Italian gay & lesbian movies
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We suggest these Italian movies to start exploring the gay moviemaking in Italy. Some of most famous directors have made movies with gay characters and stories, Luchino Visconti and Pier Paolo Pasolini are among them.
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- Saturn in Opposition
A writer, Davide, and his partner, Lorenzo, have a very loving relationship, a beautiful home and a devoted group of friends. One day, while hosting a dinner party, Lorenzo faints, is rushed to the hospital with a brain hemorrhage and passes away. While Davide copes with the loss of Lorenzo, his friends' lives begin to fall apart. Angelica is left with two children when she learns that her husband, Antonio, is having an affair. (Italian with English subtitles)
Other movies by Ferzan Ozpetek: His Secret Life, Harem, Steam: The Turkish Bath
- Family Flaw
The conservative Nicolo (Lino Banfi) prepares to celebrate the marriage of his daughter to a wealthy general. When his 103-year-old mother dies, her final wishes force her son to reunite with his estranged gay brother (Nino Manfredi) in order to transport their mother to her final resting place in the Italian countryside. Heartwarming and amusing film also stars Carlo Cascone, Elena D'Urso and Simone Corrente. 108 min. Standard; Soundtracks: Italian, English; Subtitles: English.
- La Cage Aux Folles
The original French comedy that became one of the most popular foreign films of all time. A pair of middle-aged homosexuals run a gay nightclub on the Riviera, and when the son of one plans to get married, they must make a valiant effort to appear "normal" for his future in-laws. Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault star in this funny and touching love story. 97 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: French Dolby Digital mono, English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish; theatrical trailer.
See also La Cage Aux Folles II
- Death in Venice
Luchino Visconti's brilliant version of Thomas Mann's classic story. Dirk Bogarde stars as a jaded, middle-aged German composer on holiday in Venice who spots a handsome young boy on the beach. His doomed obsession with the youth renews his interest in living. With Silvana Mangano, Bjorn Andresen. 131 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish, French; featurette; theatrical trailer; photo gallery. Filmed in English.
More movies by Luchino Visconti
- Pier Paolo Pasolini Collection, Vol. 1 (Oedipus Rex, Porcile and Love Meetings)
Three-disc set includes "Love Meetings," "Oedipus Rex" and "Porcile."
Love Meetings - This documentary is a gritty, cinema verité-style investigation of sex in Italy.
Oedipus Rex - Filmed in and around an awesome, 15th-century adobe city in the Moroccan desert, Pasolini's version of the Oedipus legend retain's the basic elements of Sophocles' classic tragedy.
Porcile - Two contrasting stories are interwoven in a single narrative in Pasolini's biting satire on society's darker nature and the entrenched powers that be who are compelled to squash it.
- Pier Paolo Pasolini Collection, Vol. 2 (Accattone, The Gospel According to St. Matthew and The Hawks and the Sparrows)
Accattone: Pasolini's first feature film is a harrowing, realistic and unsentimental look inside the slums of Rome, where its denizens -- the prostitutes, hustlers and petty thieves -- attempt to eke out an existence any way they can.
The Gospel According to St. Matthew: Dedicated to the memory of Pope John XXIII, Pasolini's remarkable film is a modern interpretation of the last days of Christ.
The Hawks and the Sparrows: This post-neorealist parable is an unconventional story featuring Italy's beloved stone-faced clown Toto as an Everyman who, with his empty-headed son, travels the road of life accompanied by a talking crow, who waxes philosophically and amusingly on the passing scene.
