Franco Cristaldi
Language
Italiano
Description
"A famous Italian filmmaker, haunted by the memories of his first love, returns to his hometown after an absence of 30 years. Upon his return, he reconnects with the community and remembers the highlights and tragedies that shaped his life and inspired him to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Includes Theatrical and Director's Cut versions of the film." --
3) Amarcord
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
Italiano
Description
"In this movie Fellini portrays his home town of Rimini as he remembered it in the 1930's, during his young days. Many bizarre but very warm and human characters and specific Mediterranean humor made this movie the most popular of all Fellini's works" --Internet Movie Database.
5) The red tent
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Tells the saga of the ill-fated 1928 Arctic expedition headed by Italian Unberto Nobile. After the crash of their dirigible, Italia, the survivors huddle in their makeshift red canvas dwelling, desperately sending out S.O.S. signals.
Series
Criterion collection ; 50
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
Italiano
Description
In 1914, a colorful melange of celebrities embark on a funeral voyage for a dead opera star. An allegorical film blending spectacle, humour, poignance and grotesquerie.
Series
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
Italiano
Description
A young Italian boy, the son of a brutal kidnapper, is the only survivor when his family is killed by a rival gang. The boy flees, pursued by the police and the killers, and searches for a new life with a loving family unlike his own and an end to his family's history of criminal behavior.
Series
Criterion collection ; 228
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
Italiano
Description
A documentary-style drama chronicling the rise and fall of the title character, a real-life Mob chieftain who rose to prominence in post-WWII Sicily.
Series
Criterion collection ; 610
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Italiano
Description
In turn-of-the-twentieth-century Turin, an accident in a textile factory incites workers to stage a walkout. But it's not until they receive unexpected aid from a traveling professor that they find a voice, unite, and stand up for themselves. This historical drama by Mario Monicelli is a beautiful and moving ode to the power of the people, brimming with humor and honesty.
