The Way We Laughed (1998)

Summary: Turin at the end of the fifties: two brothers have emigrated there from Sicily and the older works very hard to let the younger study and free himself from poverty through culture. The boy however is not keen on school and would l...

Release Date: October 02, 1998

Genre: Drama

Director: Gianni Amelio

Writers: Gianni Amelio

, Alberto Taraglio

, Laura Pariani

Runtime: 2 h 04 min

Production: Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo

Distributor: New Yorker Films

Country: Italy

Language: Italian

Domestic: $ 57,009

Artemisia (1997)

Summary: Artemisia Gentileschi (1593-1653) was one of the first well-known female painters. The movie tells the story of her youth, when she was guided and protected by her father, the painter Orazio Gentileschi. Her professional curiosity...

Release Date: May 08, 1998

Genres: Drama, Biography, History

Director: Agnès Merlet

Writers: Patrick Amos

, Agnès Merlet

, Christine Miller

Runtime: 1 h 38 min

MPAA: R

Production: 3 Emme Cinematografica, Première Heure, France 3 Cinéma, Schlemmer Film, Dania Film, Mediaset, Eurimages, Presidenza del Consiglio del Ministri-Dipartimento dello Spettacolo, Black Forest Films

Distributor: Miramax

Countries: France, Italy, Germany

Language: French

Domestic: $ 356,749

Le acrobate (1997)

Summary: A study of the friendship between two contemporary Italian women. One is a pharmacist from the affluent North East, while the other is an impoverished shop assistant living in the South East.

Release Date: April 18, 1997

Genres: Drama, Romance

Director: Silvio Soldini