Editor's Top Picks Sharing the Atmosphere of Malombra: Cult Guide

Dir: Carmine Gallone

The painter Pierre Bernier becomes famous thanks to the portrait "The Naked Woman" which represents his model, the seductive Lolette. The very evening of his triumph at the Salon des Expositions, he decides to marry her. But, having become rich and famous, he soon falls in love with the Princess of Chaban and abandons the woman to whom he owes his success.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Avatar perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Based on Théophile Gautier's novel of the same name, the film tells of the tragic love affair of Ottavio de Saville. He falls madly in love with Madame Prascovie Labinska, a woman very faithful to her husband, the Polish count Olaf Labinski. Alarmed by the growing physical and mental weariness of the desperate young man, his relatives and friends decide to turn to Doctor Balthazar, who has just returned from a trip to the Indies where he was initiated into the secrets of Brahman.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La cavalcata ardente perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

An historical epic on the life and myths surrounding Maria Magdalene.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

Grazia de Plessans abandons her studies in a convent following a mystical crisis. In her paternal house, she studies music together with maestro Claudio Morillot with whom she ends up falling in love.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Redenzione perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Lyda is a prostitute with no education and no hope for the future. Unfortunately, this ungrateful job leads her to have an unwanted pregnancy, and once born the child abandons her.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

Epic, melodramatic and rather risque adaptation of the British novel about ancient Roman decadence, culminates in the eruption of a nearby volcano.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of La marcia nuziale perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Alexandra swore to avenge her father's murder- and in a moment of frenzy, plunged a dagger into the heart of the man she believed guilty But he was innocent-and the law descended to force Alexandra to pay the full price for her crime.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

Thea is sculptor who is diagnosed with tuberculosis before she marries Filippo. After abandoning him, her health begins to decline. She organizes a final party, inviting along her estranged husband.