Round 8: Tossup 3

A farmer plans to kill this leader but loses interest at a brothel in the film Love and Anarchy, whose director (10[1])also set her film Seven Beauties under this leader’s rule. Red and white flowers form a giant model of this leader’s head in a film inspired by the director’s boyhood, whose title translates to “I Remember.” A studio founded by this leader (-5[2])hosted filming of Ben-Hur and has a name meaning “Cinema City.” An official under this leader struggles over whether to kill his former professor (10[1])in the film The Conformist. A genre that began at the end of this leader’s rule includes (10[1])a film in which a crying boy and his father walk away in a crowd after the father is nearly arrested for theft. For 10 points, (10[1])the end of what (10[1])leader’s reign gave rise to a genre of neorealist films like Bicycle (10[1])Thieves? ■END■ (10[3]0[4])

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