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Tag Archives: Francesco Maselli
Time of Indifference AKA Gli indifferenti (1964) Francesco Maselli, Claudia Cardinale, Rod Steiger, Shelley Winters
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter. Read More »
Fai in fretta ad uccidermi… ho freddo! AKA Kill Me Quick, I’m Cold (1967) Francesco Maselli, Monica Vitti, Jean Sorel, Roberto Bisacco
Giovanna (Monica Vitti, L’Awentura) and Franco (Jean Sorel, Belle de Jour) are lovers pretending Read More »
A Fine Pair (1969) Francesco Maselli, Rock Hudson, Claudia Cardinale, Tomas Milian
Married NYPD Captain Mike Harmon receives a visit from Esmeralda Marini, who he has not seen in twelve years since she was a child. Read More »
The Doll That Took the Town (1957) Francesco Maselli, Virna Lisi, Haya Harareet, Elisa Cegani, Drama
A struggling model concocts a story of being raped and beaten by three strangers and soon becomes a media darling. Read More »
Lettera aperta a un giornale della sera / Open Letter to the Evening News (1970) Francesco Maselli, Daniele Costantini, Nino Dal Fabbro, Laura De Marchi, Drama
Gli sbandati / Abandoned / The Disbanded (1955) Francesco Maselli, Lucia Bosé, Isa Miranda, Jean-Pierre Mocky, Drama
Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance, with all the usual clichéd characters in attendance. The central character, a bombed-out gamine who falls in love with an Italian partisan, is played by Lucia Bose, who earned a great deal of praise for her performance. Most of the film deals with the culture-clash between the citified resistance fighters and their rural hosts.
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