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The Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo AKA La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard, Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels Read More »
Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) Matt Tyrnauer, Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammetti, Nati Abascal
A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino. Read More »
Girl with a Suitcase AKA La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
Woman from the Torrid Land AKA La mujer de la tierra caliente (1978) José María Forqué, Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser, Pilar Velázquez
A man and a woman (Whitman & Gemser), both with checkered pasts, hitch a ride together. Read More »
Johnny Stecchino (1991) Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus Read More »
Ride and Kill AKA Cavalca e uccidi (1964) José Luis Borau, Mario Caiano, Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco, Antonio Casas
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. Read More »
Nero and the Burning of Rome AKA Nerone e Messalina (1953) Primo Zeglio, Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson
The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations Read More »
Frine Courtesan of Orient AKA Frine, cortigiana d’Oriente (1953) Mario Bonnard, Elena Kleus, Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees
Little known Italian film from 1953 about the historical Phryne (she was real), a famous courtesan. Read More »
The Forbidden Christ AKA Il Cristo proibito (1951) Curzio Malaparte, Raf Vallone, Rina Morelli, Alain Cuny
Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother Read More »
Our Life AKA La nostra vita (2010) Daniele Luchetti, Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese
Claudio, a construction worker, works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. Read More »
The Double Bed AKA Le lit à deux places (1965) Jean Delannoy, François Dupont Midy, Alvaro Mancori, Nino Castelnuovo, France Anglade, Jacques Audoux
A series of mildly erotic episodes of some travelers forced to share Read More »
The Dark Sun AKA Il sole buio (1990) Damiano Damiani, Jo Champa, Michael Paré, Phyllis Logan
After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy Read More »
The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons AKA Decameron n° 3 – Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) Italo Alfaro, Pier Paola Bucchi, Giovanni Elsner, Roy Bosier
Seven novels of Boccaccio featuring dirty jokes. Read More »
First Surrender AKA La primera entrega (1971) Angelino Fons, Emma Penella, Glen Lee, Franco Citti
Johnny and Michel, young men who live on the edge of the law, taking advantage Read More »