Alberto Moravia — Playwright (19)
The Sin of Rogelia Sánchez (1939) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Il peccato di Rogelia Sánchez
other title: Santa Rogelia / Il peccato di Rogelia Sánchez
Rogelia, the orphan of an Asturian miner who died in a work-related accident, marries Máximo, a man as robust as jealous, drunk and violent. But when her husband is jailed, the woman will take advantage to escape with the doctor of the village so as to see the world and perhaps to form a family.
The She-Wolf (1953) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La lupa
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Kerima / Ettore Manni
other title: 늑대 여인 / La Louve de Calabre
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Mother sacrifices herself for Maricchia's marriage, but ultimately falls to her own passion, leading to family disruption.
Woman of the River (1954) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
La donna del fiume
director: Mario Soldati actor: Sophia Loren / Gérard Oury
other title: A Mulher do Rio / Die Frau vom Fluss
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Police officer Enzo Cinti, who loves Nives, traces her to the Po River cane-fields, where she is working as a cutter to support herself and an infant son, and warns her that Gino has escaped from prison and is seeking revenge. She rejects his offer to protect her. Gino finds Nives, mourning the drowning death of their son. He surrenders himself to the police and then walks at Nives' side in the funeral procession.
Desideria (1980) [Movie] IMDb Douban
Desideria: La vita interiore
director: Gianni Barcelloni actor: 斯蒂芬尼娅·桑德雷莉 / Lara Wendel
other title: Desideria: La vita interiore / 热情拥抱
All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ugly duckling becomes a swan, she turns into a world-class tease, exacting her revenge by seducing her mother's boyfriend...
Dastforoush (1987) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
دستفروش
director: Mohsen Makhmalbaf actor: Mahmoud Basiri / Behzad Behzadpour
other title: 小商贩 / دستفروش
Episode one: The Happy child :
The fourth child of a poor couple, whom live in Halabiabad (a dispossessed place in Tehran), is born. In the maternity they tell them that if the child does not have good nutrition he would become paralyzed as well. The couple, who have 3 retarded and handicapped children- as a result of family marriage-know that because of poverty they cannot take care of their newborn child and they are worried that he would encounter the same fate as the other three children. They decide to make their child prosperous and they take him to a sanitarium for handicapped and retarded children but very soon the bitter future of the child comes into the mother’s mind. Then they decide to put the child in the way so that a good person takes the child with him and makes him prosperous but no one would take the child, but poor people and for making money. Eventually they leave the child by the swimming pool of an aristocratic house and leave, unaware of the fact that the child ends up in the sanitarium of handicapped and retarded children once again.
Episode two: Birth of an old woman :
A young boy, who has psychic signs in his behavior and words, nurses his old and handicapped mother, who does not even have the ability to talk, with patience and comprehension in an humble house. One day when he leaves the house towards the bank to get his monthly pension, he has an accident with a vehicle and the passersby steal his money. The young boy, who is worried about his mother’s conditions escapes from the hospital with a bandaged head, while the old woman has died in his absence. But in the house he still treats her mother as if she is alive.
Episode three: The peddler :
A group of smugglers who have unlawful activities under the cover of selling second hand clothes, take a peddler, who was their accomplice and witness of their crime, with themselves by force to kill him. The young peddler, who has arguments with the leader of the group over his life all the time, is thinking of escaping from this predicament, but all these escapes are only in his mind…
马丁的恋情 (1998) [Movie] Douban
L'ennui
director: 塞德里克·康 actor: 夏尔·贝尔林 / 索菲·吉耶曼
other title: L'ennui / 灵欲强人
已届中年的哲学教师马丁(Charles Berling 饰)婚姻突变,与妻子苏菲长期分居。他内心倍感空虚,似乎与周围的一切都格格不入。某夜马丁流连夜店,出手帮助了一位因忘带酒钱而被保镖刁难的潦倒画家梅斯(Robert Kramer 饰)。梅斯将自己的契约留给马丁,答应过几天偿还酒钱。三天后马丁登门拜访,却发现画家已于头天下午跟一名女孩做爱过程中死亡。
总是对一切都充满怀疑的马丁出于好奇,走进了那名单纯且神秘的女孩西西莉娅(Sophie Guillemin 饰)的生活。每日里等待西西莉娅的到来,给他阔别已久的肉体欢愉……
Laugh for Joy (1960) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Risate di gioia
director: 马里奥·莫尼切利 actor: Anna Magnani / 托托
other title: 热情的贼 / Risate di gioia
On New Year's Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. When a colleague invites her to a New Year's party, she jumps at the opportunity. Accidentally she runs into an old acting acquaintance (Toto), who is helping a professional pickpocket (Ben Gazzara) steal from people during the hustle-bustle of New Year's Eve festivities. During the course of the evening, they have numerous crazy, humorous adventures all over Rome at different parties, restaurants, and even the Trevi fountain. Magnani's character (Tortorella) falls for Gazzara's character (Lello) without knowing what he's up to, while Toto tries to placate them both. Written by Miriam Kramer
From a Roman Balcony (1961) [Movie] Douban
La giornata balorda
director: Mauro Bolognini actor: Jean Sorel
other title: 疯狂的一日 / La giornata balorda
"La giornata balorda" is the story of a 20-year-old youth's one-day search for a job that would spell security and decency for himself, the teenager he has not been able to marry and their three-week-old son... it was banned in Italy -- not because of sexual or anti-religious content, but because of its depiction of Italian society.
Ossessione (1943) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
Ossessione
7.1 (13 ratings) director: 卢基诺·维斯康蒂 actor: 克拉拉·卡拉马伊 / 马西莫·吉洛蒂
other title: 沉沦 / 对头冤家(台)
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
Time of Indifference (1965) [Movie] Douban
Gli Indifferenti
director: Francesco Maselli actor: Claudia Cardinale / Rod Steiger
other title: 冷漠的人们 / Gli Indifferenti
Leo (Rod Steiger) is an aristocrat whose family fortunes have plummeted in this downbeat melodrama. He seeks to reverse his money problems by courting the wealthy Mariagrazia (Paulette Goddard), throwing over his former lover Lisa (Shelley Winters) in his quest to continue his posh lifestyle. Mariagrazia is too caught up in the attention of the charming, conniving Leo to notice that he also makes a play for her daughter Carla (Claudia Cardinale). Mariagarzia continues to want Leo even after he gains control of family fortune and property. Meanwhile, Carla's brother Michele (Tomas Milian) takes up with the jilted Lisa. Finally, in a most poignant scene, the ailing matron finally realizes she has been used by Leo. Excellent performances all around.
~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide