Franco Brusati
Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Director), 17 (Writer)
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When the now famous "star crossed lovers" of two enemy families meet, forbidden love ensues. (imdb)
A movie adaptation of Homer's second epic, that talks about Ulysses' efforts to return to his home after the end of ten years of war. (imdb)
A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi. (imdb)
Italian immigrant tries to become a member of Swiss society but fails as a waiter and even as a chicken plucker. He then becomes involved with shady wealthy character and tries to hide his Italian identity. He refuses to give up no matter how awful his situation. (imdb)
The thief Tapioca (Totò) happens to meet Gaston home Ornano industrialist and his wife, Noris, who extorts money with incriminating letters. After discovering the blackmail Ornano arrests Tapioca. Eventually the three men form a society for the exploitation of compromising letters.
An industrialist has his wife tailed because he secretly hopes she is betraying him so that he can ask for a divorce and marry the model he's fallen in love with. (imdb)
Sunday, august 7th. Various people from Rome, poor and rich ones, spend their Sunday at the beach in Ostia.
In this film, Pierre is a French boy who saves the British girl Sarah from suicide. Despondent over a broken affair, Sarah soon becomes fond of Pierre and agrees to stay with him. The twisted girl puts him through a series of humiliations before she intentionally blinds him. (allmovie.com)
Marta (Hella Petri) lives in a large country estate after retiring from her career as an opera singer.... Two women live with her, Claudia (Eleonora Giorgi) and Anna (Mariangela Melato).... Claudia and Anna are established in a lesbian affair and both depend on Marta like daughters would depend on a mother. Marta's brother Nicky (Erland Josephson) and his lover Picchio (David Pontremoli) arrive one day because Marta wants to take the two couples for a brief trip to Venice... (Rovi)
Beppe Musolino is falsely accused of murder. He is tried and once found guilty is imprisoned. Unexpectedly he escape from prison and to survive he start living like an outlaw brigand. He falls in love for Mara, a village girl, and with her help he hunts down all of the witnesses who lied about him at the trial. (imdb)
A demon bestows on a self-righteous working photographer's camera the power to smite from the Earth "evil-doers". Naturally, the indignant photographer turns his new weapon on, one by one, his entire village, beginning with the wealthy or illustrious. Soon, the poor he is so supposedly so enamored of become his victims too, so rife with impatience and contempt is he, that the slightest flaw is cause for smiting. Inevitably, he embarks on a task to destroy everyone. (imdb)
Lo zio indegno (internationally released as The Sleazy Uncle) is a 1989 Italian comedy film directed by Franco Brusati. Vittorio Gassman was awarded a Nastro d'Argento Best Actor for his portrayal of Uncle Luca. (imdb)
A poor musician hires a courtesan to pose as his wife so he can "give" her to a wealthy count in return for patronage.
A luckless young teacher it’s suspected of committing two murders. When his lover begins to have doubt about his innocence, he seems to be doomed.