and the time flies by. The cast is well-matched, the actresses are all brilliant and well-centred, and even the smallest roles add value. Then, there are the dazzling outfits: the film’s costumes come courtesy of Stefano Ciammitti (of Io capitano [+] and the Netflix series The Law According to Lidia Poët), to whom the upcoming David di Donatello trophy will undoubtedly fly. There’s a little bit of everything in the film: humour and drama, sisterhood and competition, grave losses, loves that might have been, secret relationships, and singing and dancing to tunes by Patty Pravo and the unmistakeable Mina… In short, the full breadth of Ozpetek’s universe in its most sensational form, dedicated to three diamonds of Italian film: Mariangela Melato, Virna Lisi and Monica Vitti.

Diamanti.2024.1080p.NOWTV.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-BLOOM.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	2 h 9 min
Size: 	3.12 GiB
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Codec: 	h264
Resolution: 	1920x1080 
Aspect ratio:  	16:9
Frame rate: 	25.000 fps
Bit rate: 	3 052 kb/s
BPP: 	0.059
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#1:  	Italian 5.1ch E-AC-3 @ 192 kb/s
#2:  	English 5.1ch E-AC-3 @ 192 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/63306E88D362DFD/Diamanti.2024.1080p.NOWTV.WEB-DL.DDP5.1.H.264-BLOOM.mkv

Language(s):Italian English
Subtitles:Italian

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In Ancona, Giovanni is a therapist, whose 17-year-old son Andrea is accused of stealing a rare ammonite fossil from his school. Andrea is suspended and protests his innocence, but later confesses to his mother Paola he and his friend stole it as a prank, and intended to return it before it broke. Giovanni and Andrea make plans to go jogging together, but Giovanni is called to the distant home of a patient who is severely distressed about a possible cancer diagnosis. Instead, Andrea goes scuba diving with a friend and swims into an underwater cave, where he accidentally drowns. Giovanni, Paola and their daughter Irene are left to mourn. Giovanni investigates the diving equipment model and becomes suspicious that Andrea’s was defective, but Paola reminds him the verdict was that it was functioning properly. Giovanni, once a distant observer of his patients’ struggles, begins having difficulty analyzing them, particularly the one he went to see on the day Andrea died, against whom he shows signs of impatience and hostility.

One day, Paola receives a love letter sent to Andrea by a girl named Arianna, whom he had met at a camp. The family does not know Arianna, and never knew Andrea had a girlfriend. They realize she does not know Andrea has died and attempt to contact her, eventually inviting her to their home. Giovanni stops by a music store to buy an album, ostensibly for a friend of Andrea, but more for Andrea. A clerk gives him a Brian Eno album. Arianna arrives on her way to a destination, and sees Andrea’s bedroom. She shows Giovanni photographs Andrea sent her of himself in his room, some of which are very amusing. The family welcomes Arianna and offers to host her in their home, but she informs them she is hitchhiking with her friend Stefano to spend vacation in France. The family offers Arianna and Stefano a short ride, but it lingers to a point where they drive into the night and reach Menton, in the border between Italy and France. Bidding Arianna and Stefano goodbye, the family watch their bus leave Italy and wander in the beach as a new life awaits them.

La stanza del figlio AKA The Son's Room (2001).720p.BDRip.Italy_KG.mkv

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Container:  	Matroska
Runtime: 	1 h 39 min
Size: 	4.72 GiB
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Codec: 	x264
Resolution: 	1196x720 
Aspect ratio:  	5:3
Frame rate: 	24.000 fps
Bit rate: 	6 000 kb/s
BPP: 	0.290
Audio
#1:  	Italian 2.0ch 24bit FLAC @ 747 kb/s (The Original Audio of the Movie)

https://nitro.download/view/C252BB938C9D1A2/La_stanza_del_figlio_AKA_The_Son’s_Room_(2001).720p.BDRip.Italy_KG.mkv

Language(s):Italian, Latin
Subtitles:English (SRT Muxed as Optional), English, French, German (SUP Muxed as Optional)

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The South of France. Internationally famous pianist Aurore collapses one night during a performance, over-exhausted from too many concerts. Tired of music, she believes she no longer has anything to offer her public. Then she meets Jean, an electrician who installs residential security systems. Despite their differences, they immediately fall in love and plan a new life together. Jean intends to leave his long-time partner, Dolorès, but she will stop at nothing to keep him.

1.86GB | 1h 35m | 722×542 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/41BFA02BA3A4EF1/Une.Autre.Vie.avi https://nitro.download/view/A4877311D110C8A/Une.Autre.Vie.srt

Language:French
Subtitles:English

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