Valerio Zurlini

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Valerio Zurlini, peintre des sentiments TrailerThe Years of Lost Images TrailerMarcello, una vita dolce Trailer

Valerio Zurlini (19 March 1926 – 26 October 1982) was an Italian stage and film director and screenwriter. During his law studies in Rome , he started working in the theatre. In 1943, he joined the Italian resistance . Zurlini became a member of the Italian Communist Party . He filmed short documentaries in the immediate post-war period before he directed his first feature film in 1954, The Girls of San Frediano . In 1958, Zurlini won the Nastro d'Argento together with Leonardo Benvenuti , Piero De Bernardi and Alberto Lattuada for Best Script for Lattuada's Guendalina . Zurlini made his name as a director with his second feature film, Violent Summer (1959), starring Eleonora Rossi Drago and Jean Louis Trintignant . In 1961, Zurlini filmed Girl with a Suitcase , starring Claudia Cardinale , who became a film star in Italy, and Jacques Perrin , who would become Zurlini's favorite actor. His 1962 film Family Diary earned Zurlini the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival (it tied with Tarkovsky 's Ivan's Childhood ). Both The Girls of San Frediano and Family Diary were based on Vasco Pratolini 's work.

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Total trailers found: 19

The Camp Followers Trailer (1965)

17 July 1965

In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.

The Years of Lost Images Trailer (2012)

12 July 2012

A documentary about director Valerio Zurlini. The "lost images" of the title are the movies Zurlini was never able to shoot: between 1962, the year he won the Golden Lion with Family Diary, and 1982, the year of his death, he directed only four features.

Family Diary Trailer (1962)

28 September 1962

Enrico is a struggling journalist in the Rome of 1945. He receives a phone call informing him that his younger brother Lorenzo has died.

La promessa Trailer (1970)

23 June 1970

Marat, Lika and Leonidik, survivors of the atrocities of World War II, meet up by chanche and start helping each other to continue their life.

Guendalina Trailer (1957)

14 March 1957

Wealthy teenager Guendalina is a child of divorce. Oberdan, likewise a teenager, is a boy from a blue-collar family.

The Desert of the Tartars Trailer (1976)

29 October 1976

Lieutenant Giovanni Drogo is assigned to the old Bastiani border fortress where he expects an imminent attack by nomadic fearsome Tartars.

Girl with a Suitcase Trailer (1961)

09 February 1961

Lorenzo, who's 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things right toward a showgirl, Aida, whom his older brother has mistreated.

Indian Summer Trailer (1972)

18 October 1972

In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher.

Violent Summer Trailer (1959)

13 November 1959

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service.

Marcello, una vita dolce Trailer (2006)

21 May 2006

After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than 160 films in his nearly half-a-century career.

How, When, and with Whom Trailer (1969)

31 July 1969

Paola, wife of a wealthy Turinese industrialist, meets Alberto, a friend of her husband, who emigrated to Argentina and has returned for business reasons.

Black Jesus Trailer (1968)

16 May 1968

A thinly-disguised biography of African leader Patrice Lumumba, here called Lalubi. Lalubi, a Christ-like leader determined to save his people, by passive resistance, from the dictatorial regime propped up by European colonialists, is imprisoned and tortured, along with a thief who comes to a greater understanding through his contact with Lalubi.

The Girls of San Frediano Trailer (1955)

11 March 1955

Andrea, a young and charming florentine mechanic in the 1950s, romances five beautiful women simultaneously, enjoying life without really committing to anyone, but in the end who wants to grasp all lose all.

Soldati in città Trailer (1952)

01 November 1952

Documentary short about Italian soldiers stationed in Rome interacting with the population.

The Station Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

A day in the life of a train station.

Mercato delle facce Trailer (1952)

01 January 1952

An Italian short movie.

Pugilatori Trailer (1951)

07 August 1951

From the middle of an amateur boxing match to its dramatic technical knock-out, the camera follows the quick ballet of the boxers.

Valerio Zurlini, peintre des sentiments Trailer (2024)

17 October 2024

Serenata da un soldo Trailer (1952)

01 November 1952

Documentary short about barrel organ players in Italy.