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Italy i/ˈɪtəli/ (Italian: Italia [iˈtaːlja]), officially the Italian Republic or the Republic of Italy (Italian: Repubblica italiana), is a unitary parliamentary republic in south-central Europe. To the north, it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and Slovenia along the Alps. To the south, it consists of the entirety of the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Sardinia–the two largest islands in the Mediterranean Sea–and many other smaller islands. The independent states of San Marino and the Vatican City are enclaves within Italy, while Campione d'Italia is an Italian exclave in Switzerland. The territory of Italy covers some 301,338 km2 (116,347 sq mi) and is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. With 60.6 million inhabitants, it is the fifth most populous country in Europe, and the 23rd most populous in the world.
Rome, the capital of Italy, was for centuries a political and religious centre of Western civilisation as the capital of the Roman Empire and site of the Holy See. After the decline of the Roman Empire, Italy endured numerous invasions by foreign peoples, from Germanic tribes such as the Lombards and Ostrogoths, to the Byzantines and later, the Normans, among others. Centuries later, Italy became the birthplace of Maritime republics and the Renaissance, an immensely fruitful intellectual movement that would prove to be integral in shaping the subsequent course of European thought.
Actors: Nick Raio (actor), Renee Fishman (actress), Angelo Bonsignore (director), Angelo Bonsignore (actor), Mario Bosco (actor), Tisha Tinsman (actress), Jeff Ragsdale (actor), Angelo Bonsignore (producer), Angelo Bonsignore (editor), Paula Raflo (actress), Luigi Scorcia (actor), Emelise Aleandri (actor), Christine Vienna (actress), Dwayne Rivera (actor), Frank Delano (actor),
Plot: Sister Italy is a heartfelt, hilarious, culinary escapade that follows the fortunes of two Italian-American sisters, Italia and Maria, who are rival cooks. They clash in an intriguing cooking competition for a place in the affections, and last will and testament, of their rich, eccentric, aged aunt. The lively contest inevitably involves the families of the sisters, and causes a full-blown, typical Italian family feud that explodes into farcical emotional outbursts and appetizing gastronomic confrontations. The death of the aunt, whose will favors one sister over the other, only intensifies the conflict.
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Family,Actors: Sergio Castellitto (director), Lucio Godoy (composer), Riccardo Tozzi (producer), Claudia Gerini (actress), Giovanni Stabilini (producer), Patrizio Marone (editor), Marco Chimenz (producer), Gianni Musy (actor), Pietro De Silva (actor), Penélope Cruz (actress), Sergio Castellitto (actor), Angela Finocchiaro (actress), Sergio Castellitto (writer), Elide Cortesi (miscellaneous crew), Joshua Berman (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto) recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia (Penélope Cruz), a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the beloved and sexual object of desire Italia chases him in his memories.
Keywords: abuse, accident, adultery, based-on-novel, box-office-hit, dead-woman-on-bed, dead-woman-with-eyes-open, directed-by-an-actor, directed-by-star, doctorActors: Giorgio Desideri (costume designer), Antonella Steni (actress), Stefano Masciarelli (actor), Barbara D'Urso (actress), Veronica Logan (actress), Marina Rocco (actress), Roberto Scarpetti (writer), Claudia Lawrence (actress), Marco Columbro (actor), Menotti (writer), Alfonso Cometti (miscellaneous crew), Marco Marchionni (writer), Luca Tomesani (writer), Roberto Palamara (producer), Giorgio Bardelli (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Maurizio Amati (producer), Raimondo Crociani (editor), Maurizio Millenotti (costume designer), Achille Brugnini (actor), Maurizio Pastrovich (producer), Andrea Bruschi (actor), Giustino Durano (actor), Michele Melega (actor), Sergio Tardioli (actor), Elisabetta Pellini (actress), Giovanni Ferreri (actor), Raffaele Curi (actor), Albano Bufalini (actor), Enrico Salimbeni (actor), Franco Amurri (director),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Iaia Forte (actress), Antonino Bruschetta (actor), Iaia Forte (actress), Iaia Forte (actress), Fabio Nunziata (editor), Tosca D'Aquino (actress), Vincenzo Peluso (actor), Pappi Corsicato (writer), Pappi Corsicato (director), Manrico Gammarota (actor), Cristina Donadio (actress), Cristina Donadio (actress), Pino Calabrese (actor), Enzo Moscato (actor), Luigi Boscaino (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Three different episodes placed in the Napoli of 1993. Aurora is abandoned by her husband and moves to a new flat in another zone of the city. She meets her former boyfriend and starts again a relationship. But he takes profit of her absence from the flat to steal almost everything. A young, just set free from jail, discovers that his mother is actually a transsexual! Last episode is about Libera that works hardly at her kiosk. Soon she discovers her husband is unfaithful and she places a video camera to get evidences of this. But instead than leave him, she takes benefit from the whole situation.
Keywords: 1990s, divorce, episodic-structure, irony, italy, kiosk, maid, napoli, napoli-italy, prostitutionActors: Marina Vlady (actress), Pino Colizzi (actor), Gabriella Giorgelli (actress), Adriana Russo (actress), Giovanni Vettorazzo (actor), Sandro Bolchi (director), Sandro Bolchi (writer), Leonora Fani (actress), Franca Stoppi (actress), Gorni Kramer (composer), Gino Pugnetti (writer),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Fulvio Lucisano (producer), Franco Castellano (writer), Erika Blanc (actress), Angela Luce (actress), Maria Tedeschi (actress), Renato Pozzetto (actor), Paolo Villaggio (actor), Massimo Boldi (actor), Felice Andreasi (actor), John Stacy (actor), Ernesto Colli (actor), Enrico Montesano (actor), Ugo Bologna (actor), Giuseppe Moccia (writer), Geoffrey Copleston (actor),
Plot: Three short stories full of absurd Italian humor. Uno: Oddjobs man Elia is hired to be a waiter and soon finds himself caught up in a plot to knock off his mistress (in more ways than one). Due: Della is convinced that aliens are on their way to consume the world and before long ends up a guinea pig on a spaceship from the planet Phobos. Tre: Roberto becomes a Bersaglieri in the Italian army and nearly causes a war between Italy and Switzerland over a packet of cigarettes.
Keywords: africa, episodic, female-nudity, italian-sex-comedy, sex-comedyActors: Rossano Brazzi (actor), Vittorio Caprioli (actor), Edoardo Anton (writer), Leonardo Benvenuti (writer), Alessandro Blasetti (writer), Piero De Bernardi (writer), Ennio Morricone (composer), Riz Ortolani (composer), Alessandro Blasetti (director), Tatiana Casini Morigi (editor), Valentino Macchi (actor), Gigi Proietti (actor), Renato Salvatori (actor), Leopoldo Trieste (actor), Tanya Lopert (actress),
Genres: ,Actors: Silvio Bagolini (actor), Luigi Pavese (actor), Raimondo Vianello (actor), Carla Calò (actress), Hélène Chanel (actress), Marcello Ciorciolini (writer), Carlo Savina (composer), Giorgio Simonelli (director), Aldo Fabrizi (actor), Fanfulla (actor), Franco Franchi (actor), Nino Fuscagni (actor), Ciccio Ingrassia (actor), Vittorio Congia (actor), Dolores Tamburini (editor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Herbert Wilcox (producer), Maclean Rogers (editor), Joseph Schildkraut (actor), Herbert Wilcox (director), Chili Bouchier (actress), Harley Knoles (producer), Alfred Rode (actor), Matheson Lang (writer), Matheson Lang (actor), Kay Hammond (actress), Lilian Braithwaite (actress), Brian Buchel (actor), Donald Macardle (writer), Donald Macardle (writer), Edith Saville (actress),
Genres: Drama,