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C’era una volta
ITALY · 1967

C’era una volta

Francesco Rosi
Italian cinema political drama social commentary 1960s European film narrative storytelling
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Synopsis

Francesco Rosi (Italian: [franˈtʃesko ˈrɔːzi]; 15 November 1922 – 10 January 2015) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. His film The Mattei Affair won the Palme d'Or at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. Rosi's films, especially those of the 1960s and 1970s, often appeared to have political messages, while the topics of his later films became less politically oriented and more angled toward

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