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Tag Archives: Italy
Girl with a Suitcase / La ragazza con la valigia (1961) Valerio Zurlini, Claudia Cardinale, Jacques Perrin, Luciana Angiolillo
Lorenzo, who’s 16 and born to a wealthy family in Parma, tries to make things Read More »
Woman from the Torrid Land / La mujer de la tierra caliente (1978) José María Forqué, Stuart Whitman, Laura Gemser, Pilar Velázquez
A man and a woman (Whitman & Gemser), both with checkered pasts, hitch a ride together. Read More »
Il vecchio testamento (1962) Gianfranco Parolini
The Jews of Jerusalem are driven out by their Syrian rulers. Read More »
Johnny Stecchino (1991) Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Paolo Bonacelli
Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus Read More »
The Horseman on the Roof / Le hussard sur le toit (1995) Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Olivier Martinez, Juliette Binoche, Pierre Arditi
In 1832, cholera ravages Provence (South of France). After several misadventures, Angelo Read More »
Ride and Kill / Cavalca e uccidi (1964) José Luis Borau, Mario Caiano, Alex Nicol, Maite Blasco, Antonio Casas
A small town in Arizona is oppressed by the tyranny of a powerful rancher. Read More »
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 »