The three women in this story have one problem in common: how to balance their need for affectionate relationships with men...
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1989
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1988
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The vast differences 27 years makes between Italian comedy, the city of Rome, the stars in this film, and filmmaking itself...
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1985
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1985
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1985
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In an irreverent send up of politicians and feminists and others, director and co-writer Lina Wertmuller has a Minister of...
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1983
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In this silly Italian comedy, a trio of robbers burst into an Italian restaurant and place its five employees in a storage...
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1982
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A situation that once (believe it or not) served as the premise for a Dick Van Dyke Show is taken several steps farther in...
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1981
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Sunday Lovers is a fitfully amusing study of weekend romantic techniques as practiced in four different cultures. Each...
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1980
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Perhaps a little over-ambitious for the casual audience unfamiliar with the Italian world of entertainment and politics, La...
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1980
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This Italian black comedy is comprised of nine short stories all related to the theme that most men are selfish cads. At the...
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1978
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Marcello Mastroianni plays the downtrodden Bruno Baldassare, a murder-squad investigator in Rome who gets no respect from his...
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1977
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In this episodic anthology, written and directed by assorted Italian filmmakers, the political and social aspects of Italian...
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1976
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In this Italian mystery, a detective journeys into the rarified world of the idle rich to look into a puzzling murder. ~...
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1975
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1974
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Northern Italian Giulio (Ugo Tognazzi) thought himself very broad-minded about things like marital fidelity until he married...
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1974
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Teresa the Thief is a true story set during World War II. The eponymous Teresa, played by Monica Vitti, is an Italian woman...
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1973
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This Italian political satire explores a fictional attempted military/right-wing takeover of Italy. Grifondi (Ugo Tognazzi)...
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1973
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This Italian social satire/farce is directed by Vittorio Gassman, who also co-stars in it. Country-boy Agostino...
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1972
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In Nome Del Popolo Italiano (In the Name of the Italian Pope) represents the darker edge of Italian filmmaker Dino Risi's...
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1971
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This is an episodic Italian comedy, which follows the Quixotic adventures of the gentle and extremely naive character,...
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1970
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The Pizza Triangle is a freewheeling satire of Italian mores, hilarious despite its outwardly morbid plotline. The murder of...
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1970
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Fausto (Alberto Sordi) heads into the African jungle to find his long-lost cousin in this slapstick comedy. The Italian...
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1968
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A romance between a young woman factory worker and a barber is stopped when her parents raise protests over her relationship...
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1968
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1967
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Dino Risi directed this bittersweet comedy about a 45-year-old man, Francesco Vincenzini (Vittorio Gassman), who becomes a...
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1967
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This Dino De Laurentiis production from 1965 is actually an anthology of five different directors' work, each telling their...
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1967
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Fifteen "monsters of modern Rome" are presented in this Italian episodic drama. Each of these "monsters" is highly...
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1967
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In the last and the best installment of his so-called "Dollars" trilogy of Sergio Leone-directed "spaghetti westerns,"...
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1966
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Pietro Germi's funny anthology combines the standard sex comedy format with some unexpectedly subtle observations about...
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1966
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Marcello Mastroianni portrays the handsome lover Casanova pitted against a thoroughly modern woman. This is a legendary hero...
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1965
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This gang-directed comedy combines the talents of Dino Risi, Franco Rossi, and Luigi Filippo Sonego. In "A Decisive Day,"...
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1965
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Mistakenly labeled as a neorealist drama in some sources, Seduced and Abandoned is actually a slyly constructed Italian...
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1964
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In this comedy anthology, the sex-capades of several Italian couples are chronicled. In "The Scandal," a dull and...
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1964
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Comedian Ugo Tognazzi as Umberto and Vittorio Gassmann as Domenico are featured in this comedy-drama about the 1920 march to...
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1963
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In this crime comedy with heavy neorealist influence, Antonio (Alberto Sordi) is a Sicilian auto plant worker who has almost...
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1962
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Popular Italian comic Alberto Sordi does an excellent job of creating a bumbling yet effective police inspector by the...
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1962
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1962
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This well-acted though conventional comedy-drama by director Luigi Comencini features comic Nino Manfredi in the title role...
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1962
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Also known as The Passionate Thief, this fast-paced crime comedy stars Anna Magnani as the fly in the ointment for a pair of...
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1960
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In this comedy, a bungling gang leader and his henchmen attempt to swipe a suitcase full of loot from a soccer pool. The...
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1959
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1959
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It Happened in Rome -- as well as in Venice, Florence, and points in between in this frothy excursion into beautiful Italy....
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1959
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Even though this period drama is leisurely to especially slow in parts, it tells an entertaining story about Policarpo...
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1959
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Fernandel plays a French customs sergeant who conducts an ongoing war of nerves with Italian smuggler Toto on the...
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1958
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1958
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This engaging slice of neorealism stars Marcello Mastroianni as "Il Medico" (The Doctor) and Vittorio de Sica as "Lo...
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1958
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1955
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OK Nerone stars Italian film favorites Walter Chiari and Cario Capanine as a pair of fun-loving American sailors. While on a...
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1952
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The seemingly effortless direction of Luigi Zampa helps smooth over the rough spots of Signori in Carroza. Aldo Fabrizi stars...
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1951
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