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Tag Archives: italian
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 (1965) Le lit à deux places
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 / 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 / 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 »