Martin Eden (
2019) | IMDb:
7
The tale of an individualist proletarian in a time marked by the rise of mass political movements. In early 20th-century Italy, illiterate sailor Martin Eden seeks fame as a writer while torn between the love of a bourgeois girl and allegiance to his social class.
Starring:
Luca Marinelli
,
Jessica Cressy
,
Vincenzo Nemolato
,
Marco Leonardi
,
Elisabetta Valgoi
,
Pietro Ragusa
Silk (
2007) | IMDb:
5.8
French silkworm trader Hervé is married to the beautiful Hélène. When an outbreak of disease ravages European silkworms, Hervé must travel to Japan to retrieve healthy eggs. After a long journey, Hervé finally arrives at a village where he can buy them. He becomes infatuated with a young concubine and goes to great lengths to see her again. But, when war breaks out in Japan, the concubine flees, forcing Hervé to return home to his wife.
Starring:
Keira Knightley
,
Michael Pitt
,
Alfred Molina
,
Koji Yakusho
,
Sei Ashina
,
Miki Nakatani
Directed by:
François Girard
The Red Violin (
1998) | IMDb:
7.6
300 years of a remarkable musical instrument. Crafted by the Italian master Bussotti (Cecchi) in 1681, the red violin has traveled through Austria, England, China, and Canada, leaving both beauty and tragedy in its wake. In Montreal, Samuel L Jackson plays an appraiser going over its complex history.
Starring:
Carlo Cecchi
,
Irene Grazioli
,
Anita Laurenzi
,
Tommaso Puntelli
,
Samuele Amighetti
,
Jean-Luc Bideau
Directed by:
François Girard
Stealing Beauty (
1996) | IMDb:
6.5
Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.
The Horseman on the Roof (
1995) | IMDb:
7
In a time of war and disease, a young officer gallantly tries to help a young woman find her husband.
Starring:
Juliette Binoche
,
Olivier Martinez
,
Pierre Arditi
,
François Cluzet
,
Gérard Depardieu
,
Jean Yanne
Le Mans (
1971) | IMDb:
6.7
Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.
Starring:
Steve McQueen
,
Siegfried Rauch
,
Elga Andersen
,
Ronald Leigh-Hunt
,
Fred Haltiner
,
Luc Merenda