Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi

November 15, 1922 · 103 years old

Francesco Rosi (15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages. While the topics for his later films bec…

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Salvatore Giuliano

Salvatore Giuliano

1962 · 2h 5m · Movie

The unclear and complicated twists between governal powers, independentist party and Mafia in the Sicily of the '40s culminate with the death of Salvatore Giuliano.

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Christ Stopped at Eboli

Christ Stopped at Eboli

1979 · 2h 30m · Movie

A doctor in Fascist Italy is exiled to a remote village for his political views.

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Hands Over the City

Hands Over the City

1963 · 1h 41m · Movie

Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal.

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Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses

1976 · 2h 0m · Movie

An investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.

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The Mattei Affair

The Mattei Affair

1972 · 1h 56m · Movie

An Italian industrialist died in a plane crash. An accident or an assassination?

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Three Brothers

Three Brothers

1981 · 1h 53m · Movie

Three men face their mother's death.

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Lucky Luciano

Lucky Luciano

1973 · 1h 45m · Movie

Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.

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More Than a Miracle

More Than a Miracle

1967 · 1h 55m · Movie

In 17th-century Italy, a Spanish prince searching for a bride falls in love with a beautiful local peasant girl.

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The Swindlers

The Swindlers

1959 · 2h 12m · Movie

Mario is in Hannover to work as a miner but after loosing his job he decides to go back to Italy. When Totonno steals his passport to avoid the police and later on he offers him a new job as "magliaro" (cloth seller), Mario change...

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The Challenge

The Challenge

1958 · 1h 27m · Movie

Vito Polara is a young ambitious man from the slums of Naples, who wants to get as much power and money as possible. He decides to quit smuggling cigarettes and tries to take over the local fruit and vegetable distribution, which ...

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