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Rabid Dogs AKA Cani arrabbiati (1974) Mario Bava, Lamberto Bava, Lea Lander, George Eastman, Riccardo Cucciolla
A gang of thieves hijack a man’s car after botching their getaway from a robbery. Read More »
The Year of the Cannibals AKA I cannibali (1970) Liliana Cavani, Britt Ekland, Pierre Clémenti, Tomas Milian
On the streets of a damp metropolis lie the corpses of hundreds and hundreds of boys and girls. Read More »
The Skin AKA La pelle (1981) Liliana Cavani, Marcello Mastroianni, Ken Marshall, Alexandra King
After the Allies liberate Naples in 1943, the life for the locals is not much easier, especially for women. Read More »
At the First Breath of Wind AKA Al Primo Soffio di Vento (2002) Franco Piavoli, Primo Gaburri, Mariella Fabbris, Ida Carnevali
Tells the tale of an August day in the Lombardy countrysides. A family, idle and preoccupied, sits around a table after a summer lunch. Read More »
Headlights in the Fog AKA Fari nella nebbia (1942) Gianni Franciolini, Fosco Giachetti, Luisa Ferida, Antonio Centa
A lorry driver, deserted by his wife, falls for another woman who also betrays him. Read More »
Policarpo AKA Policarpo ‘ufficiale di scrittura’ (1959) Mario Soldati, Renato Rascel, Carla Gravina, Romolo Valli
The action is focused at the end of the 19th century. Policarpo De Tappetti is a calligrapher who works Read More »
The Two Missionaries AKA Porgi l’altra guancia (1974) Franco Rossi, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Jean-Pierre Aumont
Two missionaries (Bud Spencer and Terence Hill) come into conflict with the authorities when they turn their missionary into a parrot farm. Read More »
The Mystery of Oberwald AKA Il mistero di Oberwald (1980) Michelangelo Antonioni, Monica Vitti, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Branciaroli
One long and painful decade after the brutal assassination of her husband Read More »
I’m for the Hippopotamus AKA Io sto con gli ippopotami (1979) Italo Zingarelli, Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner
In Africa, many years ago, Slim and Tom don’t like it when a German tyrant Read More »