Based on Viola Ardone’s novel of the same name, ‘The Children’s Train’ explores a mother-son relationship set against the background of the real-life Treni della felicità (‘trains of happiness’) initiative by the Italian Communist Party after World War II. As part of the initiative,...
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Imported memories: the Italian audience and the reception of American movies about the Second World War(2016). Imported memories: the Italian audience and the reception of American movies about the Second World War. Journal of Modern Italian Studies: Vol. 21, No. 4, pp. 627-648. doi: ...
which tells the story of a young Italian woman named Antonietta who falls in love with a Russian soldier named Vladimir during World War II. As their relationship deepens, they are faced with the challenges of war and the harsh realities of life. Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni give incr...
Where: Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies (USA); Netflix (Italy)Following their internment in a concentration camp during World War II, Guido, a Jewish father, uses humor and imagination to shield his young son from the horrors of their situation. Our students were touched by the ...
since lies in the scope of the Roman dialect slang, which leaves no written documents. The spread of the term in Italy came after World War II due to neorealist movies and novels. In any case, different explanations focus on several issues common to other expressions worldwide and more speci...
366 Weird Movies may earn commissions from purchases made through product links. DIRECTED BY: Fabio Salerno FEATURING: Francesco Rinaldi, Maddalena Vadacca; Luigi Sgroi, Nadia Rebeccato, Piero Belloto; Marco Monzani, Giorgia Chezzi PLOT: In this horror anthology, a man plots abduction of the wo...
Everybody thought it was dotty, the way he gorged himself on peanut butter; he didn't care about anything in this world except horses and peanut butter. But he wasn't dotty, just sweet and vague and terribly slow; he'd been in the eighth grade three years when I ran away. Poor ...
It is said that during World War I, Italian Americans constituted about 12% of the total armed forces of the U.S. During World War II, Italy had joined the Axis powers and had declared war on the U.S. The Italian-American community in the U.S., however, showed unswerving loyalty to...
Legend tells us that a grilled cheese sandwich became a symbol of comfort during World War II when English soldiers craved the flavors of home. What better tastes than melted cheese, butter, and white bread to reminder these men of the simpler times of their childhoods. When my children were...