Carlo Ponti
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
After mobsters murder her husband, Rose Bianco works long hours making artificial flowers, to support herself and her son. Some suspect that Rose's demand for a lavish lifestyle pushed her husband to a life of crime, and they blame her for his death. Widower Frank Valente is attracted to Rose, and must convince her that real love exists. He must also deal with his own daughter, who has her own reasons for opposing his marriage to Rose.
3) Ulysses
Publisher
Lionsgate Films
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Ulysses' return from the Trojan Wars sets him upon a legendary adventure. He and his crew sail under the curse of Cassandra, and encounter Circe, the sirens and the cyclops.
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Italiano
Description
Domenico first meets 17-year-old prostitute Filumena in a Neapolitan brothel in the 2nd World War. After the war they become lovers on and off for 22 years. Domenico eventually rents an apartment for Filumena and even lets her run his shop but is always chasing other women. Finally Filumena asks Domenico to marry her on her deathbed, just before he had planned to marry his young cashier, and admits she had his legitimate child. Dominico uses different...
5) Sunflower
Series
Publisher
Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Italiano
Description
The story of a married Italian couple who are separated by World War II and then meet again years later in Russia only to realize that they cannot recapture the past.
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Some war violence.
A fearsome rumor reaches Britain's World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and, then, New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort.
10) Doctor Zhivago
Language
English
Description
"Traces the life of surgeon-poet Yury Zhivago before and during the Russian Revolution. Married to an upper-class girl who is devoted to him, yet he finds himself in love with an unfortunate woman who becomes his muse. Zhivago becomes torn between fidelity and passion. Sympathetic with the Bolshevik revolution, but shaken by the wars and purges, he struggles to retain his individualism as a humanist amid the spirit of collectivism." --
Epic love...
11) Les carabiniers
Publisher
Fox Lorber Films
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
Français
Description
"Centers on two peasants who join the King's army. Seduced by the promise of riches, the two leave their wives and embark into the war sending postcards home that detail their conquests. Upon their return, they learn that a peace treaty has been signed and in turn, are betrayed by the king for their overzealousness."--Container.
12) Blow-up
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.
14) Two women
Series
Publisher
Alpha Video
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Seeking escape from city bombing, an Italian mother and daughter travel war-torn Italy during World War II trying to survive near-starvation, rape by wandering soldiers and other horrors of war.
15) La strada
Series
Criterion collection ; 219
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Italiano
Description
"A poor woman is sold to a traveling performer, becoming a victim of unrequited love."--
16) Le Doulos
Series
Criterion collection ; 447
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
Français
Description
A complicated thriller about the fatalistic relationship between two men: Maurice, a crook just out of prison, and Silien, a mysterious, cryptic informer caught up in the complex relationship between the criminal underworld and the police.
18) Blowup
Series
Criterion collection ; 865
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder. Academy Award nominations for Best Director, Michaelangelo Antonioni, and Best Screenplay.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
Italiano
Description
"On the day of a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Rome, which underscored the infamous alliance between the Nazis and Mussolini's fascist regime, a brief encounter between a weary housewife and a radio announcer unfolds into an intimate drama." --
20) Blowup
Series
Criterion collection ; 865
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A London photographer takes some pictures of a couple in a park and discovers that he may have recorded evidence of a murder.
