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Apartment in Athens
Italy, 2011, 95 min.
Based on a 1945 novel, this unusual war story explores the strange power dynamics between a German officer and the Greek family whose apartment he commandeers, and who he treats like indentured servants. Winner: Young Italian Filmmaker Award, Rome Film Festival.... more
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The Conformist
Italy, 1970, 107 min.
LISTED IN ARCHIVAL SECTION.... more
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Escort in Love
Italy, 2011, 95 min.
A spoiled rich bitch left in straitened circumstances by her husband's death turns to the world's oldest profession to earn some necessary dough in this cheerfully non-PC sex comedy brimming with witty dialogue, funny sight-gags and savvy comic performances. ... more
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Habemus Papam
Italy, 2011, 104 min.
Habemus papam! is the phrase that announces the election of the new pontiff – but what happens if the chosen man does not want the job? Nanni Moretti imagines with comedy and pathos a crisis in the Vatican when Cardinal Melville refuses to address the Catholic faithful as their new spiritual leader.... more
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The Salt of Life
Italy, 2011, 90 min.
A warm and witty follow-up to PSIFF favorite Mid-August Lunch, this sparkling comedy follows a middle-aged Roman retiree who tries his polite, utterly gracious best to generate some kind of extracurricular love life—with both hilarious and poignant results.... more
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Terraferma
Italy, 2011, 88 min.
When an elderly Sicilian fisherman rescues a boatload of African immigrants, he must decide whether to do what the law demands or what he knows to be right. A political powder keg sparks intense drama in Emanuele Crialese's compelling piece of humanist filmmaking. ... more
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When The Night
Italy, 2011, 116 min.
A troubled, unhappy young mother bonds with an Alpine mountain guide after an accident (or was it?) befalls her infant son while they are on vacation awaiting the woman’s husband. A searching film from the writer/director of the Oscar-nominated Don’t Tell. ... more
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