Brunello Rondi — Playwright (16)

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Check to the Queen (1969)
Scacco alla regina IMDb Douban
帕斯夸莱·费斯塔·康帕尼莱 actor: 哈蒂·波丽托弗 Haydée Politoff / 罗莎娜·斯基亚菲诺 Rosanna Schiaffino …
other title: 将杀皇后 / Scacco alla regina …
Silvia is young, beautiful and rich. When her husband goes on a business trip, she starts working as a secretary for Margaret, a famous film star. Margaret appears to have no problems giving her what she wants and turns her into a sex slave- little by little, she subjects herself to increasingly serious humiliations in a masochistic relationship.

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Ingrid on the Road (1973)
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other title: L'hystérique aux cheveux d'or / Ingrid en la calle …
After being raped by her father, Ingrid moves to Rome and ends up becoming a prostitute. She finds a friend in Claudia, but Claudia's protector is a sadistic thug by the name of Renato who will show her the worst of the what life in the city has to offer.

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The Demon (1967)
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other title: 恶魔 / Il demonio …
Highly unusual, powerful and tragic horror film, which shows ignorance and superstitions of Italian province. A girl is believed to be possessed by the devil and the cause of the tragic events that occur in the small town where she lives. Israeli actress Daliah Lavi (who the same year plays in Mario Bava's "Whip and the Body") portrays young, ignorant country girl named Purificazione, who herself convinced that she is really responsible for all misfortunes. Director Rondi was acclaimed Italian screenwriter, who works with many great Italian directors, including Fellini, Rosselini, De Sica. "Il Demonio" was based on true facts.

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My Sister, My Love (1970)
Le sorelle WikiData IMDb TMDB Douban
罗贝托·马莱诺蒂 actor: Giancarlo Giannini / 苏珊·斯塔丝伯格 Susan Strasberg …
other title: 姐妹 / Le sorelle …
Diana is divorcing her husband, and decides to spend winter at her younger sister's home. Adultery and saphic love will enter her life, amidst sad remembrances and with unsuspected consequences.

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Boccaccio '70 (1962)
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★ 8.2 31 ratings
维托里奥·德西卡 / 费德里科·费里尼 … actor: 玛丽莎·苏尼纳斯 / Germano Gilioli …
other title: 三艳嬉春 / 博迦丘70年 …
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.

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管弦乐队的彩排 (1978)
Prova d'orchestra Douban
★ 7.7 34 ratings
费德里科·费里尼 actor: Balduin Baas / 克拉拉·科洛西莫 …
other title: Prova d'orchestra / 乐队排演(台) …
导演费里尼的《乐队排演》,拍摄了一个交响乐团的排演状况,其中,相当讽刺地呈现出五花八门的情境气氛,什么都有,就是没有一般想像中的一个交响乐团乐团该有的和谐愉悦,团员之间的摩擦不合,象徵着人类社会的常态,在片中,团长成为某种「神」一般的存在,费里尼藉着检视音乐家们的种种喜怒哀乐,这个独特场景下人物的互动,变成人类社会的缩影。 片中音乐是由费里尼的长期合作伙伴,义大利配乐大师尼洛罗塔创作,罗塔的作品,为本片生色不少。

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City of Women (1980)
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★ 7.2 54 ratings
费德里科·费里尼 actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 / 安娜·普鲁克瑙 …
other title: 女人城 / La città delle donne …
The charismatic Snaporaz encounters an alluring woman on a train and pursues her through a forest. He ends up at a hotel populated by women gathered for a feminist conference, where he is an unwanted presence. Snaporaz soon discovers he’s entered a phantasmagoric world where women have taken power.

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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950)
Francesco, giullare di Dio
★ 7.8 13 ratings
罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: 阿尔多·法布里齐 / 詹弗兰科·贝利尼 …
other title: 圣弗朗西斯之花 / Francesco, giullare di Dio …
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People's Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis's time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.

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8½ (1963)
8½
★ 8.7 547 ratings
other title: 8과 1/2 / 8 1/2 …
Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.