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    Rehearsals for War 1998 POSTER

    Rehearsals for War

    1998

    Italian

    6.8

    Action

    Drama

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Lucio Allocca Lucio Allocca as Attore teatro stabile Salvatore Cantalupo Salvatore Cantalupo as Rosario Anna Bonaiuto Anna Bonaiuto as Sara Cataldi Carla Cassola Carla Cassola as Voce della madre
    A group of actors meet with little money in a unofficial theatre in Naples' Spanish Boroughs. Director's plan is to travel to Sarajevo, still under siege, to stage a classic Eschilus' play about civil war in Tebe. While they rehearse in the theatre cast members come and go and another kind of war goes on every day in nearby streets of old Naples.
    We Believed 2010 POSTER

    We Believed

    2010

    Italian

    6.4

    38%

    38%

    betrayal by friend

    disillusionment

    group of friends

    History

    political intrigue 

    revisionist history

    revolutionary

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Andrea Bosca Andrea Bosca as Angelo Fiona Shaw Fiona Shaw as Emilie Ashurst Luca Zingaretti Luca Zingaretti as Francesco Crispi Francis Pardeilhan Francis Pardeilhan as Monsieur Delangle
    1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary uprisings in the monarchist South, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's patriotic cause, seeking to finally unify Italy under a republican government. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the following fifty years.
    Capri-Revolution 2018 POSTER

    Capri-Revolution

    2018

    Italian

    6.1

    ♡ 12

    36%

    36%

    1910s

    20th century

    Action

    artist

    capri, italy

    commune

    Drama

    History

    italy

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Maximilian Dirr Maximilian Dirr as Herbert Donatella Finocchiaro Donatella Finocchiaro as Madre Rinat Khismatouline Rinat Khismatouline as Maksim Gor'kij Eduardo Scarpetta Eduardo Scarpetta as Vincenzo
    In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a group of foreign artists establishes a commune on the rural island of Capri, catching the attention of young Lucia, a local illiterate shepherdess who soon falls under their spell.
    The King of Laughter 2021 POSTER

    The King of Laughter

    2021

    Italian

    7.0

    ♡ 1

    75%

    45%

    biography

    Biography

    court case

    courtroom drama

    Drama

    playwright

    theater play

    theatre company

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Lucrezia Guidone Lucrezia Guidone as Irma Gramatica Cristiana Dell'Anna Cristiana Dell'Anna as Luisa De Filippo Maria Nazionale Maria Nazionale as Rosa De Filippo Eduardo Scarpetta Eduardo Scarpetta as Vincenzo Scarpetta
    In early 20th-century Naples, a theatrical parody lands beloved thespian and playwright Eduardo Scarpetta in court, facing a malicious lawsuit that could compromise his freedom of expression and the economic security of his extended family—including his son's, young Eduardo De Filippo.
    Leopardi 2014 POSTER

    Leopardi

    2014

    Italian

    6.7

    ♡ 9

    50%

    50%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    enlightenment

    History

    illness

    italy

    poet

    poetry

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Salvatore Cantalupo Salvatore Cantalupo as Michele Riondino Michele Riondino as Antonio Ranieri Massimo Popolizio Massimo Popolizio as Monaldo Leopardi Sergio Albelli Sergio Albelli as Signor Lenzoni
    In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry.
    The Scent of Blood 2004 POSTER

    The Scent of Blood

    2004

    Italian

    5.5

    ♡ 1

    based on novel or book

    bourgeoisie

    decadence

    Drama

    eroticism

    older man younger woman relationship

    older woman younger man relationship

    Thriller

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Scamarcio as Jon Voight Jon Voight as Luke Martin Jane Fonda Jane Fonda as Sally Hyde Fanny Ardant Fanny Ardant as Silvia
    A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.
    Nostalgia 2022 POSTER

    Nostalgia

    2022

    Italian

    6.7

    ♡ 6

    89%

    78%

    Action

    Drama

    Mario Martone Mario Martone Director Virginia Apicella Virginia Apicella as Adele Sofia Essaïdi Sofia Essaïdi as Arlette Emanuele Palumbo Emanuele Palumbo as Felice giovane Pierfrancesco Favino Pierfrancesco Favino as Felice Lasco
    Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
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