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House on the Edge of the Park (1980) Ruggero Deodato, David Hess, Annie Belle, Christian Borromeo

Alex, a psychopathic mechanic, rapes a woman in the park. Later, a decadent couple pull into his shop needing car repair. Read More »
A Whisper in the Dark (1976) Marcello Aliprandi, John Phillip Law, Nathalie Delon, Olga Bisera

Martino is a young child who claims to have an invisible friend called Luca. Read More »
Revenge of the Gladiators (1964) Michele Lupo, Roger Browne, Scilla Gabel, Giacomo Rossi Stuart

Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. Read More »
Maciste alla corte del Gran Khan (1961) Riccardo Freda, Gordon Scott, Yôko Tani, Hélène Chanel

Sam must rescue a beautiful Chinese princess from a marauding horde of warriors. Read More »
Three Murderesses (1959) Michel Boisrond, Alain Delon, Mylène Demongeot, Pascale Petit

Julien turns up at one of his former girlfriends’ wedding; she is marrying an “old man”. Read More »
The Mattei Affair (1972) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Luigi Squarzina, Gianfranco Ombuen

Enrico Mattei helped change Italy’s future, first as freedom-fighter against the Nazis Read More »
Paprika (1991) Tinto Brass, Debora Caprioglio, Stéphane Ferrara, Martine Brochard

In 1950s Italy, just before the ban of brothels, Mimma, a young and innocent country girl Read More »
The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) David Lean

This movie deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Read More »
Siege of Syracuse (1960) Pietro Francisci, Rossano Brazzi, Tina Louise, Sylva Koscina

Syracuse lies between the warring nations of Rome and Carthage; as long as the balance of power between the nations remains intact Read More »