Marcello Mastroianni
I Don’t Want to Talk About It
Leonor, a widow in a small South American town, gives birth to Charlotte, a dwarf. The mother not only provides a rich childhood for her daughter, she erases any clues her daughter might see that would lead her to think…
Adua and Her Friends
After their brothel closes, four sex workers open a restaurant in the countryside.
- 1960
- Drama
It Only Happens to Others
Catherine and Marcello are secluded in their house, living under the candlelight. Unable to accept the injustice behind the loss of their nine-month-old baby, they face a slow but definite self-destruction.
- 1971
- Drama
The Priest’s Wife
After discovering her boyfriend for the past four years is married, a distraught and depressed young woman turns to a Catholic priest for counseling — and finds mutual attraction. Now the inseparable couple are thwarted by his holy vow of…
Massacre in Rome
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. “Massacre in Rome” is the true story of how this partisan attack led to the mass execution of Italian nationals under…
A Slightly Pregnant Man
Marco Mazzetti, a driving instructor, lives with his wife Irène and their young child. After a series of dizzy spells, he goes to the doctor and discovers that he is four-month pregnant. Marco then becomes internationally famous…
- 1973
- Comedy
Used People
At her husband’s funeral, Pearl (Shirley MacLaine), Jewish mother of two divorced and antagonistic daughters, meets an old Italian friend (Marcello Mastroianni) of her husband, whose advice years previously had stopped the husband leaving home. For 23 years he, now…
Ginger and Fred
Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act, imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, on a TV variety show.