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A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
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An Italian journalist is arrested in Venezuela by the military, accused of being a revolutionary. The journalist, interviewed by the press, says he has no connection with the guerrilla organizations and is thrown into jail and subjected to psychological and physical violence.
Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.
A day in Rome viewed by sixteen different directors under the supervision of the great screenwriter Cesare Zavattini.
Alberto Menichetti lives with an aunt and an old housekeeper, Clotilde; he has a job in a firm and his boss is Mrs. De Ritis, a widow whose husband was killed during a wild boar hunt. She likes him but Alberto likes Marcella; she is under age and he is awaiting her birthday to declare his love. His greater traits are to be fearful of everything and to be selfish. This nature will get him into trouble..
An Italian movie.
The short film depicts the production line of a large automobile factory, namely the Fiat Mirafiori in Turin, looking in particular to the relationship between the worker and the machine he maneuvers
The Peace Newsreel is the prototype of those independent and collective film initiatives on topics of social and political interest that Cesare Zavattini later promoted further through the “Free Newsreels.” Here, the general theme is peace, and it is introduced by Mario Soldati.
This Italian black-and-white film, based on a true story, was originally made for television. It concerns the life and sad end of Evariste Gallois (Mario Barriba), a brilliant student mathematician whose republican politics and hot-bloodedness resulted in his death; it is unclear whether he died by political assassination or as a result of a duel.
An Italian documentary.
