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LA VISITA THE VISITOR<br />

Antonio PIETRANGELI<br />

22<br />

CLASSIC<br />

LA BALLATA DEL BOIA EL VERDUGO<br />

Luis GARCIA BERLANGA<br />

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner’s daughter and, although<br />

he doesn’t like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law<br />

after his retirement.<br />

Production: Italy/Spain - 1963 - 110’<br />

Cast: Nino MANFREDI, Emma PENELLA, José ISBERT<br />

Version: Italian<br />

a single woman approaching 40 grows bored of her affair with a married<br />

trucker and writes to a singles column. She ends up paired with<br />

an outwardly conservative bookstore clerk. During their date, he drinks<br />

and soon turns into a rude, crude, drunken slob. She is mortified until<br />

he apologizes. She forgives him and they have sex. In the morning they<br />

resume their former lives. Perhaps they will meet again.<br />

Production: Italy/France - 1963 - 100’<br />

Cast: Sandra MILO, François PERIER, Mario ADORF, Gastone MOSCHIN<br />

Version: Italian, English (subt.)<br />

UNA VITA VIOLENTA VIOLENT LIFE<br />

Paolo HEUSCH, Brunello RONDI<br />

The film is taken from a tale by Pier Paolo Pasolini and is typical of his<br />

existential themes. A simple man from the outer fringes of the city lives<br />

a life of idleness. He falls in love with a woman, and to win her heart,<br />

he plans to serenade her with a group of friends. The night turns bloody<br />

when he is caught in a fight and stabs another man.<br />

Production: Italy - 1962 - 115’<br />

Cast: Franco CITTI, Enrico Maria SALERNO, Serena VERGANO<br />

Version: Italian, English (subt.)<br />

ASFALTO CHE SCOTTA CLASSE TOUS RISQUES<br />

Claude SAUTET<br />

A gangster, after a robbery in Milan, escapes to France with his family.<br />

Before being seized and executed, he loses his wife in a shooting,<br />

leaves his children with an old friend and kills those who threaten to<br />

report him to the police.<br />

Production: France/Italy - 1960 - 105’<br />

Cast: Sandra MILO, Jean-Paul BELMONDO, Lino VENTURA<br />

Version: Italian, German

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