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Stories Set in Bologna
Red-brick porticoes, the world's oldest university, and the self-declared food capital of Italy: Bologna is where Italians say people eat best. Student politics and wartime partisans give its stories an edge, from Paz! to After the War. Open Bologna on the StoryTerra map and filter its stories by any era.
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Browse 5 books and 8 movies set in Bologna.
The House of Hades
Hazel stands at a crossroads. She and the remaining crew of the Argo II could return home with the Athena Parthenos statue and try to stop Camp Half-Blood and Camp Jupiter from going to war. Or they could continue their…
Paz!
Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza Paz! is a 24-hour slice of life of a bunch of students living in a flat in Bologna during the 70's divided between marjuana university girls…
Incantato
Rome 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son 35-year-old virgin Nello to more liberal Bologna hoping he will find a wife. His head full of ideas on romantic love instilled by classical poetry Nello hopelessly falls…
After the War
Bologna 2002. Amidst protests against the labor reform the assassination of a lawyer opens old wounds between Italy and France. Former far-left terrorist Marco convicted of murder during the Years of Lead and living in…
Working Slowly (Radio Alice)
Bologna 1976. The paths of two aimless young friends intertwine with those of Radio Alice a pirate radio politically aligned with the leftist student movement.
The Broker
In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal…
The Friends at the Margherita Cafe
Bologna 1954. Taddeo a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy he manages to…
Almost Blue
A serial killer called the Iguana is terrorizing Bologna. He is able to change continuously identity. Grazia is investigating trying to find out the truth about the Iguana.
A Soldier of the Great War
From acclaimed novelist Mark Helprin, a lush, literary epic about love, beauty, and the world at war.Alessandro Giuliani, the young son of a prosperous Roman lawyer, enjoys an idyllic life full of privilege: he races…
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Non è dopoguerra, è solo un'altra guerra. Il mondo è diviso in blocchi, in realtà ideologie e frontiere si stanno già sgretolando: merci e droga non conoscono confini. Dall'Italia a Mosca a Hollywood, tra balere, viaggi…
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