Silvio Soldini

Silvio Soldini was born in 1958 in Milan where he lives and works. Writer and director, well known for his very successful film BREAD AND TULIPS, winner in 2000 of the David di Donatello and of the Nastri d’Argento. In 2002, with BURNING IN THE WIND he won the David di Donatello. In 2007, Margherita Buy whom played in his DAYS IN CLOUDS received the David di Donatello for the best actress. His more recent film IL COLORE NASCOTO DELLE COSE (2017) was presented out of competition at the Venice Film Festival, and nominated for the David di Donatello and the Golden Globe.

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Come Undone (2010)

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Teresa Saponangelo  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Alba Rohrwacher

Anna is an accountant for an important insurance firm and lives with her longterm lover Alessio - a man who longs for a stable longterm relationship with children, home, etc. Anna, feeling as though the fire has fizzled in that relationship takes up with co-worker ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Teresa Saponangelo  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Alba Rohrwacher

Le acrobate (1997)

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Licia Maglietta  •  Angela Marraffa  •  Mira Sardoč

A chemical analyst and a supermarket clerk strike up a friendship after they are brought together by the death of an elderly woman.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Licia Maglietta  •  Angela Marraffa  •  Mira Sardoč

Garibaldi's Lovers (2012)

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Luca Zingaretti

A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Luca Zingaretti

Agatha and the Storm (2004)

The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Licia Maglietta  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Emilio Solfrizzi  •  Marina Massironi

The story of a middle-aged bookshop owner, who becomes embroiled in a surreal swirl of romance and family secrets of infidelity, her energy levels registering in bursts of electrical interference - causing lightbulbs, traffic lights, toasters and computers to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Licia Maglietta  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Emilio Solfrizzi  •  Marina Massironi

A Soul Split in Two (1993)

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Jessica Forde

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Jessica Forde

Brucio nel vento (2002)

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Ctirad Götz  •  Barbara Lukešová  •  Caroline Baehr

For ten years, immigrant Tobias has worked at a Swiss clock factory and, in the relentless ticking, he saw life go by without much expectation. One day, he sees Caroline, a former schoolmate from back in Eastern Europe, and falls in love with her, but she's married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Ivan Franěk  •  Ctirad Götz  •  Barbara Lukešová  •  Caroline Baehr

Days and Clouds (2007)

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Antonio Albanese  •  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Carla Signoris

Set in Genoa, the film concerns the financial struggles and emotional strain that occur after Michele loses his job. He and his wife Elsa are forced to give up their affluent lifestyle and cope with the tensions of moving into a smaller home, finding new work, and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Antonio Albanese  •  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Carla Signoris

Bread and Tulips (2000)

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Licia Maglietta  •  Bruno Ganz  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Antonio Catania

An endearing light comedy about a woman who spontaneously becomes a resident of Venice after her family left her behind. While enjoying the wonderful people she meets she achieves a new life and the first time independent of her family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Licia Maglietta  •  Bruno Ganz  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Antonio Catania

The Peaceful Air of the West (1990)

Set in Milan in the summer of 1989 against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the film follows four frustrated individuals whose lives intertwine because of the loss of a planner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Ivano Marescotti  •  Antonella Fattori  •  Patrizia Piccinini

Set in Milan in the summer of 1989 against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the film follows four frustrated individuals whose lives intertwine because of the loss of a planner.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Ivano Marescotti  •  Antonella Fattori  •  Patrizia Piccinini

Il fiume ha sempre ragione (2016)

Alberto Casiraghy and Josef Weiss are true bibliophile artists. One in Osnago, the other in Mendrisio, they have been dedicating themselves for years to valuable editorial and typographical activities, still printing with mobile characters, preserving the memory of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alberto Casiraghy  •  Josef Weiss

Alberto Casiraghy and Josef Weiss are true bibliophile artists. One in Osnago, the other in Mendrisio, they have been dedicating themselves for years to valuable editorial and typographical activities, still printing with mobile characters, preserving the memory of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Alberto Casiraghy  •  Josef Weiss

Per altri occhi (2013)

Impaired vision-friendly documentary about blindness.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
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Impaired vision-friendly documentary about blindness.  (more)

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Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Adriano Giannini  •  Laura Adriani  •  Arianna Scommegna

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Adriano Giannini  •  Laura Adriani  •  Arianna Scommegna

Milano 2015 (2015)

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting with a diversity of architecture and humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Giorgio Diritti  •  Silvio Soldini  •  Walter Veltroni  •  Roberto Bolle  •  Elio
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Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting with a diversity of architecture and humanity.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristiana Capotondi  •  Giorgio Diritti  •  Silvio Soldini  •  Walter Veltroni  •  Roberto Bolle  •  Elio
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Interdependence Film 2019 (2019)

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahrbanoo Sadat  •  Bettina Oberli  •  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun  •  Salomé Lamas  •  Silvio Soldini  •  Nila Madhab Panda  •  Ása Hjörleifsdóttir  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Daniela Thomas  •  Leon Wang  •  Karin Williams
CAST:  Claudio Abbiati  •  Thor Kristjansson  •  Gabriele Gorgoglione  •  Hera Hilmar

Started in 2018, the project – comprised of 11 segments by filmmakers from all around the world – reflects on the intertwined relationship between human society and nature that is aggravated by climate change on multiple scales, hinting at possible solutions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shahrbanoo Sadat  •  Bettina Oberli  •  Mahamat-Saleh Haroun  •  Salomé Lamas  •  Silvio Soldini  •  Nila Madhab Panda  •  Ása Hjörleifsdóttir  •  Faouzi Bensaïdi  •  Daniela Thomas  •  Leon Wang  •  Karin Williams
CAST:  Claudio Abbiati  •  Thor Kristjansson  •  Gabriele Gorgoglione  •  Hera Hilmar

Provvisorio, quasi d'amore (1988)

Anthology of urban stories form seven Italian directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini  •  Francesca Marciano  •  Enrico Ghezzi  •  Daniele Segre  •  Kiko Stella  •  Bruno Bigoni  •  Roberta Mazzoni
CAST:  Paolo Bessegato  •  Simona Bonaiuto  •  Victor Cavallo  •  Tamara Triffez

Anthology of urban stories form seven Italian directors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini  •  Francesca Marciano  •  Enrico Ghezzi  •  Daniele Segre  •  Kiko Stella  •  Bruno Bigoni  •  Roberta Mazzoni
CAST:  Paolo Bessegato  •  Simona Bonaiuto  •  Victor Cavallo  •  Tamara Triffez

Paesaggio con figure (1983)

A man leaves suddenly. Two men chase him. A woman in black and white. The landscape – the one outside and the one inside of the characters – takes over. Landscape of images and words.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Anni Amati  •  Carla Chiarelli  •  Vanni Corbellini  •  Mario Sala

A man leaves suddenly. Two men chase him. A woman in black and white. The landscape – the one outside and the one inside of the characters – takes over. Landscape of images and words.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Anni Amati  •  Carla Chiarelli  •  Vanni Corbellini  •  Mario Sala

Giulia in ottobre (1985)

Giulia has a one-night stand with a stranger to forget a heartbreak. Aimlessly walking through October city streets to let off steam, she meets a woman who came from Turin seeking an explanation from her partner, who doesn't even want to see her. The two join ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Carla Chiarelli  •  Giuseppe Cederna  •  Daniela Morelli  •  Carlo Arlunno

Giulia has a one-night stand with a stranger to forget a heartbreak. Aimlessly walking through October city streets to let off steam, she meets a woman who came from Turin seeking an explanation from her partner, who doesn't even want to see her. The two join ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Carla Chiarelli  •  Giuseppe Cederna  •  Daniela Morelli  •  Carlo Arlunno

3/19 (2021)

Camilla is a successful attorney in her forties who accidentally causes the death of an undocumented migrant. At first, she is only interested in exonerating herself, but soon a feeling of responsibility starts nagging her: the dead body of a young man is lying in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Kasia Smutniak  •  Francesco Colella  •  Caterina Forza  •  Paolo Mazzarelli

Camilla is a successful attorney in her forties who accidentally causes the death of an undocumented migrant. At first, she is only interested in exonerating herself, but soon a feeling of responsibility starts nagging her: the dead body of a young man is lying in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Kasia Smutniak  •  Francesco Colella  •  Caterina Forza  •  Paolo Mazzarelli

Voci celate (1986)

A look at the daily lives of the patients of a psychiatric day-hospital near Milan, nearly ten years after the closure of insane asylums in Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
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A look at the daily lives of the patients of a psychiatric day-hospital near Milan, nearly ten years after the closure of insane asylums in Italy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
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La fabbrica sospesa (1987)

Blue-collar workers, executives, and other people at the Pirelli Bicocca plant talk about the upcoming shutdown of the factory. It's the end for a piece of history of Italian industry and also for a place of memory of workers' struggle: the movie documents the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
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Blue-collar workers, executives, and other people at the Pirelli Bicocca plant talk about the upcoming shutdown of the factory. It's the end for a piece of history of Italian industry and also for a place of memory of workers' struggle: the movie documents the ...  (more)

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