Francesco Rosi

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Francesco Rosi - what members say

Christ Stopped At Eboli review by Cato from Shropshire

Fragmented view of pre-war Italy 8 March 2007
...al actors and local people worked entirely, and the accompanying interview with Francesco Rosi was very enlightening as to the raison d'etre of his film making. A greta film... Read customer review

The Truce (1998)
Starring: John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Award-winning director Martin Scorsese (GANGS OF NEW YORK) presents an epic, true story that was cheered by moviegoers and critics alike. Acclaimed actor John Turturro (MR. DEEDS, O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?) delivers a powerful performance as a man whose life is changed forever by World War II. His ..read more »

54% from 9 members
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Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987)
Starring: Ornella Muti, Rupert Everett, Anthony Delon
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Cristóbal Bedoya, who is also called "Cristo", is a medical doctor. He has been away from home for 27 years. Currently he comes back to his home-town, which is a small Colombian city in the banks of the Magdalena River. Santiago Nasar is his best friend, who has been murdered three decades ago. ..read more »

76% from 8 members
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Carmen (1984)
Starring: Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes-Johnson, Ruggero Raimondi
Director: Francesco Rosi
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A fine screen adaptation of Bizet's popular opera. Lorin Maazel conducts the French National Orchestra and Chorus and the French Radio Chorus. Sung in French.

66% from 629 members
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Carmen - Blu-ray (1984)
Starring: Placido Domingo, Julia Migenes-Johnson, Ruggero Raimondi
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Georges Bizet's 1875 opera about Carmen, the colorful cigarette factory worker whose flirtations with the soldier Don Jose are forgotten in her love for the matador Escamillo, is the source for director Francesco Rosi's cinematic version of the same story. Plácido Domingo sings the part of Don José,..read more »

69% from 29 members

Tre fratelli (1981)
Starring: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Director: Francesco Rosi
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In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination; from Naples, the religious and ideological Rocco, a counselor at a correctional institute for boys; from Turin, Nicola, a ..read more »

52% from 11 members
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Christ Stopped At Eboli on DVD (1979)
Starring: Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Based on an autobiographical novel by Carlo Levi, Cristo si e fermato a Eboli stars Gian-Maria Volonte as Levi, a prominent anti-fascist author and artist who, during Mussolini's regime was exiled to Eboli, a tiny village in Southern Italy. The government believed Levi's controversial views would ..read more »

70% from 585 members

Lucky Luciano on DVD (1974)
Starring: Gian Maria Volonte, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal and illegal exercises of power in this sensationalized account of the infamous gangster Charles Lucky Luciano (Gian Maria Volonte). The film examines the life of Luciano after serving nine years of his 50-year ..read more »

51% from 138 members

The Moment of Truth (1965)
Starring: Miguel Mateo, Jose Gomez Sevillano, Pedro Basauri
Director: Francesco Rosi
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A farm boy arrives in Barcelona with dreams of becoming a bullfighter, succeeds to the top of his sport, and then faces tragic danger.

30% from 2 members
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Hands Over The City (1963)
Starring: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Anchored by a ferocious lead performance from Rod Steiger as a scheming land developer, Francesco Rosi’s Hands Over the City moves breathlessly from a cataclysmic building collapse to the backroom negotiations of civic leaders vying for power in the City Council election.

47% from 9 members
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Salvatore Giuliano (1962)
Starring: Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff
Director: Francesco Rosi
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Francesco Rosi's neo-realist drama probes the mystery surrounding one of Italy's most beloved criminals. On July 5, 1950, in Castelvetrano, Sicily, the body of Salvatore Giuliano was found, punctured with bullet holes. Painting a thorough portrait of the legendary bandit, Rosi's film also explores ..read more »

75% from 11 members
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The Truce - 2.5 stars
Chronicle of a Death Foretold - 4.0 stars
Carmen - 3.5 stars
Carmen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Tre fratelli - 2.5 stars

Christ Stopped At Eboli - 3.5 stars
Carmen - 3.5 stars
Lucky Luciano - 2.5 stars
Chronicle of a Death Foretold - 4.0 stars
Salvatore Giuliano - 3.5 stars

The Moment of Truth - 1.5 stars
Hands Over The City - 2.5 stars
Tre fratelli - 2.5 stars
The Truce - 2.5 stars
Carmen - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

Gian Maria Volonte - 3 times - show films
Faith Esham - 2 times - show films
Julia Migenes-Johnson - 2 times - show films
Ruggero Raimondi - 2 times - show films
Placido Domingo - 2 times - show films