Gillo Pontecorvo

Promotional omnibus film, made for the 1990 FIFA World Cup in Italy, featuring portraits of 12 Italian cities. (imdb)

A group of Basque separatists is determined to kidnap Spain dictatorship's number two, Admiral Carrero Blanco. Long and dangerous preparations are carried out, but when everything seems to be ready, the political situation changes abruptly, and so do the Basques' plans. (poictesme)

The professional mercenary Sir William Walker instigates a slave revolt on the Caribbean island of Queimada in order to help improve the British sugar trade. Years later he is sent again to deal with the same rebels that he built up because they have seized to much power that now threatens British sugar interests. (imdb)

A powerful, documentary-style retelling of the events leading up to Algeria's war for independence from France in the late 1950s. The film focuses on the intense street fighting and counter-insurgency tactics used by both the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN) and the French paratroopers. It presents a stark, complex, and morally ambiguous look at urban guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and colonialism.

A young Jewish girl leads an escape attempt from a concentration camp. (imdb)

Squarciò, a fisherman, lives with his family on a small island off the Dalmatian coast of Italy. Like his fellow villagers, Squarciò struggles against harsh living conditions, a scarcity of fish in nearby waters and exploitation by the local wholesaler. But while the other fishermen continue to use nets, he goes out to the open sea to fish illegally with bombs... (imdb)