Poverty and Nobility

Poverty and Nobility

Eugene, a young nobleman, asks two penniless idlers to impersonate his noble relatives to help him marry Gemma, the daughter of an enriched cook.

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Neapolitan Turk

Neapolitan Turk

Naples/Sorrento, mid 20s. A couple of small thieves conceive a scam whereby one of them dresses up as a eunuch Turk to care for the women of the...

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On the Tiger's Back

On the Tiger's Back

Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous...

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Totò Double or Nothing?

Totò Double or Nothing?

The penniless Duke decides to participate in "Lascia o raddoppia", a TV quiz show, in order to win five million lira. Then two gangsters bet...

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A Day for Lionhearts

A Day for Lionhearts

September the 8th 1943, Rome, day of the armistice. Danilo escapes the fascist enlist, while Michele succeeded to leave his administration moving...

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Love in the City

Love in the City

Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.

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Lui, lei e il nonno

Lui, lei e il nonno

Strange Occasion

Strange Occasion

Three sexy and comic episodes.

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The Camp Followers

The Camp Followers

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian...

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Per amore di Cesarina

Per amore di Cesarina

Davide Camporesi is the owner of the "Tornerai" pension in Cesenatico which he manages together with his wife Elvira and daughter Carletta, and...

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The Boarder

The Boarder

A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the...

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The Warrior and the Slave Girl

The Warrior and the Slave Girl

Marcus Numidius, a Roman tribune sent to Armenia to put down a gladiators' revolt, captures the rebels' popular leader, Aselepius. Princess Amira...

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Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo

Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo

This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the '50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job...

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The Profiteer

The Profiteer

In the city of Ostuni in Puglia, the mute seminarian Ercole is designated to be the driver and nurse of Parsifal, the paraplegic son in a rich and...

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The Best Part

The Best Part

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on...

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Wild Love

Wild Love

Despite of (or perhaps because of ) its sparse production values and unpretentiousness, the Italian Gli Innamorati was feted at the 1956 Cannes...

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Calamus

Calamus

Riccardo, belonging to an upper-middle class family from Puglia, studies religion in a Swiss boarding school. He has an incomplete relationship...

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Loves of Three Queens

Loves of Three Queens

At a wedding party involving three beautiful women, a young man should choose the most charming. But a professor intervenes to prevent the verdict,...

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30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente

Una macchia rosa

Una macchia rosa

A photographer comes back to Italy after a trip to India and struggles to adjust to his new life.

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