Pasqualino Settebellezze

Here are two clips from one of my favorite films, Lina Wertmuller's "Pasqualino Settebellezze," titled "Seven Beauties" in English. It stars the great Giancarlo Giannini, who completely encapsulates the macho but lovable Italian male stereotype here. Wertmuller's direction is like Sergio Leone transferred to the Bay of Naples, overly-dramatic, operatic, sensuous. The first clip has no dialogue, only music, so it plays similar to how they used to display silent movies with an accompanying music section. The second clip, starting at minute 8:00 is one of my absolute most favorite scenes in film, does have dialogue, but no subtitles, only in Italian. Sorry! However, as I said, the acting, editing and direction in both clips is so good, you can follow along without really knowing the words. I love good movies.