In late 1990, only two Italian movies had made it into the top 10 and they were ranked fourth and seventh.

Then there is the question of whether Italian movies will attract a broader audience.

A young man wants to share his love of Italian movies?

What you see in Italian movies from Sicily is reality here.

"She's the one I met at that Italian movie, remember?"

But only 22 million tickets, less than one in four, were for Italian movies.

Together with Age, he worked on a total of 120 Italian movies.

"How many Italian movies do you see that aren't about the Mafia?"

Ms. Shear once got a part in an Italian movie, too.

She has a distinctive face that would work perfectly in an Italian movie from the 60's, and she was wearing a short skirt.