Lodovico Gasparini

Lourdes (2000)

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Angèle Osinsky  •  Florence Darel  •  Roger Souza

The young, sickly girl Bernadette comes from a poverty-stricken family. When the Virgin Mary appears to her in a cavern near Lourdes, no one takes the girl seriously, even when she digs up a wellspring at the Virgin's instructions The local authorities even try to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Angèle Osinsky  •  Florence Darel  •  Roger Souza

Saint John Bosco Mission to Love (2004)

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Flavio Insinna  •  Lina Sastri  •  Charles Dance  •  Daniel Tschirley

Piedmont (Italy), nineteenth century. In Turin, the priest Don Bosco, a man from a humble farming family, he gave himself totally and passionately to the task of collecting from the streets to marginalized children and care for them. Not only out of poverty, ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Flavio Insinna  •  Lina Sastri  •  Charles Dance  •  Daniel Tschirley

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DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Enzo Braschi  •  Renato Cecchetto  •  Sergio Vastano  •  Gino Cogliandro

Trilussa - Storia d'amore e di poesia (2013)

Biographical movie on the life of Trilussa, aka Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri. Italian poet, writer and journalist known for this works in Romanesco dialect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Valentina Corti  •  Monica Guerritore  •  Rodolfo Laganà

Biographical movie on the life of Trilussa, aka Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri. Italian poet, writer and journalist known for this works in Romanesco dialect.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Valentina Corti  •  Monica Guerritore  •  Rodolfo Laganà

Soraya (2003)

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Anna Valle  •  Erol Sander  •  Mathilda May  •  Stoyan Aleksiev

Biopic of Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari, the second wife of the last Shah of Iran, who was overthrown in the 1979's Islamic Revolution.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Anna Valle  •  Erol Sander  •  Mathilda May  •  Stoyan Aleksiev

No Thanks, Coffee Makes Me Nervous (1982)

A mysterious killer eliminate the singers of a brand new music Festival in Naples. Some journalists will try to discover who is that murderer who seems to be obsessed by the song "Funiculi, Funicula".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Lello Arena  •  Maddalena Crippa  •  Massimo Troisi  •  Anna Campori

A mysterious killer eliminate the singers of a brand new music Festival in Naples. Some journalists will try to discover who is that murderer who seems to be obsessed by the song "Funiculi, Funicula".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Lello Arena  •  Maddalena Crippa  •  Massimo Troisi  •  Anna Campori

Il padre delle spose (2006)

Riccardo, a southern man of solid principles and good feelings, decides to go and visit his daughter Aurora, who has been living in Barcelona for some time. There, however, a surprise awaits him: Aurora has married a woman. Indignant, Riccardo hastily returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Lino Banfi  •  Rosanna Banfi  •  Lucia Sardo  •  Mapi Galán

Riccardo, a southern man of solid principles and good feelings, decides to go and visit his daughter Aurora, who has been living in Barcelona for some time. There, however, a surprise awaits him: Aurora has married a woman. Indignant, Riccardo hastily returns to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Lino Banfi  •  Rosanna Banfi  •  Lucia Sardo  •  Mapi Galán

Miacarabefana.it (2009)

Beniamina is a grandniece of a past Befana so decide to take part of the selection to become a Befana herself and when she succedes she has to bring gifts to kids in the night of 6th January becoming invisible to adults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Veronica Pivetti  •  Danilo Nigrelli  •  Elisabetta Valgoi  •  Luis Molteni

Beniamina is a grandniece of a past Befana so decide to take part of the selection to become a Befana herself and when she succedes she has to bring gifts to kids in the night of 6th January becoming invisible to adults.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Veronica Pivetti  •  Danilo Nigrelli  •  Elisabetta Valgoi  •  Luis Molteni

La leggenda del bandito e del campione (2010)

This is the story of two poor, hungry young people, as well as their desire for social reward in Italy in the early twentieth century. This is the story of the passion for the cycling that joined them, and the adventurous events that shared them forever. The two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Giuseppe Fiorello  •  Simone Gandolfo  •  Raffaella Rea  •  Sarah Maestri

This is the story of two poor, hungry young people, as well as their desire for social reward in Italy in the early twentieth century. This is the story of the passion for the cycling that joined them, and the adventurous events that shared them forever. The two ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Giuseppe Fiorello  •  Simone Gandolfo  •  Raffaella Rea  •  Sarah Maestri

Luisa Spagnoli (2016)

This is a true story of Luisa Spagnoli who was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a women's fashion store and the chocolate brand, Perugia. The show is a romantic telling of her life. Considering that women were not involved in business, it is an amazing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Luisa Ranieri  •  Vinicio Marchioni  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Matteo Martari

This is a true story of Luisa Spagnoli who was an Italian businesswoman, famous for creating a women's fashion store and the chocolate brand, Perugia. The show is a romantic telling of her life. Considering that women were not involved in business, it is an amazing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lodovico Gasparini
CAST:  Luisa Ranieri  •  Vinicio Marchioni  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Matteo Martari