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Pub. Date
1997.
Description
In 1930s Italy a bumbling Jewish waiter who's gifted with a colorful imagination and an irresistible sense of humor has won the heart of the woman he loves and has created a beautiful life for his young family. But that life is threatened by World War II.
In 1939, Guido, an Italian Jew, falls in love with Dora, who isn't Jewish. He woos her away from the Fascist official she has been dating, and they get married. Their son Giosue grows up among growing...
Description
A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I and a forbidden passion that may be the family's only hope. Nunik is a proud, headstrong Armenian woman whose indomitable spirit captures the heart of an enemy Turkish soldier.
5) A Bronx tale
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
A hard-working bus driver must stand up to the local mob boss if he is to keep his son from falling into a life of crime.
6) Moonstruck
Description
A superstitious Brooklyn widow is ready to get married again. Only this time, she plans on doing it right - even if she has to say "yes" to a man she doesn't really love. When she unexpectedly falls in love with her fiancé's estranged brother Ronny, what happens next is a wonderful romantic complication.
10) Mia Madre
Pub. Date
2015
Description
Margherita, a director in the middle of an existential crisis, has to deal with the inevitable and still unacceptable loss of her mother.
11) Cinema paradiso
Pub. Date
2006
Description
A filmmaker returns to his Sicilian hometown for the first time in 30 years and looks back on his life.
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
"Charlie needs a cloak" when Charlie's old cloak becomes torn and tattered, he spins a new one, showing how cloth is made from wool. "Strega Nona" Big Anthony finds himself knee deep in trouble - and pasta - when he uses Strega Nona's magic pasta pot without her permission. "Clown of God" Giovanni, a once famous juggler now old and penniless, gives one last, unforgettable performance on Christmas Eve.
13) Cinema paradiso
Series
Description
A famous Italian filmmaker, haunted by the memories of his first love, returns to his hometown after an absence of 30 years. Upon his return, he reconnects with the community and remembers the highlights and tragedies that shaped his life and inspired him to follow his dream of becoming a filmmaker. Includes Theatrical and Director's Cut versions of the film.
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Description
When she suspects her husband of infidelity, a housewife unleashes an unconscious ripe with erotic fantasies. In this film, Fellini's first feature-length color film, his examination of the sexual psyche unfolds via the surrealistic use of abrupt cut-aways to illustrate the woman' sexual fantasies.
Pub. Date
2005.
Description
Soon after the start of hostilities in Iraq, Rome-based, love-struck poet and lecturer Attilio heads to Baghdad when he learns from his friend, an Iraqi poet, that the woman he loves has been critically injured in a bomb explosion. Attilio does everything in his power to save her, risking his own life amidst the chaos of war.
Series
Criterion collection volume 374
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In postwar, poverty-stricken Rome, a man, hoping to support his desperate family with a new job, loses his bicycle and main means of transportation to work. With his wide-eyed young son in tow, he sets off to track down the thief.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
"New challenges abound for Tony Soprano as his life grows increasingly complicated. Now that he and Carmela are back together, they must face the reality that their kids are no longer children, but not yet grown. And with Johnny Sack in prison, the always-tense relations between the New Jersey and New York families are strained even further." - back cover.