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 girl that goes from chambermaid to prostitute to singer to film-star to mistress of ‘Il Duce’! – for which she received a special David Di Donatello award, the Italian equivalent of the Oscar.

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7.4/10

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1977
6.9/10
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1988
8.0/10

Oppenheimer
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8.0/10

Joker
2019
8.1/10

Ex Machina
2015
7.6/10

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8.1/10

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8.3/10

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7.5/10

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8.0/10

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8.1/10

All Quiet on the Western Front
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7.7/10

PK
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7.7/10

Green Book
2018
8.2/10

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7.9/10

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7.0/10

Call Me by Your Name
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8.1/10

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8.2/10

Julieta
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7.0/10