16th-century Spain, the famed Greek painter El Greco journeys to Toledo to paint an altarpiece. Read More »
Tag Archives: Luciano Salce
Coup D’Etat AKA Colpo di stato (1969) Luciano Salce, Steffen Zacharias, Dimitri Tamarov, Orchidea De Santis
Italy, 1972. Political elections are taking place and Christian Democrat victory is expected Read More »
You Only Have to See Her AKA Basta guardarla (1970) Luciano Salce, Maria Grazia Buccella, Carlo Giuffrè, Mariangela Melato
Enrichetta, a young peasant girl who lives in a little village, joins Silver Boy as a dancer. Read More »
How I Learned to Love Women AKA Come imparai ad amare le donne (1966) Luciano Salce, Michèle Mercier, Nadja Tiller, Elsa Martinelli
Robert chases out into the world to unravel the mystery of women. Read More »
The Little Nuns (1963) Luciano Salce, Catherine Spaak, Amedeo Nazzari, Didi Perego
Two nuns come to Rome to protest to an airline about its jet planes which have been flying over their convent school Read More »
Alla mia cara mamma nel giorno del suo compleanno (1974) Luciano Salce, Paolo Villaggio, Lila Kedrova, Eleonora Giorgi
The young noble Didino is a big baby and an introvert man who has trouble to socializing because of the possessive mother. Read More »
Crazy Desire (1962) Luciano Salce, Ugo Tognazzi, Catherine Spaak, Béatrice Altariba
A middle-aged and slightly conservative businessman meets a band of rowdy youths and is smitten by one named Francesca. Read More »
La cuccagna (1962) Luciano Salce, Donatella Turri, Luigi Tenco, Umberto D’Orsi, Comedy, Drama
Rossella (Donatella Turri), a beautiful young girl that lives in a family of popular class, looks for a job every day but soon discovers that the “greasy pole” Read More »
Il federale / The Fascist (1961) Luciano Salce, Ugo Tognazzi, Georges Wilson, Gianrico Tedeschi, Comedy
1944. Primo Arcovazzi a fanatic member of Brigate Nere (fascist organization) is in charge to bring an opponent to the regime, Prof. George Wilson, from Abruzzo to Roma. Read More »
Slalom / Snow Job (1965) Luciano Salce, Vittorio Gassman, Adolfo Celi, Daniela Bianchi, Comedy
Lucio (Vittorio Gassman) and his sidekick (Adolfo Celi) accidently gets mixed up with a gang of international counterfeiters in this fast-moving and suspenseful comedy with music from Ennio Morricone. The crooks hope to upset the U.S. economy by flooding the world with bogus bills. Lucio is an overworked businessman who only wants a little rest and relaxation. Instead, he is skiing in Northern Italy on one day and the next day enduring the searing heat in the Egyptian desert.
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Dove vai in vacanza? / Where Are You Going on Holiday? (1978) Mauro Bolognini, Luciano Salce, Ugo Tognazzi, Stefania Sandrelli, Pietro Brambilla, Comedy
Three shorter comedies: In “Saro Tutta Per Te” (I Will Be All Yours), Tognazzi is Enrico, a dentist who has agreed to vacation with his ex-wife at her lover’s villa. In “Si Buana” (Yes, Buana), Villaggio is Wilson, a man in charge of a group of tourists in Kenya. In the final episode, “La Vacanze Intelligenti” (Intelligent Vacation), Alberto Sordi is Remo, a greengrocer who, along with his wife, gets sent on a vacation by their well-meaning children who want to “improve” their parents’ minds by sending them off to see Etruscan tombs, hear performances of atonal modern music, and appreciate the wonders of avant-garde modern art.
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Homo Eroticus / Man of the Year (1971) Marco Vicario, Rossana Podestà, Lando Buzzanca, Luciano Salce
Michele is a three-testicle, sexually insatiable man who goes around bedding all women in town (regardless of age), until one day things goes terribly wrong.
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