 71% (1) Allonsanfan 115 min N/A [Drama, History] [Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani] [01 Mar 1985]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 71%, External Reviews Awards: 3 nominations. Actors: Laura Betti, Lea Massari, Marcello Mastroianni, Mimsy Farmer Writer: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian Country: Italy Plot: A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them. Rotten Tomatoes: A leader in the past revolutionary movement in Italy, just after Napoleon's victories, Marcello Mastroianni doesn't want revolution anymore--he just wants peace and quiet. Former revolutionists try to pull him back into the fray, but Mastroianni will fight to keep them away, even if peace costs him some of the things he holds most dear. 1 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  78% (1) Christ Stopped at Eboli 150 min N/A [Drama] [Francesco Rosi] [23 Feb 1979]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, External Reviews Awards: Won 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 6 wins & 1 nomination. Actors: Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè, Lea Massari, Paolo Bonacelli Writer: Francesco Rosi (story), Tonino Guerra (story), Francesco Rosi (screenplay), Tonino Guerra (screenplay), Raffaele La Capria (screenplay), Carlo Levi (novel) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian Country: Italy, France Plot: In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation. Rotten Tomatoes: Based on exiled Italian political radical Carlo Levi's autobiographical novel, this thought-provoking, subtle drama chronicles his life after he is forcibly sent to live in a primitive and isolated southern Italian alpine village during the '30s when Mussolini was in power. The film is also known as Eboli. 2 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 84% (2) Murmur of the Heart 118 min R [Comedy, Drama] [Louis Malle] [17 Oct 1971]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 78%, Rotten Tomatoes: 91%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations. Actors: Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin, Lea Massari, Michael Lonsdale Writer: Louis Malle External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: French, Italian Country: France, Italy, West Germany Plot: This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale. Rotten Tomatoes: Louis Malle's sensitive treatment of a youth's sexual initiation. Benoit Ferreux, Lea Massari. Father: Daniel Gelin. Marc: Marc Winocourt. 3 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  75% (1) The Camp Followers 120 min N/A [Drama, War] [Valerio Zurlini] [04 Nov 1965]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 75%, External Reviews Awards: 1 win & 1 nomination. Actors: Anna Karina, Lea Massari, Marie Laforêt, Mario Adorf, Tomas Milian Writer: Ugo Pirro (novel), Piero De Bernardi (screenplay), Leonardo Benvenuti (screenplay), Valerio Zurlini (screenplay), Franco Solinas (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian Country: Italy, France, West Germany, Yugoslavia Plot: In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania. Rotten Tomatoes: Prostitutes from Athens are transported by truck for the pleasure of the occupying Italian Army in this World War II drama. The 15 women are driven by a young lieutenant who gives a ride to a fascist major. Tension mounts between the two soldiers as the truck is attacked, and some of the women are killed. Love blossoms between one of the prostitutes and the lieutenant, and he encourages her to return home knowing he will never see her again. Two versions exist: the 136-minute original and an obviously chopped up 97-minute version. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi 4 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 72% (1) The Unvanquished 115 min N/A [Drama] [Alain Cavalier] [01 Jan 1964]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 72%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Alain Delon, Georges Géret, Lea Massari, Maurice Garrel Writer: Jean Cau, Alain Cavalier External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: French Country: France, Italy Plot: 1961. Thomas Vlassenroot deserted the French Foreign Legion while fighting in Algeria. His lieutenant, Fraser, initiated the desertion for the two of them, Fraser believing he could do more for the French working for an underground organization. However, Thomas readily admits that he no longer has any political motivations or affiliations, and thus is hiding out from the authorities in Algiers. Fraser offers him a proposition: help him kidnap Lyonais lawyer, Dominique Servet, who is in Algiers to defend two Algerian nationalists. Fraser will mastermind the job, but Thomas is required to help him both carry out the kidnapping, as well as stand guard over Dominique for one week. She is only one of two kidnap victims that will be held, each victim with a guard apiece, the other victim's guard being Amerio, a fellow member of Fraser's organization. Unlike Fraser and Amerio, Thomas does the job as a mercenary for pay: the F60,000 he needs to be able to get back home to Luxembourg. His want to go to Luxembourg is despite he not knowing if there is any future for him there, beyond going back to his childhood home, where is mother is taking care of his infant daughter. After the successful kidnapping and as the week progresses, Thomas feels compelled not only to assist Dominique, but also help her escape as he has fallen in love with her. He has to accomplish this task against the threat of Fraser and Amerio's watchful eyes. He is able to do so, but sustains a serious abdominal wound in the process. As a wounded Thomas tries to make his way back to Luxembourg, he has to elude Fraser and his colleagues. But Thomas may feel further compelled to reconnect with Dominique in Lyon. If he does, the question becomes what she will think in him doing so. Rotten Tomatoes: In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas (Alain Delon) is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from authorities. He helps damsel in distress Dominique (Lea Massari), who has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Thomas is wounded but manages to escape after killing the guard who inflicted the injury. Dominique gives Thomas money to escape to France after he secures her freedom, but he is caught between the Foreign Legion and the terrorists seeking revenge. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi 5 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  87% (2) L'Avventura 144 min Not Rated [Drama, Mystery] [Michelangelo Antonioni] [04 Mar 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 79%, Rotten Tomatoes: 95%, External Reviews Awards: Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 6 wins & 7 nominations. Actors: Dominique Blanchar, Gabriele Ferzetti, Lea Massari, Monica Vitti Writer: Michelangelo Antonioni (story), Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay), Elio Bartolini (screenplay), Tonino Guerra (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian, English, Greek Country: Italy, France Plot: A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean. When they are about to leave the island, they find Anna, the main character up to this point, has gone missing. Sandro, Anna's boyfriend, and Claudia, Anna's friend, try without success to find her. While looking for the missing friend, Claudia and Sandro develop an attraction for each other. When they get back to land, they continue the search with no success. Sandro and Claudia proceed to become lovers, and all but forget about the missing Anna. Rotten Tomatoes: This exceptional Italian mystery offers potent comments upon life in the bourgeoisie class and upon the isolation sometimes suffered by people in love. The tale begins when a girl suddenly vanishes during a yachting trip. Her lover and her best friend begin searching for her. During their quest, the two become lovers. 6 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |
 81% (1) A Difficult Life 118 min Not Rated [Comedy, Drama, War] [Dino Risi] [22 Dec 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 81%, External Reviews Awards: 2 wins & 3 nominations. Actors: Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Lea Massari, Lina Volonghi Writer: Rodolfo Sonego External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian, German Country: Italy Plot: Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment. Rotten Tomatoes: In this slow-starting but effective drama, comedian Alberto Sordi changes hats to play Silvio Magnozzi, a man so dedicated to his high moral standards that he loses out on most of the things he wants in life -including his wife. He watches while others march up the ladder of success way ahead of him, sometimes by hypocritically licking the boots of their superiors or doing just anything at all to attain advancement. After his death grip on his principles causes his wife to walk out, Silvio relents and starts to live like others. Now he is supposedly happily residing on Easy Street, his wife is back -- and so what is bugging him? 7 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |  58% (2) The Colossus of Rhodes 127 min Approved [Adventure, Drama, History, War] [Sergio Leone] [11 Aug 1961]Ratings & Reviews: IMDb Reviews: 59%, Rotten Tomatoes: 57%, External Reviews Awards: N/A Actors: Conrado San Martín, Georges Marchal, Lea Massari, Rory Calhoun Writer: Ennio De Concini (story), Sergio Leone (story), Cesare Seccia (story), Luciano Martino (story), Ageo Savioli (story), Luciano Chitarrini (story), Carlo Gualtieri (story), Ennio De Concini (screenplay), Sergio Leone (screenplay), Cesare Seccia (screenplay), Luciano Martino (screenplay), Ageo Savioli (screenplay), Luciano Chitarrini (screenplay), Carlo Gualtieri (screenplay) External Links: External Links: Wikipedia Rotten Tomatoes IMDb Language: Italian Country: Italy, France, Spain Plot: A Greek military hero named Darios visits his uncle in Rhodes in the year 280 BC. Rhodes has just finished constructing an enormous colossus of Apollo to guard its harbor and is planning an alliance with Phoenicia which would be hostile to Greece. Darios flirts with the beautiful Diala, daughter of the statue's mastermind, while becoming involved with a group of rebels headed by Peliocles. These rebels seek to overthrow the tyrannical King Serse as does Serse's evil second-in-command, Thar. The rebels' revolt seems to fail, with Peliocles and his men being captured and forced to provide amusement in the local arena, but an earthquake eventually upsets, not only the Colossus in the harbor, but the balance of power in Rhodes as well. 8 / 8 Up Down Top Bottom 25% 50% 75% Copy URL |