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Francesco Rosi

Francesco Rosi

Italian film director (1922-2015)
November 15, 1922 (January 10, 2015)

The Truce

V.O.: La Tregua
Runtime: 125 min.

The Palermo Connection

V.O.: Dimenticare Palermo
It. 1989. Mores drama by Francesco Rosi with James Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland. A Sicilian immigrant running for mayor of New York campaigns for the legalization of drugs, which gets him into trouble with the mafia while in Palermo.
Runtime: 100 min.

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

V.O.: Cronaca di una morte annunciata
It. 1987. Mores drama by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett. In Colombia, a doctor remembers the circumstances of his best friend's death, who was killed for a matter of honour in front of the village population.
Runtime: 109 min.
Fr. 1984. Musical drama by Francesco Rosi with Julia Migenes, Placido Domingo, Ruggero Raimondi. In Seville in 1820, a brigadier falls in love with a cigar girl he is in charge of keeping an eye on.
Runtime: 152 min.

Trois Frères

V.O.: Tre Fratelli
Runtime: 112 min.

The Christ Stopped at Eboli

V.O.: Cristo si è Fermato a Eboli
Runtime: 152 min.

Cadavres exquis

V.O.: Cadaveri eccellenti
It. 1975. Crime drama by Francesco Rosi with Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Max von Sydow. A detective believes he sees a pattern in a series of assasination attempts on judges.
Runtime: 121 min.
It. 1973. Biography by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Rod Steiger, Charles Siragusa. In 1946, an American police officer tries to gather evidence against one of the leaders of the American mob, who has been deported to his native Italy.
Runtime: 110 min.

The Mattei Affair

V.O.: Il Caso Mattei
It. 1972. Biography by Francesco Rosi with Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Peter Baldwin. Recall of the main stages of the career of the Italian industrialist Enrico Mattei, who died accidentally on October 27, 1962.
Runtime: 116 min.

Many Wars Ago

V.O.: Uomini contro
It. 1970. War drama by Francesco Rosi with Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volonté. During World War I, a disastrous Italian attack upon the Austrian positions leads to a mutiny among the Italian troops.
Runtime: 101 min.

More Than a Miracle

V.O.: C'era una Volta
It. 1967. Fantasy comedy by Francesco Rosi with Sophia Loren, Omar Sharif, Dolores del Rio. A young prince falls in love with a peasant and wants to take her as his wife.
Runtime: 102 min.

The Moment of Truth

V.O.: Il Momento della Verità
It. 1965. Social drama by Francesco Rosi with Miguel Mateo Miguelin, Jose Gomez Sevillano, Linda Christian. A young man tries to become a famous matador.
Runtime: 103 min.

Hands Over the City

V.O.: La Mani sulla Citta
It. 1963. Social drama by Francesco Rosi with Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti. Political squabbles erupt after a building crashes.
Runtime: 101 min.
It. 1962. Social drama by Francesco Rosi with Frank Wolff, Cicero Fernando, Salvo Randone. The life of a famous Sicilian bandit who had troubled relations with the Mafia and the police.
Runtime: 123 min.

Les Magouilleurs

V.O.: I Magliari
It. 1959. Moral study by Francesco Rosi with Alberto Sordi, Renato Salvatori, Belinda Lee. An Italian worker who comes to Germany to work is drawn into fraudulent business.
Runtime: 132 min.

Le Défi

V.O.: La sfida
It. 1957. Social drama by Francesco Rosi with Rosanna Schiaffino, Jose Suarez, Nino Vingelli. In Naples, explorers buy their vegetables from farmers at absurdly low prices.
Runtime: 87 min.

Les Chemises rouges

V.O.: Camicie Rosse
It. 1953. History by Goffredo Alessandrini, Francesco Rosi with Anna Magnani, Raf Vallone, Serge Reggiani. An episode of the struggle led by Garibaldi, against the Austrian occupier.
Runtime: 99 min.

Beautiful

V.O.: Bellissima
It. 1952. Psychological drama by Luchino Visconti with Anna Magnani, Tina Apicella, Walter Chiari. A mother makes a thousand efforts to make her child the star of a movie.
Runtime: 90 min.

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