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Franco Rossi
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Franco Rossi

Film director and screenwriter
April 19, 1919 (June 5, 2000)

A Child Called Jesus

V.O.: Un Bambino di nome Gesù
It. 1989. Biblical drama by Franco Rossi with Matteo Bellina, Pierre Clémenti, Bekim Fehmiu. Young Jesus and his family leave Bethlehem to escape the repression of King Herod.
It. 1985. History by Franco Rossi with Klaus Maria Brandauer, Frederic Forrest, Marie-Thérèse Relin. Roman emperor Nero persecutes the Christians and set fire to Rome in 64 AD.
Runtime: 122 min.

Virginité

V.O.: Come una rosa al naso
It. 1976. Mores comedy by Franco Rossi with Vittorio Gassman, Ornella Muti, Madeline Hide. A single Sicilian living in London agrees to take in and look after a young cousin.
Runtime: 98 min.
It. 1968. Epic by Franco Rossi with Bekim Fehmiu, Irène Papas, Renaud Verley. After the Trojan War, the king of Ithaca seeks to return home.

Caprice à l'italienne

V.O.: Capriccio all'italiana
It. 1968. Sketches by Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Steno, Pino Zac, Franco Rossi. Six humorous stories on the themes of misunderstanding and breaking the rules.
Runtime: 79 min.

The Witches

V.O.: Le Streghe
It. 1966. Comedy by Luchino Visconti, Mauro Bolognini, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Rossi, Vittorio De Sica with Silvana Mangano, Toto, Alberto Sordi. The misadventures of five Italian women from different conditions.
Runtime: 121 min.

Make Love, Not War

V.O.: Non faccio la guerra, faccio l'amore
It. 1966. Comedy by Franco Rossi with Catherine Spaak, Philippe Leroy, O.W. Fischer. The romantic adventures of a young girl taken in as a child on board a German submarine.
Runtime: 96 min.

Une Rose pour tous

V.O.: Una Rosa per tutti
It. 1965. Mores comedy by Franco Rossi with Claudia Cardinale, Nino Manfredi, Mario Adorf. A doctor in Rio falls in love with a young woman who has many intimate affairs.

Les Poupées

V.O.: Le Bambole
It. 1965. Sketches by Dino Risi, Luigi Comencini, Franco Rossi, Mauro Bolognini with Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer, Gina Lollobrigida. The love affairs of some women.
Runtime: 105 min.

High Infidelity

V.O.: Alta infedeltà
It. 1964. Sketches by Franco Rossi, Elio Petri, Luciano Salce, Mario Monicelli with Nino Manfredi, Charles Aznavour, Monica Vitti. Four sketches dealing with the adventures of married women.
Runtime: 120 min.
It. 1958. Musical drama by Franco Rossi with Cy Grant, Sally Neal, Louise Bennet. The life of a Black family on a Caribbean island.
Runtime: 91 min.

Friends for Life

V.O.: Amici per la pelle
Fr. 1955. Psychological drama by Franco Rossi with Géronimo Meynier, Andrea Scire, Carlo Tamberlani.

The Courterfeiters

V.O.: I falsari
It. 1951. Crime drama by Franco Rossi with Fosco Giachetti, Doris Duranti.

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