Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979  PG, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Eboli
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Paolo Bonacelli, Irene Papas, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Francois Simon, Luigi Infantino, Francesco Callari, Antonio Allocca, Enzo Vitale
Set in mid-1930s' fascist Italy, this film is based on real-life anti-fascist author/painter Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte). Carlo is exiled to a remote region of Southern Italy, which was populated by peasants. The simple life–and wisdom–of the peasants had an impact on him and his thinking as he began to have a new appreciation of them and their way of life.
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Enrico IV 1984 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Henry IV
Director: Marco Bellocchio
Cast: Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Leopoldo Trieste, Paolo Bonacelli, Gianfelice Imparato, Claudio Spadaro, Giuseppe Cederna, Giacomo Bertozzi, Fabrizio Macciantelli, Luciano Bartoli
This adaptation of Luigi Pirandello's popular play stars Marcello Mastroianni as Enrico IV, a wealthy man who, after falling from a horse many years earlier, believes he is 11th-century Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV. He has a grand time playing the role in his castle, but family and friends gather to bring him back to reality. As they play his games, they begin to wonder whether or not he might really be the Emperor.
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The Inheritance 1976 R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Mauro Bolognini
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Fabio Testi, Dominique Sanda, Gigi Proietti, Adriana Asti, Paolo Bonacelli, Rossana Di Lorenzo, Harold Bradley, Silvia Cerio, Maria Russo, Rossella Rusconi, Simone Santo, Carlo Palmucci
Gregorio (Anthony Quinn) is a domineering, wealthy man who knows that he hasn't many years left. He sells his bakery and decides not to leave any money to two of his grown children since they had not pleased him. Instead, all will go to third son, Pippo (Luigi Proietti), who has stayed with Gregorio's bakery over the years. The lecherous Gregorio is also having an affair with Pippo's wife.
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Midnight Express 1978  R, 123 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Brad Davis, Irene Miracle, Randy Quaid, John Hurt, Bo Hopkins, Paul L. Smith, Mike Kellin, Norbert Weisser, Michael Ensign, Paolo Bonacelli, Franco Diogene, Kevork Malikyan, Peter Jeffrey
This film is based on the true story of Billy Hayes (Brad Davis) who, as an American college student, was arrested for smuggling hashish in Turkey. The story details the suffering Billy endured during his five-year imprisonment and subsequent escape. The film won two Academy Awards (Best Writing and Musical Score), and four nominations were received, including Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actor (John Hurt).
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Night on Earth 1991 R, 125 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Cast: Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosie Perez, Isaach De Bankole, Beatrice Dalle, Roberto Benigni, Paolo Bonacelli, Lisanne Falk
Inventive Jim Jarmusch brings us five stories that happen simultaneously across the globe–all occurring in taxies. Set in Los Angeles, New York City, Paris, Rome, and Helsinski, the international cast adds to the pleasure of this film.
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Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom 1975  N/R, 115 min.
Genre: Foreign / Horror
Director: Pier Paolo Pasolini
Cast: Paolo Bonacelli, Giorgio Cataldi, Umberto Paolo Quintavalle, Aldo Valletti, Caterina Boratto, Elsa De Giorgi, Helene Sugere, Sonia Saviange, Ines Pellegrini, Claudio Troccoli, Maurizio Valaguzza, Ezio Manni, Ines Pellegrini
Set during World War II in Northern Italy, this is the tale of 18 teenaged captives who are "treated" to sexual fun and games that evolve into sadistic torture and rape followed by execution. Who needs this?
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The Stendhal Syndrome 1996  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Dario Argento
Cast: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Marco Leonardi, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli, Julien Lambroschini, John Quentin, Franco Diogene, Lucia Stara, Sonia Topazio
Anna Manni (Asia Argento) suffers from Stendhal Syndrome; she becomes dizzy and hallucinates when she sees art masterpieces. But she is a police officer whose assignment is to track down a serial rapist. When he lures her into the Uffizi museum, he will have the upper hand–or will he?
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Touch and Die 1991 R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Piernico Solinas
Cast: Martin Sheen, Renee Estevez, David Birney, Franco Nero, Veronique Jannot, Horst Buchholz, Jacques Perrin, Paolo Bonacelli, Kent Broadhurst, Luca Venantini
Martin Sheen is an American news chief in Rome who starts to investigate when bodies are found around Europe with their hands cut off. He uncovers a plutonium theft scheme as well as political nuclear arms deals. It's all very confusing and not worth the time or effort to try to figure it out.
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| 1. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
aka: Eboli
2. Enrico IV (1984)
aka: Henry IV
3. The Inheritance (1976)
4. Midnight Express (1978)
5. Night on Earth (1991)
6. Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom (1975)
7. The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
8. Touch and Die (1991)
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