Sophia Loren

  • Alan Bridges – Brief Encounter (1974)

    1971-1980Alan BridgesDramaUnited Kingdom

    On one of their usual weekly commutes into the city, two perfect strangers–Dr Alec Harvey, an esteemed suburban doctor, and Anna Jesson, a middle-class housewife–will inadvertently find love, when a bit of dirt enters Anna’s eye and the good doctor comes to her rescue. Despite both being married to others, this fleeting but powerful interaction will prepare the ground for an unforeseen erotic but unconsummated love affair, as one clandestine rendezvous leads to another. Where is this intense emotional infidelity heading?Read More »

  • Lina Wertmüller – Fatto di sangue fra due uomini per causa di una vedova. Si sospettano moventi politici AKA Blood Feud [English Version] (1978)

    1971-1980ArthouseDramaItalyLina Wertmüller

    Set against the backdrop of World War II, Blood Feud tells of the struggle against the Sicilian Mafia, from the streets of Sicily to the tenements of New York. Titina (Sophia Loren) is a happily married Sicilian housewife but, like so many others, is widowed early in life when her husband is brutally murdered by the Mafia. After spending ten years away, Spallone (Marcello Mastroianni), returns home and falls in love with Titina. Also returning to avenge his cousin’s death is Nick (Giancarlo Giannini), a small-time crook, who also falls for his cousin’s widow. In the deadly game of love as in war there is always a winner and a loser…Read More »

  • Dino Risi – La ciociara AKA Running Away [Italian Version] (1989)

    1981-1990Dino RisiDramaItalyTV

    This tense story is set during World War II Italy. A mother and her daughter flee what once was the safety of Rome to seek refuge in the mountains. Their journey turns out to be one they could never have imagined.Read More »

  • Mario Monicelli & Federico Fellini & Luchino Visconti & Vittorio De Sica – Boccaccio ’70 (1962)

    1961-1970ComedyCommedia all'ItalianaDramaFederico FelliniItalyLuchino ViscontiMario MonicelliVittorio De Sica

    Boccaccio ’70 is a four-part anthology film inspired by Giovanni Boccaccio’s collection of bawdy, limerick-laden farces, The Decameron. The Italian-American brainchild of producers Carlo Ponti and Joseph E. Levine, the film pulls together contributions from four major Italian directors: Mario Monicelli (Big Deal on Madonna Street), Federico Fellini (8½), Vittorio De Sica (Umberto D.), and Luchino Visconti (The Leopard).Read More »

  • Robert Altman – Prêt-à-porter AKA Ready To Wear (1994)

    1991-2000ComedyDramaRobert AltmanUSA

    A fashion show in Paris draws the usual bunch of people; designers, reporters, models, magazine editors, photographers. Lots of unconnected stories which all revolve around this show, and an all-star cast.Read More »

  • Anatole Litvak – Le couteau dans la plaie AKA Five Miles to Midnight (1962)

    1961-1970Anatole LitvakCrimeDramaFrance

    Quote:
    Lisa Macklin, an Italian woman, has a fight with her American husband Robert in a Paris night club. He leaves the next day for a business trip and Lisa says she does not want to see him again. She is with newspaperman Alan Stewart that evening when she learns Robert’s plane has crashed with no survivors. Waking from sedation after the funeral, Lisa finds Robert in their flat, injured but alive. He was thrown clear of the crash by a lucky twist of fate. He now plans to collect the $120,000 insurance he took out at the airport. Once Lisa collects the money and turns it over to him, she will finally be rid of him. Read More »

  • Lina Wertmüller – Sabato, domenica e lunedì AKA Saturday, Sunday and Monday (1990)

    Lina Wertmüller1981-1990ComedyItaly

    Synopsis
    Il professor Ianniello sostiene che il bradisismo che da secoli interessa la zona di Pozzuoli è prodotto dalla grande madre, la terra. Ma le grandi madri si trovano anche fra la gente comune e fra queste vi è Rosa Priore, famosa per la sua cucina ed in particolare per il suo ragù. E tra sabato, domenica e lunedì, iniziando con un pranzo a cui partecipano altre a Rosa, il marito Peppino, i tre figli e i coniugi Iannello si sfiora la tragedia causata da Don Peppino che da tre mesi, visti i cambiamenti nei suoi confronti da parte della moglie, sospetta una sua tresca con il professor Iannello. Ma perchè mai Rosa avrà cambiato atteggiamento nei confronti del marito? Written by Baldinotto da PistoiaRead More »

  • George P. Cosmatos – The Cassandra Crossing (1976)

    1971-1980DramaGeorge P. CosmatosGermanyThriller

    Quote:
    At noon on October 25th, the Transcontinental Express left Geneva Station with almost one thousand people aboard. Their destination: Basel, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Stockholm. No one arrived.

    “Outbreak” meets “The Runaway Train” as a motley group of passengers are quarantined on a train destined to prevent the spread of the disease at the cost of their lives. Government intrigue, international smuggling, and the legend of the Cassandra Crossing add to the suspense.Read More »

  • Anthony Mann – The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964)

    1961-1970Anthony MannEpicUSAWar

    Quote:
    Intent on securing peace and prosperity throughout the mighty Roman Empire, the wise diplomat, Emperor Marcus Aurelius, calls together the local governors from all over the Empire, after conquering the Germanic tribes. With this in mind, Marcus has decided to turn over his crown and the much-coveted imperial throne to General Livius, instead of choosing his corrupt son and logical successor, Commodus. As a result, high treason and blind ambition lead to the death of Aurelius by poisoning, paving the way for a new era of oppression, endless machinations, and rapid decline. Now, as darkness prevails on the outskirts of the Empire where the Roman legions struggle to subdue the invading hordes, delusional Commodus declares himself a god, and no one is safe; not even Aurelius’ daughter, Lucilla. Can anyone stop the fall of the Roman Empire?Read More »

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