It’s no holds barred for Julian in pursuit of upward mobility. Although expected to channel career aspirations into the Church of the post- Napoleonic era Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Nelly and Mr. Arnaud (1995) Claude Sautet, Emmanuelle Béart, Michel Serrault, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Drama
When Nelly, a woman being just divorced, meets by chance M. Arnaud, a mature salesman just retired, begins a strange and special relationship between the two personalities. Read More »
The Tin Girl (1970) Marcello Aliprandi, Roberto Antonelli, Sydne Rome, Elena Persiani, Sci-Fi, Comedy, Fantasy
Mr. Rossi lives in a small town. He works in a large financial company and is considered to be rather original Read More »
Un gioco per Eveline (1971) Marcello Avallone, Erna Schurer, Adriana Bogdan, Marco Guglielmi, Drama, Horror
A couple on holiday travels around Corsica. There’s some tension between them because Pierre wants Natalie to have his child. Read More »
The Crisis (1992) Coline Serreau, Vincent Lindon, Patrick Timsit, Zabou Breitman, Comedy, Music
When Victor finds out one morning that his wife had left him and that she had forgotten to at least buy milk for the Kids, he finds that things can only get worse. Read More »
Normal Young Man (1969) Dino Risi, Janet Agren, Lino Capolicchio, Umberto D’Orsi, Comedy
Giordano is a young man from Milan who accepts a ride from a married American couple sightseeing in Italy. Read More »
The Outside Man (1972) Jacques Deray, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Ann-Margret, Roy Scheider, Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Jean-Louis Trintignant plays a French contract assassin hired by a Los Angeles crime family, ostensibly to perform a hit on some other mafia target. Read More »
Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976) Luigi Comencini, Nanni Loy, Senta Berger, Adolfo Celi, Vittorio Gassman, Comedy
An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. Read More »
Tristana (1970) Luis Buñuel, Catherine Deneuve, Fernando Rey, Franco Nero, Drama
When the young woman Tristana’s mother dies, she is entrusted to the guardianship of the well-respected though old Don Lope. Read More »
The Gambler (1958) Claude Autant-Lara, Gérard Philipe, Liselotte Pulver, Françoise Rosay, Drama
In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Read More »
Rum Runners (1971) Robert Enrico, Lino Ventura, Brigitte Bardot, Bill Travers, Adventure, Comedy
In the prohibition years, the ‘rumrunners’ travel through the Caribbean Sea with the forbidden liquor barely escaping the ship patrols. Read More »
Smoking/No Smoking (1993) Alain Resnais, Sabine Azéma, Pierre Arditi, Peter Hudson, Comedy
In Yorkshire, Toby Teasdale is the alcoholic director of a school and married with two children with Celia Teasdale that is very unhappy. Read More »
Fatal Temptation (1988) Beppe Cino, Loredana Romito, John Armstead, Ann Margaret Hughes, Drama, Thriller
Paolo Piattelli owns a restaurant, he is married to Silvia and he is unfaithful to her. Read More »
Dirty Heroes (1967) Alberto De Martino, Frederick Stafford, Daniela Bianchi, John Ireland, Drama, War
Holland. Spring 1945. Two armies face each other in the final confrontation of World War II. Read More »
Seven Times Seven (1968) Michele Lupo, Gastone Moschin, Lionel Stander, Raimondo Vianello, Comedy, Crime
A gang of prison inmates escape and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. Read More »