Franco Citti
Franco Citti (born 23 April 1938 in Rome) is an Italian actor. He came to fame at the age of 26, playing the title role in Pier Paolo Pasolini's film Accattone. In 1967 he appeared in the title role in Pasolini's version of Oedipus Rex. He is perhaps best known to non-Italian audiences as Calo in The Godfather I and III and uttering the line 'In Sicily, women are more dangerous than shotguns'.
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Accattone
The first of Pier Paolo Pasolini's highly acclaimed films and the winner of numerous film festival prizes, ACCATTONE uses a talented cast to present a vivid picture of the Roman slums. Based on one of the filmmaker/poet's novels, this story of a pimp, his friends, his enemies and his girls is...Watch Movie
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Watch Me When I Kill
Antonio Bido directed this well-crafted Italian giallo thriller, which borrows from the masters of the genre: Mario Bava and Dario Argento. The story concerns a young nightclub dancer (Sylvia Kramer/Paola Tedesco) who witnesses a murder and the efforts of her lover (Richard...Watch Movie
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Pier Paolo Pasolini: A Filmmaker's Life
A FILMMAKER'S LIFE explores the political rumblings and philosophical challenges behind the work of auteur and intellectual Pier Paolo Pasolini. This short documentary, made in the middle of Pasolini's film career, features interviews with Franco Citti, Alberto Moravia and the...Watch Movie
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Oedipus Rex
A dark and riveting retelling of the classic tragedy "Oedipus Rex." Unknown to himself, Oedipus kills his father and marries his mother. When the truth is discovered, he puts out his eyes and Oedipus wanders the streets until he is found by his daughter, Antigone, a common blind beggar. Set in...Watch Movie
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Porcile
PORCILE (PIGSTY), the story of a cannibal in a medieval wasteland, is interwoven with that of the son of an ex-Nazi industrialist in modern day Germany. The young German, who is more attracted to pigs than his fiancee, and the cannibal become sacrificial victims of their different societies. This...Watch Movie
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