Movie List for "comedy 195"

A portrait of the people, the defects, and the peculiarities of Naples in six different vignettes. Year 1954.

A young French girl orphaned in a Nazi air attack is befriended by the son of a poor farmer, and together they try to come to terms with the realities of death. Year 1952.

Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and starts persecuting him. When Esposito manages to flee, Bottoni’s superiors inform him that he’ll lose his job if he can’t catch Esposito. Year 1951.

Monsieur Hulot visits the technology-driven world of his sister, brother-in-law, and nephew, but he can’t quite fit into the surroundings. Year 1958.

Marcelino is an orphan who grows up in a monastery. One day when he eats his small meal in a room full of old things, he gives a piece of his bread to an old wooden Jesus figure–which actually takes the bread and eats it. Getting a Year 1955.

In post-war Italy during the 1950s, finding a house to rent is so difficult that a family ends up living in a former brothel. Year 1959.

Gemma, daughter of a lodger, is in love with her half-brother, but since she cannot marry him she ends up marrying a teacher. She doesn’t love him and betrays him but is blackmailed by a Romanian countess who forces her to become a p Year 1953.

A Sunday at the beach for the Passaguai family is a succession of more or less pleasant adventures. Year 1951.

A man getting on in years sets out to find a way to resurrect his flagging virility. Year 1959.

Film based on an anonymous novel from the XVI century. Year 1959.

An open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan. Year 1951.

The Faust story retold, with an aged alchemist accepting the gift of renewed youth from the devilish Mephistopheles. Year 1950.

A real gem from Imamura. A very dark crime comedy. Year 1958.

Two boys begin a silence strike to press their parents into buying them a television set. Year 1959.

After 5 die in crumbling Naples housing run by Northerners, the Southern relatives trek to Milan to sue for damages. Year 1953.

The daughter of Signor Carloni is about to take her first communion. A problem arises when the dressmaker spends too much time working on the girl’s communion frock. Year 1950.