8 Movies Starring Paolo Bonacelli

Illustrious Corpses

Illustrious Corpses

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1976-02-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

120 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (1067 Reviews)

Director:

Francesco Rosi

Cast:

Writer:

Francesco Rosi (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Lino Iannuzzi (screenplay)

Leonardo Sciascia (novel)

Fullplot:

A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges. During the investigation he discovers a complot that involves the Italian Communist Party

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-01-25

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

127 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (20 Reviews)

Director:

Lino Del Fra

Genres:

Biography

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Giovanni Anchisi

Lino Del Fra

Cecilia Mangini

Fullplot:

Midnight Express

Midnight Express

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1978-10-06

Languages:

English, Maltese, French, Turkish

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

121 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (49941 Reviews)

Director:

Alan Parker

Cast:

Writer:

Billy Hayes (book)

William Hoffer (book)

Oliver Stone (screenplay)

Fullplot:

On October 6, 1970 while boarding an international flight out of Istanbul Airport, American Billy Hayes is caught attempting to smuggle 2 kilos of hashish out of the country, the drugs strapped to his body. He is told that he will be released if he cooperates with the authorities in identifying the person who actually sold him the hash. Billy's troubles really begin when after that assistance, he makes a run for it and is recaptured. He is initially sentenced to just over four years for possession, with no time for the more harsh crime of smuggling. The prison environment is inhospitable in every sense, with a sadistic prison guard named Hamidou ruling the prison, he who relishes the mental and physical torture he inflicts on the prisoners for whatever reason. Told to trust no one, Billy does befriend a few of the other inmates, namely fellow American Jimmy Booth (in for stealing two candlesticks from a mosque), a Swede named Erich, and one of the senior prisoners having already served seven years, an Englishman named Max, the latter two also in for hash related charges. One prisoner not befriended is Rifki, who wields power in the prison as the unofficial eyes and ears for the guards. As Billy, his family and his girlfriend Susan attempt through legal and diplomatic channels for Billy's release, Max tells him that the only way out is to "catch the midnight express" aka escape, which is what Jimmy is continually trying to do. When Billy's situation changes, he becomes more desperate in every sense of the word. It seems as if Billy has only two options: to let the prison ultimately figuratively then literally kill him, or to somehow regain control of his life through whatever means available.

The Mystery of Oberwald

The Mystery of Oberwald

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1981-09-09

Languages:

Italian, German

Countries:

Italy, West Germany

Runtime:

129 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (524 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaRomance

Cast:

Writer:

Jean Cocteau (play)

Michelangelo Antonioni (adaptation)

Tonino Guerra (adaptation)

Fullplot:

A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the splitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her, otherwise she vows to kill him.

Johnny Stecchino

Johnny Stecchino

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1991-10-24

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

102 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (7308 Reviews)

Director:

Roberto Benigni

Cast:

Writer:

Roberto Benigni

Vincenzo Cerami

Fullplot:

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he meets Maria, who seems immediately enamoured of him. He is soon invited to her sumptuous Palermo villa, little suspecting that this is part of a plot. He bears an amazing likeness to Maria's stool-pigeon gangster husband and it would be convenient for them if the mobster, in the shape of Dante, was seen to be dead and buried.

Dirty Linen

Dirty Linen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-29

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (63 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Masolino D'Amico

Margherita D'Amico

Mario Monicelli

Fullplot:

The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth.

Dirty Linen

Dirty Linen

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1999-01-29

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

110 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (63 Reviews)

Director:

Mario Monicelli

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Suso Cecchi D'Amico

Masolino D'Amico

Margherita D'Amico

Mario Monicelli

Fullplot:

The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth.

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1985-01-25

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

127 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.9 (20 Reviews)

Director:

Lino Del Fra

Genres:

Biography

Cast:

Writer:

Pier Giovanni Anchisi

Lino Del Fra

Cecilia Mangini

Fullplot:

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