Andrew’s brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother’s death. Read More »
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The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970) Massimo Dallamano, Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom
In contemporary London, a beautiful and rich young man, Dorian Gray, loves Sybil Vane, an aspiring actress Read More »
Intimacy (1988) Beppe Cino, Eva Grimaldi, Leonardo Treviglio, Tomas Arana
Softcore film about the love triangle between a young model/waitress, her boyfriend and her sadomadochistic lover. Read More »
Rome 11:00 (1952) Giuseppe De Santis, Lucia Bosé, Carla Del Poggio, Maria Grazia Francia
Based on an actual incident, this is the story of five girls (told in a slow beginning) who are among the 200 women Read More »
Beach House (1977) Sergio Citti, Catherine Deneuve, Jodie Foster, Paolo Stoppa
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Read More »
Garibaldi (1961) Roberto Rossellini, Renzo Ricci, Paolo Stoppa, Franco Interlenghi
How Italy’s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign Read More »
Passport for a Corpse (1962) Mario Gariazzo, Alberto Lupo, Hélène Chanel, Linda Christian
When a robbery goes wrong the only survivor tries to smuggle himself across the border by hiding in a coffin. Read More »
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice
Lulù is a real hard worker. For this reason he is loved by the masters and hated by his own colleagues. Read More »
Totò le mokò (1949) Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia, Totò, Gianna Maria Canale, Carla Calò
The mobster Pep le Mok dies during a shootout with the police. Read More »
One Hundred Steps (2000) Marco Tullio Giordana, Luigi Lo Cascio, Luigi Maria Burruano, Lucia Sardo
“I cento passi” (one hundred steps) was the distance between the Impastatos’ house and the house of Tano Badalamenti Read More »
Hawks and Sparrows (1966) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Totò, Ninetto Davoli, Femi Benussi
This richly symbolic film is really impossible to understand without some knowledge of 20th Century Italian history Read More »
Difficult Years (1948) Luigi Zampa, Massimo Girotti, Umberto Spadaro, Ave Ninchi
Aldo Piscitello, a minor government clerk, is forced in 1934 to join the Fascist party. Read More »
Fatal Exposure 2 (1988) Mario Gariazzo, Milly D’Abbraccio, Valentine Demy, Gino Concari
Billy – a young photographer, engaged spicy photo calls. Its main clients – women who want to revive the feelings and desires to their husbands. Read More »
Provocazione fatale (1993) Ninì Grassia, Carlo Mucari, Saverio Vallone, Debora Calì
A U.S. official, Kevin Desiago (Charles Macaro), moved to the Mediterranean and is staying in a guest house. Read More »
Double Trouble (1984) Enzo Barboni, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, April Clough
A jazz musician and a stunt man are the spitting image of two millionaire brothers. Read More »