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Lina Wertmüller

The Nymph

V.O.: Ninfa Plebea
Runtime: 110 min.

Ciao, Professore!

V.O.: Io speriamo che me la cavo
It. 1992. Dramatic comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Paolo Villaggio, Isa Danieli, Ester Carloni. Due to an administrative error, a teacher is transferred to Naples where he has to deal with students who are used to mafia rules.
Runtime: 99 min.

Samedi, dimanche et lundi

V.O.: Sabato, domenica e lunedi
It. 1990. Comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Sophia Loren, Luca De Filippo, Alessandra Mussolini. On a weekend when they are having their relatives over for dinner, two middle-aged spouses experience a marital crisis.
Runtime: 119 min.

Summer Night ...with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of Basil

V.O.: Notte d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
It. 1986. Comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Mariangela Melato, Michele Placido, Roberto Herlitzka. A wealthy Milanese woman kidnaps a Sardinian bandit in order to force his associates to return the ransom money obtained from their abductions.
Runtime: 95 min.

Camorra

V.O.: Un Complicato Intrigo di donne, vicoli e delitti
It. 1985. Social drama by Lina Wertmüller with Angela Molina, Francisco Rabal, Harvey Keitel. In Naples, the members of a family of drug dealers are killed in turn without the police being able to find the culprits.
Runtime: 106 min.

A Joke of Destiny

V.O.: Scherzo del destino in agguato dietro l'angolo come un brigante da strada
It. 1983. Satire by Lina Wertmüller with Ugo Tognazzi, Gastone Moschin, Piera Degli Esposti. A politician is trapped in his luxurious, electronically controlled car due to a breakdown.
Runtime: 105 min.

Blood Feud

V.O.: Fatto di Sangue fra due Uomini per Causa di una Vedova, si Sospettano Moventi Politici
It. 1978. Dramatic comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini. A widow who wants to avenge her husband's death gets help from a socialist lawyer and a cousin from America.
Runtime: 100 min.

The End of the World in Our Usual Bed in a Night Full of Rain

V.O.: La Fine del mondo nel nostro solito letto in una notte piena di pioggia
It. 1977. Dramatic comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Giancarlo Giannini, Candice Bergen, Michael Tucker. An Italian communist journalist and his young American wife are perfectly honest with each other during a rainy night.
Runtime: 104 min.

Seven Beauties

V.O.: Pasqualino Settebelleze
It. 1975. Satire by Lina Wertmüller with Giancarlo Giannini, Shirley Stoler, Fernando Rey. A Neapolitan mobster bends to various demands to ensure his survival, especially when he finds himself in a concentration camp.
Runtime: 115 min.

All Screwed Up

V.O.: Tutto a posto e niente in ordine
It. 1974. Mores comedy by Lina Wertmüller with Luigi Diberti, Lina Polito, Nino Bignamini. The professional adventures and disappointments of young Sicilians living as a community in an old house in Milan.
Runtime: 107 min.

Swept Away

V.O.: Travolti da un insolito destino nell'azzurro mare d'agosto
It. 1974. Satire by Lina Wertmüller with Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni. Shipwrecked on an island, the wife of an industrialist and a communist sailor have a strange relationship.
Runtime: 114 min.

Love & Anarchy

V.O.: Film d'amore e d'anarchia
It. 1973. Satire by Lina Wertmüller with Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Lina Polito. Coming to Rome to kill Mussolini, a peasant settles in a brothel.
Runtime: 112 min.

The Seduction of Mimi

V.O.: Mimi Metallurgico Ferito nell'Onore
It. 1972. Satire by Lina Wertmüller with Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Agostina Belli. Repatriated by the mafia he had defied, a Sicilian man becomes irritated when he realizes that his wife is expecting a child from another man.
Runtime: 112 min.

Brother Sun, Sister Moon

V.O.: Fratello sole, sorella luna
It. 1972. Biography by Franco Zeffirelli with Graham Faulkner, Judi Bowker, Valentina Cortese. A few incidents in the life of St. Francis of Assisi.
Runtime: 121 min.

When Women Had Tails

V.O.: Quando le Donne avevano la coda
It. 1970. Comedy by Pasquale Festa Campanile with Senta Berger, Giuliano Gemma, Frank Wolff. In prehistoric times, a group of men capture an unknown animal that turns out to be a woman.
Runtime: 105 min.

Violent City

V.O.: Città violenta
It. 1970. Crime drama by Sergio Sollima with Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Telly Savalas. Released from prison, a professional killer goes in search of his girlfriend and his former employer who betrayed him.
Runtime: 109 min.

Don't Sting the Mosquito

V.O.: Non Stuzzicate la zanzara
It. 1967. Musical by Lina Wertmüller with Rita Pavone, Giancarlo Giannini, Raffaele Pisu. The misadventures of a schoolgirl who wants to become a pop star.
Runtime: 124 min.

Let's Talk About Men

V.O.: Questa Volta parliamo di Uomini
It. 1965. Sketches by Lina Wertmüller with Nino Manfredi, Luciana Paluzzi, Margaret Lee. Four sketches about relationships.
Runtime: 93 min.

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