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Tag Archives: Italy
Sword Without a Country / Spade senza bandiera (1961) Carlo Veo, Leonora Ruffo, Renato Speziali, Folco Lulli
In Renaissance Italy, the young and beautiful Gigliola resists her adopted 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 »
Dark Friday / Venerdì nero (1993) Aldo Lado, Paolo Calissano, Silvia Cohen, Daniele Antonelli
Tells the story of two young women who accidentally meet three young people of the high society. Read More »
Weekend / Week End (1967) Jean-Luc Godard, Mireille Darc, Jean Yanne, Jean-Pierre Kalfon
A supposedly idyllic week-end trip to the countryside turns into a never-ending nightmare Read More »
15 Scaffolds for a Murderer / 15 forche per un assassino (1967) Nunzio Malasomma, Craig Hill, Susy Andersen, Aldo Sambrell
Accused of a hideous crime they did not commit, the members of two rivaling gangs 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 »