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Nirvana (1997)

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriele Salvatores
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Diego Abatantuono  •  Stefania Rocca

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriele Salvatores
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Diego Abatantuono  •  Stefania Rocca

Time Regained (1999)

In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Vincent Perez  •  John Malkovich

In early 1920s France, an author, lying on his deathbed, looks at various photographs and is flooded with memories of the people and events that have shaped his life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Raúl Ruiz
CAST:  Catherine Deneuve  •  Emmanuelle Béart  •  Vincent Perez  •  John Malkovich

L'ultimo Dei Corleonesi (2007)

The rise and fall of sicilian most important mafia bosses after WWII: Luciano Liggio, Totò Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, all from Corleone. Their friendship and struggle against italian state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Negrin
CAST:  Stefano Dionisi  •  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Emilio Bonucci  •  Federica De Cola

The rise and fall of sicilian most important mafia bosses after WWII: Luciano Liggio, Totò Riina and Bernardo Provenzano, all from Corleone. Their friendship and struggle against italian state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Negrin
CAST:  Stefano Dionisi  •  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Emilio Bonucci  •  Federica De Cola

Placido Rizzotto (2000)

As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Vincenzo Albanese  •  Carmelo Di Mazzarelli  •  Gioia Spaziani

As a child, Sicilian Placido Rizzotto saw his father imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, and as a young man he fought in World War II, first as a soldier and then as an anti-fascist partisan. These events have left Placido with little taste for petty tyranny ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Vincenzo Albanese  •  Carmelo Di Mazzarelli  •  Gioia Spaziani

Everybody's Fine (1990)

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Michèle Morgan  •  Valéria Cavalli  •  Marino Cenna

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Michèle Morgan  •  Valéria Cavalli  •  Marino Cenna

Melissa P. (2005)

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Guadagnino
CAST:  María Valverde  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Claudio Santamaria  •  Primo Reggiani

An adolescent girl, living with her mother and her grandmother, will have her first sexual experiences in a heavy and excessive way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luca Guadagnino
CAST:  María Valverde  •  Geraldine Chaplin  •  Claudio Santamaria  •  Primo Reggiani

The Undesirables (2003)

USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Antonio Catania  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Violante Placido  •  Marcello Mazzarella

USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Antonio Catania  •  Vincent Gallo  •  Violante Placido  •  Marcello Mazzarella

Rosso Malpelo (2007)

A look at the difficult living conditions in two small mining villages in Bolivia as seen through the eyes of the young children who are forced to work there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Antonio Ciurca  •  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Omar Noto

A look at the difficult living conditions in two small mining villages in Bolivia as seen through the eyes of the young children who are forced to work there.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Antonio Ciurca  •  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Omar Noto

What Are You Looking For (2002)

The moving relationship of a man in crisis who would like to be a father, and a fatherless, mentally orphaned young rebel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco S. Puccioni
CAST:  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Stefania Orsola Garello  •  Antal Nagy  •  Antonella Attili

The moving relationship of a man in crisis who would like to be a father, and a fatherless, mentally orphaned young rebel.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco S. Puccioni
CAST:  Marcello Mazzarella  •  Stefania Orsola Garello  •  Antal Nagy  •  Antonella Attili

The Sicilian Girl (2008)

Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Amenta
CAST:  Veronica D'Agostino  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Francesco Casisa  •  Marcello Mazzarella

Inspired to a true story, on November 5th 1991, Rita Atria a young 17-year-old Sicilian girl, goes to see an anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino to denounce the Mafia system that was responsible for the murder of her father and her brother. It is the first time that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Amenta
CAST:  Veronica D'Agostino  •  Gérard Jugnot  •  Francesco Casisa  •  Marcello Mazzarella

Night Bus (2007)

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal involving the President. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Davide Marengo
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Ennio Fantastichini  •  Anna Romantowska

Valerio Mastandrea is Franz, a night bus driver on the airport route who owes a lot of money from poker debts. He's stumbled upon by the variously named Leila, a thief who has accidentally become wrapped up in a secretive blackmail deal involving the President. As ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Davide Marengo
CAST:  Giovanna Mezzogiorno  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Ennio Fantastichini  •  Anna Romantowska

Fort Apache Napoli (2009)

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Libero De Rienzo  •  Valentina Lodovini  •  Fortunato Cerlino  •  Michele Riondino

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Libero De Rienzo  •  Valentina Lodovini  •  Fortunato Cerlino  •  Michele Riondino

I Prefer the Sound of the Sea (2000)

This is the story of Rosario and Matteo, two man from Southern Italy. Rosario is helped by Luigi to settle in the north. Luigi wants to give Rosario a chance to redeem himself and offer him, at the same time, an opportunity to confront his beliefs with the ones of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimmo Calopresti
CAST:  Silvio Orlando  •  Michele Raso  •  Fabrizia Sacchi  •  Paolo Cirio

This is the story of Rosario and Matteo, two man from Southern Italy. Rosario is helped by Luigi to settle in the north. Luigi wants to give Rosario a chance to redeem himself and offer him, at the same time, an opportunity to confront his beliefs with the ones of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mimmo Calopresti
CAST:  Silvio Orlando  •  Michele Raso  •  Fabrizia Sacchi  •  Paolo Cirio

Baaria (2009)

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Francesco Scianna  •  Margareth Madè  •  Raoul Bova  •  Lina Sastri

Giuseppe Tornatore traces three generations of a Sicilian family in in the Sicilian town of Bagheria (known as Baarìa in the local Sicilian dialect), from the 1930s to the 1980s, to tell the story of the loves, dreams and delusions of an unusual community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Francesco Scianna  •  Margareth Madè  •  Raoul Bova  •  Lina Sastri

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000)

A man uses the principles of double-entry bookkeeping to settle his accounts with society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Tickell
CAST:  Nick Moran  •  Kate Ashfield  •  Neil Stuke  •  Mattia Sbragia

A man uses the principles of double-entry bookkeeping to settle his accounts with society.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Tickell
CAST:  Nick Moran  •  Kate Ashfield  •  Neil Stuke  •  Mattia Sbragia

The Passion of Joshua the Jew (2005)

Born in Spain in 1492 at the time all Jews and Muslims were ordered out of the country, Joshua (Leonardo Cesare Abude) is declared the next messiah by an elder. Eventually settling in Italy with his family, Joshua grows into a man and becomes fascinated with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Leonardo Cesare Abude  •  Vincenzo Albanese  •  Toni Bertorelli  •  Anna Bonaiuto

Born in Spain in 1492 at the time all Jews and Muslims were ordered out of the country, Joshua (Leonardo Cesare Abude) is declared the next messiah by an elder. Eventually settling in Italy with his family, Joshua grows into a man and becomes fascinated with ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pasquale Scimeca
CAST:  Leonardo Cesare Abude  •  Vincenzo Albanese  •  Toni Bertorelli  •  Anna Bonaiuto

Like the Wind (2013)

The last few years in the life of Armida Miserere, female jail director who committed suicide  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco S. Puccioni
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Filippo Timi  •  Francesco Scianna  •  Chiara Caselli

The last few years in the life of Armida Miserere, female jail director who committed suicide  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco S. Puccioni
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Filippo Timi  •  Francesco Scianna  •  Chiara Caselli

The Scent of the Night (1998)

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Caligari
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Giorgio Tirabassi  •  Marco Giallini  •  Alessia Fugardi

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claudio Caligari
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Giorgio Tirabassi  •  Marco Giallini  •  Alessia Fugardi

L'ami, François d'Assise et ses frères (2016)

The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1226.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renaud Fely  •  Arnaud Louvet
CAST:  Catherine Chevallier  •  Elio Germano  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Alba Rohrwacher

The movie follows Elia da Cortona, one of the most faithful followers of St. Francis, from 1209 to 1226.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renaud Fely  •  Arnaud Louvet
CAST:  Catherine Chevallier  •  Elio Germano  •  Jérémie Renier  •  Alba Rohrwacher
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