At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial. Read More »
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One Hamlet Less (1973) Carmelo Bene, Luciana Cante, Sergio Di Giulio, Drama
Bene’s version of Hamlet celebrates the power and beauty of Shakespeare’s theatricality, while attempting to strip the piece of the morbid piety that has come to cling to it over the centuries. Read More »
Our Lady of the Turks (1968) Carmelo Bene, Lydia Mancinelli, Salvatore Siniscalchi, Drama
Avant Garde piece from Carmelo Bene. A series of vignettes drive a whirl of sounds, images and poetry – is it horror, is it comedy, make your own mind up. Read More »
The Girls of San Frediano (1955) Valerio Zurlini, Antonio Cifariello, Rossana Podestà, Giovanna Ralli, Comedy, Romance
The story deals with the amorous escapades of handsome garage mechanic Bob (Antonio Cifariello). Read More »
The Sensuous Sicilian (1973) Marco Vicario, Giancarlo Giannini, Rossana Podestà, Gastone Moschin, Comedy, Drama
From his youth, Paolo Castorini, a Sicilian baron, is as attracted to women as they to him. Read More »
La Notte (1961) Michelangelo Antonioni, Jeanne Moreau, Marcello Mastroianni, Monica Vitti, Drama
In Milan, after visiting dear friend Tommaso Garani that is terminal in a hospital, the writer Giovanni Pontano goes to a party for the release of his last book Read More »
Story of a Love Affair (1950) Michelangelo Antonioni, Lucia Bosé, Massimo Girotti, Ferdinando Sarmi, Crime, Drama, Romance
Paola (Lucia Bose) is the beautiful and jealously-guarded younger wife of a shady factory owner, Enrico Fontana (Ferdinando Sarmi). Read More »
The Medicine Seller (2013) Antonio Morabito, Claudio Santamaria, Isabella Ferrari, Evita Ciri, Drama
Bruno is a drug rep. His company, the ‘Zafer’, is going through a difficult time. So as not to lose his job, Bruno is willing to bribe doctors Read More »
Black City (1961) Duilio Coletti, Ernest Borgnine, Max Cartier, Guido Celano, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Based on a true story, Neapolitan gangster Giuseppe (Peppino) Navarra is credited with feeding the poor and needy during WW2 and in the years that followed. Read More »
Escalation (1968) Roberto Faenza, Lino Capolicchio, Claudine Auger, Gabriele Ferzetti, Comedy
1968, London. Luca (Lino Capolicchio), the son of an Italian rich owner, is living his ‘swinging’ years away from duties Read More »