Fresh out of prison and hell-bent on revenge, the recently paroled burglar, Maurice Faugel Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
The Big Night (1959) La notte brava
In Rome, small-time thieves Scinttilone and Ruggeretto steal four rifles Read More »
Onoda: 10,000 Nights in the Jungle (2021) Arthur Harari
When Japan surrenders at the end of World War II, soldier Hiroo Onoda Read More »
The Legion of No Return / No importa morir (1969) León Klimovsky, Tab Hunter, Howard Ross, Erika Wallner
End of World War II. The allies have reached the Rhine. The US command decided Read More »
Between Love and Duty / Le bois des amants (1960) Claude Autant-Lara, Laurent Terzieff, Erika Remberg, Horst Frank
WW2, in occupied Brittany: a military German woman comes to visit her husband, a Kommandatur officer. Read More »
The Family Friend / L’amico di famiglia (2006) Paolo Sorrentino, Giacomo Rizzo, Laura Chiatti, Gigi Angelillo
Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone Read More »
Tre colonne in cronaca (1990) Carlo Vanzina, Gian Maria Volontè, Massimo Dapporto, Sergio Castellitto
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. Read More »
Oh, My Beautiful Stepmother / Oh, mia bella matrigna (1976) Guido Leoni, Sabina Ciuffini, Gianfranco De Angelis, Crippy Yocard
Dad’s new wife, Lalla, is young, very young. Maybe too young. Read More »
The Curse of Marialva / “Sabbath” La maldición de María Alva (1989) António de Macedo, Lídia Franco, Carlos Daniel, Carlos Santos
A Visigoth count conquers a small village town from the Moors Read More »
Caina: The Island and the Continent / Cainà – La figlia dell’isola (1922) Gennaro Righelli, Maria Jacobini, Carlo Benetti, Ida Carloni Talli
Cainá is a young peasant who lives in a small village in Sardinia together with her goats and parents. Read More »