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The Wolf at the Door (1986)

July 1, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Original title: Oviri
Year: 1986
Runtime: 1 hour, 36 minutes
Country: Denmark | France
Language: English
Subtitles: NONE
Genre: Biography | Drama

Director: Henning Carlsen

Cast:
Donald Sutherland – Paul Gauguin
Jean Yanne – William Molard
Fanny Bastien Juliette Huet
Sofie Grabøl – Judith Molard
Max von Sydow – August Strindberg
Merete Voldstedlund – Mette Gauguin
Jorgen Reenberg – Edward Brandes
Yves Barsacq – Edgar Degas
Thomas Antoni – Jourdan
Bill Dunn
Morten Grunwald
Jean-Claude Flamant
Solbjørg Højfeldt
Jesper Bruun Rasmussen
Anthony Michael
Chili Turell
Kristina Dubin – Aline Gauguin
Henrik Larsen – Julien Leclercq
Hans Henrik Legrfeldt
Valerie Morea – Annah-la-Javanaise
Ghita Nørby – Ida Molard

Plot/Synopsis:

This drama looks into the life of French painter Paul Gauguin. Donald Sutherland plays Gauguin as he struggles through a few years in the 1890s in Montmartre after he has come back from his first stay in Tahiti. His new and radical painting style is not amenable to easy acceptance, as witnessed by August Strindberg’s rejection of it here. The best segments of this film show the artist at work and talking with his friends, other less successful moments show him in amorous liaisons or in one case, in a fight sequence. Most of all, his dedication to his artistic vision as well as the depth of his personality are elements which maintain interest throughout, in a large part due to Sutherland’s insightful portrayal of the artist.

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The Sicilian Girl (2009)

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Original title: La siciliana ribelle
Year: 2009
Runtime: 108 minutes
Country: Italy | France
Language: Italian
Subtitles: Finnish | Portuguese-Br | Spanish (.srt)
Genre: Crime | Drama

Director: Marco Amenta

Cast:
Veronica D’Agostino … Rita
Gérard Jugnot … Judge
Giulia Andò … Paola
Roberto Bonura … Tano
Paolo Briguglia … Bruni
Francesco Casisa … Vito
Giusi Cataldo … Anna
Miriana Faja … Young Rita
Lollo Franco … Campisi
Carmelo Galati … Rita’s brother
Marcello Mazzarella … Don Michele
Manuela Mulé … P.M. Parsi
Mario Pupella … Don Salvo
Primo Reggiani … Lorenzo
Lorenzo Rosone … Young Vito
Filomena Salerno … Teresa
Lucia Sardo … Don Michele’s wife
Salvatore Schembari … Bellafiore

Plot/Synopsis:

Inspired by a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that such a young woman from a Mafia family rebels and betrays the Mafia. From that moment on, Rita’s days are numbered. She only has nine months to live…

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Filed Under: Crime, Drama, Italy

The Lives of Others (2006)

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Original title: Das Leben der Anderen
Year: 2006
Runtime: 137 minutes
Country: Germany
Language: German
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama | Thriller

Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Cast:
Martina Gedeck … Christa-Maria Sieland
Ulrich Muhe … Hauptmann Gerd Wiesler
Sebastian Koch … Georg Dreyman
Ulrich Tukur … Oberstleutnant Anton Grubitz
Thomas Thieme … Minister Bruno Hempf
Hans-Uwe Bauer … Paul Hauser
Volkmar Kleinert … Albert Jerska
Matthias Brenner … Karl Wallner
Charly Hubner … Udo
Herbert Knaup … Gregor Hessenstein
Bastian Trost … Haftling 227
Marie Gruber … Frau Meineke
Volker Michalowski … Schriftexperte (as Zack Volker Michalowski)
Werner Daehn … Einsatzleiter in Uniform
Martin Brambach … Einsatzleiter Meyer

Plot/Synopsis:

The horrifying, sometimes unintentionally funny system of observation in the former East Germany. In the early 1980s, the successful dramatist Georg Dreyman and his longtime companion Christa-Maria Sieland, a popular actress, are big intellectual stars in the socialist state, although they secretly don’t always think loyal to the party line. One day, the Minister of Culture becomes interested in Christa, so the secret service agent Wiesler is instructed to observe and sound out the couple, but their life fascinates him more and more…

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The Children Are Watching Us (1944)

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Original title: I bambini ci guardano
AKA: The Little Martyr
Year: 1944
Runtime: 1 hour, 24 minutes
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Subtitles: English (.srt)
Genre: Drama

Director: Vittorio De Sica

Cast:
Emilio Cigoli … Andrea – il padre
Luciano De Ambrosis … Pricò
Isa Pola … Nina – la madre
Adriano Rimoldi … Roberto – l’amante di Nina
Giovanna Cigoli … Agnese – la governante
Jone Frigerio … La nonna
Maria Gardena … La signora Uberti
Dina Perbellini … Zia Berelli
Nicoletta Parodi … Giuliana
Tecla Scarano … La signora Resta
Ernesto Calindri … Claudio
Olinto Cristina … Il rettore – The Chancellor
Mario Gallina … Il medico
Zaira La Fratta … Paolina
Armando Migliari … Il commendatore

Plot/Synopsis:

A very early Vittorio De Sica effort, The Children Are Watching Us was originally released in Italy as I Bambini Ci Guardano. Director De Sica collaborated with another neorealist pioneer, Cesare Zavattini, on the screenplay. The film, a real tearjerker, concerns a young mother (Isa Pola) who can’t stand the pressures exerted on her by family responsibilities. She deserts her husband (Emilio Cigoli) and her brood, permanently ruining the life of her four-year-old son, Prico (Luciano de Ambrosis). Avoiding the rococo gestures and dramatic overstatement that might have attended this film had it been made in Hollywood, De Sica fashions a subtle tale about real people caught up in a real situation. De Sica’s sensitivity toward the younger cast members of The Children Are Watching Us would manifest itself in many of his formative films, notably Sciuscià and The Bicycle Thief. Made in 1942, the film was not released in Italy until 1944.

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