In Renaissance Italy, the young and beautiful Gigliola resists her adopted Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
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 »
Frine Courtesan of Orient AKA Frine, cortigiana d’Oriente (1953) Mario Bonnard, Elena Kleus, Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees
Little known Italian film from 1953 about the historical Phryne (she was real), a famous courtesan. Read More »
Dark Friday AKA Venerdì nero (1993) Aldo Lado, Paolo Calissano, Silvia Cohen, Daniele Antonelli
Tells the story of two young women who accidentally meet three young people of the high society. Read More »
Weekend AKA Week End (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
A supposedly idyllic week-end trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare Read More »
15 Scaffolds for a Murderer AKA 15 forche per un assassino (1967) Nunzio Malasomma, Craig Hill, Susy Andersen, Aldo Sambrell
Accused of a hideous crime they did not commit, the members of two rivaling gangs Read More »
The Forbidden Christ AKA Il Cristo proibito (1951) Curzio Malaparte, Raf Vallone, Rina Morelli, Alain Cuny
Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother Read More »
Our Life AKA La nostra vita (2010) Daniele Luchetti, Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese
Claudio, a construction worker, works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. Read More »
The Double Bed AKA Le lit à deux places (1965) Jean Delannoy, François Dupont Midy, Alvaro Mancori, Nino Castelnuovo, France Anglade, Jacques Audoux
A series of mildly erotic episodes of some travelers forced to share Read More »
The Dark Sun AKA Il sole buio (1990) Damiano Damiani, Jo Champa, Michael Paré, Phyllis Logan
After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy Read More »
The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons AKA Decameron n° 3 – Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) Italo Alfaro, Pier Paola Bucchi, Giovanni Elsner, Roy Bosier
Seven novels of Boccaccio featuring dirty jokes. Read More »
First Surrender AKA La primera entrega (1971) Angelino Fons, Emma Penella, Glen Lee, Franco Citti
Johnny and Michel, young men who live on the edge of the law, taking advantage Read More »
He Died with a Felafel in His Hand (2001) Richard Lowenstein, Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton, Romane Bohringer
A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences Read More »
The Gaucho (1964) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Amedeo Nazzari, Nelly Panizza
Gassman plays Mario Ravicchio, a financially-strapped press representative who follows Read More »
Flavia (1987) Lorenzo Onorati, Maria Ann Levine, Rita Silva, Aldo Sambrell
The slave Flavia works in a brothel of ancient Rome. Read More »