Luisa Alessandri

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Umberto D.
8.2

Umberto D.

Jan. 20, 1952

Umberto D.

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady ...
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen
6.6

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel.
The Condemned of Altona
6.8

The Condemned of Altona

A dying German magnate invites his youngest son and daughter-in-law home to discuss the future of the family’s shipbuilding empire. There, ...
A Place for Lovers
5.5

A Place for Lovers

Dec. 19, 1968

A Place for Lovers

Globe-trotting clothes-horse Julia, who’s harboring a secret, embarks on a 10-day fling with Valerio in Italy.
The Witches
6

The Witches

Feb. 22, 1967

The Witches

Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy ...
Marriage Italian Style
7.4

Marriage Italian Style

When Domenico first meets Filomena in Naples during World War II, he is instantly smitten. Flash forward to the postwar years, and the two meet ...
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
7.2

Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Three tales of very different women using their sexuality as a means to getting what they want.
Two Women
7.7

Two Women

Dec. 22, 1960

Two Women

Widowed shopkeeper Cesira and her 13-year-old daughter Rosetta flee from the allied bombs in Rome during the second World War; they travel to the ...
Scandal in Sorrento
6.5

Scandal in Sorrento

Dec. 22, 1955

Scandal in Sorrento

Back to his hometown, a former marshal finds his house occupied by a young woman working as a fishwife.
The Roof
7.4

The Roof

Sep. 29, 1956

The Roof

Under provincial Italian law at the time, once a roof is erected, the occupants cannot be evicted from a building. This comedy follows the ...
The Monte Carlo Story
5.8

The Monte Carlo Story

Dec. 19, 1956

The Monte Carlo Story

Stylish, sophisticated and absolutely broke, Dino and Maria pursue a romance until they realize neither of them has any money, which forces the ...
Indiscretion of an American Wife
6.2

Indiscretion of an American Wife

While on vacation in Rome, married American Mary Forbes becomes entangled in an affair with an Italian man, Giovanni Doria. As she prepares to ...
Bread, Love and Dreams
6.9

Bread, Love and Dreams

When a veteran marshal is sent to a small town, he quickly falls for two women: a midwife and an earthy young woman nicknamed “Frisky”.
Bicycle Thieves
8.3

Bicycle Thieves

Nov. 24, 1948

Bicycle Thieves

Unemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to ...
The Children Are Watching Us
7.7

The Children Are Watching Us

In his first collaboration with renowned screenwriter and longtime partner Cesare Zavattini, Vittorio De Sica examines the cataclysmic ...
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
7.3

The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

In late 1930s Ferrara, Italy, the Finzi-Continis are a leading family: wealthy, aristocratic, and urbane; they are also Jewish. Their adult ...
Miracle in Milan
7.6

Miracle in Milan

Feb. 08, 1951

Miracle in Milan

Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an ...