In pre-World War II Sicily, just as the fascists come to power, two men fall in love with the same woman. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
The Wide Blue Road / La grande strada azzurra (1957) Gillo Pontecorvo, Maleno Malenotti, Yves Montand, Alida Valli, Francisco Rabal
Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Read More »
The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo / Il brigante di Tacca del Lupo (1952) Pietro Germi, Amedeo Nazzari, Cosetta Greco, Saro Urzì
In 19th century southern Italy (near Melfi, Basilicata), a small force of soldiers Read More »
To Skin a Spy / Avec la peau des autres (1966) Jacques Deray, Lino Ventura, Jean Bouise, Marilù Tolo
A French secret agent gets a license to kill when he is sent to Vienna Read More »
Way of Youth (1959) Michel Boisrond, Françoise Arnoul, Bourvil, Lino Ventura
This movie is a Marcel Aymé adaptation and it deals with the not-so-glorious side of the Occupation Read More »
Bonnot’s Gang / La bande à Bonnot (1968) Philippe Fourastié, Jacques Brel, Bruno Cremer, Annie Girardot
A group of French anarchists are moved to violence when their leader Raymond (Jacques Brel) is captured. Read More »
Una prostituta al servizio del pubblico ed in regola con le leggi dello Stato (1971) Italo Zingarelli, Giovanna Ralli, Giancarlo Giannini, Denise Bataille
A prostitute and mother of two leaves her abusive husband for a young boxer Read More »
Sissignore (1968) Yes Sir – Ugo Tognazzi
A businessman is nicknamed “L’avvocato” and his driver, Oscar, is a yes-man. Read More »
Il maestro di Don Giovanni / Crossed Swords (1954) Milton Krims, Vittorio Vassarotti, Errol Flynn, Gina Lollobrigida, Nadia Gray
Nobleman Rainiero, Sidonia’s duke son, comes back home with his friend Renzo. Read More »
Les compagnons de la marguerite (1967) Jean-Pierre Mocky, Claude Rich, Michel Serrault, Francis Blanche
Jean-Louis Matouzec works for French National Library as an expert looking after the restoration of old manuscripts. Read More »