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The Garden of the Finzi-Continis

Vittorio De Sica Italy, West Germany 1970

Based on Giorgio Bassani's autobiographical 1962 novel of the same name, The Garden of the Finzi-Continis tells the story of an affluent Jewish family living in Ferrara at the time of the rise of fascism.

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The Inheritance

Mauro Bolognini Italy 1976

After a lifetime of hard work, the aging widower Gregorio (Anthony Quinn) decides to sell his bakery business, but cuts his three adult children (the weak-willed Pippo, the womanising gambler Mario and the spouse of a government employee Teta) out of his will completely, leaving them with no promise of a future inheritance.

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The Last Laugh

F.W. Murnau Germany 1924

The Last Laugh (1924) brought together the greatest German filmmakers of different fields from the golden age of silent film.

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The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Margarethe Von Trotta, Volker Schlöndorff West Germany 1975

Based on a story by Heinrich Böll and his own experiences, this political drama tells the nightmare of an innocent young woman in the clutches of the police and the media.

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The Mohican

Frédéric Farrucci France 2024

France’s largest island with its 300 000 inhabitants, Corsica, serves as the conflicted setting in Frédéric Farrucci’s second full-length feature.... View Article

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The Passenger

Michelangelo Antonioni Italy, France, Spain 1975

After Blow Up (1966) and Zabriskie Point (1970), the indisputable master of philosophical long takes, Michelangelo Antonioni, continued his stylistic evolution in his road movie classic The Passenger (1975), his third film in English.

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