This is the (funny) story of four agents of Roma traffic police in the ’50s. Their life are crossed in affairs that often retire from mere job relationships. Read More »
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Ma non è una cosa seria / But It’s Nothing Serious (1937) Mario Camerini, Vittorio De Sica, Elisa Cegani, Umberto Melnati, Comedy, Romance
Based on a Pirandello play, Vittori De Sica plays a wealthy young social lion who has to constantly fight off a horde of women who are eager to marry him because of his position and money. Read More »
Proibito / Forbidden (1954) Mario Monicelli, Mel Ferrer, Amedeo Nazzari, Lea Massari, Drama
Le quattro giornate di Napoli / The Four Days of Naples (1962) Nanni Loy, Raffaele Barbato, Charles Belmont, Regina Bianchi, Drama, History, War
The film shows the history of the Neapolitan popular revolt against the invading Germans, during the second world war. Read More »
Cristo si è fermato a Eboli / Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979) Francesco Rosi, Gian Maria Volontè, Paolo Bonacelli, Alain Cuny, Drama
In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Read More »
Tutti a casa / Everybody Go Home! (1960) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Serge Reggiani, Carla Gravina, Comedy, Drama, War
In this war drama, a band of Italian soldiers, elated to hear that the war is finally over, promptly desert and head for home. Read More »
Tre fratelli / Three Brothers (1981) Francesco Rosi, Philippe Noiret, Michele Placido, Vittorio Mezzogiorno, Drama
In a farmhouse in southern Italy, an old woman dies. Her husband summons their sons: from Rome, Raffaele, a judge facing a political case for which he risks assassination Read More »
Le mani sulla città / Hands Over the City (1963) Francesco Rosi, Rod Steiger, Salvo Randone, Guido Alberti, Drama
Prior to a city council election, the collapse of a building leaves a land developer and his political backers defending themselves against a scandal. Read More »
Il ladrone / The Good Thief (1980) Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Montesano, Edwige Fenech, Bernadette Lafont, Comedy, Erotic
Caleb, “son of nobody” (Enrico Montesano) lives in Galilee in Jesus’ day and struggles as a thief and con-man, pretending to be a magician. Read More »
Travolti da un insolito destino nell’azzurro mare d’agosto / Swept Away (1974) Lina Wertmüller, Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Riccardo Salvino, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
A rich woman, Raffaella, and some friends rent a yacht to sail the Mediterranean Sea during summer. Read More »