Provincetown

Robert Frank’s unfinished first film offers a sense of his freewheeling style, an important aspect of his turn from photography to cinema, and a glimpse of his circle of family and friends in 1958 as they cavort on the d

Provincetown Pieces

This is a shortened version of a three-movement film made over a summer’s stay in Provincetown, MA (Cape Cod), first alone, then with family. A journal of sorts, it renders the place with obvious affection. The town rema

Flowers of the Provinces

About the young poet Adas Dole, who lived in the early 70s in a provincial town in Belarus. The suicide of his mother makes him an orphan with a living father who does not take part in the upbringing of his son. Having e

Girls from Eight Provinces

Quaint Provincetown

A documentary about life in Cape Cod which shows the streets of Provincetown as they were at the time. Children are featured playing hide and seek, ships with big masts are seen in the harbor and fishermen are filmed men

ShowGirls, Provincetown, MA

This giddily entertaining overview of Provincetown's annual stage review scales the heights and plumbs the depths of that bucolic seaside town's legendary Monday night show, which takes place under the auspices of drag g

It Was the Worst of Times, It Was the Best of Times, Provincetown in the Age of AIDS

When danger and destruction threaten, we all seek a safe harbor. In its long history, Provincetown as a community has provided that protection many times for many people. In 1981 like a dark storm, the AIDS epidemic swep

Nouvelles Provinces Africaines: Rwanda Et Le Urundi

Silent French film screened at Il Cinema Ritrovato 2020

Devenir

A man in his sixties recalls five relentless memories from his youth, all tied to his awakening sexual identity. Through these recollections, Devenir traces his painful passage into adulthood and entry into a society tha

Provincia violenta

Franco Sereni, a captain of carabiniers, is dismissed from service for being the proponent of "the law of the gun". He is asked to hold a private investigation of several cases of blackmailing wealthy women. Soon Sereni

Eine blonde Provinz. Polen und des deutsche Rassenwahn

Documentary about the racist nature of the war in Poland.

Bloodworth

E.F. Bloodworth has returned to his home - a forgotten corner of Tennessee - after forty years of roaming. The wife he walked out on has withered and faded, his three sons are grown and angry. Warren is a womanizing alco

Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

A boorish, snobish toothpaste factory owner, Constantino Nicosia, gives his wife and everyone a hard time having let success and wealth go to his head. But after the superticous Nicosia has an encounter with an elderly g

The Country Girl

An actor on the skids is given one more chance to regain his stardom, as well as his self-respect, yet his alcoholism may prevent that from happening.

Jirocho in Disgrace

Provincial School

The author of the work in a grotesque form tries to convey to the viewer that school education can not only make people better, but also, with an inappropriate approach to training, turn them into notorious monsters. We

Jirocho's New Year

Jirocho, the Hunted

A wandering Jirocho stumbles upon his wife's possible murder and has other adventures while on the run.

Jirocho Strikes a Daring Blow

Jirocho and his followers chase the Kurokomas into the Kai Province.

Her Captive Gamblers