Several star-crossed couples experience both the thrills and the disappointment of romance over the course Read More »
Tag Archives: Giancarlo Giannini
The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair AKA I banchieri di Dio – Il caso Calvi (2002) Giuseppe Ferrara, Omero Antonutti, Pamela Villoresi, Giancarlo Giannini
This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle AKA Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Seven Beauties AKA Pasqualino Settebellezze (1975) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
During WWII. Italian national Neapolitan Pasqualino Frafuso is a big-talking Read More »
Blood Red (1989) Peter Masterson, Eric Roberts, Giancarlo Giannini, Dennis Hopper
The history of a Sicilian family who emigrated to America years ago and now lives Read More »
American Dreamer (1984) Rick Rosenthal, JoBeth Williams, Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini
Frustrated housewife/writer Cathy Palmer ghostwrites a story about Rebecca Ryan Read More »
The Murri Affair (1974) Mauro Bolognini, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister’s reactionary Read More »
Lili Marleen (1981) Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Hanna Schygulla, Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer
In Switzerland, German singer Willie falls in love with Jewish composer, Robert, who offers resistance to the Nazis by helping refugees. Read More »
Blood Feud (1978) Lina Wertmüller, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Giancarlo Giannini, Thriller
In pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same woman. Read More »
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973) Marco Vicario, Giancarlo Giannini, Rossana Podestà, Gastone Moschin, Comedy, Drama
From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Read More »
Fever Pitch (1985) Richard Brooks, Ryan O’Neal, Catherine Hicks, Giancarlo Giannini, Drama
Investigative sports journalist veteran Steve Taggart is working on his latest story – an inside look at professional gambling. Read More »
Giovanni Falcone (1993) Giuseppe Ferrara, Michele Placido, Anna Bonaiuto, Giancarlo Giannini, Crime, Drama
The story of the first ever “anti-mafia judges pool” established in the ’80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the ’80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles. Read More »
La prima notte di quiete / Indian Summer (1972) Valerio Zurlini, Alain Delon, Giancarlo Giannini, Sonia Petrovna, Drama
In Italy, the gambler and professor of poetry Daniele Dominici arrives in the seaside town of Rimini and is hired to teach for four months in the Liceu replacing another teacher. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »