Sophia Loren – MRQE

Charlie Chaplin – Les années suisses (TV)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable “Tramp” character, the actor’s private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women, Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy’s notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin’s life and career during those so-called “forgotten years” (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.

Aida (TV)

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An Egyptian general (Luciano Della Marra) loves an Ethiopian slave (Sophia Loren), actually a princess, instead of the king’s daughter (Lois Maxwell).

Brief Encounter (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Two strangers, both married to others, meet in a railway station and soon find themselves in a brief but intense affair.

What Would Sophia Loren Do?

Wed, 29 Jul 2026 04:00:00 +0000

Nancy Vincenza Kulik, an Italian-American grandmother from Fort Lee, New Jersey, has experienced many challenges and triumphs. But she always meets life’s journey with love, resilience and joy, inspired in part by another Italian grandmother, movie star Sophia Loren.

La Vita davanti a sé

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business takes in a 12-year-old street kid who recently robbed her.

Anna

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Anna is a 1951 Italian drama film directed by Alberto Lattuada and starring the same trio as Bitter Rice: Silvana Mangano as Anna, the sinner who becomes a nun; Raf Vallone as Andrea, the rich man who loves her; and Vittorio Gassman as Vittorio, the wicked waiter who sets Anna on a dangerous path. Silvana Mangano’s real sister, Patrizia Mangano, acts as Anna’s sister on the film. Sophia Loren has got a small uncredited role as a nightclub assistant. Future film directors Franco Brusati and Dino Risi cowrote the script. [Wikipedia]

Attila

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans “The Scourge of God”, sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.

Showman

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Albert and David Maysles (Gimme Shelter) directed this 53-minute documentary about movie tycoon Joseph E. Levine (1963).

Questi fantasmi

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Pasquale and Maria, husband and wife, live in a palace supposedly haunted by ghosts and pay no rent. When Pasquale finds some food in the cupboard he thinks the ghosts are at work.

Prayanam

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The charming Adriana gets sick after her husband’s death. Her brother-in-law takes her on a journey to meet a doctor, while love overwhelms them.