Mario Soldati – MRQE

La Provinciale

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The ever-growing popularity of Gina Lollobrigida was a decided box-office asset when the Italian La Provinciale was distributed to the U.S. as The Wayward Wife. Lollobrigida acquits herself quite nicely in the tensely dramatic role of a much-put-upon small-town girl named Cemma. Seduced by a lad who turns out to be a relative, Cemma is tossed out of her home. Seeking security, she impulsively marries bookish science professor Franco Vagnuzzi (Gabriele Ferzetti). Bored by her marriage, Cemma doesn’t realize the true value of her loving husband until it’s almost too late. The original 118-minute run time was reduced for U.S. release.

La Mano dello straniero

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn’t seen in three years. Roger lives with his Aunt Rose since his mother abandoned him.

O.K. Nerone

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

Two American sailors, Fiorello and Jimmy are slugged while sight-seeing in Rome and, together, they dream they are back in Rome in the days of Nero.

Botta e risposta

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Good-natured and devout, a French house painter takes the train to Rome, where he has decided to go on a pilgrimage. There he meets a scatterbrained dresser who has been assigned by a music hall star to bring her the gown she is to wear on stage. The two men get stolen by Cleo, a charming thief. Once in Rome, the painter finds himself penniless and the dresser without the gown…

Piccolo mondo antico

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Franco, a young man of noble descent, marries Luisa, daughter of a humble clerk, against his grandmother’s will.

Malombra

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A nineteenth-century Italian noblewoman, imprisoned in a foreboding lakeside palazzo by her uncle, comes to believe she’s possessed by a long ago mistress of the manor.