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Martine Brochard
Martine Brochard (born 2 April 1944) is a French actress and writer. Life and career Born in Paris, Brochard debuted in 1968 in a minor role in François Truffaut's '' Baisers volés''. In 1970, she moved to Italy, where she became a minor star in genre films, including poliziotteschi, commedia sexy all'italiana and giallo films. From the mid 70's, she regularly appears in Italian TV-series and on stage. In 1995 and 1999, she released two collection of stories for children, ''La gallina blu e altri racconti'' (Mursia, ) and ''Zaffiretto il vampiretto e altri racconti'' (Mursia, ). In 2003, Brochard was diagnosed with leukemia, a disease from which she was able to recover. Filmography *''Baisers volés'' (1968) *''La Main noire'' (1968) *''Béru et ces dames'' (1968) *''Le Socrate'' (1968) *''Les Cinq Dernières Minutes'' (1968) TV *''Le Survivant'' (1969) TV *''Eine Rose für Jane'' (1970) TV *''L'amour'' (1970) *''I giovedì della signora Giulia'' (1970) TV *'' Tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radiocorriere
''Radiocorriere TV'' (since 1954), formerly ''Radiocorriere'' (1930–1954) and ''Radio Orario'' (1925–1930), is an Italian-language listings magazine, with weekly print editions published in Italy between 1925 and 1995 under the press of RAI (formerly URI). It rebooted under publisher RCC Edizioni and owner Rai Trade with print editions from 1999–2008, then closed due to poor sales and reopened as an online magazine in 2012. Since 1995 it has also had occasional special-edition print runs under various publishers. On 3 January 2014 Rai Teche published online the complete 1925–1995 archives of URI/RAI's ''Radio Orario''/''Radiocorriere''/''TV''. History and profile The magazine was founded in January 1925 in Rome with the name ''Radiorario'' as the official magazine of URI ("Unione Radiofonica Italiana", i.e. "Italian Radio Union", Italy's first licensed broadcasting company which had formed in Turin a few months before), with the aim of publishing the schedules of Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Story Of A Cloistered Nun
''Story of a Cloistered Nun'' ( it, Storia di una monaca di clausura, released as ''Unholy Convent'' and ''Diary of a Cloistered Nun'') is a 1973 nunsploitation film directed by Domenico Paolella and starring Eleonora Giorgi, Catherine Spaak, Suzy Kendall, Martine Brochard, Tino Carraro, and Umberto Orsini. The film claims to be inspired by real events that occurred in the 16th-century at the Certosa di San Giacomo. Plot Refusing an arranged marriage, young aristocrat Carmela Simoni is sent to a convent. Her arrival intensifies the power struggle between the debauched nun Elisabeth, and the stern but evil Mother Superior, as both are smitten by Carmela's beauty. Cast Joan Collins Dame Joan Henrietta Collins (born 23 May 1933) is an English actress, author and columnist. Collins is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award, a People's Choice Award, two Soap Opera Digest Awards and a Primetime ... was originally cast as the Mother Superior, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Obsession
''Murder Obsession'' (''Follia omicida''), a.k.a. ''Fear'', is a 1981 Italian giallo film directed by Riccardo Freda, and starring Laura Gemser and Anita Strindberg. Plot synopsis A successful actor named Michael (Stefano Patrizi) has a dark past where, at a young age, he stabbed his father to death. Along with his girlfriend Deborah ( Silvia Dionisio), he visits his mother (Anita Strindberg) for the weekend and are joined by the director and other people involved in a film. Soon, the guests begin to get picked off and Michael fears his past will come back to kill him. Cast * Stefano Patrizi as Michael Stanford * Martine Brochard as Shirley * Henri Garcin as Hans Schwartz * John Richardson as Oliver * Laura Gemser as Beryl * Anita Strindberg as Glenda Stanford * Silvia Dionisio as Deborah Production Around 1969, Fabio Piccioni wrote a short story titled ''Il grido del Capricorno'', which he later adapted into an adult comic book in the ''Oltretomba'' series. Living across f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Medium
''Il medium'' () is a 1980 Italian film directed by Silvio Amadio. Production ''Il medium'' was developed due to director Silvio Amadio's interest in the occult, which he learned through his friend Demofilo Fidani. Fidani was a filmmaker who prominently worked on low budget Italian Westerns, and by the 1980s had become more known for his work in esoterism, including writing some novels on the subject. Amadio and Fidani had discussed their mutual interest in the topic since the 1970s. Among the screenwriters was Claudio Fragasso, who said he was approached by the director along with a psychic medium who told him that "the dead had told them eshould write this script." Fragasso also stated that this was the first script he had worked on, even before ''Meet Him and Die''. A film scenario with the same title was in Rome SIAE offices that were dated from October 17, 1975. Filming on ''Il medium'' took place much later, starting on May 7, 1979. Among the cast was Martine Brochard, who h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mannaja
''Mannaja'' (also known as ''A Man Called Blade'') is an Italian 1977 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Martino. The main role, Blade, is played by Maurizio Merli. Other central roles are played by John Steiner, Sonja Jeannine, Donald O'Brien, Philippe Leroy and Martine Brochard. Plot Bounty hunter Blade (Maurizio Merli), who uses a tomahawk as a throwing weapon, arrives at the mining town of Suttonville with the outlaw Burt Craven (Donald O'Brien) as his prisoner. His real motive is to kill mining big boss McGowan (Philippe Leroy) who has killed his father. Blade gives up his revenge – because McGowan “is not worth it” – and instead accepts to deliver the ransom for the mine owner's daughter (Sonja Jeannine). However, this mission fails because she turns out to be the lover of her kidnapper, McGowan's foreman Voller (John Steiner), who secretly works for a gang that regularly robs the shipments of silver from the mine. Voller then kills his boss and turns his mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Spiral Of Mist
''A Spiral of Mist'' ( it, Una spirale di nebbia, french: Caresses bourgeoises, also known as ''Une spirale de brume'') is a 1977 Italian-French thriller-drama film directed by Eriprando Visconti. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Michele Prisco. During a short hunt, Fabrizio (Marc Porel) kills his wife Valeria (Carole Chauvet) with a shotgun. There are no eyewitnesses. Maria Teresa (Claude Jade), Fabrizio's cousin, remains convinced of his innocence. And the only way to suffocate the scandal seems to be to intervene Marcello (Duilio Del Prete), lawyer and husband of Maria Teresa, to put pressure on the judiciary. Judge Renato Marinoni (Stefano Satta Flores) begins her investigation. He finds out, what we see in flashbacks: Valeria tried to couple her friend Maria Teresa with the beautiful and sexually active lawyer Cesare Molteni (Roberto Posse). But Maria Teresa declined to sleep together in the house of Fabrizio at the last moment. Both marriages, by Maria T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quel Movimento Che Mi Piace Tanto
''Quel movimento che mi piace tanto'' (''That movement which I love so much'') is a 1976 Italian ''commedia sexy all'italiana'' written and directed by Franco Rossetti. It marked the film debut, both as actor and as assistant director, of Carlo Verdone. Cast * Carlo Giuffrè: Lawyer Fabrizio Siniscalchi * Martine Brochard: Livia Bonoli-Serpieri * Renzo Montagnani: Marquis Cecco Ottobuoni * Cinzia Monreale: Anna Gilioli * Francesca Benedetti: Lucia Guarnieri aka 'Lucy' * Enzo Cannavale: Salvatore Siniscalchi * Carlo Verdone: Man at the Bar See also * List of Italian films of 1976 References External links *''Quel movimento che mi piace tanto''at Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film p ... 1976 films 1970s sex comedy films 1970s Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Woman At Her Window
''A Woman at Her Window'' (french: Une femme à sa fenêtre) is a 1976 French drama film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, starring Romy Schneider, Philippe Noiret, Victor Lanoux and Umberto Orsini. Based on the 1929 novel '' Hotel Acropolis'' by Pierre Drieu La Rochelle, it tells the story of a woman who helps a union leader sought by police in 1930s Greece. The film had 1,205,887 admissions in France. At the 2nd César Awards, Schneider was nominated for Best Actress and Jean Ravel was nominated for Best Editing. Plot In Greece in 1936, Rico and Margot are married in name only. He pursues other women while she, rich and beautiful, has many suitors, the most bearable being Raoul. Outwardly frivolous, what she wants is not an extramarital affair but a grand passion. One hot night in August she sees from her window a man pursued by the police and on an impulse lets him hide in her bedroom. He is Michel, an anti-regime militant whose courage, idealism, and humanity overwhelm her. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Solco Di Pesca
''Il solco di pesca'' (translates in English to "The Furrow of the Peach" although often mis-translated as "Groove Fishing" or "Fishing Hole" due to the word "pesca" ("peach" in Italian) is "fishing" in Spanish)) is a 1976 Italian erotic-drama film directed by Maurizio Liverani. It concerns a photographer (Davide) obsessed with women's posteriors who, while carrying on an affair with the married Viviane finds her maid Tonina (played by Gloria Guida) to have a younger, more inspiring "peach." Davide consults his Uncle, a priest at the local church, which introduces casual discussions of Catholic guilt and the role of sin in the home to what might otherwise be a light sex comedy. Cast * Martine Brochard as Viviane * Gloria Guida as Tonina * Alberto Terracina as Davide * Diego Ghiglia as Husband of Viviane * Emilio Cigoli as Uncle of Davide See also * List of Italian films of 1976 A list of films produced in Italy in 1976 (see 1976 in film): References Foot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyeball (film)
''Eyeball'' ( it, Gatti rossi in un labirinto di vetro, lit=Red Cats in a Glass Maze) is a 1975 Italian giallo film, giallo slasher film written and directed by Umberto Lenzi. Plot A maniac killer in red rain coat is killing off American tourists on a tour bus by gouging out their eyeballs. Cast Release Home media The film was released on DVD by Sinister Film on January 1, 2014. It was announced that 88 Films would release a Mega edition of the film on Blu-ray on August 27, 2018. Reception In his analysis of the film, author Louis Paul described the film as "entertaining" and "enjoyable". ''The Terror Trap'' gave the film 3/4 stars, calling it "[a] Completely enjoyable giallo from Umberto Lenzi". The reviewer also commended the film's score, "bizarro plot", cast, and death sequences. Justin Kerswell from ''Hysteria Lives!'' awarded the film 3/5 stars, stating that the film was director Lenzi's least accomplished giallo, but a'so stated that it was "a thoroughly entertaini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Fidanzamento
''Il fidanzamento'' (''The Engagement'') is a 1975 Italian romantic comedy-drama film directed by Giovanni Grimaldi. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Goffredo Parise. Plot Catania. Luigi Manozzi is a public official who has been engaged for 8 years to Mirella Guglielmi, whom he treats as the object of his sexual desires without however deciding to marry her. Mussia, the girl's mother, aware of her daughter's situation, constantly teases Luigi to push him to do his duty, even though the girl does not need to contract a shotgun marriage. After being caught red-handed during coitus, Luigi slips away from Mirella's family for fear of being cornered by Mussia who, instead of blaming him for the fait accompli, proposes to help him financially; having no other arguments to procrastinate, Luigi works on a pretext to be transferred to L'Aquila while waiting for the situation to evolve in his favor. Fearing the final bachelorette party of her daughter, Mussia with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savage Three
''Savage Three'' ( it, Fango bollente, also known as ''Hot Mud'') is a 1975 Italian poliziottesco-drama film written and directed by Vittorio Salerno. Plot Set in Italy in the mid-1970s, Ovidio Mainardi is by all appearances a quiet clerk in a large computer company. The monotony of the work and the existential loneliness of his marriage push Ovidio, along with two other friends, to embark upon a cynical and sadistic spree of violence. Cast *Enrico Maria Salerno: Inspector Santagà *Joe Dallesandro: Ovidio Mainardi *Martine Brochard: Alba * Gianfranco De Grassi: Giacomo Boatta * Guido De Carli: Pepe *Carmen Scarpitta: Raped Woman *Enzo Garinei: Director of the Research Centre *Sal Borghese: Keeper Release The film was released in Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |