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Loose Cannons
Loose Cannons
Ferzan Ozpetek (Facing Windows, A Perfect Day) sets this playful family comedy in the picturesque city of Lecce in the deep sou...
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Memories About Sayat Nova
Memories About Sayat Nova
One of two remarkable rediscoveries: Memories About Sayat Nova reveals astonishingly beautiful, newly discovered scenes from Se...
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My Brother's Summer
My Brother's Summer
A frequent and inventive daydreamer, little Sergio learns from his parents that he will soon have a baby brother. When he subse...
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Napoleon and Me
Napoleon and Me
Napoleon's exile on the Italian island of Elba is seen through the eyes of a young teacher who reviles the former emperor (play...
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Nico, 1988
Nico, 1988
This whirlwind road movie follows the final months on tour of the singer-songwriter Nico, one-time Warhol superstar and Velvet ...
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West
What is there to say except "restored at last." Sergio Leone's breathtakingly beautiful and unforgettable film, as much an oper...
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Palio
Palio
Taking bribes and making deals is as essential as being a good rider in the Palio, the world’s oldest horse race. Giovanni, a y...
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Passio
Passio
A unique "oratorio for moving image and sound," and a dramatic meditation on the very act of seeing. This extraordinarily power...
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Perfect Strangers
Perfect Strangers
Paolo Genovese's new film brings us a bitter ensemble with an all star cast that poses the question: How well do we really know...
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Quiet Chaos
Quiet Chaos
"How to grieve" is the unexpressed question faced by Pietro, a Rome television executive (Nanni Moretti), after his wife's sudd...
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Shalom, Amore
Shalom, Amore
An epic love story reveals surprising truths about an Italian Jewish family, split apart by Fascism. How do you know when to fl...
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Singing Behind Screens
Singing Behind Screens
A pirate story set in China in the 1600's, which tells the tale of a young widow, who takes over after her pirate husband dies....
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Sunspots
Sunspots
Twelve-year-old Adriana spends a steamy summer at the sea in Sunspots.
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Sworn Virgin
Sworn Virgin
As a young woman living within the confines of a Northern Albanian village, Hana longs to escape the shackles of womanhood, and...
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The Director
The Director
How do you make one of the world's most revered fashion brands your own? That is the task facing creative director Frida Gianni...
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The Fall of Troy
The Fall of Troy
This early historical fresco prefigures Pastrone's 1914 masterwork Cabiria.
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The Flowers of St. Francis
The Flowers of St. Francis
Roberto Rossellini's delicate mediation of the life of St. Francis of Assisi, whom we follow from his immersion in religion to ...
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The Last Night of Amore
The Last Night of Amore
Lieutenant Franco Amore is about to retire after 35 years dedicated to the Italian State Police, until a tempting offer arrive...
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The Man Who Stole Banksy
The Man Who Stole Banksy
In 2007, the anonymous graffiti artist Banksy painted a series of political works around Palestine, only to have them cut down ...
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The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars
The Nightshift Belongs to the Stars
On the eve of their respective open-heart surgeries, Matteo and Sonia forge a friendship through a mutual passion for mountaine...
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The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio
An unlikely story of how two energetic Romans created an orchestra composed entirely of immigrants from all over the world livi...
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The Spectator
The Spectator
Valeria is a passive onlooker to her own life in Turin, and she grows so obsessed with the activities of her neighbor Massimo t...
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The Tournament
The Tournament
Soccer boys learn lessons in sportsmanship in The Tournament (Il Torneo).
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The True Legend of Tony Vilar
The True Legend of Tony Vilar
Using a tongue-in-cheek mockumentary style, this half-true, half-imagined tale is based on the story of real-life singer Tony V...
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The Universe of Keith Haring
The Universe of Keith Haring
An affectionate look at the colorful life and rise of Keith Haring. With intimate interviews by the likes of Yoko Ono, Fab 5 Fr...
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