Anna Magnani

A memorable film by the master of Italian neorealism, Luchino Visconti, with the Oscar-winning actress Anna Magnani. Maddalena Cecconi is a young mother from the lower class determined to get her beautiful daughter Maria engaged in the movie that is going to be shoot in Cinecittà. A masterpiece about Post-War Italy, dreams and illusions.

Directed by Jean Renoir and starring the iconic Anna Magnani, this Technicolor gem is set in 18th-century colonial Peru. Magnani plays Camilla, a passionate Italian actress torn between love, social status, and her devotion to the stage after receiving a luxurious golden coach from a local viceroy. A brilliant reflection on art and life, Renoir’s film is a visual and emotional triumph.

When Tennessee Williams wrote The Rose Tattoo, he had one actress in mind-Anna Magnani. William's sense of casting proved as sharp as his ear for dialogue. Magnani won the Best Actress Oscar. for her bravura portrayal in this drama that received eight Academy Award. nominations (including Best Picture) and won three.

In this Tennessee Williams masterpiece, a paradoxical drifter is drawn into the desperate lives of two passionate women in a small Mississippi town.

Roberto Rossellini's portrait of life under Nazi occupation remains remarkable for its sheer immediacy, tension and power. The film follows Manfredi (Marcello Pagliero), a partisan leader, as he attempts to evade the Gestapo by enlisting the help of Pina (Anna Magnani), fiancée of a fellow member of the resistance, and Don Pietro (Aldo Fabrizi), the priest due to oversee her marriage. Shot on the ravaged streets of the city and in the studio, Rome, Open City remains extraordinarily powerful to this day.