Sylvie

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In the third episode, an earl reads the announcement of a widow looking for a husband and hosts her at the castle to marry her, only to discover that it is death. He offers her, in exchange for his own, the life of his governess; death accepts as long as she is consenting and untouched. By marrying her and with a trap, the count manages to voluntarily cause the housekeeper to die but is hit by the hearse carrying his wife’s remains. The driver, to the protests of the death, replies: dead certain hora incerta. Suddenly the count wakes up and discovers that it was only a dream but he hears a car ringing, he looks out the window and sees that the widow who appeared in the dream has just arrived saying that she is the woman from the announcement.Read More »

A touching story of brothers raised apart and then brought together under tragic circumstances, this drama by Valerio Zurlini remains true to Vasco Pratolini’s novel. Told in a series of flashbacks as Enrico (Marcello Mastroianni) remembers the past, the brothers are separated after their mother dies. Enrico is raised by a humble guardian who works as a butler, his brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) is taken in by a grandmother who gives him all he wants or needs. Enrico grows up to become a hard-working journalist, spending most of his time in Rome. Lorenzo is a young idealist living in Florence with no real need to work. The brothers rarely see each other, but when they finally meet after an extended absence, Lorenzo is gravely ill and dying. (-allmovie.com)Read More »

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A well-off young woman decides to become a nun, joining a convent that rehabilitates female prisoners. Through their program, she meets a woman named Thérèse who refuses any help because she says she was innocent of the crime she was convicted for. After being released from prison, Thérèse murders the actual perpetrator of the crime and comes to seek sanctuary in the convent.Read More »