Cochecito. Seme dell'uomo. Seed of man. Grande bouffe. Big feast. Rêve de singe. Bye bye monkey. Chiedo asilo. Seeking asylum. Tales of ordinary madness. Casa del sorriso. House of smiles. Touche pas à la femme blanche Don't touch the white woman
Notes:
(El cochecito) José Isbert, Pedro Porcel, José Luis López Vázquez. (The seed of man) Anne Wiazemsky, Marco Margine, Annie Girardot. (La grande bouffe) Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Phillipe Noiret, Ugo Tognazzi. (Don't touch the white woman) Marcello Mastroianni,Catherine Deneuve. (Bye bye monkey) Gérard Depardieu, Marcello Mastroianni, James Coco. (Seeking asylum) Roberto Benigni, Francesca de Sapio, Dominique Laffin. (Tales of ordinary madness) Ben Gazzara, Ornella Muti. (The house of smiles) Ingrid Thulin, Dado Ruspoli, Enzo Cannavale. Booklet entitled Marco Ferreri, a feast of images, inserted in container.
Contents:
Disc 1. El cochecito (88 min.) / written by Rafael Azcona ; screenplay, Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri -- Disc 2. Il seme dell'uomo = The seed of man (105 min.) / screenplay by Marco Ferreri & Sergio Bazzini -- Disc 3. La grande bouffe = The big feast (130 min.) / screenplay by Marco Ferreri, Rafael Azcona & Francis Blanche -- Disc 4. Touche pas à la femme blanche = Don't touch the white woman (107 min) / screenplay by Rafael Azcona & Marco Ferreri -- Disc 5. Rêve de singe = Bye bye monkey (113 min.) / screenplay, Rafael Azcona ... [et al.] -- Disc 6. Chiedo asilo = Seeking asylum (112 min.) / Screenplay, Roberto Benigni, Gérard Brach & Marco Ferreri -- Disc 7. Tales of ordinary madness (101 min.) / screenplay, Marco Ferreri & Sergio Amidei ; written by Charles Bukowski -- Disc 8. La casa del sorriso = The house of smiles (94 min.) / screenplay, Liliane Betti, Marco Ferreri & Antonio.
Summary:
(El cochecito, 1960) Black comedy about an old man who wants a motorized cart so he can ride through town with his disabled friends. When his family refuses to buy it for him, he methodically poisons them one by one, using their tiny legacies to finance his purchase. (Il seme dell'uomo = The seed of man, 1969) In the days immediately following a plague that has wiped out most of the world's population, a young couple struggle with whether or not to have a child. (La grande bouffe = The big feast, 1973 ) Four world-weary middle-aged men decide to gorge themselves to death in one final orgiastic weekend full of gourmet food, call girls, and a hefty, lusty schoolteacher. (Touche pas à la femme blanche = Don't touch the white woman, 1974) Presents a unique and anachronistic pastiche on the American western and a subversive swipe at the treatment of Native Americans. As the cavalry fights the Indians, coward General Custer is trying to fight off the advances of both Sitting Bull and Marie-Hélène while modern day Parisian life goes on around them. (Rêve de singe = Bye bye monkey, 1978) A young man who works with a feminist acting troupe finds a young chimpanzee and adopts her. The chimp also is seen as a threat by a wax museum owner and as another man's hope. (Chiedo asilo = Seeking asylum, 1979) A playful, innocent preschool teacher in Bologna, Italy leads his charges on unorthodox field trips and entertains them in kooky ways. Able to view life through a child's eyes, he grows exceptionally close to his pupils. (Tales of ordinary madness, 1981) Charles Serking, a hard-drinking poet living in the dark-alley of the world, is surrounded by desperate and depraved characters such as his ex-wife and Cass, the prostitute he loves. Cass inspires him to write and soon he must choose between her and his "art". (La casa del sorriso = The house of smiles, 1988) An elderly woman struggles to find love and to survive inside a repressive retirement home.
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