Cast: Aldo Puglisi

Direction Pietro Germi

Cast Stefania Sandrelli · Saro Urzi · Aldo Puglisi · Lando Buzzanca

Synopsis Seduced and Abandoned (1964) tells the story of Agnese, a 15-year-old girl from Sicily who becomes pregnant after being seduced by Peppino, the fiancé of her sister, Matilde. When Vincenzo, Agnese's father, learns of the situation, he violently confronts both...

Direction Vittorio De Sica

Cast Sophia Loren · Marcello Mastroianni · Gianni Ridolfi · Marilú Toló

Synopsis Marriage Italian Style (1964) showcases the fourth collaboration between director Vittorio De Sica and actress Sophia Loren, with the film making the most of Loren's charismatic presence. In the role of Filomena Marturano, a passionate prostitute, Loren's wardrobe varies from...

Direction Lina Wertmuller

Cast Giancarlo Giannini · Mariangela Melato · Riccardo Salvino · Isa Danieli

Synopsis Swept Away (1974) follows the tale of Raffaella, a wealthy woman, and her companions who charter a yacht to explore the Mediterranean Sea during the summer months. The sailor, Gennarino, a communist with a strong dislike for Raffaella, is tasked...

Direction Mario Monicelli

Cast Monica Vitti · Carlo Giuffré · Stanley Baker · Corin Redgrave

Synopsis The Girl with a Pistol (1968) follows the journey of Monica Vitti as Assunta, a young woman from Sicily who is left heartbroken and dishonored after being seduced and abandoned by Vincenzo. To escape the societal pressure and the impending...

Direction Marco Bellocchio · Bernardo Bertolucci · Jean-Luc Godard · Carlo Lizzani

Cast Tom Baker · Julian Beck · Jim Anderson · Judith Malina

Synopsis Love and Anger (1969) is a 1969 cinematic collection that showcases five short films, each helmed by a different director, including four Italian filmmakers and one French director. This unique anthology made its debut at the 19th Berlin International Film...

Direction Lucio Fulci

Cast Lando Buzzanca · Lionel Stander · Laura Antonelli · Corrado Gaipa

Synopsis The Eroticist (1972) centers around Senator Pupis, who struggles with an overwhelming compulsion to touch women's posteriors, a behavior that frequently lands him in awkward situations, particularly when the woman involved is a foreign dignitary during an official visit. Driven...

Direction Steno

Cast Ingeborg Schöner · Lando Buzzanca · Aldo Giuffrè · Pietro Tordi

Direction Paolo Benvenuti

Cast Antonio Catania · David Coco · Sergio Graziani · Aldo Puglisi

Synopsis Secret File (2003) unfolds on May 1, 1947, when notorious outlaw Salvatore Giuliano led an assault on the mountain pass of Portella della Ginestra, aiming to apprehend Sicily's leading communist, Giacomo Licausi. The event, however, culminated in a brutal massacre,...

Direction Beppe Cino

Cast Giovanni Argante · Dario Costa · Sara Emmolo · Sergio Friscia

Direction Renato Castellani · Luigi Comencini · Franco Rossi

Cast Catherine Spaak · John Phillip Law · Renato Salvatori · Aldo Puglisi

Direction Mario Costa

Cast Toni Ucci · Vittorio Congia · Alicia Brandet · Eva Gioia

Direction Ruggero Deodato

Cast Little Tony · Silvia Dionisio · Ferruccio Amendola · Francesco Mulé

Direction Pasquale Festa Campanile

Cast Senta Berger · Frank Wolff · Mario Adorf · Fiammetta Baralla