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Tag Archives: Marcello Mastroianni
According to Pereira AKA Sostiene Pereira (1995) Roberto Faenza, Marcello Mastroianni, Joaquim de Almeida, Daniel Auteuil
Portugal 1938. Pereira is the editor of the culture section of the Lisboa, an unaffiliated evening paper. Read More »
The Skin AKA La pelle (1981) Liliana Cavani, Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Read More »
Casanova ’70 (1965) Mario Monicelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Virna Lisi, Marisa Mell
Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, a U.N. official and modern-day Casanova, cannot get aroused unless there’s danger in sex Read More »
Break-Up AKA L’uomo dei cinque palloni (1968) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Spaak, Ugo Tognazzi
Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting. Read More »
Wifemistress AKA Mogliamante (1977) Marco Vicario, Laura Antonelli, Marcello Mastroianni, Leonard Mann
Since her husband pronounced her frigid on her wedding night, Antonia DeAngelis has been an invalid. Read More »
Eager to Live AKA Febbre di vivere (1953) Claudio Gora, Marcello Mastroianni, Massimo Serato, Marina Berti
Leopoldo Trieste’s stage play Cronaca was the basis for the Italian drama Febbre di Vivere (Eager to Live). Read More »
Don’t Touch the White Woman! AKA Touche pas à la femme blanche (1974) Marco Ferreri, Marcello Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli
Director Mario Fererri reenacts the events leading up to the Battle of the Little Big Horn in this wild Read More »
What? AKA Che? (1972) Roman Polanski, Marcello Mastroianni, Sydne Rome, Hugh Griffith
A young American woman (Sydne Rome) traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems right. Read More »
Allonsanfan (1974) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer
A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. Read More »
Massacre in Rome AKA Rappresaglia (1973) George P. Cosmatos, Richard Burton, Marcello Mastroianni, Leo McKern
In the Nazi occupied city of Rome, an assault on an SS brigade draws retaliation from the military governship. Read More »
Everybody’s Fine AKA Stanno tutti bene (1990) Giuseppe Tornatore, Marcello Mastroianni, Michèle Morgan, Valéria Cavalli
Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat (responsible mainly for the writing of birth certificates) and a father of five children Read More »
L’assassino AKA The Assassin (1961) Elio Petri, Marcello Mastroianni, Micheline Presle, Cristina Gaioni
The antiquarian Alfredo Martelli is brought to a police precinct without any explanation and interviewed by Inspector Palumbo. Read More »
Adua and Her Friends (1960) Antonio Pietrangeli, Simone Signoret, Marcello Mastroianni, Sandra Milo
When a brothel closes because of new laws, four of the prostitutes decide to go into business running a restaurant. They discover they cannot escape their past. Read More »
Liza (1972) Marco Ferreri, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand
Withdrawn to a remote and desolate Mediterranean island, Giorgio, a comics’ illustrator Read More »