Cesare Zavattini Movies

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

On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.

Forced to support herself, her children, her physically incapacitated husband and her obtrusive brother and mother, a downtrodden working woman...

A married woman fights her strange attraction to an aristocratic young pianist from her past.

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his...

A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Complications arise when the...

Daniele, a 16 year old boy, runs away from boarding school after a catastrophic bombing, only to find his home destroyed and his parents dead. Alone...

Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of...

Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a popular district of Rome.

Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and...

The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World...

A mob boss seeks refuge from the police at the home of an ordinary family.

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

The story of 5 girls among 200 who answer a wanted ad for a modest secretarial position, which leads to overcrowding in the building and a tragic...

Four poor fellows win a luxurious car in a lottery but they have not the money to keep it. Therefore they decide to have it a day each and sell it...

Set in a rural area of France in the 19th century, this simple tale tells the story of a servant girl whose life seems marked by grand tragedy, but...

A prostitute is robbed and murdered. A fourteen-year-old girl sees a suave gigolo come out of the hotel where the murder occurred. She has a...