
The fifteen year-old Maria “Mimmina” Luiza leaves the boarding school in Genève to stay in the Bechten Hotel nursing her father Read More »
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The Bandit (1946) Alberto Lattuada, Anna Magnani, Amedeo Nazzari, Carla Del Poggio

Ernesto returns from captivity in Germany, at the end of the Second World War. And ‘only, the house destroyed, his mother died, his sister disappeared. Read More »
Garden of Delights (1967) Silvano Agosti, Maurice Ronet, Ida Galli, Lea Massari

A ceremony. A wedding night. A hotel room. A leaking toilet. A man and a woman … and another woman. Read More »
Sheba and the Gladiator (1959) Guido Brignone, Anita Ekberg, Georges Marchal, Folco Lulli

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops under the command of the consul Marcus Valerius. Read More »
Spy Pit (1967) Mario Maffei, Roger Hanin, Margaret Lee, Peter Carsten

While the secret agent Julien Saint Dominique has an interview on a boat in a canal in Berlin, with his colleague Felix, someone shoots a shotgun. Read More »
The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976) Bruno Corbucci, Tomas Milian, Jack Palance, Maria Rosaria Omaggio

Nico Geraldi is a tough undercover cop in the manner of Serpico. His rough and unkempt appearance belies his seriousness regarding crime and criminals. Read More »
The City Stands Trial (1952) Luigi Zampa, Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa

Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Read More »
Real Soulja (1984) Fernando Di Leo, Henry Silva, Harrison Muller, Woody Strode

Mike Martin is an ex CIA agent who goes on a final mission to Thailand to expose a group of KGB infiltrators in the area. Read More »
Eighteen in the Sun (1962) Camillo Mastrocinque, Catherine Spaak, Lisa Gastoni, Gianni Garko

The film follows Nicole Molino, a French teenager on vacation at the Italian resort island of Ischia. Read More »
The Future Is Woman (1984) Marco Ferreri, Ornella Muti, Hanna Schygulla, Niels Arestrup

The story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for a while Read More »