1973 film directed by Luchino Visconti

During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.

In the ruins of post-WWII Berlin, a twelve-year-old boy is left to his own devices in order to help provide for his family.

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. The sailor, Gennarino, who is a communist, does not like this woman but has to bear with her bad mood. One day she wakes up late in the afternoon and asks to be taken to land where everyone had gone earlier. Gennarino sets up a boat but during the trip, the boat breaks down. They spend the night in the middle of the sea.

A former drug lord returns from prison determined to wipe out all his competition and distribute the profits of his operations to New York's poor and lower classes in this stylish and ultra violent modern twist on Robin Hood.

2015 film directed by Paolo Sorrentino

1948 film by Roberto Rossellini

This suspenseful Italian crime drama is set in a Colombian river town and chronicles the series of events that led up to murder. Based on a novel by distinguished author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the tale begins in the present as a middle-aged doctor returns to the village after a twenty-year absence to investigate the murder that occurred just before he left.

While visiting his favorite resort village during winter, a writer investigates the apparent suicide of a woman he was infatuated with.

A newsman works with a blind puzzle-solver to uncover a deadly conspiracy linked to a genetic research facility.

Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone is killing all his friends and trying to frame him for the murders...

While visiting Toledo, Spain, American tourist Lisa Reiner (Elke Sommer) experiences a feeling of deja vu when she sees an ancient mural of the Devil carrying away the dead. Hearing a familiar melody, she wanders away from her companions into a series of encounters with men who inexplicably recognize her from a past life. Hopelessly lost as night falls, Lisa begs a ride from a passing Packard, which breaks down outside a mansion where a young man (Alessio Orano) lives with his blind mother (Alida Valli) and a charming butler (Telly Savalas), who just happens to resemble the Devil from the mural! After a night of murder, necrophilia and horrific revelations, Lisa comes face-to-face with the secrets of her past identity and her connection to the bizarre rituals she has witnessed. This is the original Mario Bava film later reworked and reshot for American release as "The House of Exorcism."

When a kidnapping victim turns up alive after fifteen years, a profiler and a private investigator try to piece together the mystery.

Married for ten years, in full crisis, thinking about divorce. But following a failed scientific experiment, they suddenly find one inside the body of the other.

Fanfan is a young handsome peasant. He joins the army to escape marriage because a gypsy girl predicted he will get glory and the king's daughter as a wife. But the gypsy girl was in fact Adeline, the daughter of the recruiting officer. Once he has discovered the stratagem, Fanfan refuses to forget this dream and decides to fulfill the destiny of the fake prediction.

卡尔维诺代表作，“我们的祖先”三部曲之一，王小波盛誉的完美作品
与自己和世界和解，必须先读懂这本书
只有经历分裂，才能体验真正完整的自我
中世纪战场上，梅达尔多子爵跃马横刀，却被土耳其大炮轰成两半。一个完整的人就这样被分成了一半恶人和一半圣徒。子爵 说：“不仅我一个人是被撕裂的和残缺不全的，你也是，大家都是。”世界上两个造物的每一次相遇都是一场相互撕咬，人在与自己的恶斗中体验到了“完整”的世界。虽然分成两半的梅达尔多子爵最终复归为一个完整的人，但很明显，如果没有那场分裂，仅仅一个完整的子爵并不足以让全世界变得完整。

卡尔维诺代表作，“我们的祖先”三部曲之一
我们，究竟如何证明自我的存在？
致敬《堂吉诃德》，开启通往自由之路
阿季卢尔福是一名灌注于白色盔甲里的骑士。他的躯体不存在，他由精神力和骑士的高傲灵魂组成，凭借意志的力量效忠查理大帝。那身盔甲骁勇善战，是拥有着顽强意志的精神主体。他自称是一个“ 不存在的骑士”，却远较其他人更具骑士精神,是完美骑士的化身，唯有他使铠甲具有意义。当他名扬天下的业绩被挑战、被质疑、将被抹杀的时候，他的存在还能成立吗？

十二岁的柯希莫，因忍受不了姐姐做的蜗牛餐，愤然离家，住到了树上。从此，他一生都生活在树上，双脚再也没有踏上地面。柯希莫统治了树上王国，并在树上读书、狩猎、救火、与海盗作战，甚至恋爱、写作。直到终老之际，他都没有再回到人群之中。他的墓碑上刻着：“生活在树上——始终热爱大地——升入天空”。