The 19-year-old Elena, who is as pretty as she is bright, works as a rice girl for the landlord Guerrini. Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
The Payoff AKA La mazzetta (1978) Sergio Corbucci, Nino Manfredi, Paolo Stoppa, Marisa Laurito
Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
The Passionate Thief AKA Risate di gioia (1960) Mario Monicelli, Anna Magnani, Totò, Ben Gazzara
On New Year’s Eve, an insecure, struggling actress (Anna Magnani) has nothing to do. Read More »
O.K. Nero AKA O.K. Nerone (1951) Mario Soldati, Carlo Campanini, Walter Chiari, Silvana Pampanini
Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome 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 »
Seven Guns for the MacGregors AKA 7 pistole per i MacGregor (1966) Franco Giraldi, Robert Woods, Fernando Sancho, Agata Flori
Ranch owner MacGregor has seven sons and oldest Gregor leads his brothers to Las Mesas Read More »
Twenty Thousand Dollars for Seven AKA Kidnapping! Paga o uccidiamo tuo figlio (1969) Alberto Cardone, Brett Halsey, Germano Longo, Aurora Bautista
Fred Leinster, an alcoholic ex-sheriff, is paid to collect a ransom for the kidnapping of a young boy. Read More »
The Visionaries AKA I visionari (1968) Maurizio Ponzi, Adriana Asti, Jean-Marc Bory, Luigi Diberti
The story of a triangular relationship between a theater director, an actress and an actor. Read More »
John the Bastard AKA John il bastardo (1967) Armando Crispino, John Richardson, Claudio Camaso, Martine Beswick
A cynical seducer of women discovers he is actually a son of a wealthy Mexican landowner. Read More »
Closed Circuit AKA Circuito chiuso (1978) Giuliano Montaldo, Giovanni Di Benedetto, Umberto Gradi, Elisabetta Virgili
After a man is shot dead in his seat during a matinee showing of a Spaghetti Western Read More »
Treasure of San Gennaro AKA Operazione San Gennaro (1966) Dino Risi, Nino Manfredi, Senta Berger, Mario Adorf
In the greatest city of the world someone wants to steal the San Gennaro’s treasure. Read More »
A Garibaldian in the Convent AKA Un garibaldino al convento (1942) Vittorio De Sica, Leonardo Cortese, María Mercader, Carla Del Poggio
An old woman’s poignant reminiscence of her youth in a convent school Read More »
To Live in Peace AKA Vivere in pace (1947) Luigi Zampa, Aldo Fabrizi, Joseph Garland Moore Jr., Mirella Monti
The peaceful, almost idyllic life of an Italian village is interrupted during the war Read More »
The Engagement AKA Il fidanzamento (1975) Giovanni Grimaldi, Lando Buzzanca, Martine Brochard, Didi Perego
Based on a novel by Goffredo Parise, the story revolves around two lovers Read More »
Blood of My Blood AKA Sangue del mio sangue (2015) Marco Bellocchio, Roberto Herlitzka, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Lidiya Liberman
Two haunting Italian tales from different centuries in the convent prison of Bobbio Read More »