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Tag Archives: Italy
I Love to Work AKA Mi piace lavorare (Mobbing) (2004) Francesca Comencini, Nicoletta Braschi, Camille Dugay Comencini, Rosa Matteucci
A woman comes across the difficulties of modern work: to force her to resign from her job Read More »
That Is the Dawn AKA Cela s’appelle l’aurore (1956) Luis Buñuel, Georges Marchal, Lucia Bosé, Julien Bertheau
The wife of a physician who diligently cares for the poor, grows weary of their dull South France factory town Read More »
The Condemned of Altona AKA I sequestrati di Altona (1962) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Maximilian Schell, Fredric March
A maddened German war criminal lives in a secluded house owned by his rich father Read More »
Metello (1970) Mauro Bolognini, Massimo Ranieri, Ottavia Piccolo, Frank Wolff
Metello struggles to escape from the poverty that led to the premature death of his parents Read More »
Terror of the Red Mask AKA Il terrore della maschera rossa (1960) Luigi Capuano, Lex Barker, Chelo Alonso, Livio Lorenzon
Marco, a traveling soldier in Renaissance Italy, enters the employ of an ambitious lord Read More »
Lucrèce Borgia AKA Lucretia Borgia (1953) Christian-Jaque, Martine Carol, Pedro Armendáriz, Valentine Tessier
In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrètè. Read More »
Sfida al re di Castiglia (1963) Ferdinando Baldi, Mark Damon, Rada Rassimov, Paolo Gozlino
In the late 14th century, Pedro the Cruel is justifiably deposed from the throne of Castile by his bastard brother Read More »
Respiro (2002) Emanuele Crialese, Valeria Golino, Vincenzo Amato, Francesco Casisa
Grazia is a mother of three who spends suffocating days packing fish while her husband Pietro is at sea. Read More »
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 »