Grazia is a mother of three who spends suffocating days packing fish while her husband Pietro is at sea. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Thor and the Amazon Women AKA Le gladiatrici (1963) Antonio Leonviola, Susy Andersen, Joe Robinson, Harry Baird
A race of Amazon warriors is enslaving the men of a country Read More »
A Woman in White AKA Journal d’une femme en blanc (1965) Claude Autant-Lara, Marie-José Nat, Jean Valmont, Claude Gensac
Claude Sauvage, a tenacious young gynecologist takes a months long internship in a Paris hospital. Read More »
Things AKA Zihron Devarim (1995) Amos Gitai, Gabi Beniashvilly, Samuel Calderon, Helena Cherkasov
Can you find peace in this lifetime, asks one character in a wake Read More »
The Husband AKA Il marito (1958) Nanni Loy, Alberto Sordi, Aurora Bautista, Luigi Tosi
Alberto’s marriage is a complete failure: his wife Elena is a hard woman influenced Read More »
Il minestrone (1981) Sergio Citti, Roberto Benigni, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli
Rome,1960. Four different people meet each other on Olympic games. Read More »
Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West AKA C’era una volta questo pazzo, pazzo, pazzo West (1973) Vincenzo Matassi, Vincent Scott, Gordon Mitchell, Benito Pacifico
Sheriff of Rock Springs AKA Lo sceriffo di Rockspring (1971) Mario Sabatini, Richard Harrison, Cosetta Greco, Donald O’Brien
Rock Springs is electing a “little sheriff”, whereby a child is chosen to assist the sheriff for a week. Read More »
Le bal (1983) Ettore Scola, Étienne Guichard, Régis Bouquet, Francesco De Rosa
The 50 year story of a ballroom in France, from the 1920s. The people who go there is always Read More »
The Sword and the Cross AKA Le schiave di Cartagine (1956) Guido Brignone, Gianna Maria Canale, Jorge Mistral, Marisa Allasio
Tarsus, in the Roman province of Cilicia, AD 120. Two Carthaginian sisters, Lea and Esther Read More »
Enough Rope AKA Le meurtrier (1963) Claude Autant-Lara, Gert Fröbe, Marina Vlady, Robert Hossein
Based on Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Blunderer. Read More »
The Cold Killer AKA Uccideva a freddo (1966) Guido Celano, Bruno Piergentili, Philippe March, Luigi Barbieri
Jose Desmet, a butler, killed his employer because the latter, once a district judge Read More »
Trapped by Fear AKA Les distractions (1960) Jacques Dupont, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alexandra Stewart, Sylva Koscina
Two French paras who had lived through deadly situations in Algeria, meet again in civil life. Read More »
Conqueror of Maracaibo AKA Il conquistatore di Maracaibo (1961) Eugenio Martín, Hans von Borsody, Luisella Boni, Helga Liné
Alan Braves, captain of a pirate ship, is, by the treachery of a comrade Read More »
Berlin ’39 AKA Berlino ’39 (1993) Sergio Sollima, Ken Marshall, John Savage, Kay Rush
A German officer is forced to marry Louise, daughter of a general, hero of the First World War. Read More »