Luc Merenda
Biography: Luc Charles Olivier Merenda September 3, 1943 in Nogent-le-Roi, Eure-et-Loir, France
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: September 03, 1943
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Hostel: Part II
2007-06-07
Hostel: Part II
Overview: Three American college students studying abroad are lured to a Slovakian hostel, and discover the grim reality behind it.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-06-07
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Law Breakers
1971-05-07
Law Breakers
Overview: A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-05-07
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OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
1970-02-04
OSS 117 Takes a Vacation
Overview: OSS 177 goes on holiday to Brazil, but is called into action when he finds himself being stalked by a double.
Genres: Action
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1970-02-04
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Le Mans
1971-06-23
Le Mans
Overview: Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-23
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Torso
1973-01-04
Torso
Overview: A masked serial killer with psychosexual issues strangles female coeds with scarves before dismembering them. When a wealthy student identifies one of the scarves and thinks she has a lead on a suspect, she becomes the killer's next target, retreating to her family's remote cliffside villa with three of her girlfriends.
Genres: Horror Thriller Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-04
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Red Sun
1971-09-15
Red Sun
Overview: In 1870, Japanese ambassador Sakaguchi and his entourage travel by train to Washington to deliver a valuable sword to the President of the United States, a gift from the Emperor of Japan. On board the same train are two robbers, Link and Gauche, ready to make their move…
Genres: Western
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1971-09-15
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Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
2007-10-22
Hostel Part II: A Legacy of Torture
Overview: Documentary about Hostel Part II and tools of torture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-10-22
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Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission
1987-04-09
Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission
Overview: Following a twinning between the national fire brigade and the special forces of the Canadian firefighters, Captain Carter arrives in Rome.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-04-09
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Buio come il cuore
2024-12-12
Buio come il cuore
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Genres: Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-12-12
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Kidnap Syndicate
1975-08-27
Kidnap Syndicate
Overview: After his son is kidnapped, a millionaire industrialist seeks revenge, in spite of the potential danger that his rash actions will bring about for his child and another kidnapped boy, the son of a poor mechanic.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-08-27
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The Last Round
1976-12-30
The Last Round
Overview: Stelvio Massi's crime thriller centers on a drifter who sets out to help blue-collar workers rise up against the two powerful families who are exploiting them. After settling in an industrial town and witnessing the cruelty of the factory owners, ex-mercenary Marco (Carlos Monzón) assumes the role of union agitator. When a violent confrontation erupts, the labor leader is driven to bring down the corrupt clans.
Genres: Action Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-12-30
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Silent Action
1975-04-05
Silent Action
Overview: A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly murdered by a female escort, a sinister plot slowly begins to unravel.
Genres: Drama Action Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-04-05
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Puzzle
1974-08-23
Puzzle
Overview: In London, A man who has amnesia attempts to uncover the truth about his identity. A menacing individual accuses him of betrayal, and soon more pieces of his puzzling past begin to fall in place.
Genres: Thriller Crime Mystery Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-08-23
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The Violent Professionals
1973-08-22
The Violent Professionals
Overview: With or without help from law enforcement officers, a lone individual decides to crack down on the syndicate.
Genres: Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-22
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Gambling City
1975-01-23
Gambling City
Overview: Luca Altieri is a gambler. He likes cards and he is a master in playing poker. He is a cardsharper too. He begins working for "The President", who has many gambling houses and everything seems to go well until Luca falls for Maria Luisa. Unfortunately for them, she is the girl of Corrado, the son of "The President"...
Genres: Drama Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1975-01-23
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The Nun and the Devil
1973-01-25
The Nun and the Devil
Overview: It's 1577. The Mother Superior at the convent of Archangel is seriously ill. The determined and calculating Mother Giulia plots to become the next Mother Superior. She receives tough competition from tormented lesbian Sister Chiara and the lusty Sister Carmela.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-01-25
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A Man Called Magnum
1977-08-07
A Man Called Magnum
Overview: A drug deal goes bad and the heroin is stolen. One mob boss doesn't have his drugs and the other doesn't get his money. People are going to die until they discover who double-crossed them. Into this backdrop, Inspector Dario Mauri arrives from Milan to help clean-up Naples. His mission – find the drugs and stop the killing.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-08-07
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Hotel Fear
1978-02-16
Hotel Fear
Overview: A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. When the mother dies, the girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests. Soon enough, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.
Genres: Horror Mystery Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-02-16
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Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
2012-03-30
Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s
Overview: A documentary concerning the violent Italian 'poliziotteschi' cinematic movement of the 1970s which, at first glance, seem to be rip-offs of American crime films like DIRTY HARRY or THE GODFATHER, but which really address Italian issues like the Sicilian Mafia and red terrorism. Perhaps even more interesting than the films themselves were the rushed methods of production (stars performing their own stunts, stealing shots, no live sound) and the bleed-over between real-life crime and movie crime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-03-30
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Shoot First, Die Later
1974-07-12
Shoot First, Die Later
Overview: When mobsters try to put an honest policeman on the payroll, he seeks revenge on the mob. But, he soon learns that his actions, however honest, have dire consequences.
Genres: Action Crime Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1974-07-12
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Nick the Sting
1976-09-14
Nick the Sting
Overview: Nick Hezard, a young con man, wants to avenge the death of a friend of his and organizes a swindle trying to cheat Robert Turner, an American businessman he thinks responsible for his friend's death. He succeeds in getting a hundred thousand swiss francs and uses them to carry out the second part of his plan.
Genres: Crime Action Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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Man Called Amen
1972-08-11
Man Called Amen
Overview: A very unlikely trio join forces in order to rob a bank: an ex-bandit called Smith, now a cheerful reverend, a nomadic artist and a pickpocket. Their plan is successful, however, and the three make off with the money from the bank's vaults, only to find themselves robbed of their newly-acquired wealth by a young schoolmistress.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-08-11
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They Still Call Me Amen
1973-12-24
They Still Call Me Amen
Overview: Chaco and his band of downtrodden men meet Così Sia (Amen), who always seems to get the better of them. He takes on the men with a plan to break into the Bank of Little-hole. For Così Sia, getting the money is not as important as getting his revenge on Reverend Smith, with whom he has a bone to pick.
Genres: Western Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-12-24
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Deadly Chase
1978-12-08
Deadly Chase
Overview: Police Commissioner Verrazzano (Luc Merenda) is visited by charming Giulia Medici (Janet Agren) who claims that her brother, banker Valter Medici didn't commit suicide but was murdered. The investigation leads Verrazzano to dark secrets of loan sharks.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-12-08
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The Palace of Angels
1970-05-25
The Palace of Angels
Overview: Bárbara, a French girl living in São Paulo, and two friends decide to transform a little apartment into a luxury bordello, "The Palace of Angels", securing money and success, but some problems as well.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1970-05-25
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Target
1979-03-08
Target
Overview: On a mission in Istanbul, an interpol agent disrupts the activities of a powerful drug lord and his accomplices. To get rid of him, the gangsters blackmail a skeet shooting champion into shooting the inspector.
Genres: Action
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-08
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The Madonna and the Dragon
1990-09-01
The Madonna and the Dragon
Overview: Exposé of two news photographers covering the People's Revolution in the Philippines.
Genres: Drama Action TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-09-01
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The Nosy One
1981-02-01
The Nosy One
Overview: Luciano Persichetti is hypersensitive and convinced that he has paranormal powers. Susanna, a parapsychology student with whom he is in love, tries to help him interpret the paranormal warning messages he is receiving. When Luciano turns out to be haunted by a mysterious killer who calls himself "The Guardian Angel", Susanna discovers that Luciano's paranormal powers are not real at all.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-01
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'o Re
1989-01-27
'o Re
Overview: One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
Genres: History Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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La ragazza fuoristrada
1973-08-11
La ragazza fuoristrada
Overview: An Italian photojournalist falls madly in love with a young black women he meets while on assignment in Egypt. She goes with him when he returns to Italy and the two soon get married. But the small town he is from is not quite so friendly nor open-minded to his new bride, and racism and petty jealousy threaten to break up their once idyllic happiness.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-11
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Il paese del melodramma
2023-11-30
Il paese del melodramma
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-11-30
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Action
1980-01-04
Action
Overview: A failed actor, broken by violence and rejection, finds refuge among outcasts and forms an unconventional bond, but their fragile peace is threatened by a jealous husband.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-01-04
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Could It Happen Here?
1977-11-24
Could It Happen Here?
Overview: Three terrorists—a rebel girl from an upper-class family, a teacher who despises capitalism, and an ex-con with a taste for violence—come together to kill the Minister of the Interior and destabilise the government.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-11-24
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For Love One Dies
1972-01-01
For Love One Dies
Overview: A hyper sensitive film student falls in love with an older woman.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1972-01-01
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Tough to Kill
1979-03-15
Tough to Kill
Overview: A group of mercenaries escort a man with a million dollar bounty on his head across the African terrain. Double crosses, back stabbing, and gunfire follows.
Genres: Action War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-03-15
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Pretendo l'inferno
2024-03-11
Pretendo l'inferno
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-03-11
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Love in First Class
1980-08-12
Love in First Class
Overview: A man from Milan, Carmelo, is forced to take his young son Malcolm, on a trip down South so his mother, who usually takes care for the boy, can go on vacation with her Moroccan boyfriend. Carmelo, who obviously is not too often at home, has no clue about how to deal with young children, even the most basic chores a father should know to tend the restless imp thrown in his care. The crowded train traveling from Milan to Reggio, Calabria, is packed in the second class section where Carmelo and Malcom have a hard time getting a seat. When they finally do, young Malcolm decides to disappear from his compartment. He goes to the first class car, where eventually Carmelo decides to sit and pay the extra supplement. He is lucky to find more space, and the companionship of Beatrice, a woman that is bringing the skeleton of a rare animal. Carmelo finds a way to interest the lady. Their ride is certainly bumpy, complicated when he decides to leave the mischievous Malcolm at an intermediate stop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-08-12
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Evil Thoughts
1976-10-26
Evil Thoughts
Overview: Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milan, with a wonderful wife and a high social life. But Mario has a problem: every time he sees his wife talking to one of their friends he immediately visualises them in a hot affair. His jealousy spirals out of control, until a young man who hides inside their flat crosses his path.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-10-26
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Superfantozzi
1986-12-23
Superfantozzi
Overview: Superfantozzi (1986) is an Italian film from 1986. It is the fifth film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. In this film, Fantozzi is portrayed in a surreal historical journey, from Genesis to 1980s.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-12-23
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Pover'ammore
1982-04-02
Pover'ammore
Overview: Carmelo and Maria have a baby girl. He wants a boy but another pregnancy would risk Maria's health. Eventually, Carmelo leaves Maria and she attempts to win him back.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-04-02
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Destruction Force
1977-10-01
Destruction Force
Overview: A shoot out after a robbery ends with the death of the Chief of Police. Police detective Ghini goes in search of a suspect, Lanza, to avenge the death of his boss. Ghini's search leads him to Belli, a Sicilian gangster and 'Trashy', the dirty leader of a gang of killers. The action is violent as both police and criminals track down Belli who still finds some time to attempt a couple of robberies...
Genres: Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1977-10-01
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Fernando di Leo: La morale del genere
2004-01-01
Fernando di Leo: La morale del genere
Overview: The story of the legendary Italian director Fernando Di Leo (Milano Calibro 9, Il boss) narrated by himself and others members of his crew.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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Teste di quoio
1981-01-01
Teste di quoio
Overview: A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Honey
1981-05-08
Honey
Overview: A surreal erotic fantasy about a young woman who checks into a bizarre, labyrinthine hotel.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-05-08
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La seconda mano del Gioco
2012-01-01
La seconda mano del Gioco
Overview: Documentary: "The Second Round of the Game"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-01-01
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Appelez-moi Fouks
1986-08-13
Appelez-moi Fouks
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1986-08-13
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Masters of Mayhem
Masters of Mayhem
Overview: For decades Italian genre cinema dominated the world and before changing beyond recognition it went to unthinkable places. Giants don't die quietly however and this is the story of an industry's most absurd, extreme, blood-soaked fight for survival. Through dozens of brand new interviews, and never-before-seen archival materials, with the men and women who were there during one of the most unique moments in film history, MASTERS OF MAYHEM tells their stories of scandal, contradictions, drama and outrage.
Genres: Horror Documentary
Original Language: en
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