JJ is a soldier who’s been tasked with preventing an imminent terrorist threat to the Vatican. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Four Nights of a Dreamer / Quatre nuits d’un rêveur (1971) Robert Bresson, Isabelle Weingarten, Guillaume des Forêts, Jean-Maurice Monnoyer
The ‘dreamer’ is Jacques, a young painter, who by chance runs into Marthe Read More »
Burn, Boy, Burn / Brucia ragazzo, brucia (1969)
Clara, the sexually frustrated wife of a businessman goes on vacation with her husband Read More »
Secret Journey / Viaggio segreto (2006) Roberto Andò, Alessio Boni, Donatella Finocchiaro, Valeria Solarino
Leonardo, a psychoanalyst, allowed himself to be totally absorbed in his work Read More »
Heart and Soul / Cuore (1948) Duilio Coletti, Vittorio De Sica, María Mercader, Giorgio De Lullo
A young student of an upper-class background who is surrounded by classmates Read More »
The Swindle / Il bidone (1955) Federico Fellini, Broderick Crawford, Richard Basehart, Giulietta Masina
Augusto, Carlo, and Roberto are scam artists who often work together. Read More »
My Son, the Hero / Arrivano i titani (1962) Duccio Tessari, Pedro Armendáriz, Giuliano Gemma, Antonella Lualdi
Krios, the youngest of the Titans, may be the least strong of the seven brothers whose strength comes from their mother Read More »
Libera, My Love / Libera, amore mio! (1975) Mauro Bolognini, Adolfo Celi, Bruno Cirino, Claudia Cardinale
Director Mauro Bolognini inserts this story in Fascist Italy, with careful attention to details. Read More »
I mafiosi (1959) Roberto Mauri, Erno Crisa, Wandisa Guida, Philippe Hersent
Two people killed in a small village in Sicily. Turi, a friend of one of the victims Read More »
Return of Ringo / Il Ritorno di Ringo (1965) Duccio Tessari, Giuliano Gemma, Fernando Sancho, Lorella De Luca
Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier Read More »