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Tag Archives: Italy
Luci del varietà AKA Variety Lights (1950) Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada, Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, Giulietta Masina
When a young woman of beauty and talent joins a provincial vaudeville troupe, they’re suddenly playing to packed houses Read More »
The Indian Tomb AKA Das indische Grabmal (1959) Fritz Lang, Debra Paget, Paul Hubschmid, Walther Reyer
Harald Berger and his Indian lover, the temple dancer Seetha, desperately flee from the shikaris (cavalry) of Eschanapur’s maharajah Chandra Read More »
La donna del fiume AKA The River Girl (1954) Mario Soldati, Sophia Loren, Gérard Oury, Lise Bourdin
When peasant girl Nives is deserted by smuggler Gino Lodi, she betrays him to the police. Read More »
Bonnes à tuer AKA One Step to Eternity (1954) Henri Decoin, Danielle Darrieux, Michel Auclair, Corinne Calvet
Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper Read More »
Priest of Love (1981) Christopher Miles, Janet Suzman, Ian McKellen, Graham Faulkner
Following the banning and burning of his novel, “The Rainbow”, D.H. Lawrence and his wife, Frieda, move to the United States, and then to Mexico. Read More »
La strada (1954) Federico Fellini, Anthony Quinn, Giulietta Masina, Richard Basehart
Sad story of a waif, Gelsomina, who is sold by her mother to Zampano for 10,000 lire and a few kilos of food. Read More »
L’assassino AKA The Assassin (1961) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni
The antiquarian Alfredo Martelli is brought to a police precinct without any explanation and interviewed by Inspector Palumbo. Read More »
2019 – Dopo la caduta di New York AKA 2019: After the Fall of New York (1983) Sergio Martino, Michael Sopkiw, Valentine Monnier, George Eastman
After a nuclear war, society breaks down into two groups, the evil Euraks and the rebel Federation. Read More »
Entre onze heures et minuit AKA Between Eleven and Midnight (1949) Henri Decoin, Louis Jouvet, Madeleine Robinson, Léo Lapara
Between eleven o’clock and midnight one evening, a notorious trafficker Jérôme Vidauban is shot dead whilst walking in a subway in Paris. Read More »
Toi… le venin AKA Blonde in a White Car (1958) Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois
One dark night, in the deserted streets of Nice, an American car slowly drives past Victor Menda, then slowly pulls up. Read More »
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi… ho freddo! AKA Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967) Francesco Maselli, Monica Vitti, Jean Sorel, Roberto Bisacco
Giovanna (Monica Vitti, L’Awentura) and Franco (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour) are lovers pretending Read More »
I tartari AKA The Tartars (1961) Richard Thorpe, Ferdinando Baldi, Victor Mature, Orson Welles, Liana Orfei
Orson Welles is tartar leader Burundai, who takes the place of his brother Togrul Read More »
L’uomo in più AKA One Man Up (2001) Paolo Sorrentino, Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Antonino Bruschetta
The debut feature by acclaimed Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (Il Divo) is a stylish and blackly comic look at the dark side of fame. Read More »
Cruel Passion (1977) Chris Boger, Koo Stark, Martin Potter, Lydia Lisle
Justine is a nubile young virgin cast out of a French orphanage and thrust into a depraved world of prostitution Read More »