The Conformist 1970

The Conformist 1970

The Conformist 1970

The Conformist 1970
Il conformista (original title)
R | 1h 53min | Drama | 22 October 1970 (USA)

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This story opens in 1938 in Rome, where Marcello has just taken a job working for Mussollini and is courting a beautiful young woman who will make him even more of a conformist. Marcello is going to Paris on his honeymoon and his bosses have an assignment for him there. Look up an old professor who fled Italy when the fascists came into power. At the border of Italy and France, where Marcello and his bride have to change trains, his bosses give him a gun with a silencer. In a flashback to 1917, we learn why sex and violence are linked in Marcello’s mind.

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La Canta delle marane 1961

La Canta delle marane 1961

La Canta delle marane 1961

La Canta delle marane 1961
10min | Short | 1961 (Italy)

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A seemingly flattering eulogy of the existential anarchy of the young Roman sub-proletarians, their desperate vitality, their gaming communities … The film is in fact a striking social portrait and a precise denunciation, sketched without any sociological heaviness, because rich of piety and love never paternalistic. Thanks to a form with unrestricted sequence shots, the result is fully achieved and the film moves as much as it unworthy.

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A Time to Remember 1988

A Time to Remember 1988

A Time to Remember 1988

A Time to Remember 1988
G | 1h 17min | Drama, Music | 26 August 1988 (USA)

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It is small town America in the 1950’s. Twelve year-old Angelo Villano has one dream: to someday sing like his idol, Mario Lanza. His grandmother, Mama Theresa encourages him; and his beautiful voice catches the attention of the formidable but kind Father Walsh who arranges for him to receive formal training. This infuriates Angelo’s widowed father, Frank, who wants his son to be a steelworker like him. Determined to “make a man out of him”, Frank forbids Angelo from singing. When Angelo is chased by bullies into the path of an oncoming car, he recovers all but his voice, retreating into a silent world that no one can touch. One night, locked in the church basement, the frightened Angelo experiences a spectacular vision, a true Christmas miracle, that changes his life. And when his vision and his voice return during Christmas Eve Mass, no one can deny the beauty and blessing of his amazing gift.

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Body by Garret 1982

Body by Garret 1982

Body by Garret 1982

Body by Garret 1982
27min | Documentary, Short

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Meet Garret Walsh, the strongest 12 year old on the planet. He started body building to give himself more leverage on the hockey field, but he soon found his youthful, yet muscular physique attracting so much attention that he was invited to give a guest appearance at the Mr. Olympia contest in 1981. The documentary follows Garret as he prepares for the event, including footage of his workouts and many interviews.

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