Folco Lulli plays the troubled Maremmano (lit. 'sheep dog' which actually has some 'bite' in Italian but sounds thoroughly flat in English), a seemingly petty criminal who has spent most of his life in and out of jail. Stubborn to the last, his crisis of conscience finally comes when he's placed in a cell with two … Continue reading Redemption/Riscatto (1953)
Marino Girolami
A Child of the Times/Un Figlio D’Oggi (1961)
Buried deep in between some comedies (and yet more comedies) in Marino Girolami's extensive filmography is this downbeat crime-thriller, thinly masquerading as a morality tale, not too dissimilar to the American juvenile delinquency movies which were enjoying a modest success at around the same time. The bleak tone of the film, with murder and blackmail … Continue reading A Child of the Times/Un Figlio D’Oggi (1961)
Raptus (1969)
Raptus had something of a troubled history with the government censorship board, which initially refused to certify it on the grounds that it offended moral decency... Courtesy of the ItaliaTaglia database... (4 June 1969) The VIII section of the film review commission, having examined the film and having heard a representative from the production company, … Continue reading Raptus (1969)
A Ringside Seat: In Memory of Marino Girolami (2018)
19.09.2018 – Soriano nel Cimino, Italy It took almost a year to get it organised but we got there in the end... When I originally contacted Enzo, from the start I stressed the point that there's hardly any information available online about his father, Marino Girolami, and even less about his actor brother, Enio Girolami. … Continue reading A Ringside Seat: In Memory of Marino Girolami (2018)
When Angels Cry/Quando gli Angeli Piangono (1958)
WIP
One Man and His Droid 
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