Round 4: Tossup 22

Note to players: The answer is a first name with counterparts across languages, like “Peter,” “Pierre,” and “Pedro;” you may give any variation of the name in the languages used in the films. In a 1965 film that was its director’s first in color, a character with this name meets the androgynous “guru” “Bhishma,” who instills in her a craving for sangria. Another character with this name conceives her estranged daughter Antía by having sex with the fisherman Xoan (“sho-AHN”) on red seats in a train cabin. Three stories by Alice Munro inspired a 2016 melodrama (15[1])titled for this name directed by Pedro Almodóvar. The three most famous roles (-5[1])of a (15[1])comedienne (15[1])with this first name were a happy-go-lucky sex worker, a housewife who hosts a (*) séance, and a clown bought by the (10[1])strongman Zampano. (0[1])That Chaplinesque (-5[1])actress with this first name starred in La Strada and Nights of Cabiria (10[1])by her husband Federico Fellini. In 2023, nude scenes involving a female character with this first name were the subject of a 500 million dollar lawsuit brought by Olivia Hussey. For 10 points, (10[2])give this name (10[1])of the heroine of a Franco Zeffirelli film based on a Shakespearean tragedy. ■END■ (10[1])

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