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Italy, Europe and America during the 'Dolce Vita' years narrated with unseen and rare footage from NBC Archives in New York.
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No other country in the world has the same kind of affection and admiration toward Walt Disney and his art and characters as Italy. His movies are legendary and his stories belong to the collective imagination of generations of Italians who grew up with his world of dreams and hopes. This documentary explores this love story.
Biggest Hollywood stars in Italy from 1950 to 1970 through CinecittĂ Luce's archives.
Ciccio D.O.P., undisputed lord of the mozzarella kingdom, sees his dairy empire imperiled when enigmatic Chinese producers unleash a half-priced, top-quality mozzarella on Italian shelves, igniting a brutal market war. As he scrambles to defend his realm, his daughter Sofia, the crooner Angelo Tatangelo, former flame Autilia “Jazz-Mood,” and ex-water-polo champ Dudo are swept into a high-stakes struggle that tests loyalties, reignites old passions, and reveals the true cost of domination.
Mixing dramatizations and real-life interviews, this film tells the story of four Jewish children who endured the brutal anti-Semitism of fascist Italy.
The documentary follows the work of those who, in the aftermath of the outbreak of war, immediately took action, even at the risk of their own lives, to secure works of art and tried to understand why, in the event of war, destroying and plundering works of art is one of the first objectives of invading armies in an attempt to eliminate the culture of a nation to erase its memory and annihilate its essence.
It follows Francesco Giuffrida, an honest Sicilian politician from childhood to his disappearance.
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the CinecittĂ studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
A documentary crossing all aspects of Sophia Loren's life: cinema, entertainment, private life, triumphs, challenges, suffering. How was the star born? How was a cinematographic archetype built? Childhood during the war in Naples, a beloved family, her mother Romilda, her beginnings at CinecittĂ , her triumphs of Hollywood and her great love with Carlo Ponti.
Documentary by Marco Spagnoli.
