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Tag Archives: Francesco Rosi
Carmen (1984) Francesco Rosi, Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo

In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Read More »
Salvatore Giuliano (1962) Francesco Rosi, Frank Wolff, Salvo Randone, Frederico Zardi

In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. Read More »
The Palermo Connection / Dimenticare Palermo (1990) Francesco Rosi, Jim Belushi, Mimi Rogers, Joss Ackland

Carmine Bonavia wins election as the mayor of New York on a promise to legalize drugs. Read More »
Lucky Luciano (1973) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Vincent Gardenia, Silverio Blasi

Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal Read More »
Many Wars Ago / Uomini contro (1970) Francesco Rosi, Mark Frechette, Alain Cuny, Gian Maria Volontè

In Northern Italy, WWI has turned into a bloody stalemate. Bogged down in their trenches on a barren highland Read More »
Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1987) Francesco Rosi, Rupert Everett, Ornella Muti, Gian Maria Volonté

A small village in Latin America. Santiago have been knife in the morning. It surprise nobody. Read More »
The Mattei Affair (1972) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis Read More »
Diario napoletano / Neapolitan Diary (1992) Francesco Rosi, Simona Caramelli, Pietro Bontempo, Documentary, Crime, History

A fascinating return to the same issues done in a semi-docu style. The ‘story’ joins Rosi as he fights his way through impossible city traffic to a school of architecture to host a discussion of the older movie. Read More »
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Drama

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Read More »