Frank Norman, aka The Solitaire, is in charge of a mission as Secret Service As. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Tropical Malady AKA Sud pralad (2004) Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Banlop Lomnoi, Sakda Kaewbuadee, Huai Dessom
A romance between a soldier and a country boy, wrapped around Read More »
Saraband (2003) Ingmar Bergman, Liv Ullmann, Erland Josephson, Börje Ahlstedt
Marianne and Johan meet again after thirty years without contact, when Marianne suddenly Read More »
Borsalino and Co. (1974) Jacques Deray, Alain Delon, Riccardo Cucciolla, Daniel Ivernel
Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths… “A man who no longer defends his colors is no longer a man.” Read More »
The Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo AKA La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard, Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels Read More »
Girl with a Suitcase AKA La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
An Eye for an Eye AKA Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte, Curd Jürgens, Folco Lulli, Lea Padovani
In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
Woman from the Torrid Land AKA La mujer de la tierra caliente (1978) José María Forqué, Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser, Pilar Velázquez
A man and a woman (Whitman & Gemser), both with checkered pasts, hitch a ride together. Read More »
Behind Closed Shutters AKA Persiane chiuse (1951) Luigi Comencini, Massimo Girotti, Eleonora Rossi Drago, Giulietta Masina
Sandra searches for her missing sister. For this, she enters the morally degraded seaside of Genoa. Read More »
Il vecchio testamento (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Brad Harris, Ivano Staccioli, Franca Parisi
The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. Read More »
Johnny Stecchino (1991) Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus Read More »
The Horseman on the Roof AKA Le hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »
Ride and Kill AKA Cavalca e uccidi (1964) José Luis Borau, Mario Caiano, Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco, Antonio Casas
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. Read More »
Sword Without a Country AKA Spade senza bandiera (1961) Carlo Veo, Leonora Ruffo, Renato Speziali, Folco Lulli
In Renaissance Italy, the young and beautiful Gigliola resists her adopted Read More »
Nero and the Burning of Rome AKA Nerone e Messalina (1953) Primo Zeglio, Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson
The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations Read More »