
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 »
Tag Archives: italian
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 »
Theodora, Slave Empress (1954) Riccardo Freda, Georges Marchal, Gianna Maria Canale, Renato Baldini, Adventure, Drama, Romance

Teodora, a Roman courtesan and former slave girl, marries the Roman emperor Justinian and assumes the throne as Empress of Rome. Read More »
Portrait of a Nude Woman (1981) Nino Manfredi, Alberto Lattuada, Eleonora Giorgi, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Comedy, Romance

Sandro is a Roman adrift in Venice during Carnival. As he enters midlife, he argues with his wife of sixteen years more often than they laugh or make love. Read More »
Ginger and Fred (1986) Federico Fellini, Marcello Mastroianni, Giulietta Masina, Franco Fabrizi, Comedy, Drama

Amelia and Pippo are reunited after several decades to perform their old music-hall act (imitating Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) on a TV variety show. Read More »
How Strange to Be Named Federico (2013) Ettore Scola, Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti, Biography

An exciting and visionary portrait of the master filmmaker Federico Fellini, based on the memories and the feelings of his great friend director Ettore Scola. Read More »
Big Trouble (1986) John Cassavetes, Peter Falk, Alan Arkin, Beverly D’Angelo, Comedy

Leonard Hoffman is an insurance salesman struggling to make ends meet. The fact that he has triplet sons who all want to go to Yale isn’t making things any easier. Read More »