Archiméde is an old tramp who likes to think he is a cut above the rest. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Omicron (1963) Ugo Gregoretti, Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter, Gaetano Quartararo
In this Italian sci-fi comedy the corpse of a laborer is inhabited and revived by an Omicron – an alien being. Read More »
L’alcova Dei Piaceri Proibiti (1994) Luca Damiano, Julia Chanel, Pussycat, Simona Valli
The whole thing is basically a hardcore remake of D’Amato’s very successful period softcore picture “L’Alcova” Read More »
Who Killed Pasolini? (1995) Marco Tullio Giordana, Carlo DeFilippi, Nicoletta Braschi, Toni Bertorelli
The story of the murder of a poet, a man, a great film director: Pier Paolo Pasolini. Read More »
Sacro GRA (2013) Gianfranco Rosi
After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts Read More »
Cardinal Messias (1939) Goffredo Alessandrini, Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori, Mario Ferrari
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia has spent 20 years in Ethiopia to convert people to the Catholic Church. Read More »
Adultery Italian Style (1966) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Catherine Spaak, Nino Manfredi, Vittorio Caprioli
Plot Martha, faithful and loving wife of Franco, having caught in the arms of her closest friend Read More »
I Was a Male Sex Bomb (1964) Philippe de Broca, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Irina Demick, Catherine Deneuve
Antoine was raised into the easy life by his very rich grandfather. Read More »
Torna! (1954) Raffaello Matarazzo, Amedeo Nazzari, Yvonne Sanson, Enrica Dyrell
Cousins James and Robert are in love with Susanna. When Robert and Susanna announce their engagement, James vows to ruin their happiness. Read More »
Liza (1972) Marco Ferreri, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand
Withdrawn to a remote and desolate Mediterranean island, Giorgio, a comics’ illustrator Read More »
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) Yves Allégret, Claude Autant-Lara, Michèle Morgan, Françoise Rosay, Jean Debucourt
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins Read More »
The Hunters of the Golden Cobra (1982) Antonio Margheriti, David Warbeck, Almanta Suska, Luciano Pigozzi
An American soldier and a British intelligence agent try to track down an ancient relic called the Golden Cobra, rumored to have supernatural powers. Read More »
Ginger and Cinnamon (2003) Daniele Luchetti, Stefania Montorsi, Giampaolo Morelli, Martina Merlino
When 30-year-old Stefania breaks up with her boyfriend Andrea, little does she realize what the summer has in store for her. Read More »
The Demon (1963) Brunello Rondi, Daliah Lavi, Frank Wolff, Anna María Aveta
Purif, young peasant of the South Italy, is considered from the people a possessed one and a witch. 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 »