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Franco Brocani

Born September 10, 1938 · Murazzano, Piedmont, Italy

Died September 14, 2023 · aged 85

Franco Brocani was an Italian film director, screenwriter, and actor. He was known for his avant-garde and experimental approach to cinema. Brocani directed films such as Necropolis (1970), which explored themes of death and the supernatural. His work often challenged traditional narrative structures, contributing to the experimental film movement in Italy.

Known For

NecropolisNecropolis · 1970
Necropolis
★ 4.81970
MovieFantasyHorror
Frankenstein's monster gropes towards the awareness that his mind is a universe; Attila, naked on a white horse, liberates his people from their ignominy; the ultra-caustic Viva bemoans the frustrations of married life and drifts into the elegiac persona of the Bloody Countess Bathory; Louis Waldon is a hip American tourist searching for the (missing) Mona Lisa.
Sex of the WitchSex of the Witch · 1973
Sex of the Witch
★ 4.41973
MovieThrillerHorror
The wealthy patriarch of the Hilton family has just died, and his heirs have gathered at the family castle to collect on their inheritances. However, it's not long before a black clad killer strikes, bumping off several members of the Hilton clan, in gruesome fashion. As the police begin their investigation, long buried secrets are revealed, including curses and connections to black magic.
Love and AngerLove and Anger · 1969
Love and Anger
★ 5.21969
MovieDrama
Five short stories with contemporary settings. In New York, people are indifferent to derelicts sleeping on sidewalks, to a woman's assault in front of an apartment building, and to a couple injured in a car crash. A man, stripped of his identity, dies in bed with actors expressing his agony. A cheerful, innocent young man walking a city street in a time of war pays a price for this innocence. A couple talks about cinema while it watches another couple talk of love and truth on the eve of one character's return to Cuba. Striking students take over a university classroom; an argument follows about revolution or incremental change.
The Return of the ExorcistThe Return of the Exorcist · 1975
The Return of the Exorcist
★ 6.01975
MovieHorror
An archaeology student photographs a mysterious naked woman by a waterfall, unaware that she is a female demon called Haggia, who soon takes possession of him via a cursed amulet.
Screck!Screck! · 1966
Screck!
1966
Movie
Experimental short by Franco Brocani, Claudio Capotondi and Luca Maria Patella.
Triumph and RuinsTriumph and Ruins · 1997
Triumph and Ruins
★ 1.01997
MovieDrama
History as immersion and dispersion in the fragments of the past, a visionary journey accompanied by the voice of Patty Pravo. Presented at the Taormina Festival '97.
Transplantation, Consumption and Death of Franco BrocaniTransplantation, Consumption and Death of Franco Brocani · 1969
Transplantation, Consumption and Death of Franco Brocani
★ 8.01969
MovieDramaHorror
Trapianto heralds the end of utopia, the death of that underground, but is also the best prologue in Necropolis, which is not by chance found alive. It 's a film that establishes the passage of rolling between two friends, and Brocani Schifano, shared the same passions, and from living the cinema as a challenge urgent and vital, suspended between dream and action.
Clodia - FragmentaClodia - Fragmenta · 1982
Clodia - Fragmenta
★ 3.31982
Movie
Freely adapted from a story by Marcel Schwob in 'Screw imaginary' and deeply focused on the thought of Georges Bataille, the film wants to give substance to Clodia tragic affair, the Roman noblewoman loved by Catullo and made him immortal in his ways, with the Lesbia pseudonym.

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