Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
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 »
Frine Courtesan of Orient AKA Frine, cortigiana d’Oriente (1953) Mario Bonnard, Elena Kleus, Pierre Cressoy, Tamara Lees
Little known Italian film from 1953 about the historical Phryne (she was real), a famous courtesan. Read More »
The Forbidden Christ AKA Il Cristo proibito (1951) Curzio Malaparte, Raf Vallone, Rina Morelli, Alain Cuny
Back in his village, former war prisoner Bruno Baldi is dead set on avenging his brother Read More »
Our Life AKA La nostra vita (2010) Daniele Luchetti, Elio Germano, Raoul Bova, Isabella Ragonese
Claudio, a construction worker, works on a site in the suburbs of Rome. Read More »
The Double Bed AKA Le lit à deux places (1965) Jean Delannoy, François Dupont Midy, Alvaro Mancori, Nino Castelnuovo, France Anglade, Jacques Audoux
A series of mildly erotic episodes of some travelers forced to share Read More »
The Dark Sun AKA Il sole buio (1990) Damiano Damiani, Jo Champa, Michael Paré, Phyllis Logan
After the death of his mother a man returns to his hometown Palermo in southern Italy Read More »
The Last Decameron: Adultery in 7 Easy Lessons AKA Decameron n° 3 – Le più belle donne del Boccaccio (1972) Italo Alfaro, Pier Paola Bucchi, Giovanni Elsner, Roy Bosier
Seven novels of Boccaccio featuring dirty jokes. Read More »
First Surrender AKA La primera entrega (1971) Angelino Fons, Emma Penella, Glen Lee, Franco Citti
Johnny and Michel, young men who live on the edge of the law, taking advantage Read More »
The Gaucho (1964) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Amedeo Nazzari, Nelly Panizza
Gassman plays Mario Ravicchio, a financially-strapped press representative who follows Read More »
Flavia (1987) Lorenzo Onorati, Maria Ann Levine, Rita Silva, Aldo Sambrell
The slave Flavia works in a brothel of ancient Rome. Read More »
Snow White and 7 Wise Men AKA Biancaneve & Co… (1982) Mario Bianchi, Michela Miti, Franco Bracardi, Aldo Sambrell
The king and the queen conceive Snow White during a sexual relationship in the snow. Read More »
The Brigand AKA Il brigante (1961) Renato Castellani, Francesco Seminario, Adelmo Di Fraia, Mario Ierardi
In 1940s Calabria a man unjustly accused of murder flees to the countryside Read More »
Cardinal Messias AKA Abuna Messias (Vendetta africana) (1939) Goffredo Alessandrini, Camillo Pilotto, Enrico Glori, Mario Ferrari
The film takes place at the end of the 19th century. The Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Read More »