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Tag Archives: Mauro Bolognini
Bell’ Antonio AKA Il bell’Antonio (1960) Mauro Bolognini, Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Pierre Brasseur
Women love handsome Antonio because they think of him as the perfect lover. 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 »
A Crazy Day AKA La giornata balorda (1960) Mauro Bolognini, Jean Sorel, Lea Massari, Jeanne Valérie
The ironic study of a young man’s poignant and sensual Read More »
The Big Night AKA La notte brava (1959) Mauro Bolognini, Rosanna Schiaffino, Elsa Martinelli, Laurent Terzieff
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles Read More »
Libera, My Love AKA Libera, amore mio! (1975) Mauro Bolognini, Adolfo Celi, Bruno Cirino, Claudia Cardinale
Director Mauro Bolognini inserts this story in Fascist Italy, with careful attention to details. Read More »
Husbands and Lovers AKA La villa del venerdì (1991) Mauro Bolognini, Julian Sands, Joanna Pacula, Tchéky Karyo
Young cinematographer Stefano and his wife Alina, who cannot have children, sincerely love each other Read More »
The Oldest Profession AKA Le plus vieux métier du monde (1967) Claude Autant-Lara, Mauro Bolognini, Michèle Mercier, Enrico Maria Salerno, Gabriele Tinti
A collection of sketches on prostitution through the ages. Read More »
The Dolls AKA Le bambole (1965) Mauro Bolognini, Luigi Comencini, Nino Manfredi, Virna Lisi, Elke Sommer
Four different facets of love Italian-style provide the basis of this episodic film. Read More »
Agostino (1962) Mauro Bolognini, Ingrid Thulin, Paolo Colombo, Mario Bartoletti
Agostino is a 13-year-old boy on vacation in Venice with his widowed mother. Read More »
The Murri Affair (1974) Mauro Bolognini, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister’s reactionary Read More »
The Inheritance (1976) Mauro Bolognini, Anthony Quinn, Dominique Sanda, Fabio Testi
Quinn plays a retired bakery tycoon, alienated from his two sons and jealously guarding his vast wealth… Read More »
Down the Ancient Stairs (1975) Mauro Bolognini, Marcello Mastroianni, Françoise Fabian, Marthe Keller
A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is rules over by Dr. Bonaccorsi Read More »
Le fate / The Queens (1966) Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Monica Vitti, Enrico Maria Salerno, Claudia Cardinale, Comedy
Four unrelated short comedies by four different directors. “Queen Sabina”chronicles the sexual misadventures of a teenage girl on the road home. Read More »
Arabella (1967) Mauro Bolognini, Virna Lisi, James Fox, Margaret Rutherford, Comedy
A young woman uses her womanly wiles to seduce older men in order to aid her debt-ridden grandmother. Read More »