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Lina Bernardi Movies

2002  
 
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Matteo Garrone's The Embalmer tells the sad story of a love triangle. Peppino (Ernesto Mahieux), a mob-connected dwarf who works as a taxidermist, establishes a working relationship with Valerio (Valerio Foglia Manzillo), who loves animals. The closeted Peppino, who carries a torch for Valerio, is threatened when Valerio takes up with Deborah (Elisabetta Rocchetti), who moves in with the pair. Soon the tension leads to horrible acts committed by and on the different members of the group. The Embalmer was screened at the Director's Fortnight during the 2002 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi

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Starring:
Ernesto MahieuxValerio Foglia Manzillo, (more)
 
2000  
 
Sandra Ceccarelli plays three different women in three separate decades in this three-part anthology drama. In the opening segment, set in the 1940s, Stella (Ceccarelli) is a woman who, after years of working on other people's property, hopes to soon have enough money to buy farmland of her own. However, Stella's dreams are dashed when she learns she's pregnant. In the mid-'70s, Sonia (Ceccarelli) is a woman soon to marry the man she loves. But while Sonia values her career, her fiancé insists that if they wed, she must become a stay-at-home wife (except for occasionally helping out with the family business). And in the 1990s, Silvia (Ceccarelli) is a woman caught in a divisive labor dispute that has left her and her husband on opposite sides of a contentious strike. Guardia Il Cielo: Stella, Sonia, Silvia marked the first solo directorial effort from filmmaker Piergiorgio Gay, who previously made Tre Storie in collaboration with Roberto San Pietro. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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Starring:
Sandra Ceccarelli
 
1989  
NR  
The Story of Boys and Girls is about a rural Italian girl who invites the family of her rich Bolognese fiance over for a 20-course banquet at her home. Over the course of the meal, both families talk about many different topics, revealing a number of secrets along the way. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi

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Starring:
Felice AndreasiLucrezia Lante Della Rovere, (more)