Julien turns up at one of his former girlfriends’ wedding; she is marrying an “old man”. Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
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 »
Clouzot and C. contro Borsalino and C. (1977) Mario Pinzauti, Roberto Dell’Acqua, Nello Pazzafini, Richard Harrison
The clash between two detectives and a crook. Read More »
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978) Federico Fellini, Balduin Baas, Clara Colosimo, Elizabeth Labi
In a Medieval Roman chapel, now an oratorio, an elderly factotum sets up for rehearsal. Read More »
Samson Against the Pirates (1963) Tanio Boccia, Kirk Morris, Margaret Lee, Daniele Vargas
A terrible pirate terrorizes the Antilles plundering ships, slaughtering their crews and selling women as slaves. Read More »
The Big Bet (1985) Bert I. Gordon, Lance Sloane, Kim Evenson, Sylvia Kristel
A teenage boy that had early sexual encounters is having trouble finding them now, and spends a lot of time fantasizing about the women he knows. Read More »
Black Angel (2002) Tinto Brass, Anna Galiena, Gabriel Garko, Franco Branciaroli
March 1945 Asolo, Italy. Livia Mazzion, the attractive wife of a top ministry official Read More »