Movies: Lorenza Mazzetti

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women....

1943, an estate north of Firenze. The weight of the world is on the shoulders of Penny, who's about 10. An orphan, she must watch over her little sister when they go to live with her aunt and uncle. Penny's a Catholic, and worries about her uncle's s...

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The workaday boredom and crushing hardships of London's East End in the 1950s, seen from the point of view of two deaf-mutes who share a strong bond of friendship....

Short film adaptation of Kafka's 'The Metamorphosis'....

Lorenza Mazzetti's extraordinary life story touches many points in twentieth century history. The adopted daughter of the Einstein family emigrated to London in the 1950s and applied to the Slade School of Fine Art with the reason "Because I'm a geni...

Brighid Lowe’s new, intimate documentary, made with Henry K. Miller, builds around candid interviews with Mazzetti herself, to provide new insights about the Italian’s life of love and trauma and the unparalleled efforts she expended to make films in...

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Adaptation of a Kafka short story, believed lost for more than 60 years....