italy &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:italy @settima@mograph.social Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:14:59 +0200 Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 20/div div class="occasion" 1959/div div class="img" Plein soleil (1960)/div div class="caption" A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" "Marge, my love, my angel." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Plein soleil [Purple Noon] (René Clément, 1960)

Aug

20

1959

Plein soleil (1960)

A contract for Marge, a sailboat, dated August 20, 1959. DP: Henri Decaë.

“Marge, my love, my angel.”

#FilmDuJour #August #RenéClément #PatriciaHighsmith #AlainDelon #MarieLaforêt #MauriceRonet #RomySchneider #NinoRota #HenriDecaë #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #France #Italy #1960s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-zb65 Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0200 Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mq52 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Ferragosto/div div class="img" Fuoco! (1968)/div div class="caption" The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone./div div class="txt" Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #GianVittorioBaldi #MarioBagnato #LidiaBiondi #GiorgioMaulini #FrancoPotenza #UgoPiccone #thriller #drama #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Fuoco! [Fire!] (Gian Vittorio Baldi, 1968)

Aug

15

Ferragosto

Fuoco! (1968)

The statue of the Virgin with a bullet hole right through her eye. DP: Ugo Piccone.

Someone opens fire on August 15, the day of Ferragosto and the Virgin's Assumption

 

#FilmDuJour #August #GianVittorioBaldi #MarioBagnato #LidiaBiondi #GiorgioMaulini #FrancoPotenza #UgoPiccone #thriller #drama #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-mq52 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-815c <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 7/div div class="occasion" 1949/div div class="img" Domenica d'agosto (1950)/div div class="caption" A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed a calendar page: SUNDAY AUGUST 7 S. GAETANO THE SUN RISES AT 5:15 SUNSET AT 19:42 – CRESCENT MOON. "S. Gaetano" refers to Saint Cajetan, who's feast day is on August 7. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #holidays #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆/div /section ]]>

Domenica d'agosto [Sunday in August] (Luciano Emmer, 1950)

Aug

7

1949

Domenica d'agosto (1950)

A little boy runs down a Roman street. Superimposed a calendar page: SUNDAY AUGUST 7 S. GAETANO THE SUN RISES AT 5:15 SUNSET AT 19:42 – CRESCENT MOON. “S. Gaetano” refers to Saint Cajetan, who's feast day is on August 7. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala.

#FilmDuJour #August #LucianoEmmer #AnnaBaldini #VeraCarmi #MarcelloMastroianni #RomanVlad #LeonidaBarboni #UbaldoMarelli #DomenicoScala #holidays #romance #comedy #drama #Neorealismo #Ostia #Rome #Italy #1950s ★★★☆☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-815c Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4wyz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)/div div class="month" Aug/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 4/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Vergogna, schifosi!… (1969)-2.png)/div div class="caption" A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti./div div class="txt" While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams. "Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #August #MauroSeverino #LinoCapolicchio #MaríliaBranco #RobertoBisacco #DaniëlSola #IvanoDavoli #EnnioMorricone #AngeloLotti #blackmail #thriller #mystery #LGBT #Milan #Italy #1960s ★★★★/div /section ]]>

Vergogna, schifosi!… [Dirty Angels] (Mauro Severino, 1969)

Aug

4

Vergogna, schifosi!… (1969)

A small desk calendar. The 4 is circled. DP: Angelo Lotti.

While the month is never explicitly stated, there's mention of August traffic jams.

“Matto, caldo, soldi, morto… girotondo…”

#FilmDuJour #August #MauroSeverino #LinoCapolicchio #MaríliaBranco #RobertoBisacco #DaniëlSola #IvanoDavoli #EnnioMorricone #AngeloLotti #blackmail #thriller #mystery #LGBT #Milan #Italy #1960s ★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-4wyz Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 30/div div class="occasion" 1968/div div class="img" Gli intoccabili (1969)/div div class="caption" Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer./div div class="txt" "It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive." ### – Rosemary Scott /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Gli intoccabili [Machine Gun McCain] (Giuliano Montaldo, 1969)

Jul

30

1968

Gli intoccabili (1969)

Man's hands hold up the July 30, 1968 San Francisco Chronicle. The headline reads GANGLAND FEUD EXPLODES: TWO CUT DOWN BY MACHINE GUN. It's a Tuesday. DP: Erico Menczer.

“It's a lot of work, ya know, just staying alive.”

– Rosemary Scott

#FilmDuJour #July #GiulianoMontaldo #OvidDemaris #JohnCassavetes #BrittEkland #PeterFalk #GabrieleFerzetti #GenaRowlands #EnnioMorricone #EricoMenczer #crime #drama #romance #BookAdaptation #Italy #1960s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-x7md Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" cereal/div div class="img" Goodbye & Amen (1977).png)/div div class="caption" Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller./div div class="txt" "Twelve boxes of cornflakes - all for himself?" ### – Jack /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Goodbye & Amen (Damiano Damiani, 1977)

Jul

25

cereal

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

Mrs. De Mauro (Claudia Cardinale) peeks around her hotelroom door. Waiting for her is a room service cart with coffee, coffee cups, and numerous boxes of Post Toasties. DP: Luigi Kuveiller.

“Twelve boxes of cornflakes – all for himself?”

– Jack

#FilmDinner #cereal #cornflakes #DamianoDamiani #FrancisClifford #TonyMusante #ClaudiaCardinale #JohnSteiner #RenzoPalmer #FabrizioJovine #JohnForsythe #GuidoDeAngelis #MaurizioDeAngelis #LuigiKuveiller #drama #crime #thriller #BookAdaptation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-yn63 Sat, 25 Jul 2026 17:22:51 +0200 Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-84nd <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" 1934/div div class="img" Dillinger è morto (1969)/div div class="caption" Glauco (Michel Piccoli) reading the July 25, 1934 Chicago Daily Tribune that he found in the pantry. The headline states CLEAR UP DILLINGER MYSTERY. DP: Mario Vulpiani./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #MarcoFerreri #MichelPiccoli #AnitaPallenberg #AnnieGirardot #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #crime #satire #food #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Dillinger è morto [Dillinger Is Dead] (Marco Ferreri, 1969)

Jul

25

1934

Dillinger è morto (1969)

Glauco (Michel Piccoli) reading the July 25, 1934 Chicago Daily Tribune that he found in the pantry. The headline states CLEAR UP DILLINGER MYSTERY. DP: Mario Vulpiani.

#FilmDuJour #July #MarcoFerreri #MichelPiccoli #AnitaPallenberg #AnnieGirardot #TeoUsuelli #MarioVulpiani #drama #crime #satire #food #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-84nd Sat, 25 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Estate violenta [Violent Summer] (Valerio Zurlini, 1959) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-69fh <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Estate violenta [Violent Summer] (Valerio Zurlini, 1959)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 25/div div class="occasion" 1943/div div class="img" Estate violenta (1959)/div div class="caption" A large radio on a small pedestal. A perpetual wall calendar next to it reads DOMENICA 25 LUGLIO. DP: Tino Santoni./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #ValerioZurlini #EleonoraRossiDrago #JeanLouisTrintignant #LillaBrignone #RafMattioli #FedericaRanchi #CathiaCaro #MarioNascimbene #TinoSantoni #drama #melodrama #WW2 #romance #war #Rimini #Italy #France #1950s ★★★★☆ ♥︎/div /section ]]>

Estate violenta [Violent Summer] (Valerio Zurlini, 1959)

Jul

25

1943

Estate violenta (1959)

A large radio on a small pedestal. A perpetual wall calendar next to it reads DOMENICA 25 LUGLIO. DP: Tino Santoni.

 

#FilmDuJour #July #ValerioZurlini #EleonoraRossiDrago #JeanLouisTrintignant #LillaBrignone #RafMattioli #FedericaRanchi #CathiaCaro #MarioNascimbene #TinoSantoni #drama #melodrama #WW2 #romance #war #Rimini #Italy #France #1950s ★★★★☆ ♥︎

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-69fh Sat, 25 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0200 L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ttwl <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 10/div div class="occasion" Mon/div div class="img" L'eclisse (1962)/div div class="caption" Vittoria (Monica Vitti, bottom left) at the Borsa – the Rome Stock Exchange. A clock top-right indicates it's Monday, July 10, 12:31 pm.. DP: Gianni Di Venanzo./div div class="txt" "Everything's crashing here." ### – Vittoria's mother\ /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #MichelangeloAntonioni #MonicaVitti #AlainDelon #GiovanniFusco #GianniDiVenanzo #eclipse #romance #drama #mystery #EUR #Rome #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

L'eclisse [The Eclipse] (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1962)

Jul

10

Mon

L'eclisse (1962)

Vittoria (Monica Vitti, bottom left) at the Borsa – the Rome Stock Exchange. A clock top-right indicates it's Monday, July 10, 12:31 pm.. DP: Gianni Di Venanzo.

“Everything's crashing here.”

– Vittoria's mother

#FilmDuJour #July #MichelangeloAntonioni #MonicaVitti #AlainDelon #GiovanniFusco #GianniDiVenanzo #eclipse #romance #drama #mystery #EUR #Rome #Italy #France #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ttwl Fri, 10 Jul 2026 13:00:00 +0200 Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t45m <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)/div div class="month" Jul/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 3/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Divorzio all'italiana (1961)/div div class="caption" A closeup of a man's hand holding up a diary. It's the third of July. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma./div div class="txt" Additionally, IMDb writes that "director Pietro Germi filmed a close-up of the front page of a newspaper announcing Yuri Gagarin's flight around the earth on April 12th 1961." /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #July #April #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Divorzio all'italiana [Divorce Italian Style] (Pietro Germi, 1961)

Jul

3

Divorzio all'italiana (1961)

A closeup of a man's hand holding up a diary. It's the third of July. DPs: Leonida Barboni & Carlo Di Palma.

Additionally, IMDb writes that “director Pietro Germi filmed a close-up of the front page of a newspaper announcing Yuri Gagarin's flight around the earth on April 12th 1961.”

#FilmDuJour #July #April #PietroGermi #MarcelloMastroianni #DanielaRocca #StefaniaSandrelli #LeopoldoTrieste #CarloRustichelli #LeonidaBarboni #CarloDiPalma #comedy #satire #Italy #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-t45m Fri, 03 Jul 2026 11:00:00 +0200