The young Marisa, after having inherited from her aunt, gets involved in blackmail and crime. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
The Assassination of Matteotti / Il delitto Matteotti (1973) Florestano Vancini, Franco Nero, Mario Adorf, Riccardo Cucciolla
How the Italian Fascist Party managed to turn the physical elimination Read More »
Conqueror of Corinth / Il conquistatore di Corinto (1961) Mario Costa, Jacques Sernas, John Drew Barrymore, Geneviève Grad
Protests break out in Corinth against Roman domination Read More »
Tales of Paris / Les Parisiennes (1962) Marc Allégret, Claude Barma, Michel Boisrond, Françoise Arnoul, Françoise Brion, Catherine Deneuve
The omnibus made of four separate romantic playlets, each with its own cast, director, and scenarist. Read More »
Messalina, Messalina! (1977) Bruno Corbucci, Anneka Di Lorenzo, Vittorio Caprioli, Giancarlo Prete
The story of Messalina’s rise to power amid her relationship with Emperor Claudius. Read More »
Cassiodoro il più duro del pretorio (1976) Oreste Coltellacci, Renzo Montagnani, Aldina Martano, Oreste Lionello
Cassiodorus the Etruscan (Montagnani), while chatting with a peasant girl Read More »
Morituris (2011) Raffaele Picchio, Valentina D’Andrea, Andrea De Bruyn, Désirée Giorgetti
While out driving, three young men meet two beautiful women and convince them to go with them Read More »
Death of a Cyclist / Muerte de un ciclista (1955) Juan Antonio Bardem, Lucia Bosé, Alberto Closas, Bruna Corrà
Juan is an academic, his career stalled, teaching at the university because of his brother-in-law’s prestige. Read More »
A qualsiasi prezzo (1968) Emilio Miraglia, Klaus Kinski, Walter Pidgeon, Marino Masé
A blind professor masterminds the theft of treasure from St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Read More »
Manon of the Spring / Manon des sources (1986) Claude Berri, Yves Montand, Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil
A beautiful but shy shepherdess plots vengeance on the men whose greedy Read More »