Antonio Sarasso

The Bankers of God: The Calvi Affair (2002)

A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Omero Antonutti  •  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Rutger Hauer

A reconstruction of the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through its president Roberto Calvi, notoriously found dead under the Blackfriars Bridge in London in June 1982.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Ferrara
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Omero Antonutti  •  Alessandro Gassmann  •  Rutger Hauer

Pope John XXIII (2002)

This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Capitani
CAST:  Ed Asner  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Claude Rich  •  Michael Mendl

This is a two-part Italian television mini-series directed by Giorgio Capitani and broadcasted in April 2002 on Rai Uno. It is the life story of Pope John XXIII, nicknamed "the good Pope".  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giorgio Capitani
CAST:  Ed Asner  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Claude Rich  •  Michael Mendl

The Double Hour (2009)

A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Capotondi
CAST:  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Filippo Timi  •  Antonia Truppo  •  Gaetano Bruno

A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Capotondi
CAST:  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Filippo Timi  •  Antonia Truppo  •  Gaetano Bruno

Il Divo (2008)

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Anna Bonaiuto  •  Giulio Bosetti  •  Flavio Bucci

Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything: electoral battles, terrorist massacres, loss of friends, slanderous accusations; but now certain repentant mobsters ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Anna Bonaiuto  •  Giulio Bosetti  •  Flavio Bucci

Nati stanchi (2002)

Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they find a permanent job, their girlfriends will ask them to marry them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominick Tambasco
CAST:  Salvatore Ficarra  •  Valentino Picone  •  Stefania Bonafede  •  Marica Coco

Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they find a permanent job, their girlfriends will ask them to marry them.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dominick Tambasco
CAST:  Salvatore Ficarra  •  Valentino Picone  •  Stefania Bonafede  •  Marica Coco

Sleepless (2001)

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Stefano Dionisi  •  Chiara Caselli  •  Gabriele Lavia

An elderly and retired police detective and a young amateur sleuth team up to find a serial killer whom has resumed a killing spree in Turin, Italy after a 17-year hiatus.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dario Argento
CAST:  Max von Sydow  •  Stefano Dionisi  •  Chiara Caselli  •  Gabriele Lavia

Sangue - La morte non esiste (2005)

Stella is a single-minded girl with in her pocket a plane ticket that'll take her away from her father and the pain of her mother's death. Along with her older brother Iuri, an affectionate but vaguely paranoid boy who can't stand authority, she attends a rave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Libero De Rienzo
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Emanuela Barilozzi  •  Luca Lionello  •  Libero De Rienzo

Stella is a single-minded girl with in her pocket a plane ticket that'll take her away from her father and the pain of her mother's death. Along with her older brother Iuri, an affectionate but vaguely paranoid boy who can't stand authority, she attends a rave ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Libero De Rienzo
CAST:  Elio Germano  •  Emanuela Barilozzi  •  Luca Lionello  •  Libero De Rienzo