Italian Cinema

Directed by Federico Fellini.
127 minutes; released 1983.
In 1914, a group of celebrities embarks on a ship for a funeral voyage. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Nanni Moretti.
98 minutes; released 1978.
A sketch-based comedy film that follows the daily life of a student in Rome, Italy, whose school year is disrupted by political and amorous misadventures. In Italian with optional English or Italian subtitles.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
125 minutes; released 1962.
A young woman leaves one lover only to drift into a relationship with another. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini.
110 minutes; released 1967.
Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Marco Bellocchio.
95 minutes; released 1984.
After a modern aristocrat falls off his horse during a mediaeval dress party, he believes he is Henry IV, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire. For years, everyone around him adapts to this fantasy until one day, some friends try to tell him the truth. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.
96 minutes; released 1951.
A mountain of misfortune is heaped upon an impoverished village girl and a wealthy count who try to come together romantically despite the nasty machinations of his mother. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Lina Wertmüller.
96 minutes; released 1973.
A country peasant goes to Rome with a plan to assassinate Benito Mussolini. His underground contact in the network of anarchists offers him a hideout in her brothel where he falls in love with a young prostitute. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Federico Fellini.
119 minutes; released 1972.
Fellini uses this film as both a lavish autobiography and an outlandish tribute to his beloved city of Rome. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Lina Wertmüller.
108 minutes; released 1999.
After an arranged marriage, King Ferdinando and Carolina discover that the one thing they have in common is sexual desire... In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Pietro Germi.
110 minutes; released 1956.
He has a good job working as a railroad man, but Andrea Marcocci is not happy. An obscure disease haunts him. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Ermanno Olmi.
77 minutes; released 1963.
A young Milanese couple's relationship is tested when the man accepts a new job in Sicily, causing them to be separated for long periods of time. Follow-up to Il Posto. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek.
107 minutes; released 2003.
Giovanna is a young working-class wife and mother, who has no time for the senile elderly man her husband has rescued from the streets. But as she uncovers the stranger's secrets, it unlocks a freedom within her heart she never expected... In Italian with optional subtitles in English and French.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini.
87 minutes; released 1950.
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of humility, faith, and sacrifice of the People's Saint. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Monica Stambrini.
90 minutes; released 2001.
Two young women must dispose of a body after an accidental death. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Luchino Visconti.
185 minutes; released 1963.
An Italian aristocrat watches the changes in his world in mid-nineteenth century Sicily. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini.
132 minutes; released 1959.
Based on the story Il Generale della rovere by Indro Montanelli. Film of intrigue and heroism within the Italian underground during the German occupation of Italy. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Roberto Rossellini.
71 minutes; released 1948.
Set in the years following World War II, Germany Year Zero depicts the devastation of postwar Berlin through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy as he tries to help his family survive. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Vittorio De Sica.
94 minutes; released 1970.
A wealthy Jewish family is faced with the rise of Fascism in pre-World War II Italy. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Nanni Moretti.
7 minutes; released 1996.
The work and obsessions of director Nanni Moretti when the Iranian movie "Close Up" is scheduled to open in the movie theater he owns in Rome. Attention to details and above all a great love for cinema at its best. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Matteo Garrone.
137 minutes; released 2008.
Don Ciro is a timid middleman, who distributes money to the families of imprisoned clan members. One day he is ambushed by two angry clan members with an obvious grudge against their fellows. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Marco Bellocchio.
105 minutes; released 2003.
A young Italian woman questions her involvement with a terrorist group planning to kidnap the Prime Minster. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.
116 minutes; released 1957.
A man is bereft when his married lover of seven years decides suddenly to leave him when her husband dies. He takes their child and wanders for a year, but realizes he can love only her. In Italian with English subtitles.

Directed by Federico Fellini.
137 minutes; released 1965.
When a housewife suspects her husband of infidelity, her unconscious sexual fantasies surface. In Italian with optional English subtitles.

Directed by Nanni Moretti.
100 minutes; released 2011.
Story centered on the relationship between the newly elected Pope and his therapist. In Italian with Italian subtitles.

Directed by Ferzan Özpetek.
96 minutes; released 1997.
Francesco, a successful designer from Rome, arrives in Istanbul to dispose of an inheritance left him by an aunt he never knew. In Italian and Turkish with English subtitles.

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
135 minutes; released 1990.
Hamlet, a prince of medieval-era Denmark, senses treachery behind his royal father's death. His mother is all too dangerously entangled in that treachery. This film portrays Shakespeare's immortal tale of high adventure and evil deeds. In English with English subtitles.

Directed by Ferzan Özpetek.
105 minutes; released 1999.
As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the sultan's harem distracted. In Turkish, with English and French subtitles.