A chronological look at the creative life of Luchino Visconti (1906-1976). It examines his theatricality, role in the neorealist movement Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Weak Spot AKA La faille (1975) Peter Fleischmann, Michel Piccoli, Ugo Tognazzi, Mario Adorf
Based on a novel by Antonis Samarakis, Peter Fleischmann’s La faille also known as Weak Spot stars Ugo Tognazzi as Georgis Read More »
Love and Larceny AKA Il mattatore (1960) Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Dorian Gray, Anna Maria Ferrero
Gerardo, an aspiring actor, trying unsuccessfully to cross over from comedy to tragedy Read More »
Days of Violence AKA I giorni della violenza (1967) Alfonso Brescia, Peter Lee Lawrence, Beba Loncar, Luigi Vannucchi
During the last months of the Civil War, Joe’s brother is unjustly killed by Clifford, a captain in the Northen army. Read More »
Reborn (1981) Bigas Luna, Dennis Hopper, Michael Moriarty, Antonella Murgia
A man discovers that his girlfriend is a “stigmata” (someone whose hands and feet mysteriously bleed in the same places where Jesus Christ was crucified) Read More »
Buffalo Bill AKA Buffalo Bill, l’eroe del far west (1965) Mario Costa, Gordon Scott, Ingeborg Schöner, Catherine Ribeiro
Renegade Indians, led by Yellow Hand, are being sold guns by Donaldson. Read More »
The Stone Council AKA Le concile de pierre (2006) Guillaume Nicloux, Monica Bellucci, Catherine Deneuve, Moritz Bleibtreu
In France, the single translator Diane Siprien adopts an Asian baby named Liu-San in a foundation directed by Sybille Weber. Read More »
Before the Deluge AKA Avant le déluge (1954) André Cayatte, Antoine Balpêtré, Paul Bisciglia, Bernard Blier
Self-centered parents of the 50’s targeted by drama in which teenagers panicking after burglary supposed to finance the run from the Third World War. Read More »
Murmur of the Heart AKA Le souffle au coeur (1971) Louis Malle, Lea Massari, Benoît Ferreux, Daniel Gélin
This is a jolly coming-of-age story about a 14-year-old boy named Laurent Chevalier who is growing up in bourgeois surroundings in Dijon, France. Read More »
Churchill’s Leopards AKA I Leopardi di Churchill (1970) Maurizio Pradeaux, Richard Harrison, Pilar Velázquez, Giacomo Rossi Stuart
The mission: The British have to carry out a plan hatched by Churchill himself to blow up a French dam Read More »