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La casa rosa (1995)
Character: Elena Misuani
This rosy Italian drama centers upon a cheerful Italian woman who learns that before the war her grandparents owned a beautiful 17th-century house in a small Czech town. Now that the Communists have fled, she technically has the right to reclaim it. Elena brings her boyfriend to Prague and immediately she is enchanted by the three story pink home.
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Atto di Dolore (1990)
Character: Martina
In this painful melodrama, an aging mother (Claudia Cardinale) attempts to cope with the progressive deterioration of her grown son due to his drug addiction. At first only manipulative, in addition to stealing from her he eventually becomes abusive and violent, and she must take strong measures if she is to save her own life, much less his.
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Singolo (1987)
Character: N/A
A made-for-TV movie on right-wing terrorism in Italy.
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Porzûs (1997)
Character: Ada Zambon
In 1945, at the huts above Porzûs, a hundred partisans from the Garibaldi Brigade and the Gap massacred about twenty partisans from Osoppo. They were commanded by Geko, who later went around saying that the group was accused of treason and collusion with the fascists, all to avoid consequences. But at the end of the war, Storno, who had escaped the massacre, sentenced Geko and his men to life imprisonment in absentia.
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Segreti segreti (1985)
Character: Rosa
Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other women. Each has her own secret, including the lawyer who listens to Laura as if in a ‘trance’: moments before, she discovered her husband was cheating.
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I cammelli (1988)
Character: Anna
Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.
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Bonus Malus (1993)
Character: Valeria
The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.
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Pianoforte (1985)
Character: Maria
Maria studies at the university while her boyfriend Paolo is an established journalist. Both are drug addicts. Maria and Paolo try to detox with the help of a specialized clinic but it doesn't last long: back from a trip during which they proved to themselves that they could resist without drugs, both fall victim to addiction again. The consequences are not long in coming.
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Chocolat (1988)
Character: Aimée Dalens
On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy.
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The Sicilian (1987)
Character: Giovanna Ferra
Egocentric bandit Salvatore Giuliano fights the Church, the Mafia, and the landed gentry while leading a populist movement for Sicilian independence.
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Notte italiana (1987)
Character: Daria
Otello Morsiani, a north-eastern-italian lawyer, takes the job of estimating land holdings on the Po Delta, which are intended to be expropriated to make way for a national park. The lawyer soon discovers that in that area, once target of methane extraction, the soil is now at risk to sink, due to hydrogeological disturbance: in the meanwhile, he also digs out a mystery tied to a death dating back twenty years before.
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Da grande (1987)
Character: Francesca
Marco, a nine year old boy, is in love with his elementary teacher, and feels neglected by his workaholic parents. When they forget about his birthday he wishes he could grow up at once. This really happens and Marco begins a new life as an adult. He rents a room in his teacher's flat and she falls in love with him. He even fakes a kidnapping when he runs out of money but he is mistaken for the kidnapper.
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