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SET CALL NUM BER: IT 2.007 VC
ITALIAN FILM S ON VIDEO, (Various distributors, 1986-1989)
TYPE OF PROGRAM : Italian culture and civilization; Film s
DESCRIPTION: A series of classic Italian films either produced in Italy, directed by Italian directors,
or on Italian subjects. M ost are subtitled in English. Individual times are given for
each videocassette. VIDEOTAPES ARE FOR RESERVE USE IN THE M EDIA LIBRARY
ONLY -- Instructors may check them out for up to 24 hours for previewing purposes
or to show them in class. See the M edia Catalog for film series in other languages.
AUDIENCE: Students of Italian, Italian literature, Italian film
FORM AT: VHS; NTSC; DVD
CONTENTS CALL NUM BER
Il 7 e l’8 IT2.007.151
Italy. 90 m in. D VD , requires region free player. In Italian. Ficarra & Picone.
8 1/2 IT2.007.013
1963. Italian with English subtitles. 138 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD .Directed by Frederico Fellini, with M arcello M astroianni. Fellini's sem i-
autobiographical m asterpiece. Portrayal of a film director during the course of m aking a film and finding him self trapped by his fears and
insecurities.
1900 (Novocento) IT2.007.131
1977. Italy. D VD . In Italian w/English subtitles. 315 m in. D irected by Bernardo Bertolucci. W ith R obert D e niro, Gerard D epardieu, Burt
Lancaster and D onald Sutherland. Epic about friendship and war in Italy.
Accattone IT2.007.053
Italy. 1961. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini's first feature film . In the slum s of
Rom e, Accattone "The Sponger" lives off the earnings of a prostitute. He falls in love with Stella, tries to reform for her sake, but gives up. As
he plans a theft the police close in.
Acqua e Sapone (Soap and W ater) IT2.007.065
Italy. 1983. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m in. Color. D irected by C arlo Verdone. W ith C arola Verdone and N atasha H ovey. C om edy.
A young m odel is sent on her own for a three month m odeling assignm ent in Rom e. A handsom e janitor im personates the
supposedly strict tutor assigned to the young wom an.
Agata and the Storm (Agata e la tempesta) IT2.007.132
Italy. 2005. D VD . In Italian w/English subtitles. 118 m in. D irected by Silvio Soldini. C om edy. W hen Agata (Licia M aglietta), the popular
bookshop proprietor and dispenser of sunny wisdom is suddenly wooed by a m an alm ost half her age, her electricity hits high-voltage. Yet it is
Agata’s joy and m agnetism in the face of life in all its irony that eventually offers the eye of the storm .
Allegro non troppo IT2.007.086
Italy. 1976. 85 m in. D VD . C olor and B/W . In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Bruno Bozzetto. An irreverent tribute to Disney’s Fantasia.
Transcending parody, this erotic, satiric, and delirious anim ated feature represents Bozzetto’s vision of the world In six distinct episodes,
fantastic cartoon creatures m arch, slither, and bounce to the classical rhythm s of D ebussy, D vorak, R avel, Sibelius, Vivaldi and Stravinsky.
Along the Ridge see Anche Libero Va Bene
Le Amiche IT2.007.145
Italy. 1955. B&W . 99 m in. DVD . In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by M ichelangelo Antonioni. D ram a which explores wom en’s evolving role
in society and the conflict between love and career.
Amore IT2.007.048
Italy. 1948. 78 m in. Italian with English subtitles. B/W . D irected by R oberto Rosselini. Two stories -- The H um an Voice, written by Jean
C octeau, and The M iracle, written by R osselini and Tullio Pinelli from a story by Fellini (S tarring Fellini and Anna M agnani.)
Anche Libero Va Bene IT2.007.160
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
Angela IT2.007.133
Italy. 2001. DVD . Color. 95 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Roberta Torre. W ith donatella Finocchiaro, andrea D i Stefano, m ario
Pupella. Based on a true story of the Italian M afia from a woman’s point of view.
Arrangiatevi IT2.007.059
1953. In Italian with N O subtitles. B/W . 107 m in. D irected by M ario Bolognini. Starring Toto, Peppino D e Filippo, Franca Valeri, Vittorio
C aprioli. A satirical and at tim es bitter com edy viewing the great Italian Econom ic Boom from the perspective of the unem ployed and hom eless.
An exam ple of the com m edia all'Italiana genre.
Assunta Spina IT2.007.093
1914. Italy. C olr tinted. 62 m in. D irected by Francesca Bertini and Gustavo Serena. An operatic tale of love and sacrifce in turn of the century
N aples.
L'Avventura (The adventure) IT2.007.020
1960. Italian with English subtitles. 145 m in. VH S or D VD . B/W . D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni. A film about the fragility of hum an
relationships which established Antonioni as a m ajor talent. A party of rich Italians land on an uninhabited island, and one young wom an
disappears. W inner of the Special Jury Award at C annes.
I bambini ci guardano (Children are watching us) IT2.007.029
1944. Italian with English subtitles. 84 m in. VH S or D VD .B/W . D irected by Vittorio de Sica. The film focuses on a m arital triangle. The m other of
a 4 year old boy leaves her husband for another m an; the husband com m its suicide and the boy is sent to an orphanage.
Battle of Algiers IT2.007.047
1967. In French/Algerian with English subtitles. 122 m in. B/W . D irected by Gillo Pontecorvo. D etails the Algerian revolt against the French.
Beast in the Heart see La Bestia Nel Cuore
Before the Revolution IT2.007.049
Italy. 1962. Italian with English subtitles. 110 m in. VH S & D VD (requires region free dvd player) B/W and color. D irected and written by
Bernardo Bertolucci. A rom antic m ovie about a young m an's rebellion against bourgeois life and his disillusionm ent with com m unism .
Bellissima (The beauty) IT2.007.022
1952. Italian with English subtitles. 108 m in. B/W . VH S & D VD (requires region free player.) Directed by Luchino Visconti. Anna M agnani stars
as a m other who puts on a frantic cam paign to get her daughter into the m ovies.
The Best of Youth IT2.007.112
Italy. 2006? D VD . 368 m in. C olor. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by M arco Tulio Giorana. As Italy explodes in an era of social unrest, a
single ill-fated incident sends the lives of equally idealistic brothers N icola and M atteo Carati careening in opposite directions. D ivided by
politics but bonded by blood, the next 40 years will find the brothers’ divergent paths intersecting through som e of the m ost tum ultuous events
in recent history.
La Bestia nel cuore IT2.007.140 & IT2.007.162
2006. Italy. C olor. 116 m in. D VD , requires region free player. D irected by C histina C om encini.
Big Deal On M adonna Street IT2.007.038
1987. Italian with English subtitles. 91 m in. C olor. VH S or D VD .D irected by M ario M onicelli, with Vittorio Gassm an and M arcelo M astrioanni.
C lassic account of the m isadventures of a group of am ateurish crooks as they attem pt to rob a store.
Big Night IT2.007.075
U .S.A. 1998. 109 m in. C olor. In English. D irected by Stanely Tucci and C am pbell Scott. W ith M innie Driver, Ian Holm , Isabella Rossellini. The
story of two brothers whose Italian restaurant is on the brink of bankruptcy. Their only chance for success is to risk everything they own on an
extravagant feast for bandleader Louis Prim a. But their big night is com plicated by a lovers’ triangle, a sneaky restaurant rival, and the hilarious
perfectionism of chef Prim o.
Blow -Up IT2.007.056
England. 1966. 112 m in. In English. C olor. VH S or D VD D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni, with Vanessa Redgrave, D avid Hem m ings, Sarah
M iles. C lassic film questioning the relationship between im age and reality. A fashion photographer photographs a wom an in a park and later
com es to believe that he has actually photographed a m urder. Through the photograph, the photographer is lured out of his life to search for
the truth.
Bread and Chocolate IT2.007.068
Italy. 1974. 109 m in. C olor. Italian w/English subtitles. VH S or D VD . D irected by Franco Brusati. W ith Nino M anfredi and Anna Karina. C om edy
about an Italian im m igrant working odd jobs in prosperous Switzerland and trying desperately to fit in. Though his work becom es
increasingly degrading, he tenaciously refuses to give up and go hom e.
Bread and Tulips IT2.007.079
Italy. 2002. 116 m in. C olor. D VD form at. In Italian w/optional English subtitles. D irected by Silvio Soldini. W ith Licia M aglietta, Bruno Ganz,
Antonio C atania, and G uiseppe Battiston. A busy housewife is accidentally left behind while on vacation with her fam ily, she decides to take
aholiday on her own in Venic. C harm ed by the city and her newfound freedom , she extends her stay. H e tyrannical husband hires an am ateur
detective to bring his wife back hom e. W ill she return, or not?
Brother Sun, Sister M oon IT2.007.175
1973. D VD . C olor. 121 m in. In English and French w/English subtitles. D irected by Franco Zeffirelli. Focses on the early years of Francis of
Assisi, who sought com m union with the natural world by renouncing his fam ily’s riches to seek his own destiny unencum bered by m aterial
possessions.
But Forever In M y M ind (Com e te nessuno m ai) IT2.007.097
Italy. 1999. D VD . C olor. 90 m in. D irected by Gabriele M uccino. Silvio m akes the m istake of telling his gossipy best friend Ponzi that he kissed
the school’s prettiest girl, who has a very jealous boyfriend, By the end of the day the entire school knows about the kiss, include one very angry
boyfriend.
Cabiria Part 1 IT2.007.036/1
1914. Italy. Silent. 120 m in. B/W . D irected by Giovanni Pastrone. Perhaps the m ost fam ous silent Italian film of the golden age of Italian silent
cinem a, which specialized in elaborate epic costum e dram as. U sed technical innovations and spectacular sets.
Cabiria Part 2 IT2.007.036/2
1914. Italy. Silent. 3 m in. B/W . C ontinuation of C abiria Part 1.
Il Camino IT2.007.163
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
The Canterbury Tales IT2.007.063
1972. English version. Original uncut version. Color. 121 m in. Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Based on C haucer's "C anterbury Tales."
Photographed in rural England. These am orous pilgrim s unite for a glorious, som etim es unexpected journey through C haucer's m edieval
England.
Caro diario (Dear Diary) IT2.007.078
Italy. 1994. Italian with English subtitles. Color. 100 m in. W ritten and directed by Nanni M oretti. A com edy about a m an who takes off on his
m otorcycle across Italy in search of the true m eaning of life.
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Caterina va in città IT2.007.104
Italy. 2003. D VD form at. 105 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Paolo Virzi. C aterina m oves from a sm all seaside town to an
ailing aunt’s apartm ent in Rom e. H er private school reflects m odern day Italy in all its political and class-skewed com plexity. C aterian finds
com fort in her extended fam ily and hope for the future in a budding rom ance.
C’eravam o tanto amati (W e All Loved Each Other So M uch) IT2.007.098
Italy. D VD . B&W & color. 124 m in. Italian with Italian and English subtitles. D irected by Ettore Scola. In a retrospective allegory, this exam ines
the lives of three resistance fighters and their transform ation over thirty years. Each of these friends falls in love with the beautiful Luciana, an
aspiring actress, testing the friendship and idealism they all shared. Throughout the story Scola pays tribute to the m asters of Italian cinem a by
weaving classic film clips and iconic personalities into the background, as the film reveals which of the three friends rem ains true to the spirit of
liberation they had once fought to achieve.
Chiedimi se sono felice (Ask M e If I’m Happy) IT2.007.094
Italy. 2000. 100 m in. R equires m ulti standard VH S. C olor. In Italian. D irected by Alto Giovanni Giacom o and M assim o Venier. It’s a rainy night
in M ilan. Giocom o rings Giovanni’s doorbell, and, as soon as he sees him , slam s the door in his face. From their fragm ented bits of
conversation you understand only one thing: Aldo, Giacom o and Giovanni were three inseparable friends, and now they hate each other. Three
years ago, they were aspiring theatre actors with closet dream s who m ake ends m eet on the coat tails of show business. Their love life wasn’t
m uch better, and this brings us to the present. They will decide to see each other again for one last tim e in Sicity to clarify m atters. The voyage
will be long and full of adventure.
The Children Are W atching Us IT2.007.029
1944. Italian with English subtitles. 84 m in. VH S or D VD .B/W . D irected by Vittorio de Sica. The film focuses on a m arital triangle. The m other of
a 4 year old boy leaves her husband for another m an; the husband com m its suicide and the boy is sent to an orphanage.
The Christus IT2.007.042
1917. Italy. Silent. 90 m in. B/W . D irected by Guilio Antam oro. The story of C hrist is presented as it was adapted from a poem by Fausto
Salvatory.
Ciao, Professore! IT2.007.142
Italy. D VD . 93 m in. C olor. In Italian w/English subitltes. D irected by Lina W ertm uller. C om edy. Story of an upper-class teacher from
conservative Northern Italy who, due to a com puter error, finds him self teaching third-grade truants at a ram shackle school to the south. Yet
along the way, the earnest “professore” learns som e valuable lessons when he begins to see life through the fresh, vibrant eyes of his scrappy
young students.
Cinem a Pardiso IT2.007.057
1989 Italian with English subtitles. 121 m in. C olor. D irected by Giuseppe Tornatore, starring Philippe N oiret, Jacque Perrin, Salvatore Cuscio.
Tells of a young boy in a sm all Italian village, where the only pastim e is a visit to the m ovies. Salvatore yearns for the secret of the
cinem a's m agic and is overjoyed when Alfredo, the projectionist, agrees to reveal the m ysteries of m oviem aking to him . W hen the day
com es for Salvatore to leave the village and pursue his dream , Alfredo m akes the young m an prom ise to never look back, to keep
m oving forward. And so he does, for thirty years, until the day a m essage arrives that beckons him back hom e to a secret, beautiful discovery
that awaits him there.
Com izi d’amore see Love M eetings
La Com mare Seca (The Grim Reaper) IT2.007.054
Italy. 1962. Italian with E nglish subtitles. 100 m in. B/W . D irected by Bernardo Bertolucci, with Francesco R ulu, Giancarlo D e R ose, and M arisa
Solinas. Explores a range of em otion and truth in the brutal m urder of a prostitute in a R om e park. W hile offscreen police investigators
interrogate a variety of m ale suspects, the actual events act as counterpoint to the suspects'colorful alibis.
The Conformist IT2.007.116
Italy/France/G erm any. 1970. D VD . In Italian w/English+ subtitles. 111 m in. C olor. D irected by Bernardo Bertolucci. A weak-willed Italian m an
becom es a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.
Cosi e la vita (Such is life) IT2.007.095
Italy. 1998. In Italian. 108 m in. C olor. D irected by Aldo Giovanni e Giacom o. Aldo, im prisoned and awaiting sentencing, escapes. H e takes
G iacom o (clum sy police officer) and Giovanni (U nlucky inventor) with him . Thus begins an im possible escape across Italy, in a whirlwind of
m isfortune and hum or. W ith them the very blond M arina M assironi, wom an of m ystery, who accom panies them to a surprising ending.
Cr im a N ovel see Rom anzo Criminale
Cristo si e' fermato a eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli) IT2.007.009
1983. Italian with English subtitles. 118 m in. Color.Directed by Francesco R osi, with Gian M aria Volonte. Portrays C arlo Levi, a political exile
banished to a village in southern Italy by M ussolini, and his experiences in the alien world of poverty and despair.
Days and Clouds IT2.007.155
Italy. 2007. D VD . C olor. 115 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Silvio Soldini. C ouple Elsa and M ichele have a 20 yr. Old daughter
and enough m oney for Elsa to leave her job and fulfill an old dream of studying art history. After she graduates, however, their lives change.
M ichele confesses he hasn’t worked in two m onths, having been fired by the com pany he founded years ago. Elsa overcom es her initial shock
by pouring extra energy into facing the crisis, while M ichele, exhausted by an unsuccessful job hunt, lets him self go, alternating between
vivacity and apathy. The grow ing distance between them eventually leads to a break-up. Only when they part will they realize that they risk
losing their m ost precious possession: the love that binds them .
Days of Abandonment see I’ll Giorni Dell’Abbandono
The Decameron IT2.007.064
1970. Italian with English subtitles. 116 m in. C olor. D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Eight tales from 14th century N aples, including the
seducing nuns, the three jealous brothers who m urder their sister's lover, the wizard who could change his wife into a burro, and the story
of a false saint. The first of Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life" film s.
Il deserto rosso (Red desert) IT2.007.021
1964. Italian with English subtitles. 116 m in. C olor. VH S or D VD .D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni. M onica Vitti stars as a neurotic young
wom an m arried to an engineer in the industrial wasteland of northern Italy, searching in vain for m eaning in life.
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Il Divo IT2.007.173
Italy. 2008. DVD . Color. 110 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Paolo Sorrentino. His nam e is Guilio Andreotti, the m ost enigm atic
and feared politician in Italy for over 50 years. At the height of his power, this seven-tim e Prim e M inister was accused of m asterm inding a
shocking Vatican/M afia/N eo-Fascist conspiracy while ordering the assassinations of judges, journalists and even m em bers of his own political
party.
Divorce Italian Style IT2.007.122
Italy. 1962. DVD . B/W . 104 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Pietro Germ i. W ith M arcello M astroianni, Stefania sandrelli, Daniela
R occa. Baron Ferdinanado Cefalu longs to m arry his nubile young cousin Angela, but one obstacle stands in his way: his fatuous and fawning
wife, R osalia. H is solution? Since divorce is illegal, he hatches a plan to lure his spouse into the arm s of another and then m urder her in a
justifiable effort to save his honor. H ilarious and cutting satire of Sicilian m ale-chauvinist culture.
La dolce vita (The sw eet life) IT2.007.016
1961. Italian with English subtitles. 180 m in. B/W . VH S or DVD .D irected by Frederico Fellini, with M arcello M astroianni, Yvonne Fum eaux,
Anouk Aim ee, Anita Ekberg. The film follows a society journalist through the nightm arish world on which em otions have been destroyed by
surface realities, m oral conventions and unresolved guilts.
Don’t M ove IT2.007.118
Italy. 2004. D VD . C olor. In Italian w/English subtitles. 122 m in. D irected by Sergio Castellitto. W hile waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter
Angela, victim of a m otorcycle accident, the surgeon Tim oteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope
C ruz), a sim ple wom an from slum s in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia
chases him in his m em ories.
Don’t Tell IT2.007.113
Italy. 2005. C olor. D VD . 120 m in. In Italian w/English & Spanish subtitles. D irected by C histina Com encini. Based on the novel La Bestia nel
C uore. W ith both parents gone, Sabina and her brother, D aniele, reconnect and discover their nightm ares are shared...and life’s intim acies are
now m et with fear and trepidation. W hen S abina and Franco, her boyfriend, are suprised with new s about their future, Sabina is forced to face
her past.
E la nave va (And the ship sails on) IT2.007.014
1983. Italian with English subtitles. 128 m in. C olor. D irected by Frederico Fellini. The film takes place in 1914 on the eve of W orld W ar I. Opera
singers, im presarios, aristocratic guests, a group of Serbian refugees and a love-sick rhinoceros find them selves together on a luxury liner that
sets out to fulfill the last wish of a world-reknow n diva to have her ashes scattered over the Adriatic.
L'Eclisse (Eclipse) IT2.007.019
1966. Italian with English subtitles. 123 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni. The third of Antonioni's great trilogy, with
M onica Vitti as the alienated wom an am ong the upper bourgoisie. A brilliant film , with it's stupefying clim ax of silence, com prised of 58 shots
lasting 7 m inutes.
Elective Affinities IT2.007.076
1996. Italian with English subtitles. 98 m in. C olor. D irected by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. Based on a novel by J.W . Goethe. D etails the
collapse of an aristocratic m arriage. C arlotta and Edouard live a peaceful and happy life in a picturesque Tuscan villa. Their m arital bliss is
shattered when Edouard’s closest friend Othon and C arlotta’s goddaughter O ttilia arrive for an extended stay. A dinner conversation about
“elective affinities” in nature leads the four to experience the phenom enon in real life, drastically changing their lives forever.
Em balmer, The IT2.007.119
Italy. 2003. D VD . C olor. 96 m in. In Italian w /English subtitles. D irected by M atteo Garrone. Peppino, a taxiderm ist w ho stashes
contraband in corpses for the M afia, m ay be undersized, but he shouldn’t be underestim ated. After Peppino persuades the handsom e
Valerio, a w aiter of heroic proportions, to be his w ell-paid assistant, he show s his new protégé a good tim e by hiring prostitutes to
entertain them both. B ut Peppino’s eyes are not on the girls and Valerio’s new girlfriends know s it. The battle for Valerio’s affections
a r e a b o ut to take a deadly turn.
Enrico Cuarto (Henri IV) IT2.007.010
1985. Italian with English subtitles. 94 m in. C olor. VH S or D VD . D irected by M arco Bellochio, with M arcello M astroianni, C laudia Cardinale,
Leopoldo Trieste. Based on Pirandello's classic play, the film stars M arcello M astrioanni as the aristocrat who falls off a horse and believes
him self to be the 11th century H oly Rom an Em peror.
Europa 51 (aka Greatest Love) IT2.007.046
1952. In English. 110 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto Rosselini. Ingrid Bergm an stars as an Am erican society wom an living in Rom e after the
suicide of her son, searching for som e m eaning in the chaotic, postwar world. She discovers poverty and ends up in an asylum .
Everybody’s Fine (Stanno tutti bene) IT2.007.096
Italy. 1990. In Italian with English subtitles. D irected by Guiseppe Tornatore. W ith M arcello M astroianni. A retired Sicilian bureaucrat who has
seen the best and brightest, including his own five children, leave his island for success on the Italian m ainland. D eterm ined to reunite the
fam ily, M atteo travels to Italy to surprise his children. But they have surprises in store, too, as the proud patriarch is forced to realize that his
children are hiding a wrenching fam ily secret.
The Eyes, The M outh IT2.007.040
1982. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m in. C olor. D irected by M arco Bellocchio, with Lou Castel, Angela M olina, and Em m anuelle Riva. Lou
C astel returns hom e to find a fam ily traum atized by suicide and unraveling at the seam s in a film which reestablished Bellacchio as a m ajor
world talent.
Facing W indow s IT2.007.103
Italy. 2003. D VD . In Italian w/English,French subtitles. C olor. 106 m in. D irected by Ferzan Ozpetek. W ith Tilde C ordi an dG ianni R om oli. A
young working-class wife and m other, Giovanna, has no tim e for the senile lederly m an her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she
uncovers the stranger’s secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart that she never expected: a freedom that will lead her to the arm s of a
neighbor she secretly adores, and to fulfillm ent her husband and fam ily cannot provide.
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Fear IT2.007.043
1954. Film ed in English. 80 m in. B/W . VH S & D VD . Directed by Roberto R osselini, with Ingrid Bergm an. R osselini's last and darkest film , it
shows a m arriage stum bling across lines of suspicion, m istrust, and fear. The husband of the story attem pts blackm ailing his wife in an effort to
force her into a confession of adultery. She tolerates this blackm ail because of an abstract guilt over her adulterous actions. The visual m otifs,
darkness, and shadows create the m oral m uddle through which the characters m ove.
Fists in the Pocket IT2.007.117
Italy. 1965. 108 m in. DVD . B&W . In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by M arco Bellocchio. Alessandro, a young epileptic with paranoid
inclinations, decides to relieve Augusto, the only sound brother, from the burden of a num erous fam ily plagued with hereditary diseases. After a
first aborted attem pt, the dreadful series of accidents/m urders is started by pushing the blind m other into a ravine. Then com es the turn of
Leone, the idiotic brother. W ill Alessandro be able to bring to com pletion his obsessive project ?
Francesco, guillare di Dio (Flow ers of St. Frances) IT2.007.025
1950. Italian with English subtitles. 75 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto R ossellini. R ossellini's continuing investigation of the nature of history
and m yth in the retelling of the story of St. Francis of Assissi and his band of friars, as they attain perfect harm ony with nature. This is the
British release version, identical to the original Italian release, 10-15 m in. longer than the original U .S. release.
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis IT2.007.072
1971. Italian with English subtitles. 94 m in. C olor. D irected by Vittorio de Sica. D om inique Sanda plays the daughter of a cultured Italian
Jewish fam ily of im m ense wealth, languishing in aristocratic privilege on their estate, oblivious, until the end, to the danger that Fascism
poses for their precious world.
General Della Rovere IT2.007.026
1960. Italian with English subtitles. 139 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto Rossellini. R ossellini's great m oral character study is the story of
Em anuele Bardone, a petty con m an, who fleeces his victim s until persuaded by the Germ ans to im personate a partisan leader. H e assum es
the adm irable qualities of the heroic officer.
I’ll Giorni Dell’Abbandono IT2.007.162
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
Giuletta degli spiriti (Juliet of the spirits) IT2.007.001
1965. Italian with English subtitles. 145 m in. C olor. D irected by Federico Fellini with Giulietta M assina, M ario Pisu, Sandro M ilo, Sylva Koscina.
G iulietta suspects her husband of infidelity but finally finds happiness within herself by conjuring up friendly spirits.
The Godfather IT2.007.081
1972. U.S. Color.171 m in. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Based on M ario Puzo’s novel “The Godfather.” W ith M arlon Brando and Al
Pacino. Paints a chilling portrait of the Sicilian clan’s rise and near fall from power in Am erica, m asterfully balancing the story between the
C orleones’ fam ily life and the ugly crim e business in which they are engaged.
Golden Door IT2.007.143
2006. Italy. D VD . In Italian w/English, French, and Spanish subtitles. 118 m in. C olor. D irected by Em anuele Crialese. R om antic dram a about
two very different people yearning for a better life in Am erica at the turn of the 20 th century.
Good M orning, Night IT2.007.120
Italy. 2003. D VD . C olor. 105 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. W ritten and directed by M arco Bellocchio. Based on the shocking true story of
the 1978 kidnaping and m urder of Italy’s form er Prim e M inister.
The Gospel According to Saint M atthew IT2.007.008
Italy. 1965. D VD or VH S. B&W . 142 m ins. Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The birth, life, teachings and death on the
cross of Jesus C hrist presented alm ost as a cine-verite docum entary. It is an attem pt to take C hrist out of the opulent church and present him
as an outcast Italian peasant.
Il Grido (The Outcry) IT2.007.123
1957. Italy. B&W . 115 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D VD . Story and direction by M ichelangelo Antonioni. Follows Aldo, a young refinery
m echanic (Steve C ochran) who, when faced with the sudden end of a seven-year affair with a m arried wom an (Alida Valli), abandons his past
and em barks on an aim less quest with their young daughter in tow. H is travels take him to the hom e of an old flam e (Betsy Blair), to a filling
station owned by a lonely widow (D orian Gray) on a desolate stretch of highway, and into the arm s of a prostitute in an im poverished fishing
com m unity (Lyn Shaw). But he can find no relief from his undying love for Irm a and m ust return to her village, for a denouem ent that is
unexpectedly shocking but inevitable.
La Guerra Di M ario IT2.007.161
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
Hands Over the City (Le mani sulla citta) IT2.007.124
1963. Italy. DVD . B7W . 101 m in. in Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Francesco R osi. W ith R od Steiger. This expose of the politically
driven real estate speculation that has devastated Naple’s civilian landscape m oves breathlessly from a cataclysm ic building collapse to the
backroom negotiations of civil leaders vying for power in a city council election, laying bare the inner workings of corruption with passion and
outrage.
Henri IV see Enrico Cuarto
His Secret Life IT2.007.099
Italy. 2002. D VD . C olor. 106 m in. In Italian and Turkish with English subtitles. D irected by Ferzn Ozpetek. Antonia and her husband M assim o
have been happily m arried for the better part of 10 years when a sudden and tragic accident kills M assim o. Antonia discovers that M assim o
has had a “secret life” for the last seven years...with a m an. This spiritual journey leads Antonia to a new world of love, friendship and sexuality.
From the ashes of her old life, grows a new set of fam ily and friends and Antonia develops in the “free” wom an she has always dream ed of
becom ing.
Household Saints IT2.007.082
1993. U .S. 124 m in. C olor. In English. D irected by N ancy Savoca. W ith Tracey U llm an, Judith M alina and Lili Taylor. The extraordinary story
of three ordinary wom en for whom the harsh dom estic realities of post-world-war Little Italy are m iraculously transform ed into som ething
m agical.
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I’m Not Scared IT2.007.088
Italy. 2003. D VD . C olor. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Gabriele Salvatores. In a rem ote Italian village, a boy finds a little kid trapped
inside a hole. The boy doesn’t tell anyone about it for several days. H e begins to feed the kid despite the fact that he does not know why the
little one is in the hole. Thriller, which often plays like everything through the eyes of the young boy.
Icicle Thief IT2.007.174
Italy. 1989. D VD . 84 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. C om edy. D irected by M aurizio Nichetti. A television com edy which Interm ingles the hyper
reality of com m ercials with the tragedy of a bleak vintage dram a.
Incantato IT2.007.141
2003. Italy. D VD . C olor. In Italian w/English subtitles. 103 m in. D irected by Pupi Avati. W inner of an Italian Academ y Award for Best D irector,
Pupi Avati's latest film is a dazzling com edy with a poignant streak set in the R om e and Bologna of the 1920s. N ello Balocchi (Neri M arcoré),
35, is a shy and clum sy man devoted to the academ ic world. His lack of interest in wom en has becom e an increasing source of anxiety to his
wom anizing father (G iancarlo Giannini), a tailor for the Pope. He sends N ello to teach in a high school in Bologna with the hopes that he will
find a wife. After a series of m ishaps, he finds him self at a dance in a hom e for blind wom en, where he m eets Angela, a beautiful society girl
who went blind in an accident. She turns his life upside down and teaches him that there is a lot m ore to love than m eets the eye. D irected by
Pupi Avati. Cast: N eri M arcoré, Vanessa Incontrada, Sandra M ilo, Giulio Bosetti, N ino D 'Angelo, Giancarlo Giannini.
Io, l’altro IT2.007.159
2008. Italy. D VD . In Italian w/English subtitles. R equires region free player. D irected by M ohsen M elliti.
Io non ho paura see I’m Not Scared IT2.007.088
The Iron Crow n IT2.007.052
Italy. 1941. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m in. B/W . D irected by Alexandro Blasetti, with Elisa Cegani, Gino Cervi, M assim o Girotti, and
Luisa Ferida. A pseudo-historical fantasy that tried to create a kind of Italian saga in the style of the Nibelungenlied. The film 's m ain im pact lies
in the visual im pact of its m eticulous decor.
Kaos IT2.007.146
Italy. 1984. DVD . 105 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Paolo & Vittorio Taviani. M agic, dram a, m isery and hope are given life in
five tales adapted from Luigi Pirandello’s N ovelle per un anno . W ith a strong, poetic vision of Sicilian life, the Tavianis im bue this epic
m asterpiece with a serene, sym pathetic revelation of m ankind tha ttranscends the boundaries of tim e.
The Keys to the House IT2.007.107
Italy. 2004. D VD . In Italian w/English subtitles. 107 m in. D irected by Gianni Am elio. Gianni has been reunited with Paolo, the 15 yr. Old son he
abandoned at birth. The reunion, arranged by Paolo’s doctor, had been set up with the hope that it would benefit the troubled boy. In his
attem pt to foster a relationship, Gianni finds Paolo full of shocks and wonders eventually realizing that the keys to one’s house are often the
keys to one’s heart.
I ladri di biciclette (Bicycle thief) IT2.007.028
1948. Italian with English subtitles. 90 m ins. B/W . DVD & video form at. D irected by Vittorio D e Sica. The m ovie tells the deceptively sim ple
story of an unem ployed m an and his son finding work to paste up signs, work requiring a bicycle, which is then stolen.
Il ladro di bambini see The Stolen Children
Lam erica IT2.007.077
1994. Italian with English subtitles. 116 m in. C olor. D VD or VH S. D irected by Gianni Am elio. Set in Albania. Fiore, an unscrupulous Italian
businessm an, arrives to grab the spoils of the post-C om m unist turm oil. H e appoints a half-crazy old Albanian m an as his patsy to serve as
chairm an of his fraudulent com pany. W hen this puppet slips away from his m anipulators, Fiore’s cocky assistant Gino is dispatched to track him
down.
The Land see La Terra
The Last Kiss IT2.007.114
Italy. D VD . 118 m in. C olor. In Italian with E nglish subtitles. D irected by Gabrielle M uccino. A wife, a child, a house, it all seem s like too m uch
responsibility for a guy who’s afraid to grow up. But C arlo is not alone. All of his buddies are suffering with their own growing pains and none of
them seem to be ready to settle down without a fight. As the rom antic entanglem ents tighten, this am usingly self-centered group of guys will
keep you entertained as they struggle to learn the com plicated lessons of life and love.
The Leopard IT2.007.025
Italy. 1963. DVD . 185 m in. Color. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Luchino Visconti. W ith Burt Lancaster, Alain D elon, Caludia
C ardinale. The film recreates the tum ultuous years of Italy’s R isorgim ento, when the aristoracy lost its grip and the m iddle classes rose and
form ed a unified, dem ocratic Italy.
Light of M y Eyes (Luce dei miei occhi) IT2.007.100
Italy. 2001. D VD . C olor. D irected by Guiseppe Piccioni. 113 m in. The precarious rom ance between two people cast adrift in a lonely urban
landscape. Antionis a “fallen angel”, an ordinary m an without direction or am bition. M aria is a single m other whose life is slipping out of her
control. As Antonino is drawn deeper into her fragile situation, he discovers a sense of hope they both m ight not be ready for yet.
Life is Beautiful IT2.007.074
1998. Italian with E nglish subtitles. 116 m in. C olor. D irected by Roberto B enigni. In this tale, Guido-a charm ing but bum bling waiter who’s
gifted with a colorful im agination and an irresistable sense of hum or--has won the heart of the wom an he loves and created a beautiful life for
his young fam ily. But then, that life is threatened by W W II and Guido m ust rely on those very sam e strengths to save his beloved wife and
son from an unthinkable fate.
Love and anarchy IT2.007.007
1974. Italian with English subtitles. 108 m in. C olor.VH S or D VD . D irected by Lina W ertm uller with Giancarlo Giannini. Set in Italy shortly after
the rise of Fascism . A Venetian peasant vows to assassinate M ussolini after one of his close, anarchistic friends is m urdered.
Love in the City IT2.007.044
90 m in. Italian with English subtitles. B/W . Six directors participate in a sam pling of short vignettes that illustrate love and life in R om e. Fellini,
Antonioni, D ino Rise, Francesco M aselli, C esare Zavattini, and Alberto Lattuada.
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Love M eetings IT2.007.166
Italy. 1964. B&W . 90 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D VD . D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. An investigation of sex in Italy through a series of
interviews.
Ludw ig IT2.007.080
1972. Italian with English subtitles. C olor. 231 m in. D irected by Luchino Visconti. Legendary epic of (m ad) King Ludwig of Bavaria. Focuses on
Ludwig’s fears and fantasies and his relationship with com poser R ichard W agner to create a portrait of a “hom osexual relcuse” who passions
are opera, fairy-tale castles, and exquisite young m en.
M amma Roma IT2.007.101
Italy. 1962. 110 m in. B&W . In Italian with optional English subtitles. D irected by Paolo Pasolini. A m iddle-aged prostitute who attem pts to
extricate herself from her sordid past for the sake of her son. Film ed in the great tradition of Italian neorealism , the film offers an unflinching
look at the struggle for survival in postwar Italy.
M anuale d’amore (M anual of Love) IT2.007.137
Italy. 2005. D VD . C olor. 110 m in. D irected by Giovanni Veronesi. In Italian w/English subtitles.
A box office smash in Italy, The manual of love (Manuale d'amore) is a charming, bitter-sweet comedy about the mysterious
nature of love. The ups and downs of relationships are chronicled through four intertwining episodes, each one played out by a
different couple. The innocent, dreamlike stage of falling in love with Tommaso (Silvio Muccino), a young and unemployed man,
who falls madly in love with Giulia (Jasmine Trinca); the heart-wrenching phase of relationship crisis represented by Barbara
(Margherita Buy) and her husband Marco (Sergio Rubini), who face their first marital crisis after years of love; the impulsive and
frenetic epiphany of betrayal represented by Ornella (Luciana Littizzetto), a traffic policewoman, who, as a revenge for her
husband’s cheating, decides to give traffic tickets to all the male drivers she sees. And, finally, the lonesome, tragic free-fall of
being abandoned represented by Goffredo (Carlo Verdone), a brilliant pediatrician, who can’t accept the idea that his wife
abandoned him after nine years of happiness. The stories are both everyday and extraordinary, sweet and moving, romantic and
funny. A refreshingly modern portrayal of love in all its incarnations.
M arcello: Una Vita Dolce IT2.007.164
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
M ario’s W ar see La Guerra Di M ario
M edea IT2.007.011
1970. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m ins. C olor. D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Soprano M aria Callas in a dram atic, non-m usical
interpretation of Euripides' tragedy.
M editerraneo IT2.007.069
1991. Italian with English subtitles. 90 m in. C olor. D VD or VH S. D irected by Gabriele Salvatores. After a group of m isfit Italian sailors invade a
rem ote enem y Greek island they soon becom e stranded, and then ultim ately forgotten, by the Italian navy. The sailors quickly learn they've
invaded paradise, and that on this m agical island, where enem ies becom e friends, anything can happen!
M io Fratello E Figlio Unico see M y Brother is an Only Child
Il M io M igliore Nem ico IT2.007.160
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
The M iracle IT2.007.039
1948. Italian with English subtitles. 43 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto Rosselini. Anna M agnani stars as a peasant wom an who is convinced
she is pregnant with a new C hrist child. Based on a story by Frederico Fellini, who appears.
The M onster IT2.007.169
Italy. D VD . C olor. In Itlain w/English subtitles. 112 m in. D irected by R oberto Benigni. Loris (R oberto Benigni) is always willing to take a stab at
som ething new–so het lets Jessica (N icoletta Braschi), an attractive stranger m ove in. W heat he doesn’t know is that Jessica is an undercover
cop aim ing to catch a suspected serial killer and certified sex fiend. And she’ll do anything to get her m an.
M usica Proibita IT2.007.045
1943. Italian with E nglish subtitles. 93 m in. B/W . A haunting tale of rom ance, m urder, revenge, and fate from the period in Italian cinem a just
prior to N eorealism . The story focuses on the son of an opera tenor who m ust pay for the sins of his father.
M y Best Enem y see Il M io M igliore Nem ico
M y Brother is an Only Child it2.007.157
Italy. 2006. In Italian with English subtites. D VD . D irected by D aniele Luchetti. The violent political unrest of 1960s Italy brings sim m ering
tensions between two feuding brothers to the boiling point. Eager to distance them selves from each other, two brothers join opposing political
parties but are tied together by their dysfunctional working-class fam ily and a beatiful girl nam e Francesca. As the turbulent decade com es to a
close, the brothers slowly discover they’re m ore alike than they thought, but that realization m ight com e too late.
M y M other’s Smile IT2.007.121
Italy. 2002. 102 m in. C olor. D VD . W ritten and directed by M arco Bellocchio. In Italian w/English subtitles. A fascinating portrait of an artist who
is forced to reconcile with his own atheism after receiving a shocking appeal from the Church requesting his participation in the canonization of
his “saintly” m other.
Night of shooting stars IT2.007.004
1982. Italian with English subtitles. 107 m in. C olor. D irected by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. A stunning depiction of wartim e refugees during the
sum m er of 1944. A sm all Italian town, still controlled by the Germ an arm y, awaits the approaching Am ericans. One group of villagers sets out to
find the Am erican arm y to lead them back to the village.
Night on Earth IT2.007.105
U .S. D VD . 122 m in. C olor. D irected by Jim Jarm usch. In one night, across the world, five taxi drivers experience five very different rides: Los
Angeles, N ew York, and Finland.
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Night Porter IT2.007.032
1973. Italy. 117 m in. English dialog. D irected by Liliana C avani. D VD or VH S.Controversial film about the perverse relationship between a
form er SS officer from a N azi concentration cam p and a wom an, a form er inm ate at the cam p. From one of Italy's few wom en directors, with
D irk Bogarde and Charlotte Ram pling.
La Notte IT2.007.147
Italy.1961. DVD . In Italian w/English subtitles. B&W . 115 m in. D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni. After ten years of m arriage, Giovanni, a
successful novelist, and his wife Lidia have grown apart. H e is no longer attracted to her, and she finds him boring and self-absorbed. D uring
the course of a single day, they are faced with heartache, desperation and personal loss. W hen the night com es, both are tem pted by thoughts
of infidelity but ultim ately return to each other. U nable to com e to term s with their em otions, they are left to ponder the fate of their m arriage, an
unstable union destroyed by indifference of habit and im penetrable loneliness.
Notte prima degli esami oggi (Night Before the Exam s Today) IT2.007.139
Italy. 2007. D VD , requires region free player. In Italian w/English subtitles. C olor. 98 m in. D irected by Fausto Brizzi. A sequel of N otte Prim a
degli Esam i (2005), this film reunites the sam e cast, reprising their characters from the original film , but transplants them from the 1980's to the
Italy of 2006. This leap allows the film m aker to com pare and contrast youth culture across generations, from the era of the call box to the era of
cell phones, text m essages and online chatting. Thus, the adventures of luca and his friends return to the screen. W hile the first film exam ined
friendship, here the focus is on the confused, com ical world of love. Luca has fallen in love with Azzurra, a slightly older m arine biologist who
drags him into m adcap m etropolitan adventures. And Luca’s fam ily life is equally com plicated. H is father Paolo is an eternally im m ature
huckster and a lying husband. Luca is forced to be “his father’s father,” rescuing Paolo from a series of laughable predicam ents. As before, the
light-hearted pranks and adventures of the group of school friends provide the film with its underlying them e, while one of the starring roles is
played by the m usic and pop songs that provide the soundtrack for their lives.
Le notti bianche (W hite Nights) IT2.007.129
Italy. 1957. 101 m in. D VD . B&W . In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Luchino Visconti. M arcello M astroianni, as a lonely city transplant,
and M aria Schell, as a sheltered girl haunted by a lover’s prom ise, m eet by chance on a canal bridge and begin a tentative rom ance that quickly
entangles them in a web of longing and self-delusion.
Les notti de Cabiria (Nights of Cabiria) IT2.007.017
1957. Italian with English subtitles. 110 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . D irected by Frederico Fellini. Features Giuletta M asin as an im poverished
prostitute living on the outskirts of R om e, who is betrayed by her faith in hum an nature.
Oedipus Rex IT2.007.167
Italy. 110 m in. D VD . Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Pier P aolo Pasolini. R etelling of the Greek tragedy.
Open City IT2.007.037
Italy. 1946. Italian with English subtitles. 103 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto R ossellini with Anna M agnani. A key film of Italian N eo-realism ,
shot largely during the Nazi Occupation of R om e. Two R esistance leaders, one a Com m unist, the other a priest, work toward weakening the
G erm an occupation.
Open doors (Porte aperte) IT2.007.148
Italy. 1990. VH S. C olor. 109 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Gianni Am elio. Adapted from the novel “Porte Aperte” by Leonardo
Sciascia. A brutal triple m urder puts justice on trial in Fascist Italy, Palerm o, 1937.
The Orange Thief IT2.007.153
Italy. 2007. D VD . C olor. 84 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Boogi D ean, Vinnie Angel, Artie W ilinskil A cocky, irrepressible and
penniless young orange thief who dream s only of owning a piece of his beloved Sicilian land ends up in jail and, when confronted with a “deal
he can’t refuse” by his m urderous yet philosophical cell m ate “Turrido, the Sm ooth Blade”, his life and lives of everyone he encounters take an
unexpected turn.
Ossessione (Obsession) IT2.007.024
1942. Italian with English subtitles. 135 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . D irected by Luchino Visconti. An adaptation of Jam es M . C ain's The Postm an
Always R ings Twice. The story is about the tragic love between a wanderer and the wife of an innkeeper, who m urder the husband; the film had
a profound influence on the course of Italian cinem a, beginning the era of Italian neo-realism .
Padre Padrone IT2.007.003
1977. Italian with English subtitles. 114 m in. B/W . D irected by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani with Om ero Antonutti, Saverio M arconi. The powerful
story of a son's developm ent under an oppressive father. Gavino lives in solitude as an illiterate S ardinian shepherd. Finally he revolts against
his father and his own illiteracy, studies by him self, earns his degree, and writes a book about him self.
Paisan IT2.007.027
1946. Italian with English subtitles. 115 m in. B/W . DVD or VH S. Directed by Roberto R ossellini. One of the landm arks of Italian neo-realism ; six
episodes of the Battle of Italy from 1943-45. Im provised dialogue and non-actors tell the story of people in the m idst of war.
Pane amore e fantasia IT2.007.061
1959. In Italian with NO subtitles. B/W . 95 m in. D irected by Luigi C om encini. Starring Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio de Sica. An exam ple of
"pink neorealism ," and an early exam ple of the com m edia all'Italiana genre.
The Passenger IT2.007.026
Italy. 1976. DVD . In English w/English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, C hinese subtitles. 126 m in. Color. Directed by M ichelangelo
Antonioni. W ith Jack N icholson, M aria S chneider. R om antic thriller. W hen a fellow traveler dies suddently, burned-out journalist D avid Locke
assum es his identity. U sing the dead m an’s datebook as a guide, Locke travels throughout Europe and Africa, taking m eetings with dangerous
gun runners and falling for a beguiling young wom an. But his exciting newfound freedom carries a fateful price as Locke gradually realizes he is
in over his head.
La Pelle IT2.007.062
In Italian with NO subtitles. C olor. 126 m in. D irected by Liliana C avani. Starring M arcello M astroianni, Burt Lancaster, C . C ardinale, Ken
M arshall, and C arlo Guiffre. An adaptation of C urzio M alaparte's description of N aples under Am erican occupation
Pizzicata IT2.007.090
Italy. 1996. 93 m in. In Salentino dialect of Italin with English subtitles. W ritten and directed by Edoardo W inspeare. Sum m er 1943. Set in
southern Italy 1943, this is the love story between an Italian-Am erican fighter pilot and an Italian wom an. They express their forbidden passion
through the pizzica–theri bittersweet rom ance unfolding to the sensual and haunting strains of this native courtship dance.
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Il postino (The Postman) IT2.007.071
1995. Italian with English subtitles. C olor. 108 m in. D irected by M ichael R adford. W ith M aria Grazia Cucinotta. C om edy about the m ailm an
who's m adly in love with the m ost beautiful wom an in town and he's too shy to tell her how he feels. But when a world-fam ous poet, Pablo
N eruda, unexpectedly m oves into town, M ario is inspired. W ith N eruda's help, he finds the right words to win the wom an's heart.
Il posto IT2.007.091
1961. 93 m in. B&W . D VD form at. D irected by Erm anno Olm i. In Italian with optional English subtitles. W hen young D om enico ventures from the
sm all village of M eda to M ilan in search of em ploym ent, he finds him self on the bottom rung of the bureaucratic ladder in a huge, faceless
com pany. The prospects are daunting, but D om enico finds reason for hope in the fetching Antonietta.
Il più bel giorno della mia vita (The Best Day of M y Life) IT2.007.108
D VD , requires region free player. In Italian 107 m in. D irected by C ristina Com encini. The lively goings-on of a m odern fam ily seen through the
eyes of a young girl just about to receive her first C om m union.
Porcile (Pigsty) IT2.007.168
Itlian color. 99 min. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The story of a cannibal in a m edieval wasteland is interwoven
with that of the son of an ex-N azi industrialist in m odern day Germ an.
Prendimi e portami via (Take M e Aw ay) IT2.007.109
D VD , requires region free player. 97 m in. In Italian. D irected by Tonino Zangardi. R om ana, a 13 year old gypsy, is in the sam e class at school
as Giam piero who lives with his parents, Alfredo and Luciana. They are people trying to m ake an honest and dignified living, like the other
inhabitants in the area on the city lim its. Luciana paints, and is unhappy with her life, Alfredo has a fruit and vegetable shop, Otello spends his
day selling soft drinks in the streets, Italo has a bar and acts as a spiritual guide to the area. A sweet and intim ate friendship grows between
G iam piero and Rom ana. One day, Otello is selling drinks in the gypsy cam p when he realises that he has been robbed.
Quando se nato non puoi piu nasconderti IT2.007.156
Quo Vadis, Baby? IT2.007.161
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
La ragazza del lago IT2.007.149
Italy. 2007. D VD , requires region free player. In Italian w/English subtitles. 91 m in. C olor. D irected by Andrea M olaioli. An idyllic N orthern Italian
town surrounded by m ountains is shocked by the m urder of young and beautiful Anna, found nude on the side of a lake but with no signs of
sexual assault or a struggle. Inspector Giovanni Sanzio (Toni Servillo) is called in from the provincial capital, but the victim proves as
m ysterious as the crim e itself. Suspicion falls on village sim pleton M ario (Franco R avera), then transfers to Anna's layabout boyfriend, R oberto
(D enis Fasolo), and even her father, D avide (M arco Baliani), whose hom e m ovies of his curvaceous daughter pay m ore attention to her form
than would seem appropriate. Or could it be recently divorced neighbor C orrado C anali (Fabrizio Gifuni), whose autistic child died in a freak
accident not too long ago...
Remember M e M y Love IT2.007.102
Italy. 2004. D VD . In Italian with English subtitles. C olor. D irected by Gabriele M uccino. Bittersw eet dram a delves into the lives and loves of a
m odern Italian fam ily whose individual aspirations pull at the seam s of their increasingly fragile bonds. As their children com e of age and begin
to follow their own dream s, C arlo finds him self torn between his m arriage to G uilia and a passionate affair with A lessia, while G uilia m ust face
her own buried desires.
Respiro IT2.007.115
Italy. 2002. D VD . In Italian with English subitltes. D irected by Em anuele C rialese. G razia (G olino) is a m other of three w ho spends
suffocating days packing fish w hile her husband Pietro (Am ato) is at sea. H er oft-erratic behavior leads Pietro into thinking she m ay
need m edical attention, and he prepares to send her off to a psychiatric institute in M ilan. Their son Pasquale (C asisa), the one person
w ho understand his m other the m ost, vow s to do w hatever it takes to foil his father's plan.
Rigoletto IT2.007.058
1958. Opera in Italian by Guiseppe Verdi. In Italian with N O subtitles. B/W . Directed by Carm ine Gallone. Starring Tito Gobbi, M arcella
G ovoni, Lina Pagliughi. Produced during the neorealist period in Italian film history, by one of the forem ost directors of the Fascist period.
Rocco & His Brothers IT2.007.130
Italy. 1960. DVD . In Italian w/English subtitles. B&W . 176 m in. Directed by Luchino Visconti. W ith Alain D elon, Annie Girardot, R enato Salvatori.
Tells the story of four poor Italian brothers and their m other who leave their country hom e and m ove to bustling M ilan with hopes of im proving
their bitter fortune. The fam ily is thrown into chaos when two fo the brothers are torn apart by their love for the sam e wom an and their struggles
to succeed in a viciously com petitive world.
Rom anzo Criminale IT2.007.165
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
Sandra of a Thousand Delights IT2.007.066
Itlay. 1965. Italian with English subtitles. 100 m in. Color. D irected by Luchino Visconti. W ith C laudia C ardinale, Jean Sorel and others. A
wom an journeys back to her native town, ostensibly to attend a cerem ony dedicated to her Jewish father who dies in a concentration cam p. In
actuality she is seeking answers and is attem pting to confront both old and new ghosts, both real and im agined.
El sceicco bianco (The w hite sheik) IT2.007.018
1952. Italian with English subtitles. 86 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . D irected by Frederico Fellini. W hen a provincial couple go to R om e for their
honeym oon, the bride sneaks off to the m ovie set where her idol, the W hite Sheik, is m aking a film .
Sciuscia (Shoeshine) IT2.007.030
1946. Italian with English subtitles. 90 m in. B/W . D irected by Vittorio de Sica. In Nazi-occupied Rom e, two young shoeshine boys get involved
in a black m arket deal in order to raise m oney for a horse. They are caught and sent to prison, where one of them betrays the other. A
collaboration between de Sica and the father of neo-realism , Cesare Zavattini.
La scorta IT2.007.092
1993. Italian w/English subtitles. 92 m in. C olor. D irected by R icky Tognazzi. Based on actual events, this suspenseful film gives us a disturbing
look at the coalition that exists in Italy even today between governm ent factions and organized crim e.
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Sedotta e abbandonata (Seduced and abandoned) IT2.007.005
1964. Italian with English subtitles. 118 m in. B/W . Directed by Pietro Germ i with Saro Urzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Aldo Puglisi. Set in Sicily, the film
is the story of Agnese, a young girl who is seduced by her sister's fiance. She becom es pregnant and has only one choice: to m arry her
seductor. H owever, her father has just died and Sicilian custom prevents a wom an in m ourning from m arrying.
Senso IT2.007.050
Italy. 1954. Italian with English subtitles. 115 m in. C olor. D irected by Luchino Visconti with Alida Valli and Farley Granger. A.k.a. The W anton
C ountess. In 1966 a Venetian wom an falls into a tem pestuous affair with a dashing Austrian officer. W hen war breaks out she is torn between
her love and her country.
The Son’s Room IT2.007.111
Italy. 2002. In Italian w/English subtitles. D VD . 100 m in. C olor. D irected by N anni M oretti. Tells the unforgettable story of a m an facing the
greatest challenge of his life. Giovanni is a psychoanalyst who through he had all the answers. In contrast to the worries and neuroses of his
patients, Giovanni’s reassuringly calm existence revolves around the security of his loving fam ily and the com fort of his daily routines. So when
an unthinkable tragedy hits home and turns life upside down, he m ust som ehow sum m on the courage to deal with his own grief while giving
strength to those who need him m ost.
The Sopranos IT2.007.084
1998. U .S. C reated by David Chase. H BO original program m ing. D VD s. In English. Episodes 1-13.
Sotto...Sotto IT2.007.067
Italy. 1984. Italian with English subtitles. 104 m in. C olor. D irected by Lina W ertm uller. W ith Enrico M ontesano, Veronica Lario, and Luisa D e
Santis. Com edy com m enting on the battle between the sexes, as Oscar's wife tells him she is in love with another. H e never suspects it is with
her friend Adele.
A Special Day IT2.007.106
The Spider's Strategem IT2.007.055
Italy. 1970. Italian with English subtitles. 97 m in. Color. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. A young m an returns to the provincial Italian town
where thirty years earlier his father, a local anti-Fascist hero, was m urdered. Arriving in the town square where a statue of his m artyred father
stands, he begins to investigate the crim e. The whole town turns against him . The m ore he learns, the less he knows as m ysteries upon
m ysteries unfold in a spider's web that tangles history and fiction, hero and traitor, past and present.
St a n n o tutti bene see Everybody’s Fine
The Star M aker IT2.007.134
Italy. 1995. D VD . C olor. 107 m in. In italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Guiseppe Tornatore. Joe M orelli is the “star m aker”–a con m an who
travels from one sm all town to the next, claim ing to be a talent scout for a top m ovie studio.
Stealing Beauty IT2.007.083
1996. Italy. D VD form at. C olor. 119 m in. In Italian w/English and Spanish subtitles. D irected by Bernardo Bertolucci. Starring Liv Tyler and
Jerem y Irons. W hen beautiful 19 yr. O ld Lucy arrives in Italy to spend the sum m er with her late m other’s bohem ian friends, she’s determ ined to
fulfill two dream s. The first, to consum m ate her rom ance with the Italian boy she fell in love with four years earlier, and the second, to discover
the identity of her father through clues in her m other’s diary.
Johnny Stecchino IT2.007.059
1991. In Italian with N O subtitles. C olor. 95 m in. D irected by R oberto Benigni. Starring R oberto Benigni and N icoletta Braschi. C om edy. A
hilarious exam ple of contem porary com m edia all'Italiana, by one of its leading director-actors. In this parody of gangster film s, Benigni plays
the love-struck character of D ante, a busdriver fooled in to taking the place of norotious m afia hit-m an, Johnny Stecchino, who has been
targeted for assassination.
The Stolen Children IT2.007.158
Italy. 1992. D VD . In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by Gianni Am elio. 111 m in. Antonio, a policem an, is ordered to take two children,
R osetta and her brother Luciano, from M ilan to S icily to an orphanage after their m other has been arrested for forcing R osetta to work as a
prostitute.
Story of a Love Affair IT2.007.127
Italy. 1950. D VD . C olor. 98 m in. In Italian w/English subtitles. D irected by M ichelangelo Antonioni. W ith M assim o Girotti, Lucia bose,
Ferdinando Sarm i, Gino R ossi, M arika R owsky. Groundlessly jealous of his wife’s rom antic past, enrico Fontanan hires a private detective to
finally determ ine whether she is faithful or not. Ironically, his suspicious attitude unconsciously brings his wife Paola together with Guido, a m an
with whom she had once been in love. Paola and gujido’s past was clouded in tragedy. Guido had been involved with Paola’s close fem ale
friend’s death. Their passion rekindled once again, the lovers even get to the point where they are thinking about m urdering Enrico...
La strada IT2.007.006
1954. Italian with English subtitles. 107 m in. VH S or DVD . C olor. D irected by Federico Fellini with Giulietta M asina, Anthony Quinn, R ichard
Basehart, Aldo Silvani. Fellini's haunting m asterpiece tells the story of Zam pano, a sideshow strongm an who tours the countryside with
G elsom ina, a waif sold to him by her m other. H e is brutal, she is devoted. She falls in love with him although he doesn't care for her.
Strangers (aka Voyage to Italy) IT2.007.034
1953. Italy. In English. 120 m in. B/W . D VD or VH S. D irected by R oberto Rossellini. An influential film starring Ingrid Bergm an and George
Sanders about a m arriage in trouble.
Teorema IT2.007.035
1968. Italy. In Italian with English Subtitles. 93 m in. Color. VH S or D VD . Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. Into the hom e of a classic bourgeois
fam ily walks Terence Stam p, a stranger. Each one of the fam ily seeks and finds in the stranger a catalyst for the fulfillm ent of desire denied
within the confines of the fam ily structure.
La Terra IT2.007.164
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
La terra trema (The earth trembles), part 1 IT2.007.023/1
1948. Sicilian with English subtitles. 120 m in. Total film running tim e: 161 m in. B/W . D irected by Luchino Visconti. Based on I M alavoglia by
G iovanni Verga. The epic saga of Sicilian fisherm en rem ains one the m ost im portant film s of Italian neo-realism . Shot entirely on location in
Sicily, with the non-actors speaking their own dialect, it was hailed as a revelation at the Venice Film festival.
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La terra trema, part 2 IT2.007.023/2
C ontinuation. 41 m in. Total film running tim e: 161 m in.
Tickets IT2.007.135
Italy. U .K. Iran. 2005. C olor. 115 m in. D VD . In Italian, English, and Farsi w/English subtitles. D irected by Abbas Kiarostam i, Ken Loach, and
Erm anno Olm i. A trilogy of interwoven stories set during a train journey from C entral Europe to Rom e. The characters connect through casual
encounters but the stories are related through their them es of social status, the m ystery of chance, and sacrifice.
The Tiger and the Snow IT2.007.128
Italy. 2006. D VD . 110 m in. C olor. In Italian with English subtitles. D irected by R oberto Benigni. Soon after the start of hostilities in Iraq, R om e-
based, love-struck poet and lecturer Attilio heads to Baghdad when he learns from his friend, an Iraqi poet, that the wom an he loves has been
critically injured in a bom b explosion. Attilio does everything in his power to save her, risking his own life am idst the chaos of war.
Tre fratelli (Three brothers) IT2.007.012
1980. Italian with E nglish subtitles. 113 m in. C olor. D VD or VH S. D irected by Francesco R osi. A m oving portrait of three brothers who have
been separated by work and life, and who return hom e to their sm all village at the news of the death of their m other.
The Tree of W ooden Clogs IT2.007.073
1978. 185 m in. Italian with English subtitles. C olor. VH S or D VD . D irected by Erm anno Olm i. W inner of the Grand Prize at the 1978 C annes
Film Festival. The subject of the film is peasant life in northern Italy at the turn of the century, focusing on about a year in the life of three
fam ilies living on a feudal estate.
Tutto gui per terra see W E all Fall Dow n IT2.007.150
Tw o w om en IT2.007.031
1961. Italian with English subtitles. 99 m in. B/W . D irected by Vittrio de Sica. DVD or V H S. Based on the novel C iociara by Alberto M oravia.
Sophia Loren won an Academ y Award for her portrayal of a m other ravaged by war as she and her 13-year old daughter becom e the focus of
attack by retreating Germ an soldiers.
Uccellacci e Uccellini (Hawks and the Sparrow s) IT2.007.033
1964. Italy. In Italian with English Subtitles. B/W . D irected by Pier P aolo Pasolini. A wildly com ic fable, stars the beloved stone-faced clown Toto
as an Italian everym an, and N inetto Davoli as his good-natured but em pty-headed son. A com ic crow, which philosophizes am usingly and
pointedly about the passing scene, as a counterpoint to the perform ers, representing hum anity, as they progress dow n the road to life. This is a
tragic fable which shows two delightful innocents caught, like m any Italians, between the C hurch and M arxism .
Umberto D. IT2.007.070
1955. In Italian with English subtitles. VH S or D VD . 90 m in. B&W . D irected by Vittorio De Sica. The story centers on a retired civil servant,living
only on his pension, whose best friend is his dog. Unable to survive on his m eager incom e, he sacrifices a part of his pension for his dog, and is
evicted by his landlady for nonpaym ent of rent.
L'Uom o della croce (The M an w ith a Cross) IT2.007.051
Italy. 1943. Italian with English subtitles. 88 m in. B/W . D irected by R oberto Rosselini, with Alberto Tavazzi, R oswita Schm idt, Zoia W eneda, and
D oris H ild. R osselini's third feature film was m ade under fascist control. On the Russian front during the sum m er of 1942, a saintly Italian
chaplain aids a group of soldiers and peasants in a sm all village under artillery fire.
L’uomo perfetto (The Perfect M an) IT2.007.138
2005. Italy. DVD. Color. Requires region free player. 92 min. In Italian w/English subtitles. Directed by Luca
Lucia (Francesca Inaudi), a young advertising exec in Milan, has always been in love with her best friend’s Maria (Gabriella
Pession) boyfriend, Paolo(Giampaolo Morelli). When Maria and Paolo announce their engagement, Lucia pays a poor and spunky
actor, Antonio (Riccardo Scamarcio), and transforms him into the perfect man in order to seduce her friend and break the
engagement, but things don’t go exactly in the way she wanted. Antonio becomes Maria’s ideal man and it seems she has forgotten
she is going to marry Paolo. But it all gets much more complicated when Lucia falls in love with him, too.
Il vangelo secondo M atteo (The gospel according to St. M atthew ), IT2.007.008
1964. D ubbed in E nglish. 131 m in. D irected by Pier Paolo P asolini with E nrique Irazoqui, M argherita C aruso. An interesting look at the last
days of C hrist's life on Earth.
La vita che vorrie (The Life I want) IT2.007.110
2005. D VD , requires region free player. 128 m in. D irected by Guiseppe Piccioni. In Italian. A relationship develops between seasoned actor
Stefano and his young, am bitious co-star, Laura, when they are cast as the two leads in a film . Stefano m ust deal with his m ounting jealousy
when Laura s career begins to take off.
I vitteloni (The young and passionate) IT2.007.015
1953. Italian with English subtitles. 104 m in. B/W . VH S or D VD . Directed by Frederico Fellini. An early Fellini film , (neo-realistic). The film
deals with the young restless m en in a sm all town on the Adriatic who are, each in his own way, discontent.
Viva Zapatero IT2.007.163
Italy. 2006. D VD , requires region free dvd player.
Voyage to Italy see Strangers IT2.007.034
W e All Fall Dow n IT2.007.150
Italy. 1998. D VD , requires region free player. C olor. D irected by D avide Ferrario. Based on a novel. W alter is 20. H e hasn’t got a job, a
girlfriend or any clear convictions. H e rejects conventional values, notably his father’s subm issive acceptance of a life working in a factory as
well as a social life. An on and off philosophy student, he’d like to be com m itted nihilist but is too insecure. Paints a picture of W alter as he
weakly tries to find his independence.
W om an of the Lake see La ragazza del lago
Zabriskie Point IT2.007.085
1991. U.S. In English. 110 m in. Color. Directed and written by M ichelangelo Antonioni. Two young iconoclasts m eet in D eath Valley, C A. She’s
a som etim e-secretary driving to her boss’s real estate developm ent in Phoenix; he’s an ex-student who’s stolen a plane. They wander the eerie
desert terrain, questioning each other’s values, letting loose, and m aking love.
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