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, 1h50
Directed by Alberto SordiOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
ComedyThemes Prison films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Alberto Sordi,
Dalila Di Lazzaro,
Joe Pesci,
Giorgia Moll,
Armando Francioli,
Tino BianchiRating57%




The judge Annibale is an incorruptible magistrate of Rome which, although close to retirement, does not intend to show any sign of weakness. He continues his severe work and continues feeding without pity all the poor people that comes within range, including of course the criminals. All his colleagues admire him, including his girlfriend with whom he is to marry. But also an honest judge and moralist like Annibale has secrets. In fact he, in addition to his life full of lies and worldliness, has entered into an agreement with an American mafia boss: Corrado Parisi. In fact, Annibale was forced against his will to accept the assignment to not send to jail the whole company of the boss, who is preparing a shady traffic. Annibale eventually tries to rebel, but can not make it in time for the television journalists discover it. Comments are added to the scandal of the best friends of Annibale and his esteemed colleagues of the court immediately condemn him as the worst of all parasites. The life of Annibale is destroyed in one fell swoop.
, 1h40
Directed by Luigi MagniOrigin ItalieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
HistoricalThemes Films about religion,
Films about capital punishmentActors Nino Manfredi,
Enrico Maria Salerno,
Claudia Cardinale,
Robert Hossein,
Ugo Tognazzi,
Alberto SordiRating72%




Rome, 1825. Cornacchia, a shoemaker, finds out that prince Filippo Spada, a Carbonari associate, is going to reveal the organization's plans for an uprising to the Pontifical Guard's commander, Colonel Nardoni. He then goes off to warn his friend Leonida Montanari, a doctor and head of the conspirators, who decides to take out the informer. He and Angelo Targhini, a newcomer from the Duchy of Modena, attempt to murder Spada but ultimately fail to deliver the final blow. Spada manages to survive the attack and report his assailants to the police, having them both arrested and subsequently, after a summary judgement, sentenced to death by Cardinal Rivarola.
, 1h40
Directed by Nanni Loy,
Luigi Comencini,
Luigi MagniGenres ComedyActors Nino Manfredi,
Monica Vitti,
Lino Banfi,
Isa Danieli,
Vittorio Mezzogiorno,
Renzo MarignanoRating61%




In a triptych of events (the first directed by Loy, second from Magni, the third by Comencini) are analyzed situations and incidents that have common denominator for sexuality.
, 1h40
Directed by Nanni Loy,
Gianni PucciniGenres ComedyActors Alberto Sordi,
Aurora Bautista,
Luigi Tosi,
Carlo Ninchi,
Rosita Pisano,
Ciccio BarbiRating66%




Alberto has an unbearable wife who treats him like a nerd and that forces him to satisfy every whim of her. But Alberto decides to get respect and to prove his masculinity, initially destroying the cello's wife, the oject that she loved, and after betraying her with a young woman. When the wife deliberately shatters an important deal with a rich and Alberto old widow, her husband is about to kill her in despair, but he is resoundingly beaten by his wife and sent to the hospital. At the end of the story Alberto remains meek as a child and his wife will decide his every move in the future.
, 2h
Directed by Nanni Loy,
Luigi Comencini,
Luigi MagniGenres Comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about immigration,
Films about religion,
Films about sexualityActors Nino Manfredi,
Alberto Sordi,
Paolo Villaggio,
Stefania Sandrelli,
Massimo Ferrero,
Olga KarlatosRating61%




The film, divide in three episodes, talks about very advanced topics such as stories of fraud or cheating and sex and dating very hot. In fact, at the time in Italy was censored and banned for children under 18 years.
, 1h50
Directed by Jean-Pierre MockyGenres Drama,
Comedy-drama,
CrimeThemes Peinture,
Prison films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Alberto Sordi,
Philippe Noiret,
Roland Dubillard,
Gisèle Préville,
Paul Crauchet,
Paul MüllerRating64%




À Reims, un riche provincial, M. Maurisson, homme d'affaires, mène une vie sans histoire. Il invite un jour son vieil ami Antonio, peintre italien, afin de restaurer les tableaux de la cathédrale. M. Maurisson commet un crime effroyable dans cette ville de notables: il étrangle une jeune fille de la chorale avec qui il avait eu une relation pédophile. Celle-ci ayant servi de modèle pour Antonio, les soupçons se portent sur lui. Antonio sera victime d'une erreur judiciaire, ceci malgré l'entêtement de l'inspecteur de police homosexuel qui pense connaître le vrai coupable. M. Maurisson est abattu accidentellement. Dès lors, Antonio ne peut plus prouver son innocence: il sera condamné à mort et exécuté.
, 1h56
Directed by Frères CoenOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Noir,
CrimeThemes Prison films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Billy Bob Thornton,
Frances McDormand,
Michael Badalucco,
Richard Jenkins,
Scarlett Johansson,
Adam Alexi-MalleRating75%




In 1949, Ed Crane (Billy Bob Thornton) is a low-key barber in the town of Santa Rosa, California. He is married to Doris (Frances McDormand), a bookkeeper with a drinking problem, and works in a barber shop that belongs to his brother-in-law Frank (Michael Badalucco). A customer named Creighton Tolliver (Jon Polito) tells Ed that he's a businessman looking for investors to put up $10,000 in a new technology called dry cleaning. Ed decides to get the money by anonymously blackmailing Doris's boss, "Big Dave" Brewster (James Gandolfini), whom he knows to be having an affair with Doris. Dave embezzles money from his department store to pay the blackmail. However, he soon pieces together the scheme and beats Tolliver until he implicates Ed. Dave confronts Ed at the store and attempts to kill him, but Ed stabs Dave fatally with a cigar knife.
, 2h28
Directed by Nikita MikhalkovOrigin RussieGenres Drama,
Comedy,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
Politique,
Prison films,
Films about suicide,
Political films,
Films about capital punishmentActors Oleg Menshikov,
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė,
Nikita Mikhalkov,
Nadejda Mikhalkova,
Inna Oulianova,
André OumanskyRating77%




The Soviet Union, summer 1936. Comdiv Sergei Petrovich Kotov, his wife Maroussia (Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė), and their young daughter Nadia are relaxing in a banya, when they are suddenly interrupted. A peasant from the local collective farm explains that the Soviet Army's tanks are about to crush the wheat harvest as part of general maneuvers. Although annoyed to be bothered during his vacation, Kotov rides on horseback to where the tank crews are confronting outraged peasants.
, 1h32
Directed by Howard HawksOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Comedy-drama,
Romantic comedy,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Prison films,
Films about capital punishment,
Films based on plays,
Films about marriageActors Cary Grant,
Rosalind Russell,
Ralph Bellamy,
Gene Lockhart,
Alma Kruger,
Porter HallRating77%




Walter Burns (Cary Grant) is a hard-boiled editor for The Morning Post who learns his ex-wife and former star reporter, Hildegard "Hildy" Johnson (Rosalind Russell), is about to marry bland insurance man Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy) and settle down to a quiet life as a wife and mother in Albany, New York. Walter determines to sabotage these plans, enticing the reluctant Hildy to cover one last story, the upcoming execution of convicted murderer Earl Williams (John Qualen).
, 2h10
Directed by Alan ParkerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Comedy,
Action,
CrimeThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Prison films,
Films about suicide,
Films about capital punishmentActors Kevin Spacey,
Kate Winslet,
Laura Linney,
Gabriel Mann,
Rhona Mitra,
Matt CravenRating74%




David Gale is a prisoner on death row in Texas. With only a few days to his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half million-dollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news magazine known for her ability to keep secrets and protect her sources. He tells her the story of how he ended up on death row, revealed to the movie audience through a series of lengthy flashbacks.