Never released in America, Petri’s second feature displays the same evocative mix of realism and symbolism found in THE LADY KILLER OF ROME. Cowritten by the prominent scenarist Tonino Guerra (a favorite collaborator of Petri, Antonioni, Rosi, and other Italian luminaries), the film stars Salvo Randone as Cesare, a lonely Roman plumber in his early fifties. Traveling by tram one day, he witnesses the sudden death, by heart attack, of a man his own age. The event shocks him into the realization that his own days might be numbered, and he becomes determined to make the most of the time he has left. Quitting his job, he sets out with enthusiasm to enjoy the finer things in life, but the effort only leaves him dispirited and disillusioned.

2.26GB | 1h 29m | 1024×554 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/236F9CCB86983A4/His.Days.Are.Numbered.1962.WEBRIP.576p.x264.AC3.KJNU.mkv

Language(s):Italian
Subtitles:English

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Dramatisation of the investigation into the murder in prison in 1954 of Gaspare Pisciotta, gangster and lieutenant of the bandit Salvatore Giuliano.

1.29GB | 1h 33m | 640×496 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/C3DEDB6CD118DD4/Il_Caso_Pisciotta_(24fps).mkv

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English

The post Eriprando Visconti – Il caso Pisciotta AKA The Pisciotta Case (1972) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Synopsis
In 1950, 28-year-old outlaw Salvatore Giuliano is found gunned down in a Sicilian courtyard. Little is as it seems. The film moves back and forth between the late 1940s, when Giuliano and other reprobates were recruited by separatist politicians to do their fighting, and the days leading up to and following Giuliano’s death. After Sicily’s self-rule is declared, will the outlaws be pardoned as promised? And why does Giuliano order his gang to fire on a peaceful May Day rally? Police, Carabinieri, and Mafia have their uses for him. There’s a trial after his death: will the truth come out or does the code of silence help protect those in power? (IMDB)

Extras included:

“The Filmmaker and the Labyrinth” documentary (55:06)
“Francesco Rosi on Salvatore Giuliano” interview with director Francesco Rosi (12:05)
“The Sicilian Robin Hood” interview with Salvatore Giuliano’s nephew Guiseppe (14:23)
“Salvatore Giuliano and the Mafia” interview with journalist and Sicilian Mafia expert Attilio Bolzoni (10:00)
Theatrical Trailer (4:33)

3.06GB | 2h 3mn | 1024×554 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/1922695FF6D26C9/Salvatore_Giuliano.1962.576p.mkv
https://nitro.download/view/C76182CA6297C7E/Salvatore_Giuliano_Extras.rar

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English

The post Francesco Rosi – Salvatore Giuliano [+Extras] (1962) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Quote:
When a visitor arrives in a small Italian village, he discovers that the residents are acting like soul-less zombies–and he begins to suspect that they may be under the influence of a mysterious local woman.

2.74GB | 1 h 25 min | 1024×552 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/5DA0F63057726D5/Luigi_Bazzoni_&_Franco_Rossellini_-_(1965)_The_Possessed.mkv

Language:Italian
Subtitles:English

The post Luigi Bazzoni & Franco Rossellini – La donna del lago AKA The Possessed (1965) first appeared on Cinema of the World.