Plácido (film)

Hijas de su madre: Las Buenrostro (2005)

Actors: Patricio Castillo (actor), Ana Ofelia Murguía (actress), Óscar Figueroa (editor), Rogelio Guerra (actor), Evangelina Elizondo (actress), Jesús Ochoa (actor), José Carlos Rodríguez (actor), Plutarco Haza (actor), Marta Zamora (actress), Mercedes Pascual (actress), Lumi Cavazos (actress), Consuelo Garrido (writer), Busi Cortés (director), Marina de Tavira (actress), Ramon Barragan (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Thriller,

A Taste of Jupiter (2005)

Actors: Eli Wallach (actor), Teri Garr (actress), Peter Michael Dillon (actor), Derek Diorio (director), Derek Diorio (actor), Norman Mikeal Berketa (actor), Mary Long (actress), John Koensgen (actor), Paul Rainville (actor), Dan Lalande (writer), Pierre Brault (actor), Yvette Harper Pouliotte (actress), Sarah Fodey (producer), Michael Mancini (actor), Garry Tutte (editor),

Plot: Everybody and their brother in Little Italy has a story. But few bring together a celestial event, a one of a kind ring, a mysterious man in a white suit, petty jealousy, loving larceny, a would be gondolier, a duel, and a very full spittoon. Eight people's lives are about to change as Jupiter and Venus come together in the night sky for a once in a lifetime event. A Taste of Jupiter is a whimsical romance set under the stars.

Genres: Romance,

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Actors: Claudia Gerini (actress), Diane Lane (actress), Lindsay Duncan (actress), Roberto Nobile (actor), Vincent Riotta (actor), Jeffrey Tambor (actor), Massimo Sarchielli (actor), Don McManus (actor), Sandro Dori (actor), Jack Kehler (actor), Marco Bonini (actor), Raoul Bova (actor), Mario Monicelli (actor), Kate Walsh (actress), Sandra Oh (actress),

Plot: After Frances's seemingly happy San Francisco marriage ends abruptly, she goes into a funk. Urged by her friends to move on, she joins a bus tour of Tuscany where, on the spur of the moment, she buys a crumbling villa. She assembles a crew of oddballs and immigrants to repair the house; over the next year, as they work, she welcomes one of her San Francisco friends who's pregnant and at loose ends, and she seeks love, first (tenuously) with her married real estate agent, then with a charming stranger. Although life gets in the way of love, Frances's wishes come true in unexpected ways, and there's always the Tuscan sun.

Keywords: airplane, alimony, alps, american, american-abroad, apartment, author, baby, bar, based-on-book
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: The Only Thing More Surprising Than The Chance She's Taking...Is Where It's Taking Her Life offers you a thousand chances ... all you have to do is take one.

Quotes:

Marcello: Francesca.::Frances: Yes?::Marcello: I am going to make love all over you!::Frances: Okay.

Patti: Can you star-69 Italy?

Frances: Ladybugs, Katherine. Lots and lots of ladybugs.

Katherine: It's a nice little villa. Rather run down, but redeemable... Are you going to buy it?::Frances: The way my life is currently going, that would be a terrible idea.::Katherine: Mm, terrible idea... Don't you just love those?

Frances: What are you thinking?::Martini: What do I think?::Frances: Tell me.::Martini: I think you got your wish.::Frances: My wish?::Martini: On that day we looked for the snake, you said there wanted there to be a wedding here. And you said... you wanted there to be a family here.::Frances: You're right... I got my wish. I got everything I asked for.

Frances: I'll hire the muscular descendants of Roman gods to do the heavy lifting.

Pawel: I throw the flag.

Patti: Think of your inner voice.::Frances: Inner voice... "What the fuck am I doing on a gay tour of Tuscany?"

German Woman: You greedy Americans. You think you're so entitled. You ruin everything.::Frances: A lot of us feel really badly about that.

Patti: Frances bought a house in Tuscany! And you're going to live there alone?::Frances: Well, I'm not there alone. I'm there with bugs.::Patti: Ew.

Une patronne de charme (1997)

Actors: Françoise Arnoul (actress), Georges Corraface (actor), Jean-François Dérec (actor), Philippe Caroit (actor), Martin Lamotte (actor), Francis Lemaire (actor), Alexandra Vandernoot (actress), Fedele Papalia (actor), Olivia Brunaux (actress), Evelyne Grandjean (writer), Evelyne Grandjean (actress), Anne Roumanoff (actress), Roland Magdane (actor), Thierry Liagre (actor), Thierry Simonnet (editor),

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Modesty Blaise (1982)

Actors: Leonard Bremen (actor), Sab Shimono (actor), Reza Badiyi (director), Charles Cioffi (actor), Carolyn Seymour (actress), Hector Elias (actor), Keene Curtis (actor), Pearl Shear (actress), Larry Vigus (actor), Barney Rosenzweig (producer), Douglas Dirkson (actor), Richard Marion (actor), Lewis Van Bergen (actor), Ann Turkel (actress), Sarah Rush (actress),

Genres: Action, Crime, Drama,

La cameriera nera (1976)

Actors: Carlo Reali (editor), Gino Pagnani (actor), Femi Benussi (actress), Carla Calò (actress), Mario Bianchi (director), Eolo Capritti (actor), Gianni Dei (actor), Mauro Vestri (actor), Luciana Turina (actress), Ria De Simone (actress), Magda Konopka (actress), Alberto Baldan Bembo (composer), Carla Brait (actress), Carla Brait (actress), Leo Valeriano (actor),

Genres: Comedy, Romance,

Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi... chi rompe paga (1975)

Actors: Franco Fraticelli (editor), Giovanni Cianfriglia (actor), Süheyl Egriboz (actor), Ihsan Gedik (actor), Brad Harris (actor), Gianni Rizzo (actor), Muzaffer Tema (actor), Hüseyin Zan (actor), Giorgio Ferroni (director), Giancarlo Prete (actor), Lars Bloch (actor), Vittorio Vighi (writer), Rocco Lerro (actor), Roberto Natale (writer), Birtane Güngör (actress),

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Le belve (1971)

Actors: Fulvio Mingozzi (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Lando Buzzanca (actor), Vittorio Fanfoni (actor), Claudio Gora (actor), Philippe Hersent (actor), Renato Malavasi (actor), Mario Maranzana (actor), Franco Ressel (actor),

Plot: A film made for Italian television. A series of eight episodes put together in which Lando Buzzanca plays a variety of weird characters. Episode 1: Il Salvatore (The Saviour) A reporter tries to stop a man from killing himself, only to get the TV crew's attention. Episode 2: La Voce Del Sangue (The Blood Voice) An engineer tries to get his wife to act as a prostitute to satisfy His Excellency, only to find out his "daughter" has been sent in her place. Episode 3: Il Fachiro (The Fakir) A fakir is forced to accomplish excessively terrible deeds in order to satisfy the public, and he is then exploited by his own family. Episode 4: Una Bella Famiglia (A Nice Family) A father of two children lives in luxury, thanks to the illegal activities of his wife (IE: A prostitute). Episode 5: Il Caso Apposito (The Apposito Case) The head of a major corporation is accused of nepotism and is forced to corrupt the visiting inspectors, and the only surviving rival is forced to kill himself in order to restore the corporation's reputation. Episode 6: Il Cincillá (The Fur Coat) A two-part story in which the manager of a battery hen facility is forced to pay for his son's purchases. His son purchases posh clothes for his girlfriend, including a fur coat. Part 1 focuses on their relationship, whereas Part 2 revolves around the son being forced to choose between the girl he loves or his inheritance. The father tries to seduce his son's lover, but fails. Episode 7: Il Chirurgo (The Hypnotic Surgeon) A hypnotic surgeon attempts to perform surgery on a man who has made a false accusation against him. Episode 8: Processo A Porte Chiuse (Trial Behind Closed Doors) A simple-minded farmer is accused of incest after supposedly impregnating his three sisters. Although the future looks particularly bleak for him, he succeeds spectacularly in persuading the court to side with him and therefore the sisters get life in prison for character defamation, whereas the farmer is released and takes the opportunity to get his own back on his annoying lawyer.

Keywords: actor-playing-multiple-roles, episodic, female-nudity, grotesque, italian-sex-comedy, sex-comedy, sicilian, skinny-dipping, voyeurism
Genres: Comedy,

L'atomique Monsieur Placido (1950)

Actors: Madeleine Suffel (actress), Nina Myral (actress), Rellys (actor), Rellys (actor), Marcel Rouzé (actor), René Alié (actor), Jean Témerson (actor), Nicolas Amato (actor), Jacques Beauvais (actor), Robert Arnoux (actor), René Génin (actor), Georges Bever (actor), Rudy Lenoir (actor), Julien Maffre (actor), Louiguy (composer),

Genres: Comedy, Crime,

Tih Minh (1918)

Actors: Louis Feuillade (writer), René Cresté (actor), Louis Leubas (actor), Louis Feuillade (director), Édouard Mathé (actor), Gaston Michel (actor), Georges Biscot (actor), Émile André (actor), Jeanne Rollette (actress), Georgette Faraboni (actress), Madame Lacroix (actress), Mary Harald (actress), Lugane (actress), Marcel Marquet (actor), Léon Klausse (editor),

Plot: Jacques d'Athys, a French adventurer, returns to his home in Nice after an expedition to Indochina where he has picked up a Eurasian fiancée and a book that, unbeknownst to him, contains a coded message revealing the whereabouts of both secret treasures and sensitive government intelligence. This makes him the target of foreign spies, including a Marquise of mysterious Latin origin, a Hindu hypnotist and an evil German doctor, who will stop at nothing to obtain the book.

Keywords: character-name-in-title, serial
Genres: ,