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Italian cinema: Romance
Au-delà des grilles (1949)
René Clément
Pierre is on the run from the police, careful to evade capture after murdering the mistress who dared to be unfaithful to him...
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René Clément
L'Avventura (1960)
Michelangelo Antonioni
A party of wealthy holiday makers from Rome are enjoying a yachting excursion off the coast of Sicily. Soon after they arrive on a deserted volcanic island, one of the group - a young woman named Anna - mysteriously disappears...
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Michelangelo Antonioni
The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
At the funeral of Maria Vargas, the men who fashioned her into a myth remember their part in her tragic life. Burned out film director Harry Dawes recalls how he went to Spain with his rich but artistically ignorant film producer Kirk Edwards to persuade the unknown Maria, a cabaret dancer, to take up a career in the movie business...
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Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Les Bonnes femmes (1960)
Claude Chabrol
Four attractive young women who work together in an electrical appliance shop do all they can to escape from the tedious monotony of their uneventful lives...
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Claude Chabrol
Le Carrosse d'or (1953)
Jean Renoir
In the 18th Century, a travelling band of actors arrive in a Spanish colony in South America. When they are invited to perform before the royal court, the Viceroy, Ferdinand, instantly falls in love with the leading performer, Camilla...
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Jean Renoir
Le Château de verre (1950)
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
René Clément
Evelyne Bertal could not be happier, living the kind of life most people would envy in Berne with her devoted husband Laurent, a lawyer... [More...]
Copie conforme (2010)
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
Abbas Kiarostami
A middle-aged French woman travels to Italy to attend a conference at which an English writer, James, is to promote his new book... [More...]
L'Eclisse (1962)
Michelangelo Antonioni
In Rome, Vittoria has grown tired of her tepid love affair with Ricardo, a strait-laced ambassadorial aide, and suddenly decides to end the affair after three years of living together... [More...]
Michelangelo Antonioni
In Rome, Vittoria has grown tired of her tepid love affair with Ricardo, a strait-laced ambassadorial aide, and suddenly decides to end the affair after three years of living together... [More...]
Embrassez qui vous voudrez (2002)
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
Michel Blanc
After a stressful year, Elizabeth Lannier is looking forward to her holiday in Le Touquet. When she learns that her best friend Véro will be staying in the same town, she suggests they spend their holiday together... [More...]
Fabiola (1949)
Alessandro Blasetti
In the fourth century AD, the Roman Empire is crumbling and the growing cult of Christianity is to blame. A young Gaul, Rhual, is a Christian, but he must keep this a secret if he is to realise his dream of becoming a gladiator in Rome... [More...]
Alessandro Blasetti
In the fourth century AD, the Roman Empire is crumbling and the growing cult of Christianity is to blame. A young Gaul, Rhual, is a Christian, but he must keep this a secret if he is to realise his dream of becoming a gladiator in Rome... [More...]
Fantasma d'amore (1981)
Dino Risi
Whilst travelling in a bus in his home town of Pavia, Nino Monti, a successful lawyer, encounters an old woman who bears a striking resemblance to Anna Brigatti, a woman he was once madly in love with... [More...]
Dino Risi
Whilst travelling in a bus in his home town of Pavia, Nino Monti, a successful lawyer, encounters an old woman who bears a striking resemblance to Anna Brigatti, a woman he was once madly in love with... [More...]
Le Grand bleu (1988)
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
Luc Besson
Jacques Mayol and and Enzo Molinari are two men who have shared an intense passion for the sea since their childhood. Molinari, the current world free diving champion, coerces Mayol into competing against him in the next tournament... [More...]
L'Innocente (1976)
Luchino Visconti
In Italy towards the end of the 19th century, the wealthy Tullio Hermil pursues a passionate love affair with his aristocratic mistress Teresa Raffo whilst keeping up the impression that he is happily married... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
In Italy towards the end of the 19th century, the wealthy Tullio Hermil pursues a passionate love affair with his aristocratic mistress Teresa Raffo whilst keeping up the impression that he is happily married... [More...]
Le Mépris (1963)
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Jean-Luc Godard
Paul Javal, a crime fiction writer, is engaged by the American film producer Jeremy Prokosch to re-write a film about Homer's Odyssey... [More...]
Le Notti bianche (1957)
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [More...]
Luchino Visconti
One evening, as he wanders the streets of a town he has recently been transferred to, Mario encounters a solitary young woman named Maria... [More...]
Il Postino (1994)
Michael Radford
In the 1950s, Mario lives with his father on a small Italian island in the Mediterranean. Not wishing to follow his father's own profession as a fisherman, Mario decides instead to become the island's postman... [More...]
Michael Radford
In the 1950s, Mario lives with his father on a small Italian island in the Mediterranean. Not wishing to follow his father's own profession as a fisherman, Mario decides instead to become the island's postman... [More...]
La Reine Margot (1994)
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Patrice Chéreau
Paris, August, 1572 - a troubled time in the history of France, a country scarred by interminable religious wars. To appease the Protestants, the Catholic queen mother Catherine de Medici arranges a marriage between her daughter, Margot, and the King of Navarre, Henri... [More...]
Un bellissimo novembre (1969)
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Mauro Bolognini
After the death of his father, 17-year-old Nino is finding adolescence a traumatic and lonely ordeal. One autumn, during a holiday on the slopes of Mount Etna, he finds he is strongly attracted towards his young aunt, Cettina... [More...]
Va savoir (2001)
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Jacques Rivette
Camille returns to Paris, after three years in Italy, as the leading actress in a production of Pirandello's play Come tu me vuoi... [More...]
Verdi - The King Of Melody (1953)
Raffaello Matarazzo
In January 1901, the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi lies on his deathbed and looks back on his eventful life and career... [More...]
Raffaello Matarazzo
In January 1901, the Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi lies on his deathbed and looks back on his eventful life and career... [More...]
War and Peace (1956)
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]
King Vidor
Moscow, 1805. Pierre Bezukhov, a pacifist wastrel, is in love with Natasha, the daughter of the wealthy Count Rostov, but knows he cannot marry her since he is of illegitimate birth... [More...]
The Whip and the Body (1963)
Mario Bava
It has been many years since Kurt Menliff has been disowned by his father, Count Vladimir, after driving a servant girl to suicide... [More...]
Mario Bava
It has been many years since Kurt Menliff has been disowned by his father, Count Vladimir, after driving a servant girl to suicide... [More...]