A tribute to the life and achievements of one of the premier Italian filmmakers of the post-war period.
Violent Summer and The Desert Of The Tartars
Cronaca familiare
(Country: France, Italy, IMDb France section; Year: 1962; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Mario Missiroli, Vasco Pratolini, Vasco Pratolini, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Marcello Mastroianni, Jacques Perrin, Sylvie, Salvo Randone, Valeria Ciangottini, Serena Vergano, Marco Guglielmi, Franca Pasut, Miranda Campa, Marcella Valeri, Orson Welles)
Estranged brothers unite and start to live
The Desert Of The Tartars (Il Deserto dei Tartari)
(Country: Italy, France, West Germany; Year: 1976; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Jean-Louis Bertucelli, Jean-Louis Bertucelli, André G. Brunelin, Dino Buzzati, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Jaques Perrin, Philippe Noiret, Max Von Sydow, Giuliano Gemma)
A young army recruit is sent to a remote and mysterious desert outpost.
The Girls Of San Frediano (Le Ragazze Di San Frediano)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1955; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi; Stars: Antonio Cifariello, Rosana Podesta, Corinne Calvet, Giovanna Ralli)
Bittersweet comedy about a working-class area of Florence.
Girl With A Suitcase (La Ragazza Con La Valigia)
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1961; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Enrico Medioli, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo, Renato Baldini, Riccardo Garrone, Elsa Albani, Corrado Pani, Gian Maria Volontè, Romolo Valli, Enzo Garinei, Ciccio Barbi)
A gold-digger nightclub singer leaves her job and moves to the city to pursue a wealthy man.
The Professor (La Prima notte di quiete)
(Country: Italy, France; Year: 1972; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Enrico Medioli, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Alain Delon, Sonia Petrovna, Lea Massari, Giancarlo Giannini, Renato Salvatori, Alida Valli, Patrizia Adiutori, Olga Bisera, Liana Del Balzo, Adalberto Maria Merli, Sandro Moretti)
A teacher embarks on an ill-advised affair with one of his students.
Seduto alla sua destra
(Country: Italy; Year: 1968; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Franco Brusati, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Woody Strode, Jean Servais, Franco Citti, Pier Paolo Capponi, Stephen Forsyth, Luciano Catenacci, Salvatore Basile, Silvio Fiore, Giuseppe Transocchi, Mirella Pamphili, Renzo Rossi)
Fiercely political film about a captured Congo rebel leader.
La Soldatesse
(Country: France, Italy, West Germany, Yugoslavia; Year: 1965; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Mario Adorf, Tomas Milian, Anna Karina, Marie Laforet, Lea Massari, Valeria Moriconi)
Ensemble post-war drama about a dangerous journey through the mountains on an army truck
Violent Summer (L’Estate violenta)
(Country: Italy; Year: 1959; Director: Valerio Zurlini; Writer: Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Giorgio Prosperi, Valerio Zurlini; Stars: Eleonora Rossi Drago, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacqueline Sassard, Cathia Caro, Lilla Brignone, Raf Mattioli, Enrico Maria Salerno, Federica Ranchi)
Set in the summer of Mussolini’s demise, a tempestuous love affair ensues between the widowed wife of a naval hero and a younger dodge drafting dandy.
