Italy &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:Italy @settima@zirk.us Thu, 30 Apr 2026 00:54:36 +0200 Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nm3d <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio Tessari, 1971)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 26/div div class="occasion" Fri/div div class="img" Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)/div div class="caption" Sarah Marchi (Wendy D'Olive) with Giorgio (Helmut Berger) in the background, just out of focus behind her. DP: Carlo Carlini./div div class="txt" "Because, in the way I see it, the killer could only be one of two types. Either a person who was seized by a sudden impulse and in all probability has no police record, or else, a sex maniac." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #DuccioTessari #HelmutBerger #WendyDOlive #GianniFerrio #CarloCarlini #giallo #thriller #Italy #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate [The Bloodstained Butterfly] (Duccio Tessari, 1971)

Apr

26

Fri

Una farfalla con le ali insanguinate (1971)

Sarah Marchi (Wendy D'Olive) with Giorgio (Helmut Berger) in the background, just out of focus behind her. DP: Carlo Carlini.

“Because, in the way I see it, the killer could only be one of two types. Either a person who was seized by a sudden impulse and in all probability has no police record, or else, a sex maniac.”

#FilmDuJour #April #DuccioTessari #HelmutBerger #WendyDOlive #GianniFerrio #CarloCarlini #giallo #thriller #Italy #WestGermany #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-nm3d Sun, 26 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-szl7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="img" detailssummary spoiler warning: click to toggle image/summary Vulcano (1950).png)/div div class="caption" A letter from Pietro, dated April 23, 1949 DP: Arturo Gallea./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #WilliamDieterle #AnnaMagnani #RossanoBrazzi #GeraldineBrooks #EduardoCiannelli #EnzoStaiola #EnzoMasetti #ArturoGallea #volcanos #islands #drama #romance #crime #prostitution #Salina #Italy #1950s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Vulcano [Volcano] (William Dieterle, 1950)

Apr

23

1949

spoiler warning: click to toggle image Vulcano (1950)

A letter from Pietro, dated April 23, 1949 DP: Arturo Gallea.

 

#FilmDuJour #April #WilliamDieterle #AnnaMagnani #RossanoBrazzi #GeraldineBrooks #EduardoCiannelli #EnzoStaiola #EnzoMasetti #ArturoGallea #volcanos #islands #drama #romance #crime #prostitution #Salina #Italy #1950s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-szl7 Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b8rb <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1912/div div class="img" L'eclisse del 17 aprile (1912)/div div class="caption" Scientists in impeccable suits observing the 1912 solar eclipse. The colour used for tinting this scene, a turquoise, indicates moonlight/dusk. Image source: Cineteca di Bologna (via)./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #science #astronomy #documentary #eclipse #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #Italy #1910s/div /section ]]>

L'eclisse del 17 aprile [An Eclipse of the Sun] (1912)

Apr

17

1912

L'eclisse del 17 aprile (1912)

Scientists in impeccable suits observing the 1912 solar eclipse. The colour used for tinting this scene, a turquoise, indicates moonlight/dusk. Image source: Cineteca di Bologna (via).

#FilmDuJour #April #science #astronomy #documentary #eclipse #ShortFilm #SilentFilm #Italy #1910s

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-b8rb Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)/div div class="month" Apr/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="occasion" 1964/div div class="img" Les yeux cernés (1964)/div div class="caption" A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

Apr

2

1964

Les yeux cernés (1964)

A typed request on official stationary dated April 2, requesting to show up at the police precinct on April 4, 1964. DP: Jean Boffety.

#FilmDuJour #April #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #crime #mystery #FilmNoir #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-bgsr Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Il mare [The Sea] (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qcy3 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Il mare [The Sea] (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1962)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 17/div div class="occasion" 1962/div div class="img" Il mare (1962)/div div class="caption" The actor (Umberto Orsini) approaches a hotel lobby. A blackboard notes the date: February 17, 1962. DP: Ennio Guarnieri./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #GiuseppePatroniGriffi #UmbertoOrsini #FrançoisePrévost #DinoMele #GiovanniFusco #EnnioGuarnieri #drama #romance #LGBT #Capri #Italy #1960s ★★★★½/div /section ]]>

Il mare [The Sea] (Giuseppe Patroni Griffi, 1962)

Feb

17

1962

Il mare (1962)

The actor (Umberto Orsini) approaches a hotel lobby. A blackboard notes the date: February 17, 1962. DP: Ennio Guarnieri.

#FilmDuJour #February #GiuseppePatroniGriffi #UmbertoOrsini #FrançoisePrévost #DinoMele #GiovanniFusco #EnnioGuarnieri #drama #romance #LGBT #Capri #Italy #1960s ★★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-qcy3 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ky1l <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 13/div div class="occasion" J&B/div div class="img" Paranoia (1970).png)/div div class="caption" Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori./div div class="txt" "You represent everything I detest in a man." ### – Lily Harmer /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Paranoia [A Quiet Place to Kill] (Umberto Lenzi, 1970)

Feb

13

J&B

Paranoia (1970)

Carroll Baker as Helen pours herself a stiff drink while a guy in lettuce-coloured pants struts in. She's deserves it. Damn it, we ALL deserve it! DP: Guglielmo Mancori.

“You represent everything I detest in a man.”

– Lily Harmer

#FilmDinner #JandB #whisky #UmbertoLenzi #CarrollBaker #JeanSorel #LuisDávila #AlbertoDalbés #GregorioGarcíaSegura #NinoRota #GuglielmoMancori #giallo #crime #thriller #Italy #France #Spain #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ky1l Fri, 13 Feb 2026 16:03:47 +0100 L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ludienza-1972 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)/div div class="month" Feb/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 2/div div class="X" /div div class="img" L'udienza (1972)/div div class="caption" Aiche (Claudia Cardinale) washing Principe Donati's (Vittorio Gassman) feet. DP: Mario Vulpiani./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #February #MarcoFerreri #EnzoJannacci #ClaudiaCardinale #UgoTognazzi #MichelPiccoli #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #mystery #religion #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½ /div /section ]]>

L'udienza [The Audience] (Marco Ferreri, 1972)

Feb

2

L'udienza (1972)

Aiche (Claudia Cardinale) washing Principe Donati's (Vittorio Gassman) feet. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

#FilmDuJour #February #MarcoFerreri #EnzoJannacci #ClaudiaCardinale #UgoTognazzi #MichelPiccoli #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #mystery #religion #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/ludienza-1972 Mon, 02 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0100 N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ynym <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="occasion" 1979/div div class="img" N.P. il segreto (1971).png)/div div class="caption" The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau./div div class="txt" And April 27. &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #SilvanoAgosti #FranciscoRabal #IrenePapas #EdyBiagetti #TakisEmmanuel #IngridThulin #NicolaPiovani #DimitriNicolau #drama #SciFi #politics #dystopia #Italy #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

N.P. il segreto [N.P.] (Silvano Agosti, 1971)

Jan

3

1979

N.P. il segreto (1971)

The January 3–4 International Herald Tribune reports on The Gunboat Affair. DP: Dimitri Nicolau.

And April 27.

 

#FilmDuJour #January #SilvanoAgosti #FranciscoRabal #IrenePapas #EdyBiagetti #TakisEmmanuel #IngridThulin #NicolaPiovani #DimitriNicolau #drama #SciFi #politics #dystopia #Italy #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ynym Sat, 03 Jan 2026 10:00:00 +0100 Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-67s7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Que la bête meure (1969).png)/div div class="caption" A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Que la bête meure [The Beast Must Die] (Claude Chabrol, 1969)

Jan

3

Que la bête meure (1969)

A hand writes 3 janvier in red ink on quad paper. DP: Jean Rabier.

 

#FilmDuJour #January #ClaudeChabrol #CecilDayLewis #MichelDuchaussoy #CarolineCellier #JeanYanne #AnoukFerjac #MarcDiNapoli #LouiseChevalier #PierreJansen #JeanRabier #drama #revenge #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-67s7 Sat, 03 Jan 2026 09:00:00 +0100 Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1fmk <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)/div div class="month" Jan/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 1/div div class="occasion" 1900/div div class="img" Amore di ussaro (1940).jpg)/div div class="caption" 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./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #January #LuisMarquina #ConchitaMontenegro #LuisSagiVela #ConchaCatalá #AlbertoRomea #AnaMariscal #JoséRuizDeAzagra #CarloMontuori #drama #Italy #Spain #1940s/div /section ]]>

Amore di ussaro (Luis Marquina, 1940)

Jan

1

1900

Amore di ussaro (1940)

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

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-1fmk Thu, 01 Jan 2026 12:00:00 +0100