Movies: Carla Giarè

Thinly sketched portrayal of Maria, a sixteen year old girl who is resentful of her mother's decision to live with her lover. She flirts with the lover and eventually succumbs to his lust....

This slight skewering of the mindset of the Fascist era when Italy’s “White Telephone” films (conservative minded sophisticated comedy-dramas revolving around the bourgeoisie) were in vogue gives Agostina Belli her best role – an ambitious Venetian ...

Ugo is an old actor who feels too young to be in an "old actor's house". He just can't stand the rules of the other old people so he escapes with a young girl....

Dr. Massimo Banti, a surgeon in a hospital, falls in love with Sister Angela, a nun nurse....

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples....

Over two decades after their affair ended, a married man is haunted by the presence of his former lover....

The Sicilian Franco is a sort of imitation of Bruce Lee that Don Vito, a Chinese expelled from his country because he smuggled rice from Palermo to Beijing, tries to train in the art of kung-fu with disastrous results....

A comedy film composed of 14 episodes. It is a sequel to I mostri, made in 1963. 1. The Finch of Val Padouan (Ettore Scola) - 2. Tantum ergo (Dino Risi) - 3. Hitchhiking (Mario Monicelli) - 4. Kidnapping of a Beloved Person (Ettore Scola) - 5. First...