Synopsis: Stefano is the younger son in a family who lives in the outskirts of Rome. He’s been expelled at school, and is starting to work at a newsstand. A poetic look at the life and responsibilities of a poor kid in late-60s Italy.Read More »
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Maurizio Ponzi – Stefano Junior (1969)
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Umberto Lenzi – Il paese del sesso selvaggio AKA Man From Deep River (1972)
1971-1980AdventureHorrorItalyUmberto Lenzi
A photographer on assignment in the rain forest is ambushed and held slave by a primitive tribe, until the chief’s daughter chooses him as her groom. After being initiated by various tortures, he becomes a part of the tribe and helps them against modern dangers and a cannibal tribe they’re at war with.Read More »
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Salvatore Piscicelli – Immacolata e Concetta, l’altra gelosia AKA Immacolata and Concetta: The Other Jealousy (1980)
1971-1980DramaItalyQueer Cinema(s)RomanceSalvatore Piscicelli
“Immacolata e Concetta, l’altra gelosia” is a very good first feature by Salvatore Piscicelli about the wildly operatic events that follow the release of the two women from prison.@NYT 1981Read More »
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Marco Risi – Il punto di rugiada AKA The Dew Point (2023) (HD)
2021-2030DramaItalyMarco Risi
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Summer 2018, Carlo is a rich boy who, after an evening with friends in which he drank a lot, started driving, and causing a car accident in which a girl was scarred. The court sentences him to a year of social services in a retirement home where he will have to take care of the elderly residents.Read More » -
Matteo Garrone – Pinocchio (2019)
Matteo Garrone2011-2020DramaFantasyItaly
Old woodcarver Geppetto’s puppet creation, Pinocchio, magically comes to life with dreams of becoming a real boy. Easily led astray, Pinocchio tumbles from one misadventure to another as he is tricked, kidnapped and chased by bandits.Read More »
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Riccardo Freda – Beatrice Cenci AKA Castle of the Banned Lovers (1956)
1951-1960ClassicsDramaItalyRiccardo Freda
The beautiful Beatrice Cenci, daughter of the noble Francesco, falls in love with the intendant Olimpio. But she has to face the jealousy of her violent and morbid father, and the hostility of her stepmother Lucrezia.Read More »
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Pupi Avati – La casa dalle finestre che ridono AKA The House with Laughing Windows (1976) (HD)
Pupi Avati1971-1980GialloItaly
Synopsis: Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.Read More »
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Carlo Lizzani, Michelangelo Antonioni, Dino Risi, Federico Fellini, Francesco Maselli, Alberto Lattuada – L’amore in città AKA Love in the City (1953)
Dino Risi1951-1960Alberto LattuadaArthouseCarlo LizzaniCesare ZavattiniFederico FelliniFrancesco MaselliItalyMichelangelo AntonioniShort Film
Six separate episodes: would-be suicides discuss their despair. A provincial dance hall. An investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be. A young unwed mother. Girl-watching techniques of Italian men. A glimpse into prostitution.
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Amore Che si Paga a.k.a Love for Money (11 min) directed by Carlo Lizani with a screenplay by Cesare Zavattini. A mosaic of scattered images where the night workers are followed by a man with provocative questions. The short feels as an interview in which the women explain their unfortunate profession.Read More » -
Carlo Di Carlo – Per questa notte AKA This Is the Night (1977)
1971-1980Carlo Di CarloDramaItaly
Based on a book by Juan Carlo Onetti, the film tells the story of Ossario, a hunted revolutionary leader who sees his comrades die one after another.Read More »