Tano da morire (1997) AKA To Die for Tano
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Tano da morire (1997) AKA To Die for Tano

Shot in his butcher shop by a rival clan during the Mafia wars of 1988, the Palermo Mobster Tano Guarrasi is mourned by his wife, four unmarried sisters and his daughter. But in truth, his death represents a kind of liberation for the women.

Il taglio del bosco (1963)
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Il taglio del bosco (1963)

With the participation of the inhabitants of Tirli (GR). RAI television film, based on a short story (1954) by Carlo Cassola and scripted by Marcello Fondato and Giuseppe Lazzari, filmed on location, aired on 19-9-1963. It is the simple story of a group of woodcutters in the Grossetano area with their problems, individual stories, small and big intimate dramas. It is a film with a Rossellini-style realist slant where, without falling into scenicism, the importance of the landscape is combined…

A cavallo della tigre (1961) AKA On the Tiger’s Back
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A cavallo della tigre (1961) AKA On the Tiger’s Back

Giacinto Rossi, a poor driver up to his neck in debt, is imprisoned for simulated crime. He finds himself in a cell with Tagliabue, an unscrupulous murderer; Sorcio, an elderly thief; and Papaleo, an honor-obsessed intellectual who murdered his fiancée’s lover. Giacinto is forced by the three men to make a daring escape from prison.

Todo modo (1976) AKA One Way or Another
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Todo modo (1976) AKA One Way or Another

A metaphysical mystery based on the novel by Leonardo Sciascia, Todo modo is the most curious and puzzling of Petri’s…

1900 / Novecento (1976)
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1900 / Novecento (1976)

Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock,…