Agnese, a 15-year-old Sicilian girl is seduced and impregnated by Peppino, her sister Matilde’s fiancé. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
La cieca di Sorrento / The Blind Woman of Sorrento (1934)
1834. After murdering a Marquesa, a robber fled with the loot, unaware that has been seen by the victim’s daughter. Read More »
Celui qui doit mourir / He Who Must Die (1957) Jules Dassin
Three townspeople cause an uproar when they try to help refugees on a Greek island occupied by Turks. Read More »
La legge / The Law (1959) Jules Dassin, Gina Lollobrigida
Marietta, servant of aristocrat Don Cesare, is the bellezza of an Italian town where men gather Read More »
An Eye for an Eye / Oeil pour oeil (1957) André Cayatte
In North Africa Dr. Walter (W) is a very skilled surgeon but lives at a distance from the hospital. Read More »
Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981) Bernardo Bertolucci
The son of the owner of a large Italian cheese factory is kidnapped Read More »
Carmen (1984) Francesco Rosi, Julia Migenes, Plácido Domingo
In 1820s Spain the soldier Don José falls in love with the fiery and charismatic factory worker Carmen. Read More »
Il miele del diavolo / Devil’s Honey (1986) Lucio Fulci
A young woman abducts and subjects a doctor whom she holds responsible for the death of her boyfriend to acts of sexual torture. Read More »
Water and Salt / Água e Sal (2001) Teresa Villaverde
Ana lives in a little village by the sea, with her husband and her daughter. Read More »
Questi fantasmi (1967) Renato Castellani, Sophia Loren
Married couple Pasquale and Maria live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. Read More »