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61) Bellissima
Publisher
E 1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Italiano
Description
Dreaming of a better life for her family, a star struck mother invests everything, including her last penny, into the dream that her daughter will be discovered at an open casting.
62) L'attesa
Publisher
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Italiano
Description
When the seductive Jeanne arrives at her boyfriend Giuseppe's childhood home, she is greeted by his brooding mother Anna. What Jeanne doesn't know is that Giuseppe was killed in an accident, and Anna can't seem to tell her what has happened.
64) Like crazy
Publisher
Strand Releasing Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
Italiano
Description
Beatrice is a motor-mouthed fantasist, a self-styled billionaire countess who likes to believe she's on intimate terms with world leaders. Donatella is a tattooed introvert, a fragile young woman locked in her own mystery. The film tells the story of the unpredictable and moving friendship that develops between the two women as they flee a mental institution in search of love and happiness in the open-air nuthouse; the world of sane people.
68) Twice born
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Longing to show her son the country where she fell passionately in love with his father, an Italian professor heads off on a summer vacation to the battle-scarred city of Sarajevo. There she discovered a long-hidden secret, which reveals a past more haunted that even her memories can disclose.
71) La strada
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
Italiano
Description
Directed by Federico Fellini, the story of a fragile girl who falls in love with a brute circus performer she was sold to by her mother.
Publisher
Eagle Rock Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Sinatra: all or nothing at all is an up-close and personal examination of the life, music and career of the legendary entertainer. Told in his own words from hours of archived interviews, along with commentary from those closest to him, the documentary weaves the music and images from Sinatra's life together with rarely seen footage of Sinatra's famous 1971 'Retirement' Concert in Los Angeles. The film's narrative is shaped by Sinatra's song choices...
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