An island has been decimated by a volcanic eruption and the few survivors escape to a nearby island. Read More »
Tag Archives: Paolo Taviani
St. Michael Had a Rooster AKA 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 »
The Subversives AKA I sovversivi (1967) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Maria Cumani Quasimodo, Lucio Dalla, Ferruccio De Ceresa
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti’s funeral Read More »
The Meadow AKA Il prato (1979) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Michele Placido, Saverio Marconi, Isabella Rossellini
Giovanni, a Milan youth heads to poverty-plagued Tuscany to sell some property. Read More »
Padre padrone (1977) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Marcella Michelangeli
The son of a shepherd embarks in the quest of emancipating himself Read More »
Wild Flower AKA Fiorile (1993) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, Michael Vartan
While travelling to visit their grandfather, two children are told the story Read More »
Good Morning, Babylon AKA Good morning Babilonia (1987) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Vincent Spano, Joaquim de Almeida, Greta Scacchi
After the bankruptcy of their father’s stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes. Read More »
Allonsanfan (1974) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Marcello Mastroianni, Lea Massari, Mimsy Farmer
A anarchist leader (Fulvio) wishes to retire, as he is old and tired. Read More »
The Night of the Shooting Stars (1982) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Omero Antonutti, Margarita Lozano, Claudio Bigagli
The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. Read More »
Night Sun (1990) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Julian Sands, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Massimo Bonetti
Young nobleman Baron Sergio Giuramondo, after discovering that his bride-to-be was the king’s mistress Read More »
The Lark Farm (2007) Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani, Paz Vega, Moritz Bleibtreu, Alessandro Preziosi
A stirring and stunning story of an aristocratic family who is unexpectedly swept into the ravages of World War I Read More »
Un uomo da bruciare / A Man for Burning (1962) Valentino Orsini, Paolo Taviani, Gian Maria Volontè, Didi Perego, Turi Ferro, Drama
Political activist Salvatore returns to his native Sicily and stirs up trouble among the peasants, urging them to confront the Mafia and demand the right to plough their own fields. The peasants refuse to help him, and Salvatore is marked by the Mafia as a troublemaker…
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