Tag: Sem Benelli

Wild Blood: Italy’s Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida

Wild Blood: Italy’s Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida

November 7, 2015 | By

Reviews of The Jester’s Supper / La cena delle beffe (1942) from One 7 Movies with Osvaldo Valenti and Luisa Ferida, Italy’s wartime silver screen power couple whose tragic final years and execution were dramatized in Wild Blood / Sangepazzo (2008) from eOne.

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DVD: Jester’s Supper, The / La cena delle beffe (1942)

DVD: Jester’s Supper, The / La cena delle beffe (1942)

November 7, 2015 | By

Sem Benelli’s play is a nasty little gem, compacting the cruel trickery and intricate plotting of an epic Shakespearean tragedy into something more modest in scale, but no less devastating. Osvaldo Valenti is outstanding as Giannetto, a former servant who uses his unexpected Iago skills to ensnare Neri…

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