Movies: Laura Betti

  • 1960
    La Dolce Vita

    La Dolce Vita (1960)

    La Dolce Vita

    8.01960HD

    Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious w...

    La Dolce Vita
  • 1968
    Theorem

    Theorem (1968)

    Theorem

    7.01968HD

    A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came....

    Theorem
  • 1976
    1900

    1900 (1976)

    1900

    7.81976HD

    The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides....

    1900
  • 1971
    A Bay of Blood

    A Bay of Blood (1971)

    A Bay of Blood

    6.61971HD

    An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance playing field, complicated by some teenagers who decide to camp out in a ...

    A Bay of Blood
  • 2008
    The Beaches of Agnès

    The Beaches of Agnès (2008)

    The Beaches of Agnès

    7.72008HD

    Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creatio...

    The Beaches of Agnès
  • 1963
    Ro.Go.Pa.G.

    Ro.Go.Pa.G. (1963)

    Ro.Go.Pa.G.

    7.21963HD

    Four short films by four different directors dealing with the principles of modern life....

    Ro.Go.Pa.G.
  • 1967
    Oedipus Rex

    Oedipus Rex (1967)

    Oedipus Rex

    6.81967HD

    In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by th...

    Oedipus Rex
  • 2001
    Fat Girl

    Fat Girl (2001)

    Fat Girl

    6.22001HD

    Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. Neither more futile, nor more stupid than her younger sister, she canno...

    Fat Girl
  • 1972
    Slap the Monster on Page One

    Slap the Monster on Page One (1972)

    Slap the Monster on Page One

    7.61972HD

    Days before the general election, after a girl from a rich family is murdered in an attempted rape, the editor-in-chief of a conservative tabloid tries to derail the police investigation in order to help the right-wing candidates supported by his bos...

    Slap the Monster on Page One
  • 1972
    The Canterbury Tales

    The Canterbury Tales (1972)

    The Canterbury Tales

    6.31972HD

    Glimpses of Chaucer penning his famous work are sprinkled through this re-enactment of several of his stories....

    The Canterbury Tales
  • 1970
    Hatchet for the Honeymoon

    Hatchet for the Honeymoon (1970)

    Hatchet for the Honeymoon

    6.51970HD

    A madman haunted by the ghost of his ex-wife carves a corpse-laden trail....

    Hatchet for the Honeymoon
  • 1967
    The Witches

    The Witches (1967)

    The Witches

    6.11967HD

    Five short stories loosely dealing with the roles of women in society. A superstar actress travels to a mountain resort, only to evoke jealousy from women and lust from men. A woman offers to take an injured man to the hospital. A widowed father and ...

    The Witches
  • 1982
    The Night of Varennes

    The Night of Varennes (1982)

    The Night of Varennes

    6.81982HD

    During the French Revolution, a surprising company shares a coach, trying to catch up something - the time itself, perhaps....

    The Night of Varennes
  • 1985
    Blame it on Paradise

    Blame it on Paradise (1985)

    Blame it on Paradise

    6.51985HD

    A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him...

    Blame it on Paradise
  • 1988
    Jane B. by Agnès V.

    Jane B. by Agnès V. (1988)

    Jane B. by Agnès V.

    6.81988HD

    The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin. Made over the course of a year and motivated by Birkin’s fortieth birthday—a m...

    Jane B. by Agnès V.
  • 1993
    The Great Pumpkin

    The Great Pumpkin (1993)

    The Great Pumpkin

    6.71993HD

    An epileptic 12-year-old girl, Pippi, is hospitalized in the psychiatric ward instead of the neurological ward, due to an administration error. Out of this mistake begins the difficult journey towards being cured....

    The Great Pumpkin
  • 1974
    Allonsanfan

    Allonsanfan (1974)

    Allonsanfan

    6.71974HD

    After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing increasingly disillusioned with his cause....

    Allonsanfan
  • 1968
    Caprice Italian Style

    Caprice Italian Style (1968)

    Caprice Italian Style

    6.21968HD

    The film consists of six short stories created by different directors, but all the stories share one thing: a warm irony to current events....

    Caprice Italian Style
  • 1971
    In the Name of the Father

    In the Name of the Father (1971)

    In the Name of the Father

    6.51971HD

    In 1958 Angelo, a rich and spoiled boy, enters a religious school, where students are tired of its vice-rector, and the strict rules and old-fashioned teaching methods of priests. Soon, Angelo exerts strong leadership among his peers and incites turm...

    In the Name of the Father
  • 2021
    Marx Can Wait

    Marx Can Wait (2021)

    Marx Can Wait

    7.42021HD

    "Marx can wait" was something Camillo Bellocchio said to his twin Marco the last time they met before the former died at a young age in the heated days of 1968. This documentary is dedicated to his memory....

    Marx Can Wait