Count Anikoff, a Russian officer, challenges his best friend, Sergei, to a duel when he finds him courting the young woman he, too, is in love with. Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
We, the Women (1953) Gianni Franciolini, Alfredo Guarini, Ingrid Bergman, Anna Magnani, Isa Miranda
Five portraits of actresses in their “common” life, seen as women rather than movie stars. Read More »
True Story of the Nun of Monza (1980)
Sister Virginia de Leyva becomes the new Mother Superior at the convent of Monza. Read More »
Omicron (1963) Ugo Gregoretti, Renato Salvatori, Rosemary Dexter, Gaetano Quartararo
In this Italian sci-fi comedy the corpse of a laborer is inhabited and revived by an Omicron – an alien being. Read More »
L’alcova Dei Piaceri Proibiti (1994) Luca Damiano, Julia Chanel, Pussycat, Simona Valli
The whole thing is basically a hardcore remake of D’Amato’s very successful period softcore picture “L’Alcova” Read More »
Liza (1972) Marco Ferreri, Catherine Deneuve, Marcello Mastroianni, Corinne Marchand
Withdrawn to a remote and desolate Mediterranean island, Giorgio, a comics’ illustrator Read More »
The Demon (1963) Brunello Rondi, Daliah Lavi, Frank Wolff, Anna María Aveta
Purif, young peasant of the South Italy, is considered from the people a possessed one and a witch. Read More »
The Murri Affair (1974) Mauro Bolognini, Catherine Deneuve, Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister’s reactionary Read More »
In un posto bellissimo (2015) Giorgia Cecere, Isabella Ragonese, Alessio Boni, Faysal Abbaoui
A beauteous depiction of a woman’s life and gradual liberation. Read More »
China Is Near (1967) Marco Bellocchio, Glauco Mauri, Elda Tattoli, Paolo Graziosi
A pair of working class lovers – a secretary and an accountant, scheme to marry into the rich landed gentry. Read More »