Maria Grazia Bon

Dark Eyes (1987)

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Elena Safonova  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy  •  Silvana Mangano

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Elena Safonova  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy  •  Silvana Mangano

Facing Windows (2003)

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Raoul Bova  •  Filippo Nigro  •  Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Overburdened and stuck in a greying marriage, Giovanna takes to caring for a Jewish Holocaust survivor her husband brings home. As she begins to reflect on her life, she turns to the man who lives across from her.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Massimo Girotti  •  Raoul Bova  •  Filippo Nigro  •  Giovanna Mezzogiorno

The Best of Youth (2003)

Spanning nearly four decades, this generational epic follows two Italian brothers from a middle-class family through some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history after their life paths diverge thanks to one fateful encounter during the summer of 1966.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Alessio Boni  •  Adriana Asti  •  Sonia Bergamasco

Spanning nearly four decades, this generational epic follows two Italian brothers from a middle-class family through some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history after their life paths diverge thanks to one fateful encounter during the summer of 1966.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Tullio Giordana
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Alessio Boni  •  Adriana Asti  •  Sonia Bergamasco

The Key (1983)

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Franco Branciaroli  •  Frank Finlay  •  Barbara Cupisti

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her affection for their daughter's fiancé, Nino instigates her sexual interest in him - setting off a chain of unexpected events and emotional complications...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Stefania Sandrelli  •  Franco Branciaroli  •  Frank Finlay  •  Barbara Cupisti

Anna (2000)

A woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Wedersøe
CAST:  Pernilla August  •  Bibi Andersson  •  Jesper Christensen  •  Gérard Bidstrup

A woman helps a prisoner free at Rome's airport and then falls in love with him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Erik Wedersøe
CAST:  Pernilla August  •  Bibi Andersson  •  Jesper Christensen  •  Gérard Bidstrup

Lovers and Other Relatives (1974)

Classic

Sandro dreams about a woman older than himself. He works as a lifeguard at the beach and at the same time he's caring for a large number of sexually unsatisfied women who are coming for the weekend without their husbands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Alessandro Momo  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Lilla Brignone

Sandro dreams about a woman older than himself. He works as a lifeguard at the beach and at the same time he's caring for a large number of sexually unsatisfied women who are coming for the weekend without their husbands.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Salvatore Samperi
CAST:  Alessandro Momo  •  Laura Antonelli  •  Orazio Orlando  •  Lilla Brignone

Two Pieces of Bread (1979)

Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they've both been lovers to the same woman, and one of them is the father of her infant son; a privilege neither is willing to concede.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Citti
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Gigi Proietti  •  Paolo Volponi

Two minstrels singing for their supper in Rome discover they've both been lovers to the same woman, and one of them is the father of her infant son; a privilege neither is willing to concede.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Citti
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Philippe Noiret  •  Gigi Proietti  •  Paolo Volponi

Follow Your Heart (1996)

The complicated travails of several generations of Italian women provide the basis for this drama that is based on a novel by Susanna Tamaro. It begins with the peaceful death of Olga, the elderly family matriarch. Marta, her granddaughter returns from the US to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristina Comencini
CAST:  Virna Lisi  •  Margherita Buy  •  Galatea Ranzi  •  Massimo Ghini

The complicated travails of several generations of Italian women provide the basis for this drama that is based on a novel by Susanna Tamaro. It begins with the peaceful death of Olga, the elderly family matriarch. Marta, her granddaughter returns from the US to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Cristina Comencini
CAST:  Virna Lisi  •  Margherita Buy  •  Galatea Ranzi  •  Massimo Ghini

Rossini! Rossini! (1991)

An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Sergio Castellitto  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Sabine Azéma

An funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Monicelli
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Sergio Castellitto  •  Jacqueline Bisset  •  Sabine Azéma

The Lieutenant of the Carabinieri (1986)

Carabinieri's lieutenant Duilio Cordelli is in charge of investigating fake banknotes traffic. He discovers that a 60 billion lira bank robbery is linked with his case. Things get more complicated when the main suspected, Lorenzini, is killed. Moreover, Cordelli ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Ponzi
CAST:  Enrico Montesano  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Marisa Laurito

Carabinieri's lieutenant Duilio Cordelli is in charge of investigating fake banknotes traffic. He discovers that a 60 billion lira bank robbery is linked with his case. Things get more complicated when the main suspected, Lorenzini, is killed. Moreover, Cordelli ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Ponzi
CAST:  Enrico Montesano  •  Nino Manfredi  •  Massimo Boldi  •  Marisa Laurito

Like Crazy (2016)

Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s in intimacy with world leaders. Donatella is a young quiet tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Valentina Carnelutti  •  Anna Galiena

Beatrice is a blabbermouth and a so-called billionaire countess who likes to believe she’s in intimacy with world leaders. Donatella is a young quiet tattooed woman, locked in her own mystery. They are both patients of a mental institution and subject to custodial ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valeria Bruni Tedeschi  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Valentina Carnelutti  •  Anna Galiena

Questa notte è ancora nostra (2008)

When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Genovese  •  Luca Miniero
CAST:  Nicolas Vaporidis  •  Massimiliano Bruno  •  Valentina Izumi  •  Maurizio Mattioli

When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Genovese  •  Luca Miniero
CAST:  Nicolas Vaporidis  •  Massimiliano Bruno  •  Valentina Izumi  •  Maurizio Mattioli

The Gorilla (1982)

Ruby has been trained in martial arts by her father and now has a job safeguarding a wide range of people and their valuables. A clumsy artist named Adelmo falls for Ruby at first sight but remains clueless about her profession. Things are complicated by Adelmo’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Romolo Guerrieri
CAST:  Lory Del Santo  •  Tullio Solenghi  •  Gianfranco D'Angelo  •  Cristina Manusardi

Ruby has been trained in martial arts by her father and now has a job safeguarding a wide range of people and their valuables. A clumsy artist named Adelmo falls for Ruby at first sight but remains clueless about her profession. Things are complicated by Adelmo’s ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Romolo Guerrieri
CAST:  Lory Del Santo  •  Tullio Solenghi  •  Gianfranco D'Angelo  •  Cristina Manusardi

The Voyage Into the Whirlpool Has Begun (1974)

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni de Gregorio
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Franca Nuti

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg  (more)

DIRECTION:  Toni de Gregorio
CAST:  Ingrid Thulin  •  Gastone Moschin  •  Sergio Fantoni  •  Franca Nuti

Jazz Band (1978)

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DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Lino Capolicchio  •  Gianni Cavina  •  Carlo Delle Piane  •  Mauro Avogadro

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DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Lino Capolicchio  •  Gianni Cavina  •  Carlo Delle Piane  •  Mauro Avogadro

'O professore (2008)

The story of Pietro Filodomini, professor of Italian in a middle school in the Sanità district of Naples, who tries to offer with books an alternative to life on the street and a possibility for the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Zaccaro
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Maria Grazia Bon  •  Antonio Catania  •  Luigi Chiocca

The story of Pietro Filodomini, professor of Italian in a middle school in the Sanità district of Naples, who tries to offer with books an alternative to life on the street and a possibility for the future.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Zaccaro
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Maria Grazia Bon  •  Antonio Catania  •  Luigi Chiocca