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Adalberto Maria Merli
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The Gang
In 1945, as World War Two comes to a close, five small time crooks unite to form a gang. After several bold robberies they become notorious as "the front-wheel drive gang". The police attempt to stop their crime spree with little success, but how long will their luck last?
Il colore della vittoria
The fictionalized story of the Italian national soccer team at the 1934 World Cup and focuses, in particular, on the story of Attilio Ferraris, a soccer player who was called up by the Italian national team’s head coach, Vittorio Pozzo, against the will of the fascist regime—and who repaid him with outstanding performances that culminated in the victory of the Rimet Cup.
I Segreti Di Borgo Larici
Donne di mafia
The story of a group of women involved with the Mafia—notably Teresa Uncini and Cosima Sorrentini—who find the strength, courage, and determination to resist their role as passive victims of this barbarity, no matter the cost, with the help of the courageous judge Giulia Marotta.
Stupor Mundi
Indian Summer
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.
La guerra è finita
During the WW2, two friends fall in love with the same woman. Ideologically divided by the conflict that engulfs Italy and their lives, the three young people will eventually reunite after a dramatic confrontation.
Let's Hope It's a Girl
A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.
Quick Trial
After a terrorist attack against a train, the police arrest the young laborer Stefano Baldini, member of a group of militant leftists. Entrusted for interrogation to Sergeant Pendicò and special agents Lorusso and Spasiani, Stefano dies, after four days, in unclear circumstances. Doubting the official version of the police, the second time in which a young person died in custody, journalist Cristina Visconti tries, with the aid of the sister of Stefano, to discover the truth. They rub up against a conspiracy of silence that encircles the acts of Pendicò and his associates. Frustrated beyond reason, Cristina tries a desperate ploy: publishing a story without evidence in the newspaper, accusing the three agents of having caused the death of Stefano with their blows. Cristina is put on trial for defamation. Can she avoid going to jail and also reveal the facts surrounding Stefano's death?
The Night Caller
A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
Tides of Change
The nobleman Franco Maironi is sailing over Lake Lugano together with his beloved Luisa. Luisa is from a bourgeois family and therefore marrying her would mean going outside his social class. But this is be no problem for the courageous young Italian patriot.
The Woman with Red Boots
An elderly millionaire manipulates an avant-garde writer and a happily married man.
Rebecca, la prima moglie
A naive young woman moves into the mansion that belongs to her new husband, a rich widower. She soon realizes the memory of his deceased first wife maintains a grip on her husband, as well as the staff of servants.
Cinque storie inquietanti
Five adaptations of short stories by American writer Stanley Ellin. Set in Italy—in Genoa, Turin, and Milan—they explore the darkest aspects of our existence, while the mystery plot veers into a moral, everyday horror.