Paganini

In 17th-century Tuscany, a church play is performed for the benefit of young aristocrat Cosimo. In the play, a grotesque old woman gives birth to a beautiful baby boy. The child's older sister is quick to exploit the situation, selling blessings from the baby, and even claiming she's the true mother by virgin birth. However, when she a...

Runtime

2h 2m

Director

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Julia Ormond, Ralph Fiennes, Philip Stone

After the death of the paranoid emperor Tiberius, Caligula, his heir, seizes power and plunges the empire into a bloody spiral of madness and depravity.

Runtime

2h 36m

Director

Tinto Brass

Cast

Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren

Two shoeshine boys in postwar Rome, Italy save up to buy a horse, but their involvement as dupes in a burglary lands them in juvenile prison; the experience take a devastating toll on their friendship.

Runtime

1h 31m

Director

Vittorio De Sica

Cast

Franco Interlenghi, Rinaldo Smordoni, Annielo Mele

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

Runtime

1h 59m

Director

Oliver Stone

Cast

Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr.

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides.

Runtime

5h 17m

Director

Bernardo Bertolucci

Cast

Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda

Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.

Runtime

1h 38m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey

In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.

Runtime

1h 27m

Director

Eduardo García Maroto

Cast

Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert