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Shelter Me - Riparo - Anis tra di noi (Marco S. Puccioni - 2007)

To me this film is a fine example of the power of good storytelling without the need for special effects and pyrotechnics in order to engage audiences. The premise is simple, a lesbian couple returns...

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The Desert of the Tartars - Il Deserto dei Tartari (Valerio Zurlini - 1976)

Open wide spaces of panoramic desert views, soldiers perched high on their guard in an ancient, semi destructed fortress, waiting for an unseen enemy - the tartars - that for years and years never...

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Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion - Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto (Elio Petri - 1970)

Qualunque imposizione faccia su di noi, egli è servo della Legge e come tale sfugge al giudizio umano -Kafka Whatever imposition is brought upon us, it is served by the law and as such escapes human...

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Sonetaula (Salvatore Mereu - 2008)

From Los Angeles Independent Festival in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute of Los Angeles. Great excitement for this movie which is again from and about Sardinia. The fact that the...

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