Livia

Pa-ra-da (2008)

Actors: Andrea Guerra (composer), Alessio Doglione (editor), Jalil Lespert (actor), Salvatore Ricciardi (miscellaneous crew), Iulian Timofte (miscellaneous crew), Charlotte Fontijn (miscellaneous crew), Patrice Juiff (actor), Daniele Formica (actor), Bruno Abraham-Kremer (actor), Marco Valerio Pugini (producer), Sonoo Mishra (costume designer), Ute Leonhardt (producer), Rita Dagher (producer), Cristian Comeaga (producer), Olivia Alighiero (miscellaneous crew),

Plot: The film tells the true story of French clown Miloud Oukili from his arrival in Romania in 1992 (three years after the fall of Ceausescu) to his encounter with the street children of Bucharest, known as «boskettari» who live in the streets and sleep in Bucharest's sewers, eking a living out of petty crime, begging, and prostitution. Miloud wants to meet these neglected kids, turned into a quasi-feral state by their tragic past and ravaged by physical and sexual abuse and drug addiction, and shine some light in their lives. Although his efforts are at first hampered by corrupt and prejudiced Romanian police officers, Miloud will succeed in creating a real circus company with the «boskettari». The street children will perform in Bucharest’s main square, proving the world that they are not rejects but human beings.

Genres: Drama,

Manuale d'amore (2005)

Actors: Giovanni Veronesi (director), Sergio Rubini (actor), Giovanni Veronesi (writer), Vincenzo Cerami (writer), Margherita Buy (actress), Claudio Di Mauro (editor), Maurizio Amati (producer), Anna Orso (actress), Carlo Verdone (actor), Aurelio De Laurentiis (producer), Luis Molteni (actor), Anita Caprioli (actress), Paolo Buonvino (composer), Ugo Chiti (writer), Dino Abbrescia (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A comedy in Italian A love story depicting four phases of love chronicled through four episodes enacted by different couples

Princesa (2001)

Actors: Michael André (producer), Ulrich Felsberg (producer), Cesare Bocci (actor), Alessandra Acciai (actress), Rebecca O'Brien (producer), Valerio De Paolis (producer), Antonella Licata (miscellaneous crew), Giovanni Venosta (composer), Mauro Pirovano (actor), Henrique Goldman (director), Henrique Goldman (writer), Paolo Soravia (producer), Luke Schiller (producer), Biba Lerhue (actor), Roberta Nanni (actress),

Plot: Fernando/Fernanda, a 19-year-old Brazilian transvestite, travels to Milan and becomes a prostitute to finance a sex-change operation. Fernanda dreams of becoming a "real" woman but in Milan is transformed instead into Princesa, a mysterious figure of allure. She then meets Gianni, a straight-laced, married businessman who falls in love with her. It all seems to good to be true...and is.

Keywords: aids, based-on-book, catholic, corrupt-police, divorce, drag, drug-use, fashion, gay-interest, gay-romance
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Branchie (1999)

Actors: Christopher Buchholz (actor), Roberto Ornaro (miscellaneous crew), Tomas Arana (actor), Mauro Bonanni (editor), Gulshan Grover (actor), Paola Quattrini (actress), Valentina Cervi (actress), Nandana Sen (actress), Karthik Srinivasan (actor), Francesco Ranieri Martinotti (director), Laurentina Guidotti (producer), Cristina Francioni (costume designer), Giuseppe Scarpulla (miscellaneous crew), Fulvio Ottaviano (producer), Gianluca Gobbi (actor),

Plot: Marco Donati viaggia anche se non è mai partito. Addetto ai pesci tropicali nell'acquario cittadino, dovrebbe andare in India a costruire il più grande acquario di Delhi, ma è costretto a restare a casa a causa della forte tosse che lo opprime. Nessuno sa della malattia, nemmeno Maria, la sua fidanzata, con la quale ha uno stanco rapporto. Così inizia a viaggiare con la fantasia : parte per l'India con le persone che conosce. Dopo varie disavventure, incontra il vero amore con Livia e scopre la seduzione con Mila. Tratto dall'omonimo libro di Nicolò Ammanniti, il film è caratterizzato dalle pregnanti atmosfere indiane. Videogioco, fumetto, sogno, incubo : Branchie è un viaggio metaforico che ci fa riflettere sui temi universali della vita e della morte, cercando di dare un pò di luce al buio delle nostre paure.

Keywords: based-on-novel, female-to-male-foot-in-crotch
Genres: ,

Ragazzi della notte (1995)

Actors: Jerry Calà (writer), Jerry Calà (director), Fabio Testi (actor), Jerry Calà (actor), Gino Capone (writer), Alessandra Cardini (costume designer), Francesca Rettondini (actress), Sergio Vastano (actor), Walter Nudo (actor), Alessia Merz (actress), Dario Cassini (actor), Michelangelo La Bionda (composer), Massimo Molea (actor), Ivan Lucarelli (actor), Antonio Covatta (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Il sole anche di notte (1990)

Actors: Lina Nerli Taviani (costume designer), Nicola Piovani (composer), Paolo Taviani (writer), Leo Tolstoy (writer), Margarita Lozano (actress), Tonino Guerra (writer), Tony Sperandeo (actor), Charlotte Gainsbourg (actress), Vittorio Taviani (writer), Rüdiger Vogler (actor), Nastassja Kinski (actress), Massimo Bonetti (actor), Julian Sands (actor), Vittorio Taviani (director), Paolo Taviani (director),

Plot: Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king's mistress, leaves Naples in disgust to become a monk. But his quest for perfect solitude is constantly interrupted by visitors hearing rumours that Sergio possesses miraculous powers, and by women who bet each other that they can successfully seduce him...

Keywords: 18th-century, aide-de-camp, apology, aristocracy, bandit, bare-breasts, baron, based-on-novel, beating, beggar
Genres: Drama,

Malaria (1982)

Actors: Niki List (producer), Niki List (director), Niki List (actor), Niki List (writer), Martina List (costume designer), Andreas Vitásek (actor), Peter Schreiner (writer), Peter Gruber (actor), Peter Gruber (actor), Christian Schmidt (actor), Robert Polster (actor), Barbara Schmid (actress), Rudi Platzer (actor), Maresi Bartl (actress), Bernhard Grabmayr (actor),

Genres: ,

Caligola (1979)

Actors: Peter O'Toole (actor), Adriana Asti (actress), Helen Mirren (actress), Osiride Pevarello (actor), Leopoldo Trieste (actor), Pino Ammendola (actor), John Steiner (actor), Giancarlo Badessi (actor), John Gielgud (actor), Patrick Allen (actor), Paolo Bonacelli (actor), Eolo Capritti (actor), Malcolm McDowell (actor), Bruno Nicolai (composer), Gore Vidal (writer),

Plot: The rise and fall of the notorious Roman Emperor Caligula, showing the violent methods that he employs to gain the throne, and the subsequent insanity of his reign - he gives his horse political office and humiliates and executes anyone who even slightly displeases him. He also sleeps with his sister, organises elaborate orgies and embarks on a fruitless invasion of England before meeting an appropriate end. There are various versions of the film, ranging from the heavily- truncated 90-minute version to the legendary 160-minute hardcore version which leaves nothing to the imagination (though the hardcore scenes were inserted later and do not involve the main cast members).

Keywords: actual-animal-killed, affection, alternate-version, ambush, anal-fisting, ancient-rome, ancient-world, animal-love, animal-lover, animal-sex
Genres: Adult, Drama, History,
Taglines: What would you have done if you had been given absolute power of life and death over everybody else in the whole world? The most controversial film of the 20th century is now the most controversial film of the 21st century.

Quotes:

Caligula: Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.

Caligula: I have existed from the morning of the world and I shall exist until the last star falls from the night. Although I have taken the form of Gaius Caligula, I am all men as I am no man and therefore I am a God.

[at an orgy]::Caligula: Longinus, you're not having any fun! Enjoy yourself! What is your preference?::Longinus: Everything and nothing Caesar.

Caligula: I hear you have a taste for little boys. Is that not so?::Chaerea: No Caesar, big boys.

Chaerea: Give him enough rope...::Longinus: ...and perhaps, he'll hang us all.

Tiberius: Do you prefer nymphs to satyrs?::Caligula: I like both, Lord.::Tiberius: One needs both, yes, to keep healthy.

Tiberius: Do you think this boy has been drinking?::Caligula: I think he has, Caesar.::Tiberius: So do I. Macro? Bring him more wine!

Caligula: Caesar begged you.

[after a man is decapitated]::Caligula: If only all of Rome had just one neck.

Tiberius: Serve the state, Caligula, though the people in it are wicked beasts.::Caligula: But they love you, lord.::Tiberius: Oh, no... they FEAR me... and that is much better.

Una macchia rosa (1970)

Actors: Giancarlo Giannini (actor), Leopoldo Trieste (actor), Delia Boccardo (actress), Orchidea de Santis (actress), Valeria Moriconi (actress), Carlo Leva (actor), Enzo Muzii (director), Enzo Muzii (writer), Tommaso Chiaretti (writer), Stefanella Giovannini (actress), Shawn Philips (composer), Ludovica Ripa di Meana (writer), Harold Null (actor), Anna Muzii (producer), Ginevra Benini (actress),

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Le calde notti di Poppea (1969)

Actors: Alberto Sorrentino (actor), Marco Tulli (actor), Howard Ross (actor), Artemio Antonini (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Demeter Bitenc (actor), Silvio Bagolini (actor), Tullio Altamura (actor), Sandro Dori (actor), Jimmy il Fenomeno (actor), Brad Harris (actor), Ignazio Balsamo (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), Mimmo Poli (actor), Daniele Vargas (actor),

Plot: In un'improbabile Roma imperiale si svolgono le avventure di Poppea. Venuta dalla campagna per cercare giustizia finisce con Calpurnia, tenutaria di un bordello e da qua inizia la sua ascesa. Si innamora del console Claudio Valerio che è di rigidi costumi e la rifiuta. Posa quindi per la statua di Venere ordinata da Nerone e finisce in casa di Lucrezia, moglie del senatore Tarquinio. Sposatone il figlio, fugge la notte delle nozze per evitare i pretoriani. Ma la fida schiava Livia la ritrova e così Poppea sposa Nerone e diventa imperatrice. Ma il suo cuore è sempre con Claudio Valerio.

Keywords: ancient-rome, female-nudity, nudity, peplum, prostitute, sex
Genres: Comedy,