Cinematic Discoveries Following the Footsteps of Redenzione: 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 fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Die Stadt der tausend Freuden perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

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.

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

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A young woman living in a castle reads letters written by her ancestor and comes to believe that she is the returned spirit of a former aristocrat who once live there.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

In Naples singing tourist guide Giovanni falls for widowed socialite Claire. They have an affair and travel to Germany hoping that he might become an opera singer. But Giovanni can't cope with Claire's constant flirts with other men.

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

Dir: Carmine Gallone

A boatload of 413 women is shipped to then underpopulated colonial Australia, so they can get busy with the men there to do some propagating.

Dir: Carmine Gallone

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.

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

Dir: Carmine Gallone

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

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.