To my dear mother on the day of her birthday
To my dear mother on the day of her birthday (1974) represents the encounter between Luciano Salce and Paolo Villaggio, but Eleonora Giorgi and...
Beauties on bicycles (1951)
Carlo Campogalliani (1885 - 1974) was an Italian historic film director, son of wanderers, self-taught designer first, then theater actor. He begins to deal...
Fiasco in Milan (1959)
Nanni Loy (1925-1995) directed his solid debut feature ‘Fiasco in Milan’ (1959), a follow-up to ‘Big Deal On Madonna Street’ by Mario Monicelli (1958),...
Disobedience [La disubbidienza]
Aldo Lado directs an unusual movie “La Disubbidienza” (Disobedience), a departure from his previous work, in which he favoured the violent thriller. Lado will...
Bewitched [Stregati] (1986) and Francesco Nuti’s cinema
Director: Francesco Nuti. Story and Screenplay: Francesco Nuti, Vincenzo Cerami, Giovanni Veronesi. Photography: Giuseppe Ruzzolini. Soundtrack: Giovanni Nuti. Production: Gianfranco Piccioni. Distribution: Columbia. Duration:...
Jus primae noctis
In Jus primae noctis (Droit de seigneur) Pasquale Festa Campanile dives into the decamerotic, a very popular genre in 1972, shortly after the success...
Catch as Catch Can
Catch as Catch Can is one of the six films directed by Franco Indovina, born in Palermo (1932-1972). He has been Visconti’s theatre assistant,...
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Meeting Mark Wingrave: “I’m attracted to what I don’t know”
I came into contact with the artist Mark Wingrave through our shared interest in the work of Ukrainian poet Olga Bragina. Reading a couple...
