A man, sexually maimed by his former wife, lives vicariously through her affairs. Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Mother / Mat (1990) Gleb Panfilov, Inna Churikova, Viktor Rakov, Liubomiras Laucevicius
Based on Maxim Gorky’s novel about a woman torn between her loyalties to husband and son in the years of the Revolution. Read More »
The Sleazy Uncle / Lo zio indegno (1989) Franco Brusati, Vittorio Gassman, Giancarlo Giannini, Andréa Ferréol
This wickedly funny Italian comedy centers upon a lascivious, fun-loving old uncle who hands out blood-test Read More »
Express Train from Andalucía / El expreso de Andalucía (1956) Francisco Rovira Beleta, Jorge Mistral, Marisa de Leza, Mara Berni
The handsome Andrade, the undergraduate Miguel and a street vendor Read More »
The Destruction of Herculaneum / Anno 79: La distruzione di Ercolano (1962) Gianfranco Parolini, Susan Paget, Brad Harris, Mara Lane
In 79 AD the Roman city of Herculaneum was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius. Read More »
Rebel Gladiators / Ursus gladiatore ribelle (1962) Domenico Paolella, Dan Vadis, Gloria Milland, José Greci
March 17, 180 A.D.: Marcus Aurelius, one of the greatest Roman emperors and distinct philosopher Read More »
The Alcove / L’alcova (1985) Joe D’Amato, Lilli Carati, Annie Belle, Laura Gemser, Al Cliver
A faded aristocrat military officer returns from the Abyssinian war with a dusky slave girl as a prize Read More »
Men and Wolves / Uomini e lupi (1957) Giuseppe De Santis, Leopoldo Savona, Silvana Mangano, Yves Montand, Pedro Armendáriz
A draft, his wife, his son and a man who pretends to come to a miserable lobero people of Abruzzo. Read More »
Siege of Terror / Cerco de terror (1972) Luis Marquina, Libertad Leblanc, Tony Kendall, Carlos Piñar
At the Grand Hotel in Miami, Carla falls into the arms of her husband, the eminent Dr. Warren Read More »
Duel at the Rio Grande (1963) Il segno di Zorro
General Gutierrez, the evil governor of Mexico, terrorizes the people and demands high taxes. Read More »