Franco Freda

Três mulheres diferentes em sonhos comuns. Olivia desenha secretamente e sonhos recorrentes lhe trazem a filha abandonada. Natalia é fotógrafa e acaba de ser premiada por sua primeira capa de revista. Catherine é uma violoncelista e pretende se vingar da causa de sua angústia.

Although liberated from Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, Levi did not reach Turin until October 19 of that year. After spending some time in a Soviet camp for former concentration camp inmates, he embarked on an arduous journey home in the company of Italian former prisoners of war from the Italian Army in Russia. His long railway journey home to Turin took him on a circuitous route from Poland, through Russia, Romania, Hungary, Austria and Germany.

Um homem de negócios dos Estados Unidos volta a Itália pela primeira vez em quatro décadas apenas para descobrir que uma antiga namorada dele, junto com seu irmão, o envolveram em uma imensa fraude.

A film version of the famous Bizet opera, where a soldier (Don Jose) falls in love with a beautiful factory worker (Carmen), but she does not reciprocate his feelings.

A NYPD officer imprisons and tortures an admitted cop-killer, but finds the tables turned when his victim refuses to break and in fact urges more punishment.

Por conta do falecimento da mãe, três irmãos voltam à fazenda da família, no sul da Itália. Raffaele (Philippe Noiret), que vive em Roma, é um juiz às voltas com um caso de assassinato político, Rocco (Vittorio Mezzogiorno) é conselheiro de menores infratores em Nápoles e Nicola (Michele Placido) é operário em Turim. Reunidos após um longo período de afastamento, os três relembram o passado e projetam o futuro.

Um jantar num terraço romano é uma oportunidade para conhecer um grupo de intelectuais da classe média que falam, discutem, e brigam também. A partir deste quadro se desenvolve a história com um roteirista curto de ideias, um jornalista incapaz de se renovar, um assessor da RAI propensos à depressão, um produtor de cinema vulgar e um deputado comunista um pouco duvidoso e adúltero. Um ano mais tarde, quando o tempo terá mudado o equilíbrio das coisas, eles se reencontram no mesmo lugar, talvez mais conscientes. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos) 2 versões de montagem: 150 min - Lançamento 154 min - na Finlândia

Inspirado no romance autobiográfico de Carlo Levi, o filme narra a vida de um médico e escritor antifascista colocado sob prisão domiciliar em 1935 em uma remota vila italiana. Proibido de exercer qualquer atividade, incluindo a prática da medicina, ele descobre o mundo camponês, longe dos círculos intelectuais, até ser libertado dois anos depois já tendo ganhado a estima dos agricultores pobres da região.

For having suffered the violence of seven Himalayan Sherpas, the Countess Valentina Contarini has fallen ill of "fallophobia" and consults a healer, a supposed extraterrestrial who is actually a young Swedish man who "works" for certain American psychologists.

O filme é ambientado durante a década de 1930: a ocasião é o primeiro encontro entre Mussolini e Hitler. Deixado sozinho em sua casa quando o marido cortiço fascista foge para participar do evento histórico, Sophia Loren inicia uma amizade com seu vizinho misterioso Mastroianni. Como o dia segues em noite, Loren e Mastroianni desenvolver uma relação muito especial que vai alterar radicalmente tanto de suas perspectivas sobre a vida.

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. An English language lesson turns into a killing of a black dignitary of an embassy by a CIA agent and then into his own killing by another colleague. In a television film, the police are befooled by a fake bomb and put a real one in order not to be derided by the public. In a film inquisition show, the bishop of Naples speaks highly of the importance of the family, but a child who lives a miserable family life kills himself. In the debate that follows it is proposed that they should eat the children, as Swift had said. In the next episode, a general who is in the toilet is called for the NATO parade, but the flasher breaks and in his effort to fix it, he dirts allover and kills himself. In a children's show an inspector finds excuses and delays the arrest of a powerful man...

Medieval soldier of fortune Ettore is travelling through Europe with his partners looking for fight where they can earn some money. When they come across a Spanish castle under siege by the French army, Ettore first bides his time to determine which side is the winning one (and thus more likely to pay his fee). This is as first the French, but the treatment he receives from them is unpleasant enough to make him change his mind and turn to the Spanish side. Somehow, Ettore must rally the weakened Spanish troops to battle their enemy long enough for reinforcements to arrive.

A detective is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges.

A total re-edit of Mario Bava's gothic classic Lisa and the Devil (1973) for US release in 1975. Cheesy exorcism scenes were shot to try to capitalize on the success of The Exorcist (1973).

David Locke é um repórter de televisão em locações no Deserto do Saara da África. É quente, suado, e tudo parece estar sujo. Voltando para o hotel depois de se perder e encalhar no deserto, ele descobre que o homem no quarto ao lado do seu morreu. Depois de decidir que não valia a pena viver mais sua própria vida, ele troca de identidade com o homem morto, pega o passaporte do homem, troca a foto, sua bagagem, e sua agenda de compromissos. Deixando a África, ele começa a cumprir os compromissos do homem morto, na esperança de que sua nova vida será mais interessante do que a sua antiga era.

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg

Lucky Luciano is one of the bosses of the Mafia. He orders the slaughter of 40 other responsibles, therefore becoming the only boss. But a few years later he is put into jail. In 1946, he got a pardon and is sent back to Sicilia. There, he begins becoming one of the chief of the Mafia. The US Army seems to refrain from interfering.

Lisa is a tourist in an ancient city. When she gets lost, she finds an old mansion in which to shelter. Soon she is sucked into a vortex of deception, debauchery and evil presided over by housekeeper Leandre.

Vários assassinatos acontecem numa paradisíaca baía, começando pela condessa Donati, a proprietária do local. Jovens adolescentes com os hormônios em ebulição, moradores das redondezas e herdeiros daquela propriedade - todos parecem tornar-se vítimas de um assassino misterioso, embora a cada momento do filme mais de uma pessoa tenha motivos para matar seus semelhantes.

In the aftermath of the Trojan Wars, Queen Hecuba takes stock of the defeated kingdom. Her son has been killed, and his widow, Andromache, is left to raise their son, Astyanax, alone. Hecuba's daughter, Cassandra, fears being enslaved by her Greek masters, while Helen of Troy risks being executed. Astyanax also becomes the focus of the Greeks' attention as the last male heir of the Trojan royal family.

A superhero becomes invisible after he swallows an Indian potion.

An American playwright living in Rome consults a quack psychiatrist to combat his fears of balding and save his failing marriage.

Tells a dark story about a young lawyer that falls in love with a strange girl with an unknown past.

Beautiful PR woman, Maria finds herself trapped in the home of the sinister and troubled Dr. Sayer, where she is subjected to a series of increasingly bizarre, terrifying, and degrading sex games. Sayer admits that he has murdered several women after the same ordeal, always killing them at the point of orgasm. But all is not what it seems, and through a series of twists and turns, the whole situation is slowly turned on its head.

A sexy widow discovers her late husband had a secret apartment where he cheated on her. Now she decides to use the same apartment to explore her own sexuality.

Ignazio is married to a much younger girl, as she starts being attracted by a handsome young man. The new couple set up several plans to kill the cuckhold, but.. it always seems to work out for lucky Ignazio!

Italian drama written and directed by Brunello Rondi.

An anthology film / black comedy about three ordinary men who become involved in violent crimes.

An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.

An American CIA agent must find the whereabouts of valuable microfilm that was smuggled over by two Russian scientists who had been hoping to defect.

A young married woman who is desperately unhappy is tempted into a lesbian relationship with an interior decorator.

Chuva, neblina, frio e poluição assolam a cidade industrial de Ravenna, na Itália. Ugo, o gerente de uma usina local, é casado com Giuliana, uma dona de casa que sofre de problemas psicológicos. Um dia, ela conhece o engenheiro Zeller, o que pode mudar sua vida. Em O Deserto Vermelho, Antonioni, no auge de sua forma, aborda os temas centrais de sua filmografia: a incomunicabilidade e a solidão do homem contemporâneo.

Purificata (Daliah Lavi), um jovem camponês que vive em uma pequena vila no sul da Itália, é considerada uma bruxa pelos habitantes locais; incorrer dessa maneira em sua ira - até um ponto em que ela é condenada a uma sentença terrível como punição por suas ações supostamente más.

Certain that "the right man" is crucial to her escaping the confines of the Italian village where she lives, Pina (Sandra Milo) places an ad in the newspaper. She gets a response from Adolfo (Francois Perier), who agrees to travel from his residence in Rome to visit her. As flashbacks shed light on both their pasts, suspense builds about how they will relate to one another. Sharp, dark Italian comedy co-stars Mario Adorf, Gastone Moschin.

In the 19th century, a sadistic nobleman terrorizes the members of his family. He is found dead, but his ghost soon returns to haunt the residents of his castle.

Dora, driven away from her town by malicious gossip following her first love affair, has a series of short-lived adventures until she falls in love with Nino, a small time crook. In Parma, a police officer courts her but she keeps thinking of Nino.

During WW2, it's not wise to be a mayor chosen by the fascists with the Americans' impending arrival.

O escritor Tyvian Jones parece ter tudo (um best-seller internacional, um apartamento em Roma, uma bela noiva), mas é amargo mesmo assim. Ele encontra sua cara-metade na sedutora Eve. Uma tirana emocional, sua manipulação casual força Tyvian a confrontar seu passado e suas fraquezas.

Based on the misdeeds of the criminal group headed by Paolo Casaroli, who was dedicated to robbing banks.

Após brigar com o namorado, Vittoria se apaixona por Piero, um sedutor e materialista corretor da Bolsa de Valores. Apesar do real interesse de Vittoria, Piero não deseja um relacionamento sólido, por conta da sua personalidade volúvel.

Um barão siciliano casado se apaixona por sua prima e promete casar com ela, mas como o divórcio é ilegal ele deve inventar um crime de adultério para acabar com sua esposa. Ferdinando Cefalù está desesperado por se casar com sua prima, Angela, mas ele já é casado com Rosalia e o divórcio é ilegal na Itália. Para contornar a lei, ele tenta persuadir sua esposa para ter um caso para que ele possa atraí-la e matá-la, pois ele sabe que receberá uma sentença leve por matar uma mulher adúltera. Ele convence um pintor a conquistar sua esposa para um caso amoroso, mas Rosalia prova ser mais fiel do que ele esperava. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)

Alfredo Martelli é preso pela polícia no seu apartamento sem qualquer justificação. Depois ele lentamente descobre qual é a investigação, à medida que descobrimos detalhes sobre a sua vida.

Alfredo Martelli é preso pela polícia no seu apartamento sem qualquer justificação. Depois ele lentamente descobre qual é a investigação, à medida que descobrimos detalhes sobre a sua vida.

Após dez anos de casamento, Lídia e Giovani passam uma noite permeada de momentos de angústia e luxúria, numa busca involuntária de respostas para a crise de seu relacionamento. Segundo filme da célebre "trilogia da incomunicabilidade", formada ainda por A Aventura e O Eclipse.

Stefano is a talented painter, devoted to his art but not interested in promoting himself, while many of his fellow artists are far more adept at selling their persona than creating art.

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search of love adventures. With the De Filippo brothers to complete.

Summer, 1943: wealthy youth in the Riccione district of Rimini play while the war gets closer. Carlo Caremoli, a young man who follows the crowd, has found ways to avoid military service. Then, on the beach, he meets Roberta, a war widow with a child. Roberta's mother warns Roberta to avoid Carlo, but to her, he seems attentive and to her daughter he is kind. Romance develops. Within a few weeks, Roberta is risking everything. Can there be a resolution between passion, on the one hand, and war, duty, and social expectation on the other?

Enrico di Ventimiglia, the Son of the Red Corsair, travels through the Spanish conquests of Central America in search of the stepsister he has never met.

Assola is an imaginary village on the border between Italy and France and the borderline crosses the village itself. The French customs agent Ferdinand is always trying to catch the Italian smuggler Giuseppe. Giuseppe discovers that Ferdinand was actually born in Italy and therefore he can't be a French customs agent.

Cesare, from Rome, and Mimì, from Naples, don't agree with their children marriage, so the young couple runs away from their home.

A television broadcast launches a proclamation for amateurs: "If you know how to speak, you will know how to sing". The award mirage lured many person, with ambitions or financial problems, to enroll in the competition.

In a small Italian town, the local youngsters realize that their youth is coming to an end and marriage will soon follow. They gather together for one last time in an attempt to revive their younger days, but this comes to a dismal conclusion. Gradually it dawns on the group that childhood is over and the next stage in human growth must be faced.

Andrea Zaccardi has returned home from hunting. He and his wife Luisa are very close. Their young son Giulio develops a cough. The doctor recommends the seaside. Luisa leaves with Giulio for several weeks. Andrea stays to work at the metal shop.

A mad scientist captures young women and drains their blood, in order to keep alive an ancient, evil duchess.

While Rodolfo tries to become a lyric singer, his lifestyle deeply annoys his father-in-law.

Train operator Andrea Marcocci has to witness the suicide of a desperate man who jumps in front of his train. Under the influence of this shock he starts making mistakes. A check up by a doctor reveals that he's at the brink of becoming an alcoholic. Due to this evaluation he is degraded and must accept a salary cut.

Peppino Bardellotti, a widower, lives in Milan with his four daughters and ex sister-in-law Matilde, who urges girls to settle down by marrying a wealthy man.

Maria, a prostitute, meets Cesare in a police station, a drunkard reporter. Cesare falls in love with her and wants to save her from her bleak life but the girl refuses any help.

Jealous of his widowed mother's new lover, a boy does everything to separate them. Then, after he realizes their profound feelings for each other, he tries to reunite them.

A lawyer, married but temporarily alone at home, finds himself in the house a beautiful lady who tries to escape from her jealous husband. Fascinated by the beauty of the unexpected guest, the lawyer is determined to conquer her, in vain. But when the woman leaves, she discovers that she has been stolen some money.

In this comedy Alberto Sordi plays Rosario Scimoni, known as Sasà, an opportunistic and unscrupulous guy, nephew of the mayor of Catania, and he's always ready to take sides with anyone who can help him. He switches from socialism to fascism; he changes his political faith the same way he changes women. He even tries to found his own party.

A painter's wife becomes ill. A friend comes to comfort him,but he falls in love with her.

Naples 1821. Alphonse, a young poet belonging to a noble French family, is caught by a storm at sea. Fortunately the boat manage to reach the shores of Procida, where Alphonse is welcomed by the family of Andrea. Here he meets the beautiful Graziella.

Nine episodes about life in Italy in the period just before its economic boom.

Carlo Mastelli, the young radio presenter of "New Voices" has run short of ideas and his program is likely to be suspended from the radio schedule if he does not find any new ones.

A number of different segments taken from 19th century Italian stories.

Vincenzo, a railwayman who works on the Rome-to-Paris line, has a wife in Italy and a mistress in France: Ginette, a widow with a four-year-old daughter. When he's offered a job in Paris he decides to move, but unfortunately his wife and petulant brother-in-law insist on accompanying him to Paris, and he must decide between the two women in his life.

Four criminals commit a robbery at a soccer stadium, and then split up to try to hide separately from the police.

While casing a bank he intends to rob, gangster Leo discovers one of the clerks, Antonio, is his exact double. He kidnaps Antonio and robs the bank, posing as Antonio. But Leo hadn't accounted for the involvement of Antonio's wife, Dorothy.