Carmen Piccini's delightful documentary "The Magic of Fellini" was shown recently on the Sundance channel. It was a complete surprise because of its subject, Federico Fellini, who was one of the best directors of Italy of the last century, one would think needed no explanation about what made him one of the most admired figures of the Italian cinema. Ms. Piccini explores the man who was a legend and in less than one hour she makes us feel as though one knew this charismatic man intimately. What comes across in the film is Fellini's genius. He was a man who basically had the ideas in his mind and who seldom bothered to write a screen play detailing each scene of the film he was directing. Fellini was a master of the improvisation style and as such, he gave his actors a general guide line to follow as most of the dialog was added in the editing. He was famous for having some of the American stars he employed in his films just move their lips and concentrating on the characters they were creating. There are hilarious interviews on camera with Anthony Quinn, whose Zampano, in "La Strada" was perhaps his best film work, and with Donald Sutherland, who played Casanova for the master. Donald Sutherland is seen mumbling numbers in Italian that were later dubbed with an actor's voice speaking the great lines Fellini and his collaborators added later on. Claudia Cardinale is also seen in an interview on camera as she tries to explains the magic of working with Fellini. Ms Piccini has included some of the best moments in the films Fellini directed such as the sequence when Anita Ekberg enters the Trevi fountain in Rome, in "La dolce vita". She also includes two of the best scenes from "Le notti di Cabiria" in which Giulietta Massina is seen dancing with the film star portrayed by Amadeo Nazzari, and later on as the film is ending when one sees Cabiria shedding tears as she walks home at the end of the picture. This documentary is essential for admirers of Federico Fellini and Carmen Piccini has made it possible to the great director's fans to discover yet another layer of the man who was an absolute original.

In a vignette called "Strange to meet you," Roberto sits at a small table in a coffee bar. Five cups of coffee and two ashtrays are in front of him; he drinks and smokes. Steven joins him. They start a conversation about cigarettes and coffee. Steven likes to drink coffee before he sleeps, so he can dream faster. The conversation jumps around. "You know my mother?" asks Roberto. Steven describes coffee Popsicles. They switch seats; then switch back. Steven has to leave for a dental appointment he's not looking forward to. Roberto makes a startling offer, inspired no doubt by the coffee and cigarettes.

2005 film by Roberto Benigni

Set in 50 B.C., Asterix and Obelix are living in a small but well-protected village in Gaul, where a magic potion concocted by Druids turns the townsfolk into mighty soldiers. When Roman troops carve a path through Gaul to reach the English Channel, Caesar and his aide de camp Detritus discover the secret elixir and capture the Druid leader who knows its formula, and Asterix and Obelix are sent off to rescue them.

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

最近，城里发生了数十起案情十分恶劣的连环强奸案，一个名为洛瑞斯（罗伯托·贝尼尼 Roberto Benigni 饰）的怪异男子成为了警方重点怀疑的对象，因为洛瑞斯不仅是一个公认的好色之徒，更是被抓到了许多虽不能定罪但依旧对他十分不利的把柄。 身为城中警长，派瑞德（米歇尔·布朗 Michel Blanc 饰）对只会伤害柔弱女性的罪犯深恶痛绝，他发誓无论用怎样的手段，都要找到证据将罪犯捉拿归案，当然，这其中的罪犯，指的就是洛瑞斯。为了收集证据，派瑞德甚至派出了性感美丽的女警杰西卡（尼可莱塔·布拉斯基 Nicoletta Braschi 饰）潜伏在洛瑞斯的身边，甚至不惜牺牲她的色相企图“钓鱼执法”。可是，令派瑞德没有想到的是，这一次洛瑞斯竟然节操十足，不为所动。

1990 film by Federico Fellini

改编自经典童话《木偶奇遇记》，讲述老木匠（罗伯托·贝尼尼 Roberto Benigni 饰）雕刻的木偶机缘巧合下获得生命，被木匠当作自己的儿子，并取名“匹诺曹”（费德里科·伊帕迪 Federico Ielapi 饰）。木匠耐心地教导匹诺曹，可贪玩的匹诺曹却跑到马戏团看木偶戏，并因此开启了一段离家之旅。

An anthology of eleven vignettes featuring star-studded casts of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.

An anthology of 5 different cab drivers in 5 American and European cities and their remarkable fares on the same eventful night.

A disc jockey, a pimp and an Italian tourist escape from jail in New Orleans.

美国游客Hayley（艾丽森·皮尔 Alison Pill 饰）在意大利旅行的时候，和意大利男子Michelangelo（弗拉维奥·帕伦蒂 Flavio Parenti 饰）坠入爱河，迅速订婚。Hayley的父母也从美国来到意大利和Michelangelo一家见面。Hayley的父亲Jerry（伍迪·艾伦 Woody Allen 饰）是一个退休的歌剧经纪人，他惊讶地发现Michelangelo父亲Giancarlo的歌剧才华，千方百计想把他推向市场......Antonio and Milly（亚历桑德拉·马斯特罗兰迪 Alessandra Mastronardi 饰）是一对新婚夫妇，从家乡来到罗马要开始新生活，Milly独自外出时却把手机弄丢了，找不到回去的路，更遇上了电影明星Luca Salta；而在酒店的Antonio则遇上了妓女Anna（佩妮洛普·克鲁兹 Penélope Cruz 饰），闹出了不少笑话......John（亚历克·鲍德温 Alec Baldwin 饰）回到了熟悉的意大利，认识了学建筑的学生Jack（杰西·艾森伯格 Jesse Eisenberg 饰），Jack正对他的女朋友的好友Monica（艾伦·佩吉 Ellen Page 饰）想入非非......一个普通的小职员Leopoldo（罗伯托·贝尼尼 Roberto Benigni 饰）一早醒来竟发现自己成了名人......在伦敦、巴塞罗那、巴黎之后，伍迪·艾伦又来到罗马，为您讲述发生在罗马的有趣故事。

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up he tries to convince his son that the whole thing is just a game.