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Ringo: The Lone Rider AKA Dos hombres van a morir (1968) Rafael Romero Marchent, Peter Martell, Piero Lulli, Dyanik Zurakowska
Bill Anderson and his band of ex Confederates are terrorizing the town of Springfield Read More »
The Ape Woman AKA La donna scimmia (1964) Marco Ferreri, Ugo Tognazzi, Annie Girardot, Achille Majeroni
A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. Read More »
The Rebel AKA La ribelle (1993) Aurelio Grimaldi, Penélope Cruz, Stefano Dionisi, Lorenza Indovina
Enza, 16, a drop out, is arrested with her older sister, Rosaria, for shoplifting. Read More »
I’m a Paranormal Phenomenon AKA Sono un fenomeno paranormale (1985) Sergio Corbucci, Alberto Sordi, Eleonora Brigliadori, Elsa Martinelli
Roberto Razzi, skeptical and convinced atheist, is the conductor of the Futuro program Read More »
Christmas Rematch AKA La rivincita di Natale (2004) Pupi Avati, Diego Abatantuono, Gianni Cavina, Carlo Delle Piane
17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players for a new challange. Who can trust who? Read More »
The Devil Is a Woman AKA La Lupa (1953) Alberto Lattuada, Kerima, Ettore Manni, May Britt
A woman in her thirties is a single mother of a teenager daughter, and both are in love with the same young soldier. Read More »
Halleluja for Django AKA La più grande rapina del west (1967) Maurizio Lucidi, George Hilton, Jack Betts, Walter Barnes
After robbing $500,000 from a local bank, the Jarret gang, hides in a small isolated Read More »
Bianca (1984) Nanni Moretti, Laura Morante, Roberto Vezzosi
Michele is a mathematics professor who just started a new job in a school Read More »
I Am Self Sufficient AKA Io sono un autarchico (1976) Nanni Moretti, Simona Frosi, Fabio Traversa
The film tells the misadventures of a shabby company of actors, tyrannized by a despotic director and a little sadistic. Read More »
Down with Misery AKA Abbasso la miseria! (1945) Gennaro Righelli, Anna Magnani, Nino Besozzi, Virgilio Riento
The two drivers Giovanni and Gaetano are friends. Gaetano, bold and ruthless, thrives in the black market, while Giovanni Read More »
Alla ricerca di Tadzio (1970) Luchino Visconti, Björn Andrésen, Sergio Garfagnoli
Documentary on Luchino Visconti’s travels and auditions in search for a young actor Read More »
Street of Mirrors AKA Via degli specchi (1983) Giovanna Gagliardo, Nicole Garcia, Milva, Heinz Bennent
Francesca, a magistrate, seems happily married to a successful and wealthy engineer. Read More »
A Long Long Long Night of Love AKA Una lunga lunga lunga notte d’amore (2001) Luciano Emmer, Giancarlo Giannini, Marie Trintignant, Isabelle Pasco
Several star-crossed couples experience both the thrills and the disappointment of romance over the course Read More »
Un giorno nella vita (1946) Alessandro Blasetti, Elisa Cegani, Massimo Girotti, Mariella Lotti
Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. Read More »