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Stromboli (Terra di Dio) [Stromboli] (Roberto Rossellini, 1950)

May

8

birthdays

Stromboli (Terra di Dio) (1950)

Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman on set on Sardinia. In the background the house Bergman's character moves into with her husband. DP: Otello Martelli.

May 8 is both director Rossellini and Bergman's character Karen's #birthday.

“What mystery, what beauty.”

– Karen

#FilmDuJour #May #RobertoRossellini #IngridBergman #MarioVitale #RenzoCesana #MarioSponzo #OtelloMartelli #RenzoRossellini #OtelloMartelli #drama #melodrama #Neorealismo #religion #Sardinia #Italy #USA #1950s ★★☆☆☆

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

Apr

29

spaghetti di mamma

Domenica d'agosto (1950)

Marcella (Anna Baldini) enjoying mamma's spaghetti on the beach of Ostia. DPs: Leonida Barboni, Ubaldo Marelli & Domenico Scala.

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

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

L'amore (Roberto Rossellini, 1948)

Apr

22

alms

L'amore (1948)

Nannina (Anna Magnani) in “Il miracolo”, ascending a staircase while eating her alms. DP of this segment: Aldo Tonti; DPs “Una voce umana”: Robert Juillard & Otello Martelli.

“The madwoman has received your grace.”

– Nannina

#FilmDinner #alms #RobertoRossellini #JeanCocteau #FedericoFellini #RamónDelValleInclán #AnnaMagnani #Peparuolo #AmeliaRobert #RenzoRossellini #AldoTonti #RobertJuillard #OtelloMartelli #drama #romance #religion #AnthologyFilm #theatre #monologue #Neorealismo #BookAdaptation #Italy #1940s ★★★★☆

Strategia del ragno The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Apr

19

melon

Strategia del ragno (1970)

Athos Magnani (Giulio Brogi) and Draifa (Alida Valli) sharing a meal. There's a carafe with water, a small vase with two flowers, wine glasses, and half a melon. Athos looks up, past us, towards something. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro.

“There's phrase that… 'A man is made of all men. He is equal to all and all are equal to him'.”

– Athos Magnani

#FilmDinner #melons #fruit #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

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

Io la conoscevo bene [I Knew Her Well] (Antonio Pietrangeli, 1965)

Apr

2

cocktails

Io la conoscevo bene (1965)

A lone Roberto (Enrico Maria Salerno) at a lively cocktail party in Rome's hypermodern EUR district. DP: Armando Nannuzzi.

“Trouble is, she likes everything. She's always happy. She desires nothing, envies no one, is curious about nothing. You can't surprise her. She doesn't notice the humiliations, though they happen to her every day. It all rolls off her back like some waterproof material. Zero ambition. No moral code. Not even a whore's love of money.”

– the writer

#FilmDinner #AntonioPietrangeli #StefaniaSandrelli #MarioAdorf #EnricoMariaSalerno #FrancoNero #PieroPiccioni #BenedettoGhiglia #ArmandoNannuzzi #drama #comedy #ComingOfAge #cocktails #EUR #Rome #Italy #France #WestGermany #1960s ★★★½

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 ★★★★☆

Max et les ferrailleurs [Max and the Junkmen] (Claude Sautet, 1971)

Mar

16

Max et les ferrailleurs (1971)

Lily (Schneider) and Max (Piccoli) at a small table decked with good food, good wine, and quite a few wads of cash. DP: René Mathelin.

#FilmDinner #ClaudeSautet #ClaudeNéron #MichelPiccoli #RomySchneider #PhilippeSarde #RenéMathelin #BookAdaptation #crime #heist #drama #romance #France #Italy #1970s ★★★☆☆

Avere vent'anni [To Be Twenty] (Fernando Di Leo, 1978)

Mar

9

sandwiches

Avere vent'anni (1978)

Lia (Gloria Guida), one of the young, hot and pissed off 20-somethings, enjoys a sandwich with her espadrilles resting on a small restaurant table. Just visible in the background are multiple men on their lunchbreak. DP: Roberto Gerardi.

“I'm young, hot and pissed off!”

– Tina

#FilmDinner #FernandoDiLeo #GloriaGuida #LilliCarati #RayLovelock #FrancoCampanino #RobertoGerardi #DirectorsCut #sandwiches #bread #exploitation #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆