The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his friends and family.
Social & External
The people behind it
Elio Germano
Ernesto
Ricky Memphis
Giacinto
Alessandra Mastronardi
Angela
Virginia Raffaele
Mara
Ubaldo Pantani
il toscano
Massimo Wertmüller
padre di Ernesto
Maurizio Battista
Zio Alberto
Francesca Antonelli
Agnese
Francesca D'Aloja
Donna Giulia
Matilda Lutz
Francesca
The warmhearted story of Polish immigrant and mathematician Stan Ulam, who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s. Stan deals with the difficult losses of family and friends all while helping to create the hydrogen bomb and the first computer.
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Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
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Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording Napoleon's memoirs, getting to know and learning to value the man behind the myth. Among seductions and affairs, expectations and fears, he will craft a precise portrait that nevertheless will not manage to hide a final, inevitable, disappointment.
A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.
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The story of the life and career of eccentric avant-garde comedian, Andy Kaufman.
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