Alessia Fugardi Movies
- 1999
- NR
How did you lose your virginity? Six teenagers killing time on a subway ride answer that question in this episodic drama. In a series of otherwise unconnected episodes, each of the young people relates a story of being introduced to love and sex, ranging from a shop clerk who finally gives in to the lecherous advances of her boss, to a boy who is seduced by his older brother's girlfriend. Director and co-screenwriter Massimo Martella also examines issues regarding drugs, family tensions, romantic disappointment, and class division along the way, much as he did in his earlier film about teens growing up, The Dive. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alessia Fugardi, Valentina Limongelli, (more)
- 1996
The title creature is not a canine but rather a passionate, strong-willed Sicilian woman who turns her home village on its ear with her constant battles against sexual repression. This sensual Italian drama chronicles some of La Lupa's seductive hunts. Her prey includes a strapping young buck just home from the military and the town priest. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1995
This gentle Italian drama is based upon the 1919 autobiographical novel by Federico Tozzi. The film tells the story of teenagers Ghisola and Pietro whose closeness is born of the pain the two experience in their daily lives. Ghisola, only 14-years old, must work in the fields away from her family. Pietro is emotionally abused by his father. When his father discovers their mutual affection, he sends Ghisola away. Pietro does not see her again until he is an adult. She has changed. Now pregnant and alone, Ghisola tries to seduce Pietro so he will marry her. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1993
The innovative Italian neuropsychiatrist Marco Lombardo Radice started at treatment movement which draws its name from the unlikely object of worship found in the Peanuts cartoon series, The Great Pumpkin, and it seems likely that this movie and its story represent some kind of homage to his memory. Arturo's wife walked out on him, and now he devotes all his time to his job. He (Sergio Castillitto) is a professor of psychiatry at the university hospital in Rome, and specializes in children's problems. When Pippi (Alessia Fugardi) is brought in for a consultation, it is alleged that she is an epileptic, but the good doctor thinks otherwise. He convinces her reluctant parents to leave her in his care, and through a series of brilliant manipulations, he manages to cure her. The world of mental illness and how it is handled in Italy are not seen through rose-colored glasses, here, and reviewers found tht what could have been a mere tear-jerker manages to be a convincing, gripping drama. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Sergio Castellitto, Alessia Fugardi, (more)
