Director Francesco Rosi returns to his recurring theme of the connections between legal Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
After Midnight AKA Dopo mezzanotte (2004) Davide Ferrario, Giorgio Pasotti, Francesca Inaudi, Fabio Troiano
The magical Mole Antonelliana (the cavernous Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy) Read More »
The Blind Fly AKA A mosca cieca (1966) Romano Scavolini, Carlo Cecchi, Laura Troschel, Emiliano Tolve
A man accidentally finds a gun inside a parked car and gets it. Read More »
Mazzabubù… quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) Mariano Laurenti, Ugo Adinolfi, Maurizio Arena, Renato Baldini
During a monologue on the theme of adultery, a man passing in review Read More »
Inconsolable Widows AKA Vedove inconsolabili in cerca di… distrazioni (1968) Bruno Gaburro, Luisa Rivelli, Gabriella Pallotta, Carla Romanelli
The film consists of three episodes that tell of husbands and wives who die happy. Read More »
The Restless and the Damned AKA L’ambitieuse (1959) Yves Allégret, Edmond O’Brien, Richard Basehart, Andréa Parisy
Set in French Polynesia, a man trades his old life for one in the Pacific. Read More »
Padre padrone (1977) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli
The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself Read More »
Oltre il confine (2002) Rolando Colla, Anna Galiena, Senad Basic, Giuliano Persico
Turin 1993. The architect Agnese is called to the home for war Read More »
The Fabulous Adventures of Marco Polo AKA La fabuleuse aventure de Marco Polo (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Raoul Lévy, Noël Howard, Horst Buchholz, Grégoire Aslan, Robert Hossein
Young Marco Polo travels to China to help Kublai Khan fight against rebels Read More »
Valentino: The Last Emperor (2008) Matt Tyrnauer, Valentino Garavani, Giancarlo Giammetti, Nati Abascal
A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino. Read More »
Girl with a Suitcase AKA La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
Woman from the Torrid Land AKA La mujer de la tierra caliente (1978) José María Forqué, Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser, Pilar Velázquez
A man and a woman (Whitman & Gemser), both with checkered pasts, hitch a ride together. Read More »
Johnny Stecchino (1991) Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus Read More »
Ride and Kill AKA Cavalca e uccidi (1964) José Luis Borau, Mario Caiano, Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco, Antonio Casas
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. Read More »
Nero and the Burning of Rome AKA Nerone e Messalina (1953) Primo Zeglio, Gino Cervi, Paola Barbara, Yvonne Sanson
The dissolute Nero has come to the imperial throne through the machinations Read More »