Round 5: Tossup 3

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

ANSWER: Benito Mussolini (The director in the first sentence is Lina Wertmüller, and the film in the fourth sentence is Amarcord.)
<TM, Other Fine Arts> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
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