> Actually, the lead in "Open Doors" (1987, Gianni Amelio, who > recently directed the wonderful "Il ladro di bambini") was not Giannini, > but another veteran Italian actor, Gian Maria Volonte. Sorry to be such a > "pignolo", as we say in Italian, but Italian cinema is my specialty. > Mine too, and for those of us who don't speak Italian, my friend Jackie meant *picky.* Jackie, is *Porte Aperte* that old? I stand corrected here. So, are we seeing *Pane e Cioccolata* here? When it first came out, I was completely awed by it, in the early 1970s, but upon seeing it a second time, it lost something. It did not look that strong, all of a sudden. By the way, does anybody know where I could find a copy of *Tragic Bus,* a film with a similar topic of immigration? If I remember correctly, it is Turkish immigrants trying to get to Sweden. > > Jacqueline Reich > Department of Modern Languages > Trinity College > Hartford, CT 06106-3100 > (203)297-2433 > e-mail:[log in to unmask] and Gloria Monti