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Why (1971)

  • Comedy
  • Drama
  • 98 min
  • T age guide
  • ★ 7.3/10 from 101 ratings

Giuseppe Di Noi, an Italian surveyor living in Sweden, gets arrested at the border while going back to Italy with his family for a vacation. But can someone tell the man why?

Directed byNanni Loy

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  1. 01

    In the Name of the Italian People

    Strong story similarity

    1971 · 99 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the Italian people he represents?

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era
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  2. 02

    Ugly, Dirty and Bad

    Strong story similarity

    1976 · 115 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps hidden from the rest of the family. His whole life is now based on defending the money he sees as his own, while the rest of the family tries to kill him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  3. 04

    Operation Snafu

    Same director

    1970 · 95 min · Comedy · Drama · War

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    World War II soldiers enter Sicily to seize German arms supply only to discover there is not a gun in sight.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • the same director
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
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  4. 05

    A Difficult Life

    Shared cast

    1961 · 118 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Silvio refuses to fight for the fascists and joins the resistance with Elena. After the war, his vitriolic newspaper articles cause him to be sentenced to imprisonment.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  5. 06

    The Teacher from Vigevano

    Shared cast

    1963 · 109 min · Comedy · Drama

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    Antonio Mombelli is content with his life as a primary school teacher in the small town of Vigevano. His wife, however, is ashamed of their humble circumstances and dreams of something better for their family. She insists he quits his job, gives up on his pension, and opens a small shoe factory.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  6. 08

    Revolver

    Strong story similarity

    1973 · 110 min · Crime · Drama · Thriller

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    An Italian prison official's wife is kidnapped, and the kidnappers demand that a notorious prisoner be released in order for the man to get his wife back. He gets the man released - but then kidnaps him himself, in order to ensure that the man's colleagues don't kill his wife. Enraged, the gang sets out to free their compatriot and kill the man who took him.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • a closely matched era
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  7. 09

    Mafioso

    Shared cast

    1962 · 105 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama

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    When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a principal cast member
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  8. 10

    The Widower

    Shared cast

    1959 · 87 min · Comedy

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    Alberto Nardi is a Roman businessman who fancies himself a man of great capabilities, but whose factory teeters perennially on the brink of catastrophe. Alberto is married to a rich and successful businesswoman from Milan, Elvira Almiraghi who has a no-nonsense attitude and barely tolerates the attempts of her husband to keep his factory afloat with her money.

    Why it connects

    • strong story and style similarity
    • substantial genre overlap
    • a principal cast member
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