The 7.39 (TV Mini-Series) (2014)

2014

Carl Matthews commutes by train to London where he works in a property management office under a boss who is pressuring him to dismiss an employee. He has a kind and supportive wife Maggie and two teenage offsprings who he feels do not appreciate him. One morning he complains to a woman called Sally that she has taken his seat on the train. He later apologizes to her and they start chatting, a relationship develops […]

Jamón, Jamón (1992)

1992

Jose Luis is an executive at his parents underwear factory where his girlfriend Sylvia works on the shop floor. When Sylvia becomes pregnant, Jose Luis promises her that he will marry her, most likely against the wishes of his parents. Jose Luis’ mother is determined to break her son’s engagement to a girl from a lower-class family, and hires Raul, a potential underwear model and would-be bullfighter to seduce Sylvia.

Tulip Fever (2017)

2017

An artist falls for a married young woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait. The two invest in the risky tulip market in hopes to build a future together. In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant — an unhappy arrangement that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter. Seeking to escape the merchant’s ever-reaching […]

My Best Friend's Wife

My Best Friend’s Wife (1998) aka L’amico del cuore

1998

Roberto is a doctor in a small town near Naples. He suffers from a severe heart disease and he is heading toward an American hospital for a dangerous surgery with little or no hope of surviving. Therefore he talks to his best friend since childhood, Michele, a columnist at the local newspaper, explaining his last and long-wanted desire: having sex once with his Swedish beautiful wife, Frida.

Nine Guests for a Crime (1977)

1977

Nine people sail a yacht to a deserted rocky island for a holiday in old Uberto’s villa. The host is accompanied by a group of family members. The men’s only thought seems to be having sex with anyone else’s wife. One by one, the guests are killed by an unidentified assailant; Elisabetta, half-mad, claims it’s the ghost of Charlie, her lover, who had been killed twenty years before by Uberto and his two sons. The […]

Rendez-Vous

Rendez-Vous (2015)

2015

Simone inherits a dilapidated farmhouse in France and makes her way there with her husband Eric and their two offsprings. Her dream is to turn the house into a bed and breakfast but as the hectic pace of the rebuilding gets underway, she gets caught up in the romance and chaos of it all. Losing sight of her goals, she must find her way back to the dreams and ambitions which brought her there in […]

Romanzo popolare (1974) aka Come Home and Meet My Wife

1974

50-year-old Giulio (Tognazzi) and his 17-year-old goddaughter, Vincenzina (Muti) fall madly in love with each other and soon are wed. Unfortunately for Giulio, he walks in on his friend and Vincenzina upon a return from a trip. His jealousy and anger get the best of him and he kicks his wife out of the house. Years pass and Giulio decides to rekindle the love affair with Vincenzina.