Movies by Francesco Rosi
As a director:
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The Truce (1996)
Cast: John Turturro, Rade Serbedzija, Massimo Ghini …
Directed by: 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…
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Three Brothers (1980)
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
In director Francesco Rosi's Oscar-nominated drama, three disparate brothers -- Raffaele (Philippe Noiret), Nicola (Michele Placido) and Rocco (Vittorio Mezzogiorno) -- leave behind…
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Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
Set in the mid-1930s, this film tells the story of Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte), who is exiled to a small Italian village fabled to be the end of the world. There, he learns from the…
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The Context (1976)
Cast: Lino Ventura, Tino Carraro, Marcel Bozzuffi …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
After discovering that the government itself may have planned the assassinations of several Supreme Court justices, Inspector Amerigo Rogas (Lino Ventura) senses that his own safety may be in…
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The Mattei Affair (1972)
Cast: Gian Maria Volonté, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
Italian industrialist Enrico Mattei (Gian Maria Volonte) is the subject of this intriguing biopic, which won the Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival. Mattei helped shape the course of his…
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Many Wars Ago (1970)
Cast: Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volonte …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
In Northern Italy, World War II has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland, the men of an Italian infantry division have been given one objective:…
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The Moment of Truth (1965)
Cast: Miguel Mateo, José Gómez Sevillano, Linda Christian …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
In this gritty drama, real-life torero Miguel Mateo plays a famous bullfighter whose ups and downs provide a vivid glimpse into a dangerous world. Director Francesco Rosi conjures both the…
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Hands Over the City (1963)
Cast: Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
A well-cast Rod Steiger stars as underhanded real-estate developer Edoardo Nottola in this searing 1963 exposé about the political corruption that led to the devastation of the…
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Salvatore Giuliano (1961)
Cast: Salvo Randone, Frank Wolff, Federico Zardi …
Directed by: Francesco Rosi
When Salvatore Giuliano, Italy's most wanted criminal (and hero), was murdered in 1950, his death led to an international media frenzy. In this gritty drama, director Francesco Rosi…