Adventure drama during WW2 in Italy where a mixed group of people Read More »
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow AKA Ieri oggi domani (1963) Vittorio De Sica, Sophia Loren, Marcello Mastroianni, Aldo Giuffrè
Three different stories of Italian social mores are presented. In “Adelina”, unemployed Carmine Sbaratti Read More »
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man AKA Uomini si nasce poliziotti si muore (1976) Ruggero Deodato, Marc Porel, Ray Lovelock, Adolfo Celi
Fred and Tony are members of an elite ‘special squad’ of police in Rome Read More »
Eden (2001) Amos Gitai, Samantha Morton, Thomas Jane, Luke Holland
Is the story of Samantha and Dov Ernst, American Zionists who emigrated to Palestine. Read More »
Aida (1953) Clemente Fracassi, Sophia Loren, Renata Tebaldi, Lois Maxwell
Aida, featuring the actress Sophia Lauren, was a film adaptation of a theatre performance written by Verdi. Read More »
The House of Intrigue AKA Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956) Duilio Coletti, Curd Jürgens, Dawn Addams, Folco Lulli
A British radio operator is captured in occupied territory Read More »
Traviata ’53 (1953) Vittorio Cottafavi, Barbara Laage, Armando Francioli, Eduardo De Filippo
Updated version of the Camille melodrama: An engineer has a romance with the mistress Read More »
The Widow Couderc AKA La veuve Couderc (1971) Pierre Granier-Deferre, Alain Delon, Simone Signoret, Ottavia Piccolo
Her youth has been spent working for a farm family, being raped by father and son Read More »
We the Living AKA Noi vivi (1942) Goffredo Alessandrini, Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi
The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear Read More »
Maigret Sets a Trap AKA Maigret tend un piège (1958) Jean Delannoy, Jean Gabin, Annie Girardot, Olivier Hussenot
For some time now, women coming home at night have been savagely murdered by a mysterious serial killer. Read More »
The War Zone (1999) Tim Roth, Ray Winstone, Annabelle Apsion, Kate Ashfield
Suddenly, the moody 15-year-old, Tom, and his 18-year-old sister, Jessie Read More »
Man of the Cursed Valley AKA L’uomo della valle maledetta (1964) Siro Marcellini, Primo Zeglio, Ty Hardin, Irán Eory, Piero Leri
Gwen, who is married to Torito, an Indian, escapes from a rape attempt Read More »
The Valachi Papers (1972) Terence Young, Charles Bronson, Lino Ventura, Jill Ireland
When Joe Valachi (Charles Bronson) has a price put on his head by Don Vito Genovese (Lino Ventura) Read More »
Suleiman the Conqueror AKA Solimano il conquistatore (1961) Vatroslav Mimica, Mario Tota, Edmund Purdom, Giorgia Moll, Alberto Farnese
Historical film, telling the story of Turkish Sultan Suleiman’s attempts to conquer Vienna. Read More »
Sandra AKA Vaghe stelle dell’Orsa… (1965) Luchino Visconti, Claudia Cardinale, Jean Sorel, Michael Craig
Sandra comes back to Volterra, in Tuscany, the little town where she spent her childhood. Read More »