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Evil Senses
''Evil Senses'' ( it, Sensi) is a 1986 Italian erotic thriller film written and directed by Gabriele Lavia and starring Monica Guerritore, the same Lavia, and Mimsy Farmer. Plot Professional hitman Manuel come into possession of a compromising list of names that he should not know, which leads him to become hunted down by his bosses to be killed. Manuel takes refuge in Rome to a brothel run by his old mistress Micòl. He meets Vittoria, a mysterious and fascinating sex worker who leven though she claims to be already married. The two begin a sexual relationship, while Vittoria is actually under the payroll of Manuel's bosses, among them is her fake husband who has planned on having her seduce him to obtain the names on the list. Manuel confesses that he has thrown away her list of names, but that he keeps them in her memory. Vittoria is then ordered to kill Manuel, but then aims the gun at Manuel, but does not shoot him and only pretends to have carried out her bosses orders. Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriele Lavia
Gabriele Lavia (born 10 October 1942) is an Italian actor, film director and theatre director. Biography Lavia was born in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1970 he has had roles in nearly thirty films and television programs. He is known for his appearances in several horror films, including '' Beyond the Door'' (1974), Dario Argento's ''Deep Red'' (1975), ''Inferno'' (1980), and '' Sleepless'' (2001), and Pupi Avati's '' Zeder'' (1983). In Italy, Lavia has had a long career as a theatrical actor and director. He was the artistic co-director of the Teatro Eliseo of Rome (from 1980 to 1987), artistic director of the Teatro Stabile of Turin (from 1997 to the 2000) and artistic director of the Taormina Film Fest (in 1993). He has directed six films, most of which he has written or co-written, including ''Il Principe di Homburg'' (1983), based on Heinrich von Kleist's play ''Prinz Friedrich von Homburg'', for which he won the Nastro d'Argento Best New Director Award, and ''Sensi'' (U.S. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
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English-language Italian Films
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Italian Erotic Thriller Films
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Films Directed By Gabriele Lavia
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1980s Erotic Thriller Films
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List Of Italian Films Of 1986 ...
A list of films produced in Italy in 1986 (see 1986 in film): References Footnotes Sources * External linksItalian films of 1986at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1986 1986 Italina Films A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scandalous Gilda
''Scandalous Gilda'' ( it, Scandalosa Gilda) is a 1985 Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Gabriele Lavia and starring Monica Guerritore and the same Lavia. Plot Cast *Monica Guerritore as The Woman *Gabriele Lavia as The Man *Pina Cei as The Housekeeper * Italo Gasperini * Dario Mazzoli * Jasmine Maimone See also * List of Italian films of 1985 A list of films produced in Italy in 1985 (see 1985 in film): References Footnotes Sources * External linksItalian films of 1985at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1985 1985 The year 1985 was de ... References External links * 1980s erotic drama films Films directed by Gabriele Lavia Italian erotic drama films 1985 drama films 1985 films 1980s Italian-language films 1980s Italian films {{erotic-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Key (1983 Film)
''The Key'' ( it, La chiave) is an Italian erotic film directed by Tinto Brass. Set in Venice under the fascist regime in the early months of 1940, it recounts a tale of a voluptuous woman in her forties who is unable to respond to her husband but undergoes a belated sexual awakening with her daughter's fiancé, which enables her to please her husband at last. The film caused scandal in some quarters because it contains several explicit shots of nudity (characterised by certain critics as "gynecological") and sex scenes involving the well-known actress Stefania Sandrelli. However, the film ultimately obtained a decent level of commercial success. Plot Desperate after 20 years of marriage at his inability to arouse his beautiful but inhibited wife Teresa, retired art teacher Nino Rolfe records his love for her and his frustration in a diary that he locks in his desk, leaving the key for her to find. When she passes out after a party, he undresses her and their daughter's fiancé La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianfranco Clerici
Gianfranco Clerici (; born 29 July 1941) is an Italian writer of numerous screenplays for Italian film and television productions. He has collaborated with several directors of exploitation cinema, including Lucio Fulci and Ruggero Deodato. Many of his scripts went on to become controversial films. Biography Clerici was born in Bergamo. He began his career writing genre films, such as spy thrillers (popularized by the James Bond series) and spaghetti westerns. As genre films fell out of favor with audiences, he moved on to writing giallo films, including ''Don't Torture a Duckling'' and later ''The New York Ripper'', both directed by Lucio Fulci. He also wrote several crime films, including ''Blazing Magnums'' and ''Weapons of Death''. Toward the end of the nineteen seventies, Clerici began to write scripts for more exploitative films, such as ''Emanuelle Around the World'' and ''Nazi Love Camp 27''. Also around this time, Clerici began his famous collaboration with director Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinto Brass
Giovanni "Tinto" Brass (born 26 March 1933) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. In the 1960s and 1970s, he directed many critically acclaimed avant-garde films of various genres. Today, he is mainly known for his later work in the erotic genre, with films such as '' Caligula'', '' Così fan tutte'' (released under the English title ''All Ladies Do It''), '' Paprika'', '' Monella'' (''Frivolous Lola'') and ''Trasgredire''. Career Avant-garde cinema In the 1960s and 1970s, Brass was considered a promising experimental and avant-garde director, and his debut film ''Who Works Is Lost'' got very favorable reviews after screening at Venice Film Festival 1963. In 1964, he was commissioned by Umberto Eco to create two short films experimenting with visual language for the 13th Triennale di Milano – ''Tempo Libero'' and ''Tempo Lavorativo''. Throughout the 1960s and early 1970s, Brass directed films in many genres, including western (''Yankee'') and crime (''Col cuore in go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mimsy Farmer
Merle "Mimsy" Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American actress, artist and sculptor. She began her career appearing in several Hollywood studio films, such as ''Spencer's Mountain'' (1963) and ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965), followed by roles in the exploitation films ''Devil's Angels'' and ''Riot on Sunset Strip'' (both 1967). Farmer went on to establish herself as an international performer, starring in numerous European films, including the dramas ''More'' (1969) and '' Strogoff'' (1970), as well as multiple Italian giallo films: Dario Argento's ''Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' (1971), ''The Perfume of the Lady in Black'' (1974), ''Autopsy'' (1975), and Lucio Fulci's '' The Black Cat'' (1981). Early years Farmer was born Merle Farmer on February 28, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois. Her father was a news reporter for the ''Chicago Tribune'' and a writer for radio. Her mother was French. Her nickname, which she later took as her stage name, is derived from a line in Lewis Car ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
