By all accounts, this slick production aims at exposing the corruption of southern Italian Catholicism. Read More »
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I bambini ci guardano / The Children Are Watching Us (1944) Vittorio De Sica, Emilio Cigoli, Luciano De Ambrosis, Isa Pola, Drama
The film follows a four-year old boy named Prico as he becomes the subject of emotional folly by his fluctuant parents and inattentive relatives. Read More »
Il camorrista / The Professor (1986) Giuseppe Tornatore, Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Leo Gullotta, Crime, Drama
Vaguely inspired to the real story of boss of the Camorra’s bosses Raffaele Cutolo, this is the story of the criminal career of “Il professore” (the professor). Read More »
The Canterbury Tales (1972) Pier Paolo Pasolini, Hugh Griffith, Laura Betti, Ninetto Davoli, Comedy, Drama, History, Erotic
Pier Paolo Pasolini’s startling candor and ribald humor illuminate these classic tales of romance, deception, murder and lust. Read More »
A Ciascuno Il Suo / We Still Kill The Old Way (1967) Elio Petri, Gian Maria Volontè, Irene Papas, Gabriele Ferzetti, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sicilia, late ’60s. Two men are killed during a hunting party. The hurried inquiry indicates that it was a killing made for ‘honor’ reasons. Read More »
Il boom / The Boom (1963) Vittorio De Sica, Alberto Sordi, Gianna Maria Canale, Ettore Geri, Comedy
Sweet-sour comedy on Italy’s 1950’s rage to get rich as fast as possible! The businessman wants to satisfy his wife’s craving for luxury Read More »
Il seme dell’uomo / The Seed of Man (1969) Marco Ferreri, Marzio Margine, Anne Wiazemsky, Annie Girardot, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
During a Post-Apocalyptic period in the near future the majority of the European population has been wiped out by some sort of undefined plague. Read More »
Guardia, guardia scelta, brigadiere e maresciallo (1956) Mauro Bolognini, Alberto Sordi, Peppino De Filippo, Aldo Fabrizi, Comedy
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 »
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 »
