Adriano Giannini
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English
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A journey through the four Papal Basilicas in Rome and their treasures: St. Peter's, St. John in the Lateran, St. Mary Major and St. Paul Outside the Walls. Four majestic buildings - each with a precious papal altar, each a treasure trove of timeless works of art and a destination for millions of travellers and pilgrims over the centuries - play the leading role in this cinematic tour de force, while state of the art technology captures amazing images...
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Italiano
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From Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands - in the panoramas Gauguin saw and portrayed - to the American museums of frenetic and hyper-modern metropolises where his greatest masterpieces are now preserved: New York - Metropolitan Museum of Art, Chicago - Art Institute, Washington - National Gallery of Art, Boston - Museum of Fine Arts. Marked by rebellion and other worlds' craving, he died of syphilis - abandoned by everyone in the remote village of Hiva...
3) Naples '44
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English
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In 1943 a young British officer, Norman Lewis, entered a war-torn Naples with the American Fifth Army. Lewis began writing down everything that happened to him during his one-year stay, observing the complex social cauldron of a city that contrived unbelievable methods of survival on a daily basis. These notes turned into his masterpiece, a memoir titled NAPLES ‘44. Francesco Patierno's new documentary imagines Lewis returning many years later to...
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English
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Sinbad, a daring and notorious rogue, has spent his life sailing the seven seas asking for trouble. Now he had been framed for stealing a priceless and powerful treasure - the Book of Peace. Sinbad has on chance to find, then return the precious book, and battle the Goddess of Chaos or his best friend Proteus will die.