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Two very different families spend their holidays in the same house at the seaside: the aristocratic Castelvecchios, open-minded, eccentric, but quite selfish, and the working-class Petagnas, very tight-knit, and united around solid conservative values. What brought such distant worlds together? Only Tony and Carlo, the two middle-aged heads of the families, know! The unexpected announcement of their engagement will disrupt an apparently ordinary summer,...
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A man wakes up with an annoying whistle in his ears. A note on the fridge says: «Your friend Luigi has died. PS: I took the car» But the problem is that he doesn't remember who this Luigi is. This is the beginning of a tragicomic journey, discovering the insanity of the world. One of those days that changes you forever.
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THE SEDUCTION OF MIMI is a raucous sex comedy that brought international fame to director Lina Wertmuller (Swept Away).
Giancarlo Giannini (Love and Anarchy) gives a wonderfully comic performance as the sad sack Mimi, a Sicilian laborer whose refusal to vote for the Mafia's candidate leads him to lose his job, his wife and his home. At rock bottom, he revives his spirits by falling in love with the beautiful, radical Fiorella (Mariangela Melato),...
6) Donkey Flies
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Maurizio, tiny, reckless and full of energy, grew up in the poorest outskirts of Reggio Calabria, he argues with spiteful hens, speaks to wise donkeys and fights for his dream: to play the snare drum in the neighbourhood band.
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The earth trembles and the world is no longer the same. Everything changes. Landscapes, people and life change. New life is born from the ruins of L'Aquila. This is what happens to Luca and Lucilla. Both victims of the tragic earthquake of April 6, 2009, the two university students choose not to leave the city and not even their dreams. In Italian with English subtitles.
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In The Salt of Life, Gianni Di Gregorio plays a middle-aged retiree who has become invisible to all distaff Romans, regardless of age or relation. He contends with an aristocratic, spendthrift mother; a wife who is more patronizing friend than romantic partner; a wild young neighbor who sees him merely as her dog walker. Gianni tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.
9) Nevermind
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A fun and bitter journey through three generations that, over the span of fifteen years, show us how the love is basically nothing more than a period, a very specific moment in which everything seems perfectly aligned. And that sometimes, random actions set in motion unexpected mechanisms which then turn out to be perfect gears. Like the life.
10) Beate
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When the hardworking women at a garment factory are laid off, they band together with a group of local nuns at risk of losing their convent to build a successful lingerie business. But when the former owner of the garment factory and the convent's Mother Superior find out about their plans, the whole operation and their fortunes risk total collapse.
11) Tutti Frutti
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Roma, 1959. In a luxurious apartment in the Trieste neighborhood, a very beautiful woman named Belle de Jour entertains her influential clients
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An openly gay man ruffles a conservative community when he runs for mayor in this romantic comedy. When Piero makes a run for office, he's got the entire town talking - and when he falls for a woman, Piero's got his heart tangled up, as well. Will voters, and Piero, be able to make the right choice?
13) Let Yourself Go
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Elia (Toni Servillo, "The Great Beauty") is a Jewish psychoanalyst from a purely Freudian school of thought. Due to his austere and detached manner, he is reputed for immediately generating awe in his patients. Elia lives alone in a flat on the same floor as his ex-wife Giovanna, with whom he is still secretly in love. After a minor illness, his doctor prescribes an iron-rich diet and physical activity to lose a few extra kilos. That is how he chances...
14) Reality
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Luciano is a Neapolitan fishmonger who supplements his modest income by pulling off little scams together with his wife Maria. A likeable and entertaining, but naive, guy, Luciano never misses an opportunity to perform for his customers and countless relatives. One day, his family urges him to try out for Big Brother. In chasing this dream, his perception of reality begins to change.
15) Ovosodo
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Piero Mansani is a young boy in the district of Livorno nicknamed Ovosodo, or "hardboiled eggs." After the death of his mother, he and his brother are raised by his father, who is in and out of prison, and his father's girlfriend. This coming-of-age comedy follows 15 years in Piero's life – the friendships, loves, heartbreaks, and triumphs – as he comes to understand the ways of the world.
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Di solito non trasformo un appuntamento in un'emergenza medica, ma quando succede, per poco non eviro il mio uomo...
Il primo appuntamento di Shannon e Declan culmina in un viaggio in ambulanza ed un'ulteriore prova per la loro folle relazione. Steve, l'ex-fidanzato di Shannon, insiste con un invito a cena, mentre Declan è via per lavoro. Il suo ritorno inaspettato, però, comporterà una dose generosa di romanticismo, quando Declan decide di...
17) Casanova '70
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Kanopy Streaming
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2014.
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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 115 min.) : digital, .flv file, sound
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Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Screenplay, Casanova '70 is a raucously funny sex romp starring Marcello Mastroianni at his charismatic peak. Packed with bed-hopping hijinks, a parade of gorgeous actresses, and Mastroianni's hilariously dry wit, Casanova '70 is a colorfully ribald gem from the Golden Age of Italian comedy.
18) We Have a Pope
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IFC Films
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2011.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (105 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A comic and fictional exploration of the emotional struggles of a newly-elected pope coming to terms with the demands of his position.
19) Aprile
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StudioCanal
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2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (78 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Nanni Moretti is a first person account of his experiences chronicled in his diary.
The story begins when his wife announces her pregnancy. Family, work and politics mingle in a charming light-hearted tale with a large helping of irony and humor.
The story begins when his wife announces her pregnancy. Family, work and politics mingle in a charming light-hearted tale with a large helping of irony and humor.
20) Loro
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IFC Films
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2022.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (157 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Sex, drugs, power, and vice: a dazzling, audacious plunge into the scandalous world of Silvio Berlusconi.
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