An evil duke kidnaps the good king and tries to make the virtuous queen his bride and the peasants take arms. Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations (1992) Mario Monicelli, Tommaso Bianco, Renato Cecchetto, Marina Confalone
Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family’s home for the Christmas holidays. Read More »
Mediterraneo (1991) Gabriele Salvatores, Diego Abatantuono, Claudio Bigagli, Giuseppe Cederna
Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers on a little island Read More »
Man from Deep River (1972) Umberto Lenzi, Ivan Rassimov, Me Me Lai, Prasitsak Singhara
A photographer on assignment in the rain forest is ambushed and held slave by a primitive tribe Read More »
Blow to the Heart (1983) Colpire al cuore
Emilio, the son of Darius, a left-wing professor, is an introverted teenager who feels jealous of the relationship between his father and alumni. Read More »
Target (1978) Guido Zurli, Luc Merenda, Gabriella Giorgelli, Kadir Inanir
This is surely one of the lamest poliziotteschi I’ve ever come across Read More »
1900 (1976) Bernardo Bertolucci, Robert De Niro, Gérard Depardieu, Dominique Sanda
Set in Italy, the film follows the lives and interactions of two boys/men Read More »
Mister Max (1937) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Assia Noris, Rubi D’Alma
Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall Read More »
Princess of the Nile (1954) Harmon Jones, Debra Paget, Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie
1249 A.D. Shalimar, an Egyptian princess, striving to rid her country of its Bedouin conquerors Read More »
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989) Peter Greenaway, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband’s restaurant. Read More »