Two haunting Italian tales from different centuries in the convent prison of Bobbio Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Franca: Chaos and Creation (2016) Francesco Carrozzini, Marina Abramovic, Azzedine Alaïa, Naomi Campbell
Director Francesco Carrozzini creates an intimate portrait of his mother, Franca Sozzani Read More »
Totò e Marcellino (1958) Antonio Musu, Totò, Pablito Calvo, Memmo Carotenuto
Marcellino rushes for a priest, for his dear mamma is about to die. Read More »
The Secret Mark of D’Artagnan / Il colpo segreto di d’Artagnan (1962) Siro Marcellini, George Nader, Magali Noël, Georges Marchal
D’ Artagnan and Porthos received the order of Richelieu, which protrudes as a powerful figure of the French church Read More »
Lola (1961) Jacques Demy, Anouk Aimée, Marc Michel, Jacques Harden
Roland Cassard is a young man with no job and seemingly no prospects. Read More »
Nikita (1990) Luc Besson, Anne Parillaud, Marc Duret, Patrick Fontana
Nikita is the sole survivor of a bloody shoot out between police and a band Read More »
Sacro GRA (2013) Gianfranco Rosi, Francesco De Santis, Gaetano Finocchi, Roberto Giuliani
After the India of Varanasi’s boatmen, the American desert of the dropouts Read More »
Under the Sign of Scorpio / Sotto il segno dello scorpione (1969) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Gian Maria Volonté, Lucia Bosé, Giulio Brogi
An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Read More »
St. Michael Had a Rooster / San Michele aveva un gallo (1972) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Giulio Brogi, Daniele Dublino, Renato Cestiè
Sentenced to life imprisonment for illegal activities, Italian International member Read More »
Atlantic Wall / Le Mur de l’Atlantique (1970) Marcel Camus, Bourvil, Peter McEnery, Sophie Desmarets
In 1944, Léon Duchemin , a restaurant owner living in Normandy, leads a peaceful life. Read More »