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Ripley's Game and A Magnificent Haunting
The Berlin Affair (Country: Italy, West Germany; Year: 1985; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mazzoni, Jun'ichirô Tanizaki; Stars: Gudrun Landgrebe, Kevin McNally, Mio Takaki, Hanns Zischler, Massimo Girotti, Philippe Leroy, William Berger, Andrea Prodan, Tomoko Tanaka, Claudio Lorimer, Edward Farrelly, John Steiner, Enrica Maria Scrivano, Clara Algranti, Benedetta Fantoli)
During the Nazi era, the life of a diplomat’s wife will be disrupted when she has a lesbian relationship with a beautiful young woman, the daughter of the Japanese ambassador.
Beyond Good And Evil (A Di La Del Bel Bene E Del Mal) (Country: Italy, France, West Germany; Year: 1977; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Liliana Cavani, Franco Arcalli, Italo Moscati; Stars: Dominique Sanda, Robert Powell, Erland Josephson, Virna Lisi, Michael Degen, Elisa Cegani, Umberto Orsini, Philippe Leroy, Carmen Scarpitta, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Amedeo Amodio, Renato Scarpa, Clara Colosimo, Roberto Bruni, Mircha Carven)
The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, unable to lead a rule-free life, is involved in a love triangle with an uninhibited woman and a psychologist.
Beyond The Door (Oltre La Porta) (Country: Italy; Year: 1982; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Enrico Medioli; Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Eleonora Giorgi, Tom Berenger, Michel Piccoli, Maria Sofia Amendolea, Marcia Briscoe, Enrico Bergier, Paolo Bonetti, Cicely Browne, Hadija Lahnida, Leandro Marcoccio, Atik Mohamed, Abdelkader Moutaa, Mahjoub Raji, Fatima Regragui)
An executive sent to Morocco on business meets a woman he is attracted to, but he discovers that she is in a relationship with a man in prison accused of murder.
Facing Window (La Finestra Di Fronte) (Country: Italy/UK/Turkey/Portugal; Year: 2003; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli; Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Massimo Girotti, Raoul Bova, Filippo Nigro, Sierra Yilmaz, Maria Grazia Bon, Massimo Poggio, Ivan Bacchi)
Intricate puzzle involving memory, forbidden love and voyeuristic infatuation.
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Francesco (Country: Italy, West Germany; Year: 1989; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Liliana Cavani, Roberta Mazzoni; Stars: Mickey Rourke, Helena Bonham Carter, Andréa Ferréol, Nikolaus Dutsch, Peter Berling, Hanns Zischler, Mario Adorf, Paolo Bonacelli, Fabio Bussotti, Riccardo De Torrebruna, Matteo Corsini, Edward Farrelly, Paolo Proietti, Paco Reconti, Diego Ribon)
In 1226, after the death of St Francis of Assisi, his closest friends, among which is St Clare, talk and remember his life.
Facing Window Facing Window
Facing Window and Saturn In Opposition
Francis Of Assisi (Country: Italy; Year: 1966; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Tullio Pinelli; Stars: Lou Castel, Giancarlo Sbragia, Maria Grazia Marescalchi, Mino Bellei, Marcello Formica, Roberto Di Massimo, Giampiero Frondini, Gerig Domain, John Karlsen, Gianni Turillazzi, Marco Bellocchio, Kenneth Belton, Riccardo Bernardini, Giuseppe Campodifiori, Riccardo Cucciolla)
Faced with the injustices and horrors of war, a young reveller decides to change his life and imitate Christ, despite his parents not understanding.
Galileo (Country: Italy, Bulgaria; Year: 1968; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Tullio Pinelli; Stars: Cyril Cusack, Georgi Kaloyanchev, Nikolay Doychev, Miroslav Mindov, Georgi Cherkelov, Mikhail Mikhaylov, Nevena Kokanova, Nikolai Ouzounov, Plamen Ciarov, Mila Dimitrova, Beniesc Mois, Vladimir Davcev, Paolo Graziosi, Gigi Ballista, Lou Castel)
Biopic of the scientist who came into conflict with the Catholic Church.
The Guest (L'Ospite) (Country: Italy; Year: 1971; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani; Stars: Lucia Bosé, Glauco Mauri, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Alvaro Piccardi, Lorenzo Piani, Giancarlo Caio, Giampiero Frondini, Alfio Galardi, Maddalena Gillia, Maria Luisa Salmaso, Lucia Bosé, Glauco Mauri, Peter Gonzales Falcon, Alvaro Piccardi, Lorenzo Piani)
A 40-year-old woman, who has been in a mental hospital for some time, goes to live with her brother’s family, but she cannot adapt.
Harem Suare (Country: Italy, France, Turkey; Year: 1999; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli; Stars: Marie Gillain, Alex Descas, Lucia Bosé, Valeria Golino, Malick Bowens, Christophe Aquillon, Serra Yilmaz, Haluk Bilginer, Pelin Batu, Ayla Algan, Nilüfer Açikalin, Meriç Benlioglu, Cansel Elcin, Basak Köklükaya, Gaia Narcisi)
Istanbul, 1904, eve of the end of the Ottoman Empire. The harem of the Sultan’s palace is a secret, female world, full of intrigues, fears, desires, friendships and betrayals.
Loose Cannons (Mine vaganti) (Country: Italy; Year: 2010; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Ivan Cotroneo; Stars: Riccardo Scamarcio, Nicole Grimaudo, Alessandro Preziosi, Lunetta Savino, Ennio Fantastichini, Elena Sofia Ricci, Ilaria Occhini, Bianca Nappi, Daniele Pecci, Carolina Crescentini, Massimiliano Gallo, Paola Minaccioni, Giorgio Marchesi, Matteo Taranto, Carmine Recano)
Tomasso, a reluctant soon-to-be-partner in his wealthy family’s pasta business, has plans to come out—and hopefully get out of his familial obligation. But when his plans are thwarted by his brother, Tomasso gets stuck on the path that he was desperately trying to avoid. In Italian with English subtitles.
A Magnificent Haunting (Magnifica Presenza) (Country: Italy; Year: 2012; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Federica Pontremoli; Stars: Elio Germano, Margherita Buy, Vittoria Puccini, Beppe Fiorello, Paola Minaccioni, Cem Yilmaz, Andrea Bosca, Claudia Potenza, Ambrogio Maestri, Matteo Savino)
A would-be actor finds his new home haunted by the ghosts of actors past, but sometimes reality is stranger than fiction.
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Milarepa (Country: Italy; Year: 1974; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati; Stars: Lajos Balázsovits, Paolo Bonacelli, Marisa Fabbri, Marcella Michelangeli, George Wang, Lajos Balázsovits, Paolo Bonacelli, Marisa Fabbri, Marcella Michelangeli, George Wang)
After a traffic accident, a man is admitted to a clinic and tells the doctor the story of the Tibetan yogi Milarepa.
The Night Porter (Country: Italy; Year: 1974; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani, Liliana Cavani, Barbara Alberti, Amedeo Pagani; Stars: Dirk Bogarde, Charlotte Rampling, Philippe Leroy, Gabriele Ferzetti, Giuseppe Addobbati, Isa Miranda, Nino Bignamini, Marino Masé, Amedeo Amodio, Piero Vida, Geoffrey Copleston, Manfred Freyberger, Ugo Cardea, Hilda Gunther, Nora Ricci)
Thirteen years after the Second World War, a camp survivor meets her tormentor again and they fall back into a sado-masochistic relationship
A Perfect Day (Un Giorno Perfetto) (Country: Italy; Year: 2008; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Melania Gaia Mazzucco, Sandro Petraglia, Ferzan Ozpetek; Stars: Isabella Ferrari, Valerio Mastandrea, Valerio Binasco, Nicole Grimaudo, Federico Costantini, Monica Guerritore, Angela Finocchiaro, Stefania Sandrelli, Nicole Murgia, Gabriele Paolino, Giulia Salerno)
An Italian politician vies for re-election, while trying to fend off corruption charges and keep his family together.
Ripley's Game (Country: US/UK/Italy; Year: 2002; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Charles McKeown, Liliana Cavani, based on the novel by Patricia Highsmith; Stars: John Malkovich, Dougray Scott, Ray Winstone, Lena Headey, Chiara Caselli, Uwe Mansshardt, Hanns Zischler, Paolo Paoloni, Maurizio Lucà, Evelina Meghnagi, Sam Blitz)
John Malkovich plays the enigmatic Tom Ripley in a new tale of multiple murders
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Saturn In Opposition (Saturno Contro) (Country: Italy; Year: 2007; Director: Ferzan Ozpetek; Writer: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli; Stars: Pierfrancesco Favino, Margherita Buy, Stefano Accorsi, Luca Argentero, Serra Yilmaz, Ambra Angiolini, Isabella Ferrari, Luigi Diberti, Michelangelo Tommaso, Ennio Fantastichini)
A group of friends in Rome discover than happiness is transient and grief a great healer.
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The Skin (La Pelle) (Country: France, Italy; Year: 1981; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Curzio Malaparte, Robert Katz, Liliana Cavani, Catherine Breillat; Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King, Carlo Giuffrè, Yann Babilée, Jeanne Valérie, Liliana Tari, Peppe Barra, Cristina Donadio, Rosaria della Femmina, Jacques Sernas, Claudia Cardinale, Burt Lancaster, Gianni Abbate, Anna Maria Ackermann)
In 1943, Naples has just been liberated. A local gangster negotiates an exchange of German prisoners with an American general. The intermediary is an Italian captain.
Where Are You? I'm Here (Dove siete? Io sono qui) (Country: Italy; Year: 1993; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati; Stars: Gaetano Carotenuto, Chiara Caselli, Anna Bonaiuto, Valeria D'Obici, Ines Nobili, Paola Mannoni, Carla Cassola, Ko Murobushi, Giuseppe Perruccio, Doriana Chierici, Pino Micol, Sebastiano Lo Monaco, Stefano Abbati, Paco Reconti, Marzio Honorato)
A woman will not accept the fact that her son is deaf and sends him to a special school, but his aunt teaches him to communicate and to find his place in the world.
The Year Of The Cannibals (Country: Italy; Year: 1970; Director: Liliana Cavani; Writer: Liliana Cavani, Italo Moscati, Fabrizio Onofri, Sophocles; Stars: Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian, Delia Boccardo, Marino Masé, Francesco Leonetti, Alfredo Bianchini, Alessandro Cane, Cora Mazzoni, Francesco Arminio, Giampiero Frondini, Sergio Serafini, Giancarlo Caio, Carla Cassola, Massimo Castri)
A young man from a bourgeois family who has lost his brother during riots rebels against the prohibition to bury the dead.
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