In Fascist Italy in 1944, four wealthy noble men meet to discuss their
macabre plan, which will begin with the capture of nine young boys and
nine young girls from the nearby villages. With an army of
servants and four prostitutes, the four noblemen - a duke, a bishop, a
president and a judge - lock themselves away in a palace near to
Marzabotto in the Republic of Salò. The proceedings begin
with the noblemen marrying each other's daughters...
Science-fiction came into its own in B-movies of the 1950s, but it remains a respected and popular genre, bursting into the mainstream in the late 1970s.
Since the 1920s, Hollywood has dominated the film industry, but that doesn't mean American cinema is all bad - America has produced so many great films that you could never watch them all in one lifetime.