Sasá Iovine, a small-time Neopolitan operator, finds himself in the thick of a multi-murder Read More »
Tag Archives: Paolo Stoppa
The Belle of Rome AKA La bella di Roma (1955) Luigi Comencini, Alberto Sordi, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa
Nannina is engaged to a sleazy, unruly boxer who ends up in jail after a fight with a traffic policeman. Read More »
Miracles of Thursday AKA Los jueves, milagro (1957) Luis García Berlanga, Richard Basehart, José Isbert, Paolo Stoppa
In the village of Fuentecilla is a medicinal spa which was very popular Read More »
La fumeria d’oppio (1947) Raffaello Matarazzo, Emilio Ghione Jr., Mariella Lotti, Paolo Stoppa
A young woman is murdered and robbed in broad daylight. A young man is arrested Read More »
Are We Men or Corporals? AKA Siamo uomini o caporali (1955) Camillo Mastrocinque, Totò, Paolo Stoppa, Fiorella Mari
Corporals are the powers that be, the Man, the Totalitarian creeps, the Bureaucratic bosses and bullies Read More »
Beach House (1977) Sergio Citti, Catherine Deneuve, Jodie Foster, Paolo Stoppa
Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Read More »
Garibaldi (1961) Roberto Rossellini, Renzo Ricci, Paolo Stoppa, Franco Interlenghi
How Italy’s historic national hero Giuseppe Garibaldi led a military campaign Read More »
The Visit (1964) Bernhard Wicki, Ingrid Bergman, Anthony Quinn, Paolo Stoppa
Karla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. Read More »
The City Stands Trial (1952) Luigi Zampa, Amedeo Nazzari, Silvana Pampanini, Paolo Stoppa
Turn-of-the-century Naples. Salvatore Ruotolo and his wife are murdered and their bodies are found in different locations. Read More »
Miracolo a Milano / Miracle in Milan (1951) Vittorio De Sica, Emma Gramatica, Francesco Golisano, Paolo Stoppa, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Once upon a time an old woman discovers a baby in her cabbage patch. She brings up the child and, when she dies, the boy, Toto, enters an orphanage. Read More »