Piera Degli Esposti

Piera Degli Esposti

Born: March 12, 1938
Died: August 14, 2021
in Bologna, Italy

Movies for Piera Degli Esposti...

La California
Title: La California
Character: Voce narrante
Released: November 10, 2022
Type: Movie
Two young twins grow up in the Emilia province, expressing the two faces of an era and the adolescent nature that clashes with traditions.
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Anima Bella
Title: Anima Bella
Released: October 5, 2022
Type: Movie
Gioia has just turned 18. She lives with her father Bruno in a small country village where she works as a shepherdess. They live very simply yet harmoniously with the villagers. Their lives are disrupted when Bruno gives in once again and once too many to his gambling addiction, in spite of his efforts to quit. Gioia will have to follow him to a faraway town, where he will be treated in a specialized center. This will radically change her existence, forcing her to abandon the safety of the village, her friends and her habits. She will be all by herself to support her father, in his journey for a better life.
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Run to You
Title: Run to You
Character: Nonna
Released: March 17, 2022
Type: Movie
Gianni is a serial seducer but his life is destined to change when he meets Chiara, a beautiful woman who has had an accident and is paraplegic.
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Title: Ognuno è perfetto
Character: Emma
Released: December 16, 2019
Type: TV
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Fairytale
Title: Fairytale
Character: Mother
Released: June 25, 2018
Type: Movie
Two housewives in America in the 1950s, Mrs Fairytale and her best friend Mrs Emerald, meet every day to share their quiet and bourgeois lives, but the façade of perfection slowly crumbles to reveal terrible secrets.
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Lievito madre – Le ragazze del secolo scorso
Title: Lievito madre – Le ragazze del secolo scorso
Released: September 1, 2017
Type: Movie
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Caro Lucio ti scrivo
Title: Caro Lucio ti scrivo
Released: March 1, 2017
Type: Movie
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I delitti del BarLume - Aria di mare
Title: I delitti del BarLume - Aria di mare
Character: Piera
Released: January 9, 2017
Type: Movie
Sea Air - Massimo seeks help for his nightmares and depression. The uncles have it in for a blind choir conductor. Tizi find a dead body, which leads to Massimo and Vittoria, who wants her old job back.
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Sweet Dreams
Title: Sweet Dreams
Character: Madre di Simone
Released: November 10, 2016
Type: Movie
Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this brutal loss, even if the priest says she is now in Heaven. Years later in the 90s, adult Massimo has become an accomplished journalist. After reporting on the war in Sarajevo, he begins to suffer from panic attacks. As he prepares to sell his parents’ apartment, Massimo is forced to relive his traumatic past. Compassionate doctor Elisa could help tormented Massimo open up and confront his childhood wounds…
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Ears
Title: Ears
Character: Direttrice del giornale
Released: September 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day during which he will be plunged into the folly of the world. One of those days that changes your life forever.
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The Isle of Medea
Title: The Isle of Medea
Character: Self
Released: August 31, 2016
Type: Movie
On the 40th anniversary of the death of Maria Callas (September 16, 1977), with footage never seen before from Pier Paolo Pasolini's film MEDEA, this film celebrates the genius and sensibility of two icons of the XX century.
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Assolo
Title: Assolo
Character: Dott.ssa Grunewald
Released: January 5, 2016
Type: Movie
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Behind the White Glasses
Title: Behind the White Glasses
Character: Self
Released: September 21, 2015
Type: Movie
It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and groundbreaking talent of filmmaker and writer, Lina Wertmüller.
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The Journey
Title: The Journey
Released: September 4, 2015
Type: Movie
Bari, a city caught in the relentless economic crisis. Ivo is an agronomist, but the lack of opportunities pushes him to accept a job in the fertile region of Banat in Romania. Clara has just ended a relationship and is about to lose her job at the Bari harbor. Ivo and Clara meet by chance and seem to immediately understand each other. They spend only one night together before Ivo's departure, but that is enough to create a bond and wanting to meet again. When Clara visits him in Romania, they fall in love. But is exile their only way to happiness?
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Somewhere Amazing
Title: Somewhere Amazing
Character: Adriana
Released: August 27, 2015
Type: Movie
Asti, third millennium. Lucia, mother and wife on the verge of boredom, opens up to friendship with the immigrant Ahmed, looking for an escape from the routine.
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Senza Lucio
Title: Senza Lucio
Character: Sé stessa
Released: March 4, 2015
Type: Movie
The singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla seen through the eyes of the person closest to him in the last twenty years: Marco Alemanno. The tale of how they met and how he grew on a human, professional, and artistic level standing by Dalla’s side. And much more: daily and deeper aspects of his life, his love for Southern Italy, his passion for cinema, his relationship with music, his bulimic curiosity of launching himself into new artistic adventures, his mercurial energy and his boundless sense of humor.
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A Holy Venetian Family
Title: A Holy Venetian Family
Character: Mara
Released: February 5, 2015
Type: Movie
Gualtiero Cecchin, the son of an entrepreneur must find a new way to make money after squandering his huge family fortune. With an idea and a good dose of recklessness Gualtiero must find a way to fund his new business while navigating the shady world of the Neapolitan mob.
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Chlorine
Title: Chlorine
Character: Preside
Released: January 24, 2015
Type: Movie
Seventeen-year-old Jenny dreams of becoming a synchronized swimmer. Family events turn her life upside down and she is forced move to a remote area to look after her ill father and younger brother. It won't be long before Jenny starts pursuing her dreams again.
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Welcome Mr. President!
Title: Welcome Mr. President!
Character: Janis' Mother
Released: March 21, 2013
Type: Movie
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library where he works as a precarious employee. He is an optimistic person even if his child accuse him of being a wannabe. One day, due to a mess of politicians, an amazing thing happens: Peppino is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic. Pulled out from his quiet life, is to play a role for which he knows he is obviously inappropriate, but his common sense and his instinctive gestures are incredibly effective, except for the etiquette, for which he is in trouble. The inflexible and fascinating Deputy Secretary General of the Presidency of the Republic, Janis Clementi, is anxious to no avail in an attempt to regulate the unpredictable actions of the President...
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Pulce non c'è
Title: Pulce non c'è
Released: April 1, 2012
Type: Movie
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Case Chiuse
Title: Case Chiuse
Released: November 3, 2011
Type: Movie
February 20, 1958: the Italian Parliament approved Law No. 75, the "Merlin Law": the end of an institution of Italian society for ages: the brothel. The Italian writer Dino Buzzati likens the event to the fire in the library of Alexandria in Egypt. The brothel is an institution that has spanned the centuries,thru different aspects, different forms. It is an institution that, in Italy, at least officially no longer exists. But it is also an institution that in other countries, still exists. The doc offers a journey that will start from the ruins of Pompeii brothel to get to the lights of Artemis in Berlin, with its soft drinks and its attention to the well-being and to the erotic papyrus from the Egyptian Museum of Turin and the giant Paradise in Girona, that El Pais has called the biggest brothel in Europe.
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I baci mai dati
Title: I baci mai dati
Character: Viola
Released: April 29, 2011
Type: Movie
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Il pranzo di Natale
Title: Il pranzo di Natale
Character: Herself
Released: January 11, 2011
Type: Movie
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Title: Atelier Fontana - Le sorelle della moda
Released: January 1, 2011
Type: TV
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Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
Title: Genitori & figli:) - Agitare bene prima dell'uso
Character: Lea
Released: February 26, 2010
Type: Movie
Parent-teenage children clashes in 21st century Italy.
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The other half
Title: The other half
Released: December 3, 2009
Type: Movie
It tells the story of an elderly woman, confined in a nursing home because of her poor health. Her daughters do not want to take her to the wedding of her granddaughter. The woman, with the complicity of a nurse, escaped from there, determined at all costs to attend the wedding of her granddaughter.
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David's Birthday
Title: David's Birthday
Character: Giuliana
Released: September 8, 2009
Type: Movie
Two couples are enjoying their summer at the beach, but when the grown son of one couple arrives, it surprisingly stirs something in the husband of the other couple, will the forbidden feelings end badly?
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Principessa
Title: Principessa
Character: Elena
Released: May 8, 2009
Type: Movie
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Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
Title: Giulia Doesn't Date at Night
Character: Attilia
Released: February 27, 2009
Type: Movie
Guido, an acclaimed author, leads an idyllic life with his beautiful wife and teenage daughter. But despite his seemingly perfect existence, Guido's restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor, who is hiding a secret from her past.
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Title: Tutti pazzi per amore
Character: Clelia Arcangeli
Released: December 7, 2008
Type: TV
Tutti Pazzi Per Amore is an Italian television series that aired on Rai 1 from December 7, 2008 to January 1, 2012, consisting of three seasons. The show is set in Rome and follows the love story between a single father, Paolo Giorgi, and a single mother, Laura Del Fiore, and the adventures of the extended family that originates from their relationship. The main characters are Paolo Giorgi and his daughter Cristina, Laura Del Fiore and her son Emanuele and her daughter Nina. Around these main characters develops the story of their grandparents, their uncles and aunts, their colleagues and friends.
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The Man Who Loves
Title: The Man Who Loves
Character: Giulia
Released: October 24, 2008
Type: Movie
A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.
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Il Divo
Title: Il Divo
Character: Signora Enea
Released: May 28, 2008
Type: Movie
Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters implicate him in the crimes of Cosa Nostra.
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4B Movie
Title: 4B Movie
Released: December 31, 2007
Type: Movie
Some images come out from the darkness, fragments from ’Steamboat jr.", “Film”, “Persona” and “Nostra Signora dei Turchi”.
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Giuni Russo: La sua figura
Title: Giuni Russo: La sua figura
Released: November 16, 2007
Type: Movie
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Tre donne morali
Title: Tre donne morali
Released: October 21, 2006
Type: Movie
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The Unknown Woman
Title: The Unknown Woman
Character: Gina
Released: October 9, 2006
Type: Movie
Irena, a Ukrainian woman, comes to Italy looking for a job as a maid. She does everything she can to become a beloved nanny for an adorable little girl, Thea. However, that is just the very beginning of her unknown journey.
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4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo
Title: 4-4-2 - Il gioco più bello del mondo
Character: Miranda (segment "La donna del Mister")
Released: May 18, 2006
Type: Movie
Four stories about football.
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Lettere dalla Sicilia
Title: Lettere dalla Sicilia
Character: Lady Augusta Warwick
Released: February 23, 2006
Type: Movie
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Il vestito da sposa
Title: Il vestito da sposa
Character: Giselda
Released: January 1, 2003
Type: Movie
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My Mother's Smile
Title: My Mother's Smile
Character: Zia Maria
Released: April 19, 2002
Type: Movie
A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.
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The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
Title: The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics
Character: Palmina
Released: October 10, 1996
Type: Movie
During the general elections of 1994, Tunin, a mechanic with a firm belief in communism fears that his party is about to lose, so he journeys to a northern village to stir up trouble. He isn't there long before he is arguing with a beautiful hairdresser. Their debate is fiery as is his growing and impossible-to-disguise passion for her. She too is intrigued with him, but their disparate ideologies threaten to keep them apart.
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Nerolio
Title: Nerolio
Released: August 12, 1996
Type: Movie
This film depicts three episodes in the life of the highly eccentric, unabashedly homosexual Italian filmmaker Per Paolo Pasolini. Pasolini was best known to Americans for his film The Gospel According to St. Matthew. However, in his native Italy, he was at least as well known for his writing and poetry as for his filmmaking. In the first episode, Pasolini (Marco Cavicchioli) waxes poetic about the beauty of young men during a visit to Sicily. The second and more interesting segment concerns a meeting with a young man who visits Pasolini thinking that though he is an old has-been, Pasolini may be able to do him a favor. Pasolini twigs to the boy's intentions, and a sparring session ensues. The final episode shows him picking up a young man at Rome's train station and the events that led to his beating death in 1975.
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Title: I promessi sposi
Character: badessa
Released: November 12, 1989
Type: TV
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L'appassionata
Title: L'appassionata
Character: Gilberta
Released: April 14, 1989
Type: Movie
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To Save Nine
Title: To Save Nine
Character: Marcella Baralli
Released: March 25, 1989
Type: Movie
Originally titled simply Decimo Clandestino, this Lina Wertmuller "miniature" began life as an Italian TV drama. Piera Degli Esposti plays the widowed, impoverished mother of a huge farm family. The woman moves her nine children to Bologna, where their living conditions are deplorable. To avoid a hike in rent, she tells her landlady (Dominique Sanda) that she is living alone. Also known as To Save Nine (a curiously brief English-language title for a Wertmuller film!), IL Decimo Clandestino was expanded from 60 to 90 minutes for its theatrical release.
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Don Bosco
Title: Don Bosco
Character: La madre di Lina
Released: January 31, 1988
Type: Movie
This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin.
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The Malady of Love
Title: The Malady of Love
Character: Thérèse
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
Physician Robert Briand (Robin Renucci) runs a leper colony in the 15th century that takes in new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When the beautiful Marie-Blanche (Isabelle Pasco) is brought to the grim, prison-like facility, Robert finds she displays no apparent signs of disease. He risks everything when he falls in love with the woman and makes plans to run away with her. Erland Josephson plays Robert's father, with Piera Degli Esposti as Robert's faithful assistant Terese.
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The Future Is Woman
Title: The Future Is Woman
Released: September 5, 1984
Type: Movie
In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.
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A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
Title: A Joke of Destiny, Lying in Wait Around the Corner Like a Bandit
Character: moglie di De Andreis
Released: September 29, 1983
Type: Movie
The Minister of the Interior gets stuck in his ultra-technological car and a rival Member of Parliament tries desperately to help him, while chaos spreads around them.
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Title: Delitto e castigo
Character: Katerina
Released: February 9, 1983
Type: TV
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Giocare d'azzardo
Title: Giocare d'azzardo
Character: Anna
Released: January 1, 1982
Type: Movie
While desperately looking for a change, the 40yo Anna - a bored housewife - decides to start gambling. Luck is not on her side though: she loses everything she had, she's almost broke. Caught up by a moment of madness, she steals her daughter’s lifetime savings. She even pawns her own car - , she’s willing to do anything to try to win… Her only wish is for her lotto number to be the winning one… She tries, and tries, and tries… Till the day when that lotto number gets drawn - is it the truth or has the gambling driven her crazy and she can’t distinguish between reality and a dream anymore?
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Sweet Dreams
Title: Sweet Dreams
Character: Madre di Michele
Released: September 10, 1981
Type: Movie
Michele criticizes the film industry and its inhabitants, and is particularly embattled with a Neapolitan director making a musical about the 1968 student demonstrations. At the same time, Michele has a creative block and struggles to finish his film titled "Freud’s Mother." Nanni Moretti’s self-inquiry into filmmaking, political ennui, and men’s relations with their mothers.
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Fantasia, ma non troppo, per violino
Title: Fantasia, ma non troppo, per violino
Character: Sei personaggi della famiglia Bentivoglio
Released: January 1, 1976
Type: Movie
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Hospitals: The White Mafia
Title: Hospitals: The White Mafia
Character: signora Marchetti
Released: August 25, 1973
Type: Movie
A famous surgeon earns enormous amounts of money by speculating on patients, although he is generally considered a great man and an excellent doctor. Only one of his colleagues rebels against the situation and tries to reveal the truth. But during a dramatic operation, the famous surgeon forces him to turn accomplice and the doctor must keep quiet. Not for long, however.
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Oplà, noi viviamo
Title: Oplà, noi viviamo
Character: Eva Berg
Released: March 31, 1972
Type: Movie
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Medea
Title: Medea
Character: Woman
Released: January 28, 1970
Type: Movie
Based on the plot of Euripides' Medea. Medea centers on the barbarian protagonist as she finds her position in the Greek world threatened, and the revenge she takes against her husband Jason who has betrayed her for another woman.
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A Nice Girl Like Me
Title: A Nice Girl Like Me
Character: Angelina's Mother
Released: November 23, 1969
Type: Movie
Candy is a fetching unwed young lady with a penchant for pregnancy. Her adventures begin when she leaves her sheltered boarding school background for Paris. The result is the birth of Valentine nine months later.
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Under the Sign of Scorpio
Title: Under the Sign of Scorpio
Released: April 4, 1969
Type: Movie
An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Led by Rutolo, they know that their new home is equally susceptible to such a catastrophe via its own volcano, but they are unable to convince the current inhabitants of Island #2 to flee with them to a mainland.
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Johnny Belinda
Title: Johnny Belinda
Character: Stella
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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Le Case del Vedovo
Title: Le Case del Vedovo
Character: Cameriera
Released: June 28, 1968
Type: Movie
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Title: Il Circolo Pickwick
Character: Emily Wardle
Released: February 4, 1968
Type: TV
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Ghosts, Italian Style
Title: Ghosts, Italian Style
Released: December 23, 1967
Type: Movie
Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work.
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The Trojan Women
Title: The Trojan Women
Character: Prigioniere Troiana 6
Released: February 17, 1967
Type: Movie
In 1967 the director Vittorio Cottafavi produces the TV movie Le Troiane from Euripides. He uses the classical Italian translation by Enzio Cetrangolo, but creates an original way of film adaptation, inspired by the Brechtian conception of staging the ancient theater. He does not use costume or set design, but is based only on the simple performance of the actors, highlighted by the shooting technique. The absolute sense of tragedy is perceived by the public through emotional engagement and imagination. So, the Trojan war is all the wars and the pain of the Trojan women is the pain of all the victims of any war.