Movies: Sergio Amidei

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us....

For three days at the Copacabana Palace in Rio de Janeiro, amorous cross-fertilizations are intertwined with petty tricks against the backdrop of the famous carnival festivities. Three (sympathetic) accomplices are beaten to a punch in the hotel vaul...

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school....

Foreign spies steal the formula for a revolutionary explosive created by an Italian scientist and to decrypt the secret code they kidnap his secretary who knows about it....

The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”...

In this satire inspired by Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector (aka The Inspector General) and transported to fascist era Italy, the (supposed) incognito visit of a Roman fascist official to a tiny country town shakes deeply the ruling class and...

A lovely, incisive portrait of adolescents in the crowded San Giovanni quarter of Rome during the last years of WWII....

Florence, Italy, 1925, during the fascist dictatorship. In order to live near his girlfriend Bianca, young Mario moves to a humble street in the old city center, where he befriends Maciste and Ugo, two anti-fascists....

A successful businessman whose destiny leads him to a secluded Swiss chalet where his life is put on trial by a group of retired law professionals. The men assemble to analyze Sordi's rise to power and his increasingly immoral behavior as he attained...

The baron of Santafusca, descended from a noble family, leads a dissipated life. To pay debts he is forced to sell his house. He tries to steal from the house of a very rich priest and, surprised during the theft, he kills the priest, and then throws...

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A newlywed couple win the lottery and the prize is a mink fur which might change their lives forever....

Singapore. Following the mysterious disappearance of several Marines on leave, the U.S. Secret Service appoints young Art Smith to lead the investigation. Four volunteers decide to assist him in his dangerous undertaking, and prepare to act as bait f...

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