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From the Clouds to the Resistance (1979) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Olimpia Carlisi, Guido Lombardi, Gino Felici
Two segments. The first one arranges six stories from Cesare Pavese’s “Dialoghi con Leucò”, taken from classical mythology. Read More »
The Trial Begins (2007) Vincenzo Marra, Fanny Ardant, Michele Lastella, Giulia Bevilacqua
Filippo, a cold-hearted customs and tax investigator, shakes down business owners. Read More »
Malicious (1973) Salvatore Samperi, Laura Antonelli, Turi Ferro, Alessandro Momo
A widower and his sons fall in love with Angela (Laura Antonelli), the beautiful housekeeper. Read More »
Playing with Love (1977) Pier Giuseppe Murgia, Lara Wendel, Eva Ionesco, Martin Loeb
Laura and Fabrizio have been meeting every summer in the forest by her parent’s summer home. Read More »
The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (1962) Riccardo Freda, Barbara Steele, Robert Flemyng, Silvano Tranquilli
The year is 1885, and necrophiliac Dr. Hitchcock likes to drug his wife for sexual funeral games. Read More »
The True Story of Frank Mannata (1969) Javier Setó, Jeffrey Hunter, Guglielmo Spoletini, Margaret Lee
In the 1930s, Italian immigrant from Sicily Frank Mannata, his brother Salvatore and sister Rosella run the Chicago Outfit for the mafia. Read More »
Torture Me But Kill Me with Kisses (1968) Dino Risi, Nino Manfredi, Ugo Tognazzi, Pamela Tiffin
A romance between a young woman factory worker and a barber is stopped when her parents raise protests over her relationship with the man. Read More »
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. Read More »
Mafia Connection (1970) Camillo Bazzoni, Antonio Sabato, Peter Carsten, Silvano Tranquilli
Rosario Inzulìa, a young man involved with the Mafia, was sentenced to labor camp Read More »
I Thought It Was Love (1991) Massimo Troisi, Francesca Neri, Marco Messeri
Tommaso is a charming restaurant owner with a roving eye and a similarly roving hand. Read More »
Senso (1954) Luchino Visconti, Farley Granger, Alida Valli, Massimo Girotti
Venezia, spring of 1866, in the last days of the Austrian occupation. Read More »
Almost a Man (1966) Vittorio De Seta, Jacques Perrin, Lea Padovani, Gianni Garko
Jacques Perrin was awarded Best Actor at the 1966 Venice Film Festival for his gripping portrayal Read More »
Fortini/Cani (1976) Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Franco Fortini, Luciana Nissim, Adriano Aprà
The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini’s book ‘I Cani del Sinai’. Read More »
The Prince of Homburg (1997) Marco Bellocchio, Andrea Di Stefano, Barbora Bobulova, Toni Bertorelli
The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. Read More »