The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
Violent Summer & Girl with a Suitcase
2xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 and NTSC 16:9 | 01:37:35 + 02:00:59 | 8,01 Gb + 7,76 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps; English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (on 'Girl with a Suitcase' only)
Subtitles: English, French (on 'Girl with a Suitcase' only)
Genre: Drama, Romance | 4 wins | Italy, France
Violent Summer & Girl with a Suitcase
2xDVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 and NTSC 16:9 | 01:37:35 + 02:00:59 | 8,01 Gb + 7,76 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps; English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (on 'Girl with a Suitcase' only)
Subtitles: English, French (on 'Girl with a Suitcase' only)
Genre: Drama, Romance | 4 wins | Italy, France
Italy has produced some of the finest directors in cinema, from De Sica and Rossellini to Fellini and Visconti. One name that sadly is rarely mentioned with the same level of distinction (if at all) is Valerio Zurlini. Born in Bologna, Italy in 1926, Zurlini created a profitable, if small, oeuvre that spanned two decades, from the mid 1950s to the 1970s. Avoiding the grittiness of the neorealists and the extravagance that characterized Fellini's later films, Zurlini infused his work with a simplicity that is powerfully effective yet perhaps also responsible for his relative obscurity today.
Almost 25 years after Zurlini's death, two of his early films are now available in restored editions from NoShame Films. The Valerio Zurlini Box Set contains "Violent Summer" (1959) and "Girl with a Suitcase" (1961), his second and third titles, respectively. While not so much an actual box set as a typical 2-disc release, this collection is no less welcome and finally brings this forgotten director the attention he so richly deserves.
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The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
Violent Summer (1959)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:37:35 | 8,01 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | 3 wins | Italy
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 4:3 | 01:37:35 | 8,01 Gb
Audio: Italian AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | 3 wins | Italy
Riccione, Italy, 1943. A group of affluent young people waits out the war by partying on the beach. Among them is Carlo Caremoli (Jean-Louis Tringtignant), who has so far evaded the draft through the influence of his father (Enrico Maria Salerno) is a fascist appointee. Carlo is first attracted to lovely Rosanna (Jacqueline Sassard of Accident) but finds himself drawn to Roberta (Eleonora Rossi Drago), a war widow ten years older than he, who has a young daughter. Roberta resists but is unable to stop a relationship from forming. The fascists fall and the war still goes on. With his father now absent Carlo's draft deferment expires and his relationship with Roberta is in doubt … although she's now willing, if need be, to leave her family to be with him.
IMDB
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
Special Feature:
- Introduction by assistant director Florestano Vancini
- How Do You Light the Night? - Interview with assistant director Florestano Vancini
- I Dreamed of Valerio - Interview with lyricist Riccardo Pazzaglia
- He Was A Friend of Mine - Interview with actress Eleonora Giorgi
- A Director With the Eyes of A Child - Interview with director Giuliano Montaldo
- Poster and Still Gallery
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The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
Girl with a Suitcase (1961)
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 02:00:59 | 7,76 Gb
Audio: Italian, English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each track) | Subtitles: English, French
Genre: Drama, Romance | 1 win | Italy, France
DVD9 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | 02:00:59 | 7,76 Gb
Audio: Italian, English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps (each track) | Subtitles: English, French
Genre: Drama, Romance | 1 win | Italy, France
Young cad Marcello Mainardi (Corrado Pani) callously ditches his latest girlfriend, singer Aida (Claudia Cardinale), and then instructs his younger brother Lorenzo (Jacques Perrin) to brush her off when she comes looking for him at their parents' house. Encouraged by his priest-tutor (Romolo Valli) to be virtuous, the sincere 16 year-old helps the beautiful young woman, eventually stealing his mother's money to get Aida a hotel room. Lorenzo tags along and discovers that businessmen at the hotel consider Aida an easy pickup. He suffers as he watches an old boyfriend (Gian Maria Volanté) bully and abuse her at a café. Aida too is saddened – Lorenzo is simply too young for her, but his gentlemanly valor is impossible not to love.
IMDB
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
The Valerio Zurlini Box Set (1959)
Special Feature:
- Introduction by assistant director Florestano Vancini
- Visconti Came to Visit Us on the Set - Interview with assistant director Piero Schivazappa
- Valerio Was Always in Love with Some Girl! - Interview with screenwriter Piero De Bernardi
- Zurlini the Outsider - Interview with Bruno Torri
- When We Were Young - Interview with producer Mario Gallo
- The Restoration of Girl With A Suitcase
- Poster and Still Gallery
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Fans of Italian cinema have great reason to celebrate this brand new collection, as NoShame Films has uncovered a pair of true gems from a master who deserves higher esteem. Valerio Zurlini left his mark on the Italian film industry and provided an important stepping stone for his youthful stars, most of whom were not yet famous when he cast them. Through their utter simplicity and bittersweet tenderness, these films achieve a poeticism that is at once beguiling and commanding. Cinephiles everywhere are strongly urged to seek out The Valerio Zurlini Box Set, a unique diamond in the rough among DVD releases.
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