Documentary portrait of the actress Romy Schneider, in which director Frederick Baker tries to form an overall picture from the facets of image, myth, real life and screen persona.
The widow Elena Palumbo is the mother of two sons, Francesco and Paolo, who live with their mother on a farm they run. However, their land serves, for construction speculation, to Roberto De Michelis, willing to do anything to become its owner. After forbidding his daughter Angela to attend Paolo, whom she is in love with, De Michelis does not hesitate to have the latter killed...
This is a good film, good solid performances and a compulsive if somewhat cliched storyline. The main problem is that it seems at times that it would like to be on a par with hollywood big budget productions, and it really is much too home grown Italian for that. Nevertheless, on its own merits this is well worth a visit, Nero is as good as always and Fabio Testi is magical, it...
L' ultima chance is one of those Italian films overdubbed in English in order to appeal to english-speaking audiences. It's about the love of a woman for a criminal who stays at the motel she owns. Well, it's a little more complicated than that, but it's an interesting plot. The movie, however,is poorly made, complete with lousy acting (Andress being an exception). Suspense is ...
