Claudio Gora

Running 141 minutes, this was the most elaborate filmization of the Harriet Beecher Stowe "abolition" classic to date, and even though it wasn't entirely faithful to its source, audiences went home satisfied.

When Italy brands its formerly legal brothels illegal, four out-of-work prostitutes band together to open up a restaurant. But the only space they can find is owned by a man who's eyeing their assets for a profitable side business.