Lucia Poli Movies
- 2008
An amateur theatrical troupe struggles to earn a living by day and bring the crowds to their feet every night in director Emanuele Barresi's madcap ensemble farce featuring Rocco Papaleo, Alba Rohrwacher, Raffaele Pisu, and Paolo Ruffini. Every night, the dedicated actors at a small theater put aside their daily concerns in order to deliver the best show possible. When a series of unfortunate events bring the future of the theater into question, each actor must consider a future with no creative outlet as they contend with issues of life, love, health, and employment. As the curtains rise on the opening night of their latest production, all of their problems are systematically brought out into the open and miraculously solved during a spectacular series of plot twists and cliffhangers. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Rocco Papaleo, Alba Rohrwacher, (more)
A love-struck poet travels into the heart of wartime Iraq in hopes of rescuing the woman he loves in Academy award-winning director Roberto Benigni's affecting tale of love and devotion. A kind poet and father to his daughters, a respected lecturer and literary figure to his students, and a complete nuisance in the eyes of his beloved Vittoria (Nicoletta Braschi), Attilio (Benigni) finds his life suddenly turned upside down when he learns that the object of his undying affections has been critically injured in a Baghdad bombing. Now, despite the chaos sweeping through Iraq, Attilio vows to risk everything in order to travel into the heart of Baghdad and deliver the medicine that will awaken the woman of his dreams from a potentially eternal slumber. Jean Reno and Tom Waits co-star in this heartfelt, seriocomic romance, which pits the uplifting power of love against the destructive force of bombs. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, (more)
- 2000
Based on the real-life trial of the 60-year-old nun who was persecuted for witchcraft in 1594, Gostanza da Libbiano is the third in a "trilogy of identity" that also includes The Kiss of Judas (1998) and Confortorio (1992). Starring Lucia Poli as Gostanza, the film traces the nun's imprisonment and cold-blooded interrogation by various church representatives. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Lucia Poli, Renzo Cerrato, (more)
- 1996
The discovery of an aborted fetus in a WW II-era Tuscan town nearly overloads the gossip mill in this black Italian comedy that is based on a play by director/screenwriter Ugo Chiti. The tale begins in 1939 just before Mussolini-controlled Italy entered the war. The fetus is unfortunately discovered on the eve of a visit by the great dictator. Wanting no trouble, the town's fascist secretary attempts a cover-up that is promptly blown with the unexpected late-night arrival of a party leader. He convinces the secretary to quickly find a scapegoat for the alleged crime. To find one, the secretary enlists the aid of his mistress. They choose the daughter of the town tart, but before they can convict her, she is examined by the town doctor whose findings set the stage for tragedy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- 1978
The complex relationships of aristocrats in the 18th century, including their romances, is the subject of this nearly operatic dramatic retelling of Goethe's famous novel. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Francesca Archibugi, Paolo Graziosi, (more)
