Il Cinema Ritrovato 2018: Films Watched
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- DirectorMax OphülsStarsCharles BoyerDanielle DarrieuxVittorio De SicaWhen an aristocratic woman known only as "Madame de . . ." sells a pair of earrings given to her by her husband in order to pay some debts, she sets off a chain reaction of financial and carnal consequences that can end only in despair.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsAnna BaldiniVera CarmiEmilio CigoliA variety of different people, both adults, children, families, young lovers and youth gangs, spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia outside Rome.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerEnrico GrasLong panoramic camera movements explore a fresco by the late medieval painter Giotto called The Life of Christ.,in an attempt to capture the effect on the spectator of this work of art.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsClaudette ColbertWarren WilliamRochelle HudsonA struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.
- DirectorFranz OstenStarsHimanshu RaiCharu RoySeeta Devi Jr.A historical romance set in the Mughal Empire. Selima (Enakshi) is a princess-foundling raised by a potter and loved by her brother, Shiraz (Rai). She is abducted and sold as a slave to Prince Khurram, later Emperor Shah Jehan (Roy), who falls for her, to the chagrin of the wily Dalia (Seeta Devi). When Selima is caught with Shiraz, the young man is condemned to be trampled to death by an elephant. A pendant reveals Selima's royal status and she saves her brother, marries the prince and becomes Empress Mumtaz Mahal while Dalia is banned for her machinations against Selima. When Selima dies (1629), the emperor builds her a monument to the design of the now old and blind Shiraz, the Taj Mahal. The film contains a number of passionate kissing scenes.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerEnrico Gras
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsAldo FabriziHenri GuisolAve NinchiA group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure, and maybe even find some romance.
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsRod TaylorTippi HedrenJessica TandyA wealthy San Francisco socialite pursues a potential boyfriend to a small Northern California town that slowly takes a turn for the bizarre when birds of all kinds suddenly begin to attack people.
- DirectorAlfred L. WerkerStarsAdolphe MenjouMinna GombellArthur PiersonA middle aged millionaire falls in love with a gorgeous, but stupid blonde gold digger, being guided by her ever-present shrewish friend.They marry but the man soon regrets his rash move when she's constantly bored and looking for dancing and excitement, leaving him feel his age. He conspires with a loyal friend to find a suitable man she might run away with so he can divorce her.
- DirectorGiuseppe De SantisLeopoldo SavonaStarsMarcello MastroianniMarina VladyGiulio CalìA man and a woman would like to get married, but lack the necessary funds for the traditional "big" wedding. Thus they plan to escape to the countryside and "live in sin".
- DirectorJoseph PevneyStarsJeff ChandlerJohn SaxonDolores HartWhen four rowdy cowhands ride into a small town and make trouble, no one seems willing or able to take them on, not even Sam Christy, the toughest man in town. But then there is a murder.
- StarsLuisella VivianiRaffaele VivianiLusiello and Raffaelo are peasants engaged upon a farm, the proprietor of which has an only son, Alexander, with whom Lusiello is in love. He has no thought for her, beyond finding her a pleasant girl to have a chat with now and then. Alexander is affianced to the daughter of a neighboring farmer, and one day, as he rides away to meet his sweetheart, Lusiello follows him, and has her worst fears confirmed. She vows vengeance, and endeavors to administer poison to the unsuspecting girl. Alexander detects the poison, and saves his sweetheart, at the same time suspecting Lusiello. He accuses her, and orders her away from the farm. Meanwhile, Raffaelo has been discharged for indolence, and spends his time drinking in the village inn. His sister goes to him, and, concocting a story of Alexander having insulted her, she goads her brother to attempt to kill him. Whilst he is preparing his plan of vengeance, Lusiello meets with an accident, is rescued, and carried to the house of Alexander's fiancee. She waits upon the unfortunate girl, and so wins her affection that she repents her plan of vengeance, and escapes from her sick-bed and arrives at the place where her brother had appointed to intercept and kill Alexander, and is in time to save her brother from a terrible crime. The two men are struggling for life, when Lusiello rushes up and separates them, declaring that her accusation was not true, and that Alexander was innocent. The brother and sister are reconciled, and together leave the neighborhood, while Alexander and his fiancee are left in peace.
- DirectorElvira NotariStarsClara BoniEduardo NotariE. Pensa
- DirectorElvira NotariStarsEduardo NotariGeppino JovineOreste TesoroneThis short subject is from the Neapolitan ballad, a story of love and death.
- DirectorRoberto GavaldónStarsPedro ArmendárizCarlos López MoctezumaMaría DouglasGarcía Mata, civil servant, arrives to the village to investigate Cardoza's murder, a candidate to the local presidency, enemy of "cacique" Rosauro Castro.
- DirectorWilliam DieterleStarsWarner BaxterMiriam JordanJohn BolesA murder victim is brought back to life by a scientific experiment. However, the effects only last for six hours, and he must find his killer in that time.
- DirectorYilmaz GüneyStarsYilmaz GüneyGülsen AlniaçikTuncel KurtizWhen one of his horses is killed by an automobile, and when it is clear that neither justice nor charity will prevail, the man begins a slow slide into despair. On the advice of a local holy man, and fuelled by an indefatigable optimism, he sets out into the desert in quest of a mythical lost treasure, slipping further and further into that final, ineluctable moment.
- DirectorSerge NadejdineJacques RobertStarsGaston ModotGina ManèsLilian ConstantiniAntonio Arcella, a popular singer and Pinatucchio, a beggar, love the same woman, Costanzella, each in his own way: one is frivolous while the other is selfish. The beautiful but cruel young woman loves playing with her two lovers, pitting one against the other. But this is a dangerous game: driven crazy by her attitude, Pinatucchios loses control.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsIrene DunneCharles BoyerBarbara O'NeilA concert pianist unhappily married to a mentally ill woman falls in love with a waitress.
- DirectorEdwin J. BurkeStarsSpencer TracyHelen TwelvetreesAlice FayeGolden is a two-bit gambler who has promised wife Virginia he'll quit when he makes $200,000. When he fixes a fight he gets mobster Mossiter mad, then loses his fortune to him. He pawns his wife's jewels and takes out an insurance policy on himself.
- DirectorMarcello PaglieroStarsJean-Pierre KérienGinette LeclercRobert DalbanA gritty story of dock workers scraping a living in post-war Le Havre, the damage caused to the town during the war all too apparent.
- DirectorChris MarkerStarsÉtienne BeckerJean NégroniHélène ChatelainThe story of a man forced to explore his memories in the wake of World War III's devastation, told through still images.
- DirectorEmilio FernándezStarsNinón SevillaTito JuncoRodolfo AcostaIn México City, a Cuban dancer from "Cabaret Changó" rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way.
- DirectorIrving CummingsStarsSpencer TracyClaire TrevorRalph MorganBootlegger Ed Carson is sent to prison. His old gang turns from liquor (now legal) to kidnapping. When they nab the son and daughter-in-law of the judge who sent Carson to prison, he is paroled to help in the capture.
- DirectorMarcello PaglieroStarsNicole CourcelFrank VillardHenri GénèsJean Michaut is a bargeman who lives nearby an old barge cemetery named "Bras-Mort". He is in love with Monique, the daughter of a wealthy boat owner. The girl returns his affection but runs her head against the wall of her family's class prejudices. Her "nearest and dearest" prove indeed prepared to do everything to separate the two lovers. But Monique will not buy in . On the contrary, she leaves her intolerant family to live with Jean among simple, more tolerant bargemen.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerEnrico GrasStarsGino CerviAn Italian documentary from filmmakers Enrico Gras and Luciano Emmer.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsFranco FabriziGabriele FerzettiLuciana AngiolilloCamilla, a middle-aged Venetian widow, arrives in Rome to take up service as a maid for the Rossetti family, who are not prosperous. With her discreet presence, she is an element of cohesion for them thru tensions and misfortunes.
- DirectorLuciano EmmerStarsLino VenturaMagali NoëlMarina VladyItalians migrate to Holland to make money in coal mining. After their first work accident, two friends make different future plans: one spends money on a weekend holiday; the other determines to return to Italy soon.
- DirectorJohn M. StahlStarsGene TierneyCornel WildeJeanne CrainA writer falls in love with a young socialite and they're soon married, but her obsessive love for him threatens to be the undoing of them both as well as everyone around them.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
- DirectorYuliy FaytStarsNatalya BogunovaNikolay BurlyaevAntonina BendovaOn a shore, a young tourist falls in love with a waitress. When he leaves the hotel, she must face his absence and a bigger issue.
- DirectorOctavio GetinoFernando E. SolanasStarsMaría de la PazFernando E. SolanasEdgardo SuárezDivided into three segments, namely 1 Neocolonialism, 2 Act for liberation, 3 Violence and liberation, the documentary lasts more than 4 hours this deals with the defense of the revolution and the revolution of the third world such as the revolt of the students in the United States and Western Europe, Czech citizens protest against the Soviet Union's State bureaucracy and also the revolution that (probably) is unprecedented in Argentina.
- DirectorBob FosseStarsLiza MinnelliMichael YorkHelmut GriemA female girlie club entertainer in Weimar Republic era Berlin romances two men while the Nazi Party rises to power around them.
- DirectorPietro GermiStarsMarcello MastroianniDaniela RoccaStefania SandrelliA married Sicilian baron falls in love with his cousin and vows to wed her, but with divorce illegal he must concoct a crime of passion to do away with his wife.
- DirectorHerbert KlineStarsFredric MarchA documentary chronicling the outbreak of World War II in Europe.
- DirectorAlessandro BlasettiStarsSophia LorenCharles BoyerMarcello MastroianniA photographer named Corrado snaps a picture of Antonietta. When it shows up on the front page of a magazine, she wants to take him to court over it.