Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)

Jan

1

1900

Margarita (Conchita Montenegro) and her hussar Leonardo de Vargas (Luis Sagi Vela) hold each other on New Year's Eve when the year changes from 1899 to 1900. DP: Carlo Montuori.

#FilmDuJour #January #LuisMarquina #ConchitaMontenegro #LuisSagiVela #ConchaCatalá #AlbertoRomea #AnaMariscal #JoséRuizDeAzagra #CarloMontuori #drama #Italy #Spain #1940s

Ladri di biciclette [The Bicycle Thieves] (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)

Apr

11

National Cheese Fondue Day

Bruno (Enzo Staiola) eating mozzarella. DP: Carlo Montuori.

Cheese or fondue for National Cheese Fondue Day (USA)

“Do you fancy a pizza? Come on, then! Come on, let's go! What the hell. We might as well go out in style. What's the point in worrying about it all?”

– Antonio Ricci

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalCheeseFondueDay #VittorioDeSica #LuigiBartolini #LambertoMaggiorani #EnzoStaiola #LianellaCarell #ElenaAltieri #SergioLeone #AlessandroCicognini #CarloMontuori #food #cheese #mozzarella #BookAdaptation #Rome #Italy #1940s

L'oro di Napoli [The Gold of Naples] (Vittorio De Sica, 1954)

Feb

9

National Pizza Day

Sophia Loren as herself, handing out fresh pizza fritta at Cucina del Toro to promote L'oro di Napoli (part of this description comes from Pinterest; I have no guarantee it is correct). DP of the movie: Carlo Montuori.

Someone eats pizza on National Pizza Day (USA)

In the segment Pizze a credito (“Pizza on credit”), unfaithful pizza baker Sofia (Sophia Loren) loses her wedding band in the dough, then accidentally deep-fries it into a pizza fritta Napoletana.

“Buon giorno, donna Sofia! Dateme 'na pizza! Cominciamo la giornata di…”

– pizza customer

As you may know, Sophia Loren wrote several cookbooks in her life and of course, there's a recipe for pizza. This one is Pizza Alla Napoletana and it goes like this: recipe.

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Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)

Jan

1

1900

Margarita (Conchita Montenegro) and her hussar Leonardo de Vargas (Luis Sagi Vela) hold each other on New Year's Eve when the year changes from 1899 to 1900. DP: Carlo Montuori.

#FilmDuJour #January #LuisMarquina #ConchitaMontenegro #LuisSagiVela #ConchaCatalá #AlbertoRomea #AnaMariscal #JoséRuizDeAzagra #CarloMontuori #drama #Italy #Spain #1940s

Ladri di biciclette [The Bicycle Thieves] (Vittorio De Sica, 1948)

Apr

11

National Cheese Fondue Day

Bruno (Enzo Staiola) eating mozzarella. DP: Carlo Montuori.

Cheese or fondue for National Cheese Fondue Day (USA)

– Antonio Ricci

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalCheeseFondueDay #VittorioDeSica #LuigiBartolini #LambertoMaggiorani #EnzoStaiola #LianellaCarell #ElenaAltieri #SergioLeone #AlessandroCicognini #CarloMontuori #food #cheese #mozzarella #BookAdaptation #Rome #Italy #1940s

L'oro di Napoli [The Gold of Naples] (Vittorio De Sica, 1954)

Feb

9

National Pizza Day

Sophia Loren as herself, handing out fresh pizza fritta at Cucina del Toro to promote L'oro di Napoli (part of this description comes from Pinterest; I have no guarantee it is correct). DP of the movie: Carlo Montuori.

Someone eats pizza on National Pizza Day (USA)

In the segment Pizze a credito (“Pizza on credit”), unfaithful pizza baker Sofia (Sophia Loren) loses her wedding band in the dough, then accidentally deep-fries it into a pizza fritta Napoletana.

– pizza customer

As you may know, Sophia Loren wrote several cookbooks in her life and of course, there's a recipe for pizza. This one is Pizza Alla Napoletana and it goes like this: recipe.

#Bales2025FilmChallenge #NationalPizzaDay #food #pizza #VittorioDeSica #Totò #SophiaLoren #PaoloStoppa #GiacomoFuria #AlbertoFarnese #TeclaScarano #TartaroPasquale #AlessandroCicognini #CarloMontuori #comedy #drama #AnthologyFilm #Naples #Italy #1950s