Francesco Rosi

Primo Levi's bittersweet memoir (&NFi;The Reawakening&NFi_;) of his Herculean trek home to Italy after being liberated from Auschwitz by the Russian Army gets a respectful mounting. Levi (John Turturro), along with survivors of various nationalities, is taken to a transition camp run by Soviet medical personnel. Here, the survivors recover from their ordeal, rebuilding their strength for the long picaresque journey home.

A wonderful fairy tale of the misadventures of a beautiful but temperamental Neapolitan peasant, Isabella, when she meets the ill- tempered Spanish Prince Rodrigo Ferrante y Davalos.

Is it possible to go around the world in only 80 days? Mr Sullivan hurls this simple question at Willy Fog in London's Reform club, and challenges him to a wager to prove it. When Willy Fog accepts, a hazardous count-down begins.

Is it possible to go around the world in only 80 days? Mr Sullivan hurls this simple question at Willy Fog in London's Reform club, and challenges him to a wager to prove it. When Willy Fog accepts, a hazardous count-down begins.

Anna Magnani stars as a screen-struck mother, convinced that her daughter's star potential is her ticket to a better life. Risking everything in pursuit of her dream, Maddalena (Magnani) finally arranges a screen test for her child, only to realize the cruel reality beneath the shimmering veneer of the filmmaking industry.

Anna Magnani stars as a screen-struck mother, convinced that her daughter's star potential is her ticket to a better life. Risking everything in pursuit of her dream, Maddalena (Magnani) finally arranges a screen test for her child, only to realize the cruel reality beneath the shimmering veneer of the filmmaking industry.

Oscar winner Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) stars as a screen-struck mother, convinced that her daughter’s star potential is her ticket to a better life, in a performance that Hollywood legend Bette Davis called “brilliant, uninhibited and full of volcanic, earthy power.” Risking everything in pursuit of her dream, Maddalena (Magnani) finally arranges a screen test for her child, only to realize the cruel reality beneath the shimmering veneer of the filmmaking industry.

Anna Magnani (The Rose Tattoo) stars as a screen-struck mother, convinced that her daughter's star potential is her ticket to a better life, in a performance that Hollywood legend Bette Davis called "brilliant, uninhibited and full of volcanic, earthy power." Risking everything in pursuit of her dream, Maddalena (Magnani) finally arranges a screen test for her child, only to realize the cruel reality beneath the shimmering veneer of the filmmaking industry.