Films like La Terra Trema
In rural Sicily, the fishermen live at the mercy of the greedy wholesalers. One family risks everything to buy their own boat and operate independently.
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The Children's Train
Film · 2024 · also dramaIn late 1940s Italy, a mother makes the difficult decision to send her son to the north, where he catches glimpses of a new life away from poverty.
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The Way We Laughed
Film · 1998 · also dramaStudying to become a teacher in 1950s Northern Italy, Sicilian immigrant Pietro is joined by his big brother Giovanni. Pietro shows considerable promise in his field, pro...
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On My Skin
Film · 2018 · also dramaThe incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime and mysteriously found dead dur...
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Stillwater
Film · 2021 · also dramaBill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did n...
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Fireworks
Film · 2023 · also dramaThe troubled relationship between Gianni and Nino, set in the narrow-minded and prejudicial Sicily of 1982.
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Everybody's Fine
Film · 1990 · also dramaMatteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with...
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The Escort
Film · 1993 · also dramaThe film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-i...
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Bicycle Thieves
Film · 1948 · also dramaUnemployed Antonio is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. However on his first day, his bicycle—essential to his work—gets stolen. His...
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Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man
Film · 1981 · also dramaThe son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped, but as the factory is on the verge of bankruptcy the owner hatches a plan to use the ransom money as...
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One Hundred Steps
Film · 2000 · also dramaPeppino Impastato is a quick-witted lad growing up in 1970s Sicily. Despite hailing from a family with Mafia ties and living just one hundred steps from the house of loca...
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