4 Movies Starring Francesca Neri

Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse

Pensavo fosse amore invece era un calesse

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-12-20

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

113 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (534 Reviews)

Director:

Massimo Troisi

Cast:

Writer:

Anna Pavignano

Massimo Troisi

Fullplot:

Tommaso goes incredible lengths to win back the love of his former girlfriend Cecilia, but sometimes things change in the most unexpected way.

Live Flesh

Live Flesh

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-01-16

Languages:

Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian

Countries:

Spain, France

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (21424 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Pedro Almodèvar

Jorge Guerricaechevarrèa

Ray Loriga

Ruth Rendell (novel)

Fullplot:

Pizza delivery man Victor is having an argument with Elena, whom he met a few days ago, but she was high then and doesn't want to hear about him. Reacting to the noise, two cops, young David and older Sancho, arrive at the scene, the gun accidentally goes off.. Four years later David is a wheelchair basketball star, he's married to Elena, Victor is released out of prison and their destinies begin to cross again.

Giovanna's Father

Giovanna's Father

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-12-23

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

104 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (690 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

DramaWar

Fullplot:

Bologna, Italy, Pre-war scenario. Michele Casali's only teenage daughter, Giovanna Casali, poses a problem to him. Driven by jealousy, she has just killed her best friend. After a painful trial, Giovanna is sent to to a psychiatric hospital due to her ènon compus mentisè state . Michele is the only person that takes care of Giovanna during her isolated time at the hospital. Giovanna's mother, Delia, has never had a good relationship with her daughter, something which comes out to be more evident during Giovanna's time in reclusion. Meanwhile, Giovanna and Michele's already strong father-daughter link. Sergio, who is a police inspector and a close friend of Michele's, is the main witness of the whole situation and he is also in love with Delia. By the end of the war, Delia and Sergio took distance from Giovanna and Michele and went Northwards. In 1953, in a small cinema, the original family has an expected encounter.

A Second Childhood

A Second Childhood

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2010-10-08

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

98 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (198 Reviews)

Director:

Pupi Avati

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

Lino Settembre and his wife Chicca lead a tranquil married life without any serious problems. They are satisfied with their careers. He's the sports editor at the Messenger and she's a professor of medieval languages at the Universita' Gregoriana. The only true disappointment in their 25 years of marriage has been the lack of children. They used the situation to strengthen their marriage instead of letting it become real problem. But now, in a totally unexpected way, they're presented with a big worry: Lino is having some really serious memory problems that little by little get worse and start to interrupt the routine of their daily lives and activities both at home and at work. At first both Lino and Chicca decide to laugh it off but the problem manifests itself more and more until, after careful attention and in-depth medical exams, they receive the diagnosis of degenerative brain disease that's destroying his brain.

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