Lea Massari
Biography: Anna Maria Massetani better known as Lea Massari (born 30 June 1933) is an Italian actress. When she was 22, she changed her name to Lea Massari after the death of her fiancé Leo. She studied architecture in Switzerland. Massari become a celebrity in art cinema for two roles, the missing girl Anna in Michelangelo Antonioni's L'avventura (1960), and as Clara, the mother of a sexually precocious 14 year old boy named Laurent (Benoît Ferreux) in Louis Malle's Murmur of the Heart (1971). She worked both in Italian and French Cinema. Her career includes Sergio Leone's debut Il Colosso di Rodi, and international commercial films such as Les choses de la vie. She was member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1975. She won Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress for her role in Francesco Rosi's Christ Stopped at Eboli.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 30, 1933
Deathday: N/A
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Resurrection
1958-10-21
Resurrection
Overview: Young Prince Nechljudov is summoned as a judge in a murder trial. A rich merchant was found dead in the room of the inn where he was staying and the prostitute Maslova was accused of the crime. Nechljudov recognizes in the woman the maid of the aunts he had seduced and abandoned years before and tries to convince the authorities of her of his innocence but to no avail. Convinced that he is responsible for her moral fall, he follows her to Siberia where she must serve her sentence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1958-10-21
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The Things of Life
1970-03-13
The Things of Life
Overview: The mind of Pierre Bérard, a successful middle-aged architect, is torn between his unstable present with Hélène, his younger lover, and his happy memories of the past with Catherine, his ex-wife; but his true destiny awaits him at a crossroads on his way to Rennes…
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-03-13
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Devil's Ransom
1971-06-18
Devil's Ransom
Overview: A rich industrialist is accused of a crime he didn't commit. But every single clue leads to him.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-06-18
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L'Avventura
1960-09-14
L'Avventura
Overview: Claudia and Anna join Anna's lover, Sandro, on a boat trip to a remote volcanic island. When Anna goes missing, a search is launched. In the meantime, Sandro and Claudia become involved in a romance despite Anna's disappearance, though the relationship suffers from guilt and tension.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-09-14
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The Night Caller
1975-04-09
The Night Caller
Overview: A serial-killer frightens Paris by phoning young ladies at night, telling them insults about their lives. Minos, as he calls himself, wants to prevent the world from free women and he targets at first these ones. Commissaire Letellier is given the investigation and he has hard work with the maniac.
Genres: Thriller Action Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1975-04-09
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Christ Stopped at Eboli
1979-02-23
Christ Stopped at Eboli
Overview: In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-02-23
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Murmur of the Heart
1971-04-27
Murmur of the Heart
Overview: This loosely plotted coming-of-age tale follows the life of 15-year-old Laurent Chevalier as he stumbles his way over the burgeoning swell of adolescence in 1950s France. After having his first sexual experience with a prostitute and dodging the lips of a priest, Chevalier contracts a case of scarlet fever. When the fever leaves him with a heart murmur, Chevalier is placed in a sanatorium, along with his over-attentive and adulterous mother.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-04-27
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The Colossus of Rhodes
1961-06-15
The Colossus of Rhodes
Overview: While on holiday in Rhodes, Athenian war hero Darios becomes involved in two different plots to overthrow the tyrannical king, one from Rhodian patriots and the other from sinister Phoenician agents.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-06-15
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The Four Days of Naples
1962-11-16
The Four Days of Naples
Overview: September 1943. After Italy surrenders to the Allies, people in Naples believe the war is finally over, but soon they realize Germans are still in control — and as ruthless as ever. Armed with makeshift weapons, civilians rise up en masse against the invaders — and overwhelming odds.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-11-16
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Made in Italy
1965-12-22
Made in Italy
Overview: A group of Italians take a flight to Sweden: among them there are the tourists, and the immigrants.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-12-22
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Allonsanfan
1974-09-06
Allonsanfan
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-09-06
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The Camp Followers
1965-07-17
The Camp Followers
Overview: In WWII, Lieut. Martino and his men are assigned to lead a group of prostitutes through the mountainous ways to serve in brothels for Italian soldiers in Albania.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-07-17
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The Silent One
1973-02-10
The Silent One
Overview: Who is Anton Haliakov, who has just been abducted by the M.I.5 in London? A Soviet scientist apparently. But sixteen years before the man had another identity, Clément Tibère, and another nationality, French. So what led him to become Russian and to change identity? And why are the British secret services interested in him?
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-02-10
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The Seventh Target
1984-12-19
The Seventh Target
Overview: Bastien Grimaldy, a man driven to heightened anxiety as the plot against him begins to take effect. Bastien's personal relationships give him enough cause for anxiety -- between his new lover Laura and a feisty mother, life provides its own insecurities. When he goes to the police with his problems, Bastien is assigned an off-beat inspector to protect him but is still faced with skepticism about his dilemma.
Genres: Thriller Drama Romance
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1984-12-19
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A Difficult Life
1961-12-19
A Difficult Life
Overview: Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-19
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And Hope to Die
1972-09-15
And Hope to Die
Overview: A crook on the run hooks up with a criminal gang to commit a kidnapping. However, things don't go quite as planned.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1972-09-15
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Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
2017-02-10
Monica Vitti, une étoile dans la nuit
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-02-10
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The Meetings of Anna
1978-10-08
The Meetings of Anna
Overview: On a trip across Western Europe to promote her newest release, filmmaker Anna encounters several individuals—familiar and otherwise—and attends to their discontents.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-10-08
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Garden of Delights
1967-12-29
Garden of Delights
Overview: Charlo and Carla are on their honeymoon. She is three months pregnant. He, furious about his marriage of convenience, recalls the past and ponders on The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, dear to the Surrealists. While she is bleeding, he spends the night with a beautiful stranger...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1967-12-29
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The Undertaker Parlor Computer
1976-04-07
The Undertaker Parlor Computer
Overview: Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1976-04-07
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I Want Him Dead
1968-06-15
I Want Him Dead
Overview: After his sister is kidnapped and murdered, a gunslinger's plans for vengeance involve assassinating two generals to prolong the Civil War.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-06-15
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Paris Pick-Up
1962-05-04
Paris Pick-Up
Overview: On Christmas night, an ex-convict meets a beautiful, married Italian woman who has a lot of things to hide.
Genres: Crime Thriller
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-05-04
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The Woman in Blue
1973-01-14
The Woman in Blue
Overview: Leading man Michel Piccoli plays Pierre, a young musician who briefly catches sight of a beautiful woman dressed in blue and soon spends all of his time trying to track her down. After roaming the streets of Paris in search of the mystery woman, he recruits an old friend to help find her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-14
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A Dog Called... Vengeance
1977-12-02
A Dog Called... Vengeance
Overview: A political prisoner in a South American dictatorship escapes and is pursued throughout the country by a bloodthirsty dog.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1977-12-02
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The Misanthrope
1967-01-01
The Misanthrope
Overview: Alceste hopes to be able to live his life without hypocrisy. However, he does not realize that social habits and the necessities of life do not fit the way of conceiving his existence.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-01
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The Unvanquished
1964-09-25
The Unvanquished
Overview: In this drama that alludes to the Algerian War with France of the 1960s, Thomas is a deserter from the French Foreign Legion who is on the run from authorities. He helps damsel in distress Dominique, who has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists. Thomas is wounded but manages to escape after killing the guard who inflicted the injury. Dominique gives Thomas money to escape to France after he secures her freedom, but he is caught between the Foreign Legion and the terrorists seeking revenge.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1964-09-25
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Story of a Love Story
1973-05-24
Story of a Love Story
Overview: Harry is a married writer who has an affair with a woman whose husband knows that she is unfaithful. As a result of his work, Harry has trouble distinguishing between fantasy and reality leaving us to wonder whether the affair is real or just a figment of Harry's imagination.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-05-24
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The Son
1973-03-30
The Son
Overview: Ange leaves New York to fly to his native Corsica. His mother is dying and Ange, who was not present when his father died, wishes to be present at her death. In Corsica Ange finds his brother Baptiste who married Maria, the woman he loved. He finds out that his father was killed, but nobody wants to tell him the name of the killer. And finally he finds two killers expecting him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-03-30
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Dreams Die at Dawn
1961-12-01
Dreams Die at Dawn
Overview: Five Italian journalists live the last hours of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-12-01
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I sogni nel cassetto
1957-09-01
I sogni nel cassetto
Overview: The difficulties of a young married couple, since the husband has to prepare for his examinations during his wife's pregnancy.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-09-01
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From a Roman Balcony
1960-10-29
From a Roman Balcony
Overview: The ironic study of a young man's poignant adventures and sensual adventures...based on "Roman Tales" by Alberto Moravia.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-10-29
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Chi dice donna, dice donna
1976-02-11
Chi dice donna, dice donna
Overview: Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-02-11
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Faces of Love
1977-11-16
Faces of Love
Overview: After 10 years separation from his wife, a film director (Jean-Louis Trintignant), imagines he can make up with her by giving her a part in his next film, an adaptation of Tshekov's "Three Sisters". He goes location scouting and stays in Bex, a Spa near Lake Leman, together with the three actresses : Julie, his ex-wife (Delphine Seyrig), the mysterious Cecilia, that his producer wants him to take (Lea Massari), and Esther (Valérie Mairesse), a teenager. They all stay in an old decaying hotel. In this isolated mansion the four of them will fight but also discover each other.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1977-11-16
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Journey of Love
1990-12-07
Journey of Love
Overview: An older couple finally travels to the sea, reliving old memories along the way.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-12-07
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Forbidden
1955-09-23
Forbidden
Overview: Don Paolo, a young parson troubled by his love for Agnese, tries to make peace in a little village in Sardinia where two families are at war.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1955-09-23
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Secrets Secrets
1985-03-15
Secrets Secrets
Overview: Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other women. Each has her own secret, including the lawyer who listens to Laura as if in a ‘trance’: moments before, she discovered her husband was cheating.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1985-03-15
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Conquered City
1962-12-05
Conquered City
Overview: Filmed in 1962 but not released in the US until 1966 (with 20 of its 108 minutes removed), Conquered City is an all-star World War II drama financed in Italy and filmed in Greece. An Athens hotel, full of refugees and expatriates of all nationalities, is captured by Allied troops in the closing days of the War. British Major David Niven has been ordered to prevent a cache of weapons hidden in the hotel from falling into the hands of renegade troops. He cannot allow himself to trust anyone--not even the most innocent-looking (or attractive) of guests. Originally titled La Citta Prigioniera. Conquered City was released in English-speaking countries outside the U.S. as Captive City.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-12-05
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Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
1977-02-06
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison
Overview: Antonio Gramsci, sentenced to twenty years in prison by the fascist tribunals, relives the stages of his political career and private life.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-02-06
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Weeping for a Bandit
1964-08-31
Weeping for a Bandit
Overview: José María "El Tempranillo" fleeing from justice, takes refuge in Sierra Morena. After a period of hard learning, he becomes the leader of a group of bandits.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1964-08-31
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Edipo Re
1977-12-11
Edipo Re
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-12-11
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Paolo e Francesca
1971-11-02
Paolo e Francesca
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-11-02
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Sale rêveur
1978-04-04
Sale rêveur
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Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1978-04-04
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Le divorcement
1979-08-22
Le divorcement
Overview: In this rambling comic tale about a man and a wife, with four children, who calmly announce to the children that they want to divorce one another, it is impossible to tell who is dissatisfied with whom about what. They had seemed to be a perfect couple. Their flabbergasted children have mixed feelings, and the most difficult thing about the divorce, besides understanding why it is taking place at all, is deciding what will happen with the couple's numerous pets.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1979-08-22
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La Flambeuse
1981-05-13
La Flambeuse
Overview: A woman on the brink of middle age becomes bored and takes up playing cards. She becomes hooked on gambling and begins to neglect her husband and children.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1981-05-13
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Sarah
1983-04-27
Sarah
Overview: An insurance investigator meets an attractive woman in a hotel on his way to check out the causes of a fire that destroyed a movie set.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1983-04-27
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Céleste
1970-12-10
Céleste
Overview: Georges Cazenave, a " politically committed" French TV reporter leads a good life. Besides having a regular mistress in the person of Hélène, he is a ladies man with "a girl in every port". But this comfortable situation is challenged the day he hires Céleste as his housemaid. A Portuguese immigrant, she soon appears to be a Marxist-Leninist activist, engaged in political groups working against the regime of Salazar, the dictator of Portugal. Geoges and Céleste fall in love with each other, which brings adventure in the reporter's hitherto superficial life, upset by a breakup with Hélène, the interference of the French Secret Service and a touch of terrorism.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-12-10
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Indian Summer
1972-10-18
Indian Summer
Overview: In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the local high school replacing another teacher. His relationship with his partner Monica is in crisis and he spends most of the time with his new acquaintances and gamblers Giorgio, Marcello and Gerardo. In classroom, he meets the gorgeous nineteen years old student Vanina Abati, who is Gerardo's girlfriend.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-10-18
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Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
2017-05-14
Archaeology of a Set: Return to Lisca Bianca
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-05-14
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Bloody Murder
1974-03-06
Bloody Murder
Overview: Hélène, an antique dealer and her husband Georges, a respected doctor, live in a beautiful property and gives everyone the image of conjugal happiness. The children, Daniel and Nadine, are busy with their studies and their loves. The bourgeois life of Hélène is troubled by the murder of her lover, Philippe, a friend of her son. She finds the body when she goes to one of their appointments. In shock, she still thinks to take away the address book of the victim where her name appears - object compromising for her marriage. The police are interested in her. A stranger blackmails her. She is caught in a gear that she can not get out of. She then suspects that all is a revenge from her husband.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1974-03-06
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Return to Lisca Bianca Island
1983-10-28
Return to Lisca Bianca Island
Overview: Twenty-three years after L'Avventura (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni returns to Lisca Bianca Island. The rarefied atmosphere of Anna's (Lea Massari's) disappearance is recalled by some audio excerpts from the original movie.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-10-28
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Il était une fois Sergio Leone
2014-10-19
Il était une fois Sergio Leone
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-19
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Stream Line
1976-05-06
Stream Line
Overview: Rome, October 16, 1943. The Germans deport the relatives and friends of the little Giacomo Treves who fortunately escapes capture. The child is entrusted by a priest, Don Luigi.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-05-06
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Volver a vivir
1968-02-12
Volver a vivir
Overview: A former soccer player is morally and mentally destroied by the death of his wife. But when he gets the chance to train a team he regains his life by making victories and also finding another love.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1968-02-12
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Una donna spezzata
1988-08-06
Una donna spezzata
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-08-06
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