Lucia Bosé

A small village in Latin America. Santiago have been knife in the morning. It surprise nobody. The Vicario brothers have openly declared the would kill him to avenge the lost honour of their young sister (imdb)

The Poet looks back over his life and work, recalling his inspirations and obsessions. (imdb)

Paola is a young, beautiful woman married to a wealthy entrepreneur. She meets her former lover Guido after seven years... (imdb)

As the Ottoman Empire comes to an end, an old servant spins a tale to keep the women in the Sultan's harem distracted... (imdb)

A new starlet is discovered and has ups and downs in Italian films. (imdb)

Upper-class geometry professor Juan and his wealthy, married mistress Maria José, driving back from a late-night rendezvous, accidentally hit a cyclist, and run. The resulting, exquisitely shot tale of guilt, infidelity, and blackmail reveals the wide gap between the rich and the poor in Spain, and surveys the corrupt ethics of a society seduced by decadence. (criterion.com)

An great documentary about the genius, Luís Buñuel.

Frank is an architect living off his father's allowance and he's also a jealous lover. He doesn't like his girlfriend seeing an American holidaymaker, also staying in Morocco - but he also can't resist the lure of his girlfriend's sexy mother... (imdb)

In Corsica, a sympathetic company doctor helps hide a fired worker who has committed after the death of his sick wife.

Brings together the brooding presence of two women, a sense of crisis surrounding daughter Nathalie's abandonment of her piano lessons and violent conduct at school, and a flailing washing machine salesman.

The aging Countess discovers that the blood of a maid can temporarily restore her youth and great beauty. She falls in love with a dashing young soldier but is compelled to kill again and again to maintain her attractiveness and prevent the secret getting out. (imdb)

Since ancient times, a tribe on the African continent has been prophesying that a white boy will arrive to be their god: the Son of the Moon. David, a 12-year-old orphan who lives in Europe, learns about the prophecy and believes that he is the chosen child and that destiny must be fulfilled at any cost. (imdb)

In a prehistoric age, a group of men called "Scorpionids" are forced to flee their homeland, destroyed by a volcanic eruption. They land on an island of peaceful farmers, but soon learn that these also live in the shadow of pending destruction by an even more powerful volcano. Instead of accepting another ship so they may proceed on their journey, the visitors try to convince the inhabitants to leave the threatened island. The young ones agree, but the elders prefer their home.

The story of five girls who are among the 200 women who answer a want ad for a modest secretarial position one rainy morning in Rome in 1951. They crowd and push their way into the old building and fight their way up the stairs to await an interview, only to be told there is not enough time to interview all. A scuffle breaks out and the stairway collapses sending many of them hurtling down in a mass of bodies amid brick and mortar. How the event changes or fails to change their lives is told. (imdb)

The shepherd Francesco Dominici (Raf Vallone) returns home after three years fighting in the war to find that his flock had been stolen by local big-shot Agostino Bonfiglio (Folco Lulli).

Set during WWII, the film is a drama of the Italian resistance. The central character, a bombed-out gamine who falls in love with an Italian partisan, is played by Lucia Bose. Most of the film deals with the culture-clash between the citified resistance fighters and their rural hosts. (allmovie.com)

A mental hospital somewhere in Tuscany during the thirties. Far away from fascism, this closed world is ruled over by Dr. Bonaccorsi, a passionate benevolent psychiatrist whose dream is to isolate the germ of madness. (imdb)

A Sicilian woman, living in the slums of Milan, makes her living as a clairvoyant. She is a charlatan without any real powers, exploiting her clients' cravings for supernatural advice. Her adult son, on the other hand, starts practicing real witchcraft, with surreal consequences.

Misery money-lender Arpagone is looking to arrange three weddings simultaneously - to cut down on costs. One for himself and the others for his two children. (imdb)

Three beautiful seamstresses from one of the fashionable dress salons near the Piazza de Spagna in Rome gather on the steps of the square to eat lunch and talk of their love lives. (imdb)

It goes in depth into the future Eisenstein-like structure of Portabella's films which do not advance through a lineal narrative, but rather by a succesion of semi-autonomous scenes and almost always unexpected links.

Metello is the son of an anarchist who shares his father's passion for justice. After he is introduced to love by the young widow Viola, he falls in love and marries Ersilia. He tries to balance his family life and remain true to his ideals in the changing political climate. (allmovie.com)

1) A jar repairer gets trapped in a vat because of his hunch. 2) A young unmarried mother is forced to beg to buy herself a fan. 3) Rosario Chiarchiaro appears before a law court for ... casting spells. 4) The discomfort of an over tight jacket gives a wedding witness the strength to persuade the reluctant parents of the bridegroom to bless his union. (imdb)

Everyday all kind of people pass through a Police Station, especially if it is downtown. Today, however, the chief of police has bought his first car and he has decided to test it with his wife going to Ostia. But first a theatrical company sent out of the theatre, last Alfredo Todini arrested while walking wearing a gown and in the mean a series of human cases, ranging from the pathetic to the funny one, get in the way of his wish. (imdb)

Parigi e Sempre Parigi was the second feature-length effort from famed Italian documentary director Luciano Emmer and tells the story of DeAngelis, an italian that has heard so much about "naughty Paree" that he's determined to experience that naughtiness first hand. (mubi)

First-person story about a little girl who was born in the mysterious and forgotten Spanish town of Brumal and returns there as a young adult.

Tradita takes place in 1915, at a time when Austria, Germany and Italy were supposed to be allied. In Austria however the Italian community was a house divided. Some of them refused to fight for Franz-Joseph and wanted to support France and England instead. In this story, two Italian brothers are pitted against each other not only for the reasons expressed above but also because they love the same girl, Anna, the niece of an Austrian lieutenant.

While driving for the first time in his new car, a wealthy art restorer sees a terrible accident but does not help because he doesn't want to get the new car dirty (mubi).

A young man raises the dead in a high valley where the power is held by Violanta. (imdb)

A Spanish gentleman in exile, is unable to accept the idea that Vera, his wife, has died. He is so concerned that everything in the house continues to function as if she were still alive.

The widow Alexandra and her schoolgirl daughter Sandra live together in a luxurious villa in Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain. When Fernando, an old love of Alexandra's, appears in town the two rekindle their love affair until Alexandra finds that he is being paid to be the companion of a rich older woman.