Vittorio De Sica, heir to a large sum of money and owner of a newspaper vending stall Read More »
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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 »
The Keys to the House (2004) Gianni Amelio, Kim Rossi Stuart, Andrea Rossi, Charlotte Rampling
“Prepare yourself for suffering if you intend to be close to him.” Read More »
Mutiny at Fort Sharpe (1966) Fernando Cerchio, Broderick Crawford, Elisa Montés, Julio Peña
French soldiers accidentally cross over from Mexico into the US. 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 »
Misunderstood (1966) Luigi Comencini, Anthony Quayle, Stefano Colagrande, Simone Giannozzi
Andrew’s brave front convinces his father that he is unaffected by his mother’s death. Read More »
The Secret of Dorian Gray (1970) Massimo Dallamano, Helmut Berger, Richard Todd, Herbert Lom
In contemporary London, a beautiful and rich young man, Dorian Gray, loves Sybil Vane, an aspiring actress Read More »
Intimacy (1988) Beppe Cino, Eva Grimaldi, Leonardo Treviglio, Tomas Arana
Softcore film about the love triangle between a young model/waitress, her boyfriend and her sadomadochistic lover. Read More »
Beach House (1977) Sergio Citti, Catherine Deneuve, Jodie Foster, Paolo Stoppa
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Read More »