Films with: da Roma, Eraldo

Adua e le compagne Adua and her friends /

A wonderful example of Italian realism, this film tells the story of four prostitutes forced to fend for themselves when a new law closes the bordellos of Rome. They pool their savings to open a trattoria, but find they cannot get a license. A prominent fixer with connections obtains the license for them, on the condition that they conduct their old business upstairs and pay him an exorbitant monthly fee.

DVD 9101

Avventura

Story about the search for a girl lost on an island; gradually the searchers become preoccupied with their own problems, and the girl is never found.

DVD 1596

Indiscretion of an American wife

An American housewife takes a lover during her holiday in Rome. When she leaves, he follows her to the train station and makes love to her in an empty railcar; they are caught by a worker who reports them to the authorities.

DVD 1878