Boccaccio ’70 (1962)
Boccaccio ’70 storyline. Four directors tell tales of Eros fit for a 1970 Decameron. Working-class lovers Renzo and Luciana marry but must hide it from her employer; plus, they need a room.
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Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
Rocco and His Brothers movie storyline. The widow Rosaria (Katina Paxinou) moves to Milano from Lucania with her four sons, one of whom is Rocco (Alain Delon). The fifth son, Vincenzo (Spyros Fokas), already lives in Milano.
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The Leopard (1963)
The Leopard movie storyline. In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding rise to eminence of the enormously wealthy ex-peasant Don Calogero Sedara.
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The Damned (1969)
The Damned movie storyline. The power and fortune of the Von Essenbeck family remained intact even when Germany lost World War I, and during the depression that followed. Now it’s 1934, and the baron has summoned his family to a dinner that also brings a cousin rising in the Nazi party to the great house accompanied by a rising manager at the baron’s company.
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Conversation Piece (1974)
Conversation Piece storyline. A 60-ish American art collector and former scientist lives beautifully and alone in Rome but his life is radically disrupted.
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Death in Venice (1971)
Death in Venice storyline. It’s the early 20th century. Gustav von Aschenbach, once married with a daughter, is a Munich-based composer of experimental music.
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The Innocent (1976)
The Innocent storyline. Tullio Hermil, a Roman aristocrat married to Giuliana, has a possessive aristocratic mistress, Teresa Raffo, and neglects his wife.
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