Posted on February 8, 2021
Padre padrone depicts a Sardinian shepherd who is terrorized by his domineering father and tries to escape by educating himself. He eventually becomes a celebrated linguist. The drama is Read More
Posted on February 8, 2021
When Agnese (Stefania Sandrelli) has a brief affair with her sister’s fiancé, Peppino, it is only a matter of time before her traditional parents discover the truth. Her father, Read More
Posted on February 8, 2021
The Great War is a 1959 Italian comedy-drama war film directed by Mario Monicelli. It tells the story of an odd couple of army buddies in World War I. Read More
Posted on February 8, 2021
1860 is a story about the harried attempt of a Sicilian partisan (as part of the Risorgimento) to reach Garibaldi’s headquarters in Northern Italy, and to petition the revered Read More
Posted on April 1, 2020
Lorenzo has difficulties in communicating with other people and pays more attention to his inner world. When his class goes to the mountains for a week to ski, Lorenzo Read More
Posted on February 28, 2020
Francesco is a 1989 docu-drama relating in flashback to St. Francis of Assisi’s evolution from rich man’s son to religious humanitarian and finally to full-fledged saint. The film was Read More
Posted on February 28, 2020
Three rulers in neighboring kingdoms deal with their obsessions: one king is a fornicating libertine, another is captivated by a strange animal, and a queen is consumed by her Read More
Posted on February 28, 2020
After years spent working as a prostitute in her Italian village, middle-aged Mamma Roma (Anna Magnani) has saved enough money to buy herself a fruit stand so that she Read More
Posted on February 28, 2020
In Sicily, truck driver Salvatore Colasberna is murdered while delivering a load of cement to a highway construction project. The murder takes place within sight and earshot of the Read More
Posted on February 27, 2020
It’s a special day for Giacomo (the youngest son of Ettore and Lara) who will be taking his high school exit exam to graduate. What, for a normal family, Read More
