Bitter Rice is a crime drama set in the Po Valley in Italy. It follows a small-time crook who becomes involved in a jewel heist, a love quadrangle, and the moral reformation of a working-class poor. The story unfolds against the backdrop of rice paddies, beauty contests, boogie-woogie dancing, and heavy rain. It explores themes of femininity, female solidarity, and the exploitation of women in post-World War II Italy.
When a wretched soul discovers a hidden treasure, he embarks on an adventure full of danger and excitement, as he tries to escape from the clutches of the yellow devil.
Set in Rome in the early 1950s, the movie follows the story of a man who goes for a job interview and experiences the challenges and realities of post-war Italy. Based on a true story, it portrays the struggles and hardships faced by the people during that time.
Angelina is a story set in post-war Italy, highlighting the struggles of a lower-class housewife as she navigates political intrigue, deception, and the black market.
Turi, having returned to Sicily from abroad, learns that his sister Maruzza is the lover of Cosimo Barrese, a militant of the Movement for the Independence of Sicily, who, abandoned by everyone, has become a bandit. The two would like to get married, but life as an outlaw seems an insurmountable obstacle. Turi asks for revenge on the bandit who has dishonored the family and uses a shady and devious lawyer to drive him into a trap.
A young shepherd returns home after the Second World War having been held in a prisoner of war camp. He finds that the local landowner has stolen his sheep and his girlfriend. When he also assaults and murders his sister, the shepherd takes revenge.
Very stylish Italian swashbuckler - The Three Musketeers from the viewpoint of Milady de Winter
Three friends, a mechanic, a clockmaker, and a night warden are engaged to three sisters but are broke and cannot get married and pay the rent. They convince their future father-in-law to buy three little flats for them but the man buys them from a swindler and the friends run the risk of going to prison.
I figli non si vendono (literally, Children must not be sold) is a 1952 Italian melodrama film by Mario Bonnard
During the absence of her husband, who left for a fishing cruise in the seas of China, Carmela falls under the spell of Vito, a young fisherman.
An Italian historical melodrama
Young man Marco Laudato, after the '8/9/1943's WW2 armistice, enlists in the Italian Social Republic army, attending the last days of the old regime in decay.
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