5 Movies Starring Lea Massari

L'Avventura

L'Avventura

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-03-04

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

(16018 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaMystery

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay)

Elio Bartolini (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A group of rich Italians head out on a yachting trip to a deserted volcanic island in the Mediterranean. When they are about to leave the island, they find Anna, the main character up to this point, has gone missing. Sandro, Anna's boyfriend, and Claudia, Anna's friend, try without success to find her. While looking for the missing friend, Claudia and Sandro develop an attraction for each other. When they get back to land, they continue the search with no success. Sandro and Claudia proceed to become lovers, and all but forget about the missing Anna.

A Difficult Life

A Difficult Life

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1961-12-19

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

118 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (795 Reviews)

Director:

Dino Risi

Fullplot:

Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

The Four Days of Naples

The Four Days of Naples

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-11-16

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

124 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (464 Reviews)

Director:

Nanni Loy

Cast:

Writer:

Carlo Bernari

Pasquale Festa Campanile

Massimo Franciosa

Nanni Loy

Vasco Pratolini

Fullplot:

The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. During the four days in Naples the revolt turns over in just few hours. Neapolitans slinged on rifles and guns, and they armed themselves with stones, house-objects, gasoline-bottles and everything, anonymous and silent. Gennarino Capuozzo, a ten year old child killed on a barricade while he was fighting against the invasors, is remembered by people as a hero.

Murmur of the Heart

Murmur of the Heart

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-10-17

Languages:

French

Countries:

France, Italy, West Germany

Runtime:

118 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (5838 Reviews)

Director:

Louis Malle

Genres:

Drama

Fullplot:

This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. This is France in the mid-1950s rather than America in the 1990s. Thus, Laurent is unharmed by events which would irreparably shatter the self-esteem of a modern American adolescent: he gets drunk, he smokes, he has sex, he is smothered by his mother, he is ignored by his father, a priest makes a pass at him, he gets rheumatoid fever, etc. There's enough scandalous behavior in this film to make 100 made-for-TV movies, and yet this is a very happy and oddly innocent tale.

Allonsanfan

Allonsanfan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-03-01

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

115 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (614 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

Paolo Taviani

Vittorio Taviani

Fullplot:

A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. He tries to hide himself, but his friends find him and insist he carries on helping them.

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