cafe Pellicola – window to fine italian cinema http://www.cafepellicola.com/ cafe pellicola - window to fine italian cinema Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:48:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Il Tetto – The Roof (Vittorio De Sica – 1956) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2016/12/26/il-tetto-roof-vittorio-de-sica-1956/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2016/12/26/il-tetto-roof-vittorio-de-sica-1956/#respond Mon, 26 Dec 2016 16:05:15 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=2897 Five years after his masterpiece, Miracolo a Milano – Miracle in Milan (1951), director Vittorio De Sica with screenwriter Cesare Zavattini, return to a familiar neorealist theme – social troubles of a young couple, played by unprofessional actors, facing a housing problem during Italy’s economic boom. Newlywed couple, Gabriella Pallotta – Luisa (as Gabriella Pallotti)… Continue reading Il Tetto – The Roof (Vittorio De Sica – 1956)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/04/13/italian-cinema-audiences-real-stories-by-real-people/feed/ 0 Il cammino della speranza – The Path of Hope (Pietro Germi – 1950) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/#respond Mon, 16 Feb 2015 16:59:42 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=2805 Right from the opening scene where you see the village women all veiled in black waiting patiently outside the mine for their husbands who refuse to come up to avoid the mine closing – you see direct similarities with another Nerorealism harbinger – Visconti’s 1948 La terra trema (The Earth Trembles). In the latter, the black… Continue reading Il cammino della speranza – The Path of Hope (Pietro Germi – 1950)

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]]> http://www.cafepellicola.com/2015/02/16/path-hope-il-camino-della-speranza-pietro-germi-1950/feed/ 0 I Quattro Tassisti – The Four Taxi Drivers (Giorgio Bianchi – 1963) http://www.cafepellicola.com/2014/12/31/quattro-tassisti-four-taxi-drivers-giorgio-bianchi-1963/ http://www.cafepellicola.com/2014/12/31/quattro-tassisti-four-taxi-drivers-giorgio-bianchi-1963/#respond Wed, 31 Dec 2014 18:08:46 +0000 http://www.cafepellicola.com/?p=2795 With 2015 coming upon us, I figured there is nothing like rewinding the clock back to this 1963 quaint cinematic gem to usher the New Year. Once upon a time there were 4 taxi drivers…This charming film brings four short films – urban fables if you will – that each captures a different human aspect… Continue reading I Quattro Tassisti – The Four Taxi Drivers (Giorgio Bianchi – 1963)

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