Franco Leo

Experimental adaptation of Wilde's play.

A man wakes up in the wilderness with a head wound and amnesia, lying next to a corpse. He rides into the nearest town and has to rely on his guns and his wits to figure out who he is and who he can trust to help unravel his past, and get revenge on the man who wronged him.

Pietro Marcello's elegant, mysterious film tells an epic love story from the ancient Italian port city of Genoa. Underneath his tough skin, the rugged but photogenic Enzo is a kindhearted man who dreams of a home in the country with "puppies, ducks, a pond, an orchard to tend" and Mary, the love of his life. Marcello artfully incorporates a gorgeous array of archival footage from Genoa's rich history, along with some breathtaking modern-day 35mm recreations and a sweeping orchestral score. (True/False Film Festival)

A parody of Shakespeare with Hamlet as a frustrated playwright, Polonius as a bumbling Freudian psychologist, Ophelia and Gertrude as half-naked fantasy figures.