Films with: Sandrelli, Stefania

1900

Two boys are born in Parma, Italy on the day of composer Giuseppe Verdi's death in 1901. Alfredo Berlinghieri is the son of a wealthy landowner and Olmo Dalco is the son of a poverty-stricken peasant who becomes a communist and labor organizer. Though the boys are childhood friends, they increasingly come into conflict as adults as Alfredo panders to the increasingly powerful fascists while Olmo fights relentlessly against Mussolini's followers.

DVD 4650

C'eravamo tanto amati We all loved each other so much /

"In a retrospective allegory, Ettore Scola examines the lives of three resistance fighters and their transformation 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 masters of Italian cinema by weaving classic film clips and iconic personalities into the background, as the film reveals which of the three friends remains true to the spirit of liberation they had once fought to achieve."--Container.

DVD 8340

Christine Cristina

Explores the life of Christine de Pisan, the Venetian-born poet of the 15th century, who spent most of her life at the court of Charles V in Paris.

DVD 10724

Conformist Il conformista /

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes to Paris to arrange the assassination of his old teacher, now a political dissident.

DVD 5437

Divorzio all'italiana Divorce Italian style /

A married man who has fallen in love with a younger woman hatches an elaborate scheme to kill his wife.

DVD 2202

Last kiss L'ultimo bacio /

Carlo's life is thrown into a tailspin when his longtime girlfriend Giulia announces she's pregnant.

DVD 2934

Prima cosa bella

Follows a strong and optimistic mother raising her two children against all odds. Throughout grief and pain she teaches her family to remain open and loving and to cherish the little joys in life.

DVD 8787

Sedotta e abbandonata Seduced and abandoned /

An Italian girl is seduced by her sister's boyfriend, setting in motion a chain of events which looks with tongue in cheek at the Sicilian code of honor, as the patriarch of the family tries to get the scoundrel to do right by his daughter.

DVD 4693

Stealing beauty

A nineteen year old girl spends the summer in Italy, determined to fulfill two dreams. The first, to consummate the romance 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 mother's diary.

DVD 1622