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We are in 1946.
Marco Maffei, a young man who spends time cruising aimlessly on Lake Maggiore with his second-hand boat, is approached by the extravagant Temistocle Mario Orimbelli who invites him in his villa where he presents him his wife Cleofe and his sister in law Matilde, alleged widow because her husband is missing in action in Abyssinia.
Marco, who has several girlfriends like Charlotte, Germaine and Landina, does some outings with the intrusive Orimbelli. Once, while having noticed a growing affection by Matilde, he leaves with her and Mario, to whom he gives her up, convinced that they’re lovers.
On the same occasion, while residing in a hotel in a town situated 18 km away from the villa, they are warned that Cleofe was found drowned. At the moment it’s accepted the version of suicide; Orimbelli marries Matilde and Marco continues to spend time with the new friends. However, the reappearance of Cleofe’s brother and husband of Matilde, reported missing, and the afterthoughts of Marco, induce the judge to reopen the case and to prove that it was a murder…

Director: Dino Risi
Writers: Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Dino Risi
Cast: Ugo Tognazzi, Ornella Muti, Patrick Dewaere
Producer: Giovanni Bertolucci
Cinematography: Franco Di Giacomo
Music: Armando Trovajoli
Production Company: S.N. Prodis, Merope, Carlton Film Export
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 50mn

La.stanza.del.vescovo.AKA.The.Bishops.Bedroom.1977.576p.BDRip.x264.FLAC-eve99.mkv

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:French, Italian, Czech, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, Croatian, Hungarian, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish

The post Dino Risi – La stanza del vescovo AKA The Bishop’s Bedroom (1977) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A man wanders the streets of a small provincial town, obsessed by the idea of meddling in the lives of others. He meets various characters to whom, by asking their permission, he reveals vices and limitations hidden in their souls. It is the only act he is able to perform: anger and the desire to smash everything have given way to imagination and small marginal observations.

Director: Marco Bellocchio
Writers: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Giorgia Fasce, Federica Ombrato
Producer: Simone Gattoni
Cinematography: Paolo Ferrari
Production Company: Kavac Film, RAI Cinema, Fondazione Fare Cinema
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 18mn

Se posso permettermi (Marco Bellocchio, 2024) WEB-DL.mkv

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English

The post Marco Bellocchio – Se posso permettermi (2021) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

“For months we experimented and represented ourselves, starting with simple walks in search of material for a thesis. How can we visually recreate a memory? We walked and filmed, photographed and painted, got to know each other and told our stories. An experience transformed into a story that speaks of a shared journey, made up of filming, changes of season, conversations about the moon, and exchanges of techniques. Inspired by “Dark Side of the Moon,” we tried to represent the intimate and personal emotions that came to us through the album. Each song has a language, each movement a color, each sound an expression. What remains today, half a century later? Something inexplicable, perhaps. A wonderful creation of friendship and mutual artistic esteem, the (re)creation of multiple memories, which overlap like membranes on the screen.“
Erik Negro

Director: Erik Negro, Bea Morino
Writers: Erik Negro, Bea Morino
Cinematography: Erik Negro
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 43mn

Return to the Moon (or Nothing)_(2023)_Erik Negro_1080p.mkv

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English (hardcoded)

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A cop seeking to avenge his partner’s death during a robbery is put on the right path by a scruffy restaurateur who operates a non-violent thieves’ school.

Director: Stelvio Massi
Writers: Elisa Briganti, Dardano Sacchetti, Stelvio Massi
Cast: Luc Merenda, Elio Zamuto, Katia Christine
Producer: Gianfranco Couyoumdjian
Cinematography: Franco Delli Colli
Music: Bruno Canfora
Production Company: Flora Film, Variety Film
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 35mn

	
La Banda del Trucido.1977.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

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https://nitro.download/view/3F980536D080D16/La_banda_del_trucido.1977.576p.BDRip-AVC.ZONE.mkv

Language(s):Italian, English
Subtitles:English

The post Stelvio Massi – La banda del trucido aka Destruction Force (1977) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis
A French teenage girl is forced to move in with her less well off Italian relatives.
(imdb)

A simple story, sometimes kind and sometimes painful. The main characters are some Roman teenagers who receive a visit from Mignon, their beautiful French cousin, whose presence, in the midst of an atmosphere of crisis and infidelity of adults, disturbs the fantasy of the children.
(translated from FILMAFFINITY)

Director: Francesca Archibugi
Writers: Francesca Archibugi, Gloria Malatesta, Claudia Sbarigia,
Cast: Stefania Sandrelli, Jean-Pierre Duriez, Leonardo Ruta
Producer: Monique Annaud, Guido De Laurentiis, Leo Pescarolo
Cinematography: Luigi Verga
Music: Roberto Gatto, Battista Lena
Production Company: Ellepi Films, Chrysalide Film
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Runtime: 1h 36mn

Mignon è partita (Francesca Archibugi, 1988).avi

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Runtime: 	1 h 33 min
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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English, Spanish

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Synopsis:
An expedition enters an unexplored jungle to search for a legendary ruby.

Translated Review @filmtv.it by giurista81 wrote:
In 1984, the commercial success of *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom* renewed Antonio Margheriti’s commitment to closing his derivative trilogy, which began with *Hunters of the Golden Cobra* (1982) and continued with *The Last Hunter* (1984). Giovanni Simonelli was confirmed as the screenwriter, and Luciano Pigozzi, an actor present in many Italian films shot in the Philippines, also returned. Joining the cast compared to the previous adventures were Christopher Connelly and Lee Van Cleef, both in the final years of their lives (they would pass away three and four years later, respectively). Simonelli mixed the adventures of Indiana Jones with jungle-set war movies, which Margheriti was accustomed to making during those years. Like Spielberg’s films, the story is set in the late 1930s in Malaysia. The protagonist is a fraudulent guide, played by the solid Connelly (an American actor who found himself in the circuit of Italian B-action movies), who organizes expeditions for wealthy Americans in search of supposed historical artifacts (actually fakes) hidden in the jungle. He stages chases and attacks by natives, whom he secretly pays to make the missions more thrilling for his clients. Margheriti and Simonelli start with a bang, “Spielberg style,” inserting a prologue that introduces the protagonist and his sidekick (Pigozzi). After the prologue, the actual film begins. “Our guide,” Captain Yankee, is hired for a real expedition that also involves a representative of the U.S. government (a gaunt and rather aged Lee Van Cleef, dressed as a gunslinger). The goal is to retrieve a Malaysian ruby buried with a pirate in a mountain/volcano. Simonelli doesn’t bother with the intricacies of the script. Forget the pseudo-historical subtleties of Indiana Jones. Here, the focus is on action, although the film’s first part isn’t particularly engaging. Walter Patriarca creates beautiful sets among the mountain rocks, with flames bursting from a river infested with oil and fake bats flying to indicate the exit. The film takes off midway and delivers about twenty minutes of high entertainment cinema. Connelly swings on vines from one ledge to another, soaring over a river of fire that burns beneath him, moving through a sort of underground temple where he finds the mummy of a pirate with a sparkling ruby around his neck. Like Indiana Jones, Connelly has to struggle to retrieve the artifact, and once he gets it, he faces betrayals reminiscent of Spielberg’s work.
Unfortunately, the positive momentum of the film is lost quickly, as it returns to the war movie tropes set in the jungle. Notable elements include a child raising cobras as pets, a decapitated head rolling among the rocks (a clear nod to the ending of *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*), and many well-crafted explosions with flamethrowers. The presence of bulldozers in 1938 that flatten shrubs and destroy structures, as well as flamethrowers without tanks on the users’ backs, raises some doubts.
The artistic cast is poor, filled with many local actors. The unknown and debuting Marina Costa plays the action-prone woman who ends up working with Connelly as she owns a museum. She gets into all sorts of trouble, especially while driving a vintage car with “our” hero bouncing around in the back. She would appear again the same year in *The Final Executioner* by Romolo Guerrieri, only to disappear from the scene.
Jazz musician Cal Taormina, a significant collaborator of masters like Oliver Onions and Morricone, personally handled the modest soundtrack. An Italian-style adventure with highs and lows, with more effort in the script, something superior could have emerged. Margheriti’s direction is solid, without many frills or inventions, yet well-calibrated.

Jungle.Raiders.1985.DUAL.REPACK.576p.BluRay.AAC.x264-ZiGZAG.mkv

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English

The post Antonio Margheriti – La leggenda del rubino malese AKA Jungle Raiders (1985) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Documentary on the making of “fotoromanzi”, popular comic strips using live action photgraphs instead of drawings. Early morning in an Italian town. Magazines are delivered to a kiosk. People buy the magazines which depict love stories and romances in cartoon styles using photographs. Men and women from all walks of life are shown reading the magazines. We are introduced to four people who go to a basement studio and there pose for photographs for the magazines. The photos are developed and various props and dialogues are painted in. The actors read the finished produce and are seen returning to their everyday lives. One of the fotoromanzi stars, Sergio Raimondi, is seen being idolised by the women in a tenement building.

L'amorosa menzogna - Michelangelo Antonioni (1949).mkv

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Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English

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