Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
Tag Archives: italian
Woman from the Torrid Land / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »