The Canterbury Tales / I racconti di Canterbury (1972)
Comedy | Drama
Six of Chaucer's classic 15th-century tales presented complete with all their bawdy humor about romance, deception and lust. Second film in Pasolini's "Trilogy of Life."
Starring: Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Hatchet for the Honeymoon / Il rosso segno della follia (1970)
Horror | Thriller
A darkly humorous gore-fest about the cross-dressing owner of a bridal shop who kills all his customers on their wedding nights.
Starring: Stephen Forsyth, Dagmar Lassander, Laura Betti, Jesús Puente, Femi Benussi
Director: Mario Bava
Novecento / 1900 (1976)
Drama | History
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men, one born a bastard of peasant stock, the other born to a land owner. The drama spans from 1900 to about 1945, and focuses mainly on the rise of Fascism and the peasants' eventual reaction by supporting Communism, and how these events shape the destinies of the two main characters.
Starring: Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda, Francesca Bertini, Laura Betti, Werner Bruhns
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Fat Girl / À ma soeur! (2001)
Drama
Elena is a gorgeous fifteen-year-old forced to drag along pudgy twelve-year-old Anais as she trolls for boys in the cafes of a seaside resort where their family is vacationing. Treating Anais with casual cruelty, Elena smooches a handsome young Italian as her sister gorges on a banana split and later, in their shared bedroom, commands her to sleep as the twentysomething Fernando climbs in through the window. As Elena is deflowered, Anais writhes in fascination, envy and her own budding desire. When Elena's transgression is revealed to their parents, their furious mother breaks off the holiday and embarks on the long drive home with the girls in the back seat. The summer vacation is over but, as they discover on a tension-filled journey home, the family adventure is not.
Starring: Anaïs Reboux, Roxane Mesquida, Libero De Rienzo, Arsinée Khanjian, Romain Goupil, Laura Betti, Albert Goldberg
Director: Catherine Breillat
