Explosive Media Launches CineItalia
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Posted October 11, 2025 08:56 PM by Webmaster
Swiss label Explosive Media has informed us that it is launching a new line of releases called CineItalia, which introduces classic, cult, and recent Italian hits. All upcoming releases will have English audio options, if such have been prepared by the films' producers, and optional English subtitles.
The first titles from the new CineItalia line are: Michele Massimo Tarantini's A Man Called Magnum (1977) and Giuseppe Tornatore's The Camorrist a.k.a. Il Camorrista (1986).
A Man Called Magnum
Description: Recently transferred to Naples, Superintendent Dario Mauri has to investigate a bank robbery, but soon finds himself up against a Camorra boss, Domenico Laurenzi, who is constantly and successfully defended by his lawyer. Called Napoli si Ribella in Italy, this hopping poliziotteschi, considered by many a cult film, belongs to a subset of crime films associated with Naples. Starirng Luc Merenda, Enzo Cannavale, Adolfo Lastretti, Ferdinando Murolo, and Marianne Comtell. Cinematography by Sergio Rubini (Convoy Busters, The Iron Commissioner).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 20.
The Camorrist
Description: From the director of Malèna and Cinema Paradiso comes Il Camorrista. Raffaele Cutolo is in prison, and from there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and become the new Capo di capi" (boss of all bosses). Inspired by the real story of the powerful Camora boss Raffaele Cutolo. Starring Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Luciano Bartoli, Franco Interlenghi, and Biagio Pelligra. Cinematography by Blasco Giurato (Cinema Paradiso, Year of the Gun).
The first titles from the new CineItalia line are: Michele Massimo Tarantini's A Man Called Magnum (1977) and Giuseppe Tornatore's The Camorrist a.k.a. Il Camorrista (1986).
A Man Called Magnum
Description: Recently transferred to Naples, Superintendent Dario Mauri has to investigate a bank robbery, but soon finds himself up against a Camorra boss, Domenico Laurenzi, who is constantly and successfully defended by his lawyer. Called Napoli si Ribella in Italy, this hopping poliziotteschi, considered by many a cult film, belongs to a subset of crime films associated with Naples. Starirng Luc Merenda, Enzo Cannavale, Adolfo Lastretti, Ferdinando Murolo, and Marianne Comtell. Cinematography by Sergio Rubini (Convoy Busters, The Iron Commissioner).
STREET DATE: NOVEMBER 20.
The Camorrist
Description: From the director of Malèna and Cinema Paradiso comes Il Camorrista. Raffaele Cutolo is in prison, and from there he is able to build, step by step, an empire founded on murders and drugs. He starts a war to destroy all the old Camorra bosses and become the new Capo di capi" (boss of all bosses). Inspired by the real story of the powerful Camora boss Raffaele Cutolo. Starring Ben Gazzara, Laura del Sol, Luciano Bartoli, Franco Interlenghi, and Biagio Pelligra. Cinematography by Blasco Giurato (Cinema Paradiso, Year of the Gun).
