Category Archives: Italian Cinema

Emanuela Trovato and others in “K – Smette di Fumare” [2012 Italy]

Okay – now for something completely different! Sebastiano Montresor’s latest film “K Smette di Fumare” [Eng. Title: ‘K’ Quits Smoking] is a tongue-in-cheek thriller complete with outlandish plot and wacky characters. It is also part of a duology whose next … Continue reading

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The delightful comedy “Cresceranno i Carciofi a Mimongo” [1996 Italy]

Fulvio Ottaviano won a David for his early film “Cresceranno i Carciofi a Mimongo” [Eng. Title: Growing Artichokes in Mimongo], a breezy comedy about young graduates trying to establish themselves. Storyline: Sergio is a botany graduate struggling to land a … Continue reading

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Béatrice Dalle bewitches in Bellocchio’s “La Visione del Sabba” [1988 Italy]

The nineteen eighties saw several important film makers experimenting with narrative styles – mostly by infusing poetic license into them – and Marco Bellocchio was part of the bandwagon. Because of his propensity to mix reality with fantasy, some of … Continue reading

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Valentina Lodovini in “La Giusta Distanza” [2007 Italy]

Carlo Mazzacurati’s drama “La Giusta Distanza” [Eng. Title: The Right Distance] was a pleasant surprise – I’d not seen any of this director’s work before, and wasn’t expecting a lot from what I feared to be one more of those … Continue reading

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Claudia Gerini and others in “Com’è bello far l’amore” [2012 Italy]

It is entirely possible that Fausto Brizzi’s comedy “Com’è bello far l’amore” [Eng. Title: Love is in the Air] was intended as a comic relief for Italians concerned with the Eurozone crisis. Whatever the case, at least the film seems … Continue reading

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