Acting
Pupetta’s plot. Courage and Passion (2012). In the summer of 1955, a few months after being married to Assunta, known as Pupetta, the boss Pasquale Simonetti was killed by the hitman Gaetano Orlando, on the orders of Antonio Esposito. Despite being pregnant in the sixth month, Pupetta Maresca will not hesitate to avenge the killing of Pasquale by killing Orlando in turn, after having approached him on the street. Naples, Second World War. Pupetta is a rebellious and charming girl who does not bow to the criminal logic of the Camorra. Witness to a murder, the girl tries to tell the truth, opposing the overwhelming power of the neighborhood boss Don Luigi Vitiello, whose marriage request she refuses in favor of love for Michele. Together with the latter he will share a personal war against the abuses of Vitiello, which he desires Donna Pupetta and the direction of the General Markets led by Michele himself.
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September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
In post war Italy during the fifties it is very difficult to find a house to rent and a family ends up living in a former brothel.
Anthology comedy structured in 10 episodes (The Exam, Blue Bloods, Too Easy, Love Italian Style, Sunday Story, Wedding Present, Gold Fischer, The Tuxedo, Railway Courtesy, Play Boy). Whimsical exploration of the mores, customs and vices of Italy at that time.
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Cerasella escapes just before her marriage with Alfredo and meets Bruno, the son of a wealthy industrialist.
A beautiful, wealthy widow leaves New York to find herself a husband in the Italian village in which she was born. After many tries she...chooses the village blacksmith.
1849 - Ciceruacchio declares the Independent Republic of Rome, but the French and the Austrians try to bring back the Pope to Rome.
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Vincenzo Esposito is a street sweeper who stands out for his honesty and innocence. The same cannot be said of his superior, "Corporal" Pascuttella, who schemes behind his back because he has his eye on Vincenzo’s wife, an old flame of his. A colleague reveals the whole affair to Vincenzo, who then finds himself forced to seek revenge for the wrong done to him... but luckily, someone else steps in to deliver justice.
After their boss' death, two clerks eagerly await the arrival of the next one, each one of them hoping to become the apple of his eye. They compete in every possible way to impress him, which causes lots of trouble and many misunderstandings.
A teenager escapes from a reformatory and is accused of theft.
Pasquale and Luigi, two brothers about to get married, never lose their spirit for playing pranks on each other, such as scratching photos of their girlfriends or stealing money. One day, Hélène, a beautiful French woman whose car has run out of gas, arrives unexpectedly. The two brothers both fall in love with her and invite her to stay at their house. In the days that follow, Pasquale confesses that he wants to marry Hélène, and when his girlfriend finds out, she makes a scene in public that completely discredits him. The same fate befalls Luigi, who has to endure the whining of his girlfriend Rosina. Everything seems to be going well for Pasquale, now free and devoted only to the beautiful French woman, but a sudden encounter with his country friends upsets his plans. The young Don Enrico, an inveterate Don Juan, sets his sights on Hélène, who, having fallen in love with him, decides to return to France with him.
