An allegory of the Golem, a Jewish mythical creature personifying displacement Read More »
Tag Archives: Italy
Vacation / La vacanza (1971) Tinto Brass, Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Leopoldo Trieste
Medieval drama in which Redgrave plays an allegedly insane woman who is allowed Read More »
A cuore freddo (1971) Riccardo Ghione, Enrico Maria Salerno
The marriage of the rich Enrico and the hippie Silvana is not happy. Read More »
The Corrupt / Symphonie pour un massacre (1963) Jacques Deray, Michel Auclair, Claude Dauphin, José Giovanni
Five men collaborate to buy drugs, but one steals the money and all the rest are killed as they make mistakes. Read More »
Bloody Che Contra / El ‘Che’ Guevara (1968) Paolo Heusch, Francisco Rabal, John Ireland, Susanna Martinková
The story of Che Guevara’s desperate attempt to escape the mountains of Bolivia. Read More »
The Dark Tale / Favola crudele (1991) Roberto Leoni, John Savage, Mirella Banti, Claudia Gerini
Nine-year-old Angelica lives with her sister Beatrice and her nanny Martina Read More »
The President / Le président (1961) Henri Verneuil, Jean Gabin, Bernard Blier, Renée Faure
At 73, France’s ex-president, Emile Beaufort, faces declining health Read More »
Seven Hours of Gunfire / Aventuras del Oeste (1965) Joaquín Luis Romero Marchent, Rik Van Nutter, Adrian Hoven, Gloria Milland
When he was 12 years old, Bill Cody, later knew as Buffalo Bill Read More »
The Savage Innocents (1960) Nicholas Ray, Anthony Quinn, Yôko Tani, Carlo Giustini
An Eskimo who has had little contact with white men goes to a trading post Read More »
Revenge for Revenge / Vendetta per vendetta (1968) Mario Colucci, John Ireland, Gianni Medici, Loredana Nusciak
A drifter and a criminal seek gold willed to the drifter by the criminal’s wife. Read More »