Marit Nissen

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Caterina in the Big City (2003)

When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself in an completely different environment where students rigidly divide themselves in subcultures based on social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Alice Teghil  •  Sergio Castellitto  •  Margherita Buy  •  Federica Sbrenna

When her social-climbing father is relocated from small-town North to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls to his old school, finding herself in an completely different environment where students rigidly divide themselves in subcultures based on social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Alice Teghil  •  Sergio Castellitto  •  Margherita Buy  •  Federica Sbrenna

Don't Move (2004)

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Castellitto
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Angela Finocchiaro

While waiting for the brain surgery of his daughter Angela, victim of a motorcycle accident, the surgeon Timoteo recalls his torrid affair with and passion for Italia, a simple woman from slums in the periphery of the big city where he lives. The ghost of the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Castellitto
CAST:  Sergio Castellitto  •  Claudia Gerini  •  Penélope Cruz  •  Angela Finocchiaro

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

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After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Wells
CAST:  Diane Lane  •  Sandra Oh  •  Lindsay Duncan  •  Raoul Bova

After a rough divorce, Frances, a 35 year old book editor from San Francisco takes a tour of Tuscany at the urgings of her friends. On a whim she buys Bramasole, a run down villa in the Tuscan countryside and begins to piece her life together starting with the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Audrey Wells
CAST:  Diane Lane  •  Sandra Oh  •  Lindsay Duncan  •  Raoul Bova

Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed with the police, with 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead after confronting a police vehicle. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Vicari
CAST:  Claudio Santamaria  •  Jennifer Ulrich  •  Elio Germano  •  Davide Iacopini

On July 19–21, 2001, over 200,000 people took to the streets of Genoa to protest against the ongoing G8 summit. Anti-globalization activists clashed with the police, with 23-year-old protester Carlo Giuliani shot dead after confronting a police vehicle. In the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Vicari
CAST:  Claudio Santamaria  •  Jennifer Ulrich  •  Elio Germano  •  Davide Iacopini

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Albanese
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Lorenza Indovina  •  Aisha Cerami  •  Lucia Guzzardi

C'era un cinese in coma (2000)

A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns to his young plucky driver to do stand-up duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Giuseppe Fiorello  •  Roberta Mancino  •  Marit Nissen

A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns to his young plucky driver to do stand-up duty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Giuseppe Fiorello  •  Roberta Mancino  •  Marit Nissen

A Journey Called Love (2002)

The life and loves of poet Sibilla Aleramo (Laura Morante), focusing on her relationship with Dino Campana (Stefano Accorsi).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Stefano Accorsi  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Galatea Ranzi

The life and loves of poet Sibilla Aleramo (Laura Morante), focusing on her relationship with Dino Campana (Stefano Accorsi).  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Stefano Accorsi  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Galatea Ranzi

Nemici d'infanzia (1995)

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DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Renato Carpentieri  •  Paolo Murano  •  Giorgia Tartaglia  •  Nicola Russo

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DIRECTION:  Luigi Magni
CAST:  Renato Carpentieri  •  Paolo Murano  •  Giorgia Tartaglia  •  Nicola Russo

Chimera (2001)

The true natures of love, commitment, and reality are called into question in this offbeat drama. One night in bed, Tomas (Tomas Arana), a magician, begins telling a story to his wife Desire (Marit Nissen) about Emma (Iaia Forte) and Sal (Tommaso Ragno), a married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pappi Corsicato
CAST:  Iaia Forte  •  Tommaso Ragno  •  Tomas Arana  •  Marit Nissen

The true natures of love, commitment, and reality are called into question in this offbeat drama. One night in bed, Tomas (Tomas Arana), a magician, begins telling a story to his wife Desire (Marit Nissen) about Emma (Iaia Forte) and Sal (Tommaso Ragno), a married ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pappi Corsicato
CAST:  Iaia Forte  •  Tommaso Ragno  •  Tomas Arana  •  Marit Nissen

One Kiss (2016)

Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated from other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cotroneo
CAST:  Rimau Grillo Ritzberger  •  Valentina Romani  •  Leonardo Pazzagli  •  Simonetta Solder

Lorenzo, Blue and Antonio have a lot in common: they are sixteen, attending the same class in the same school in a small town in the northeast, each have a family that loves them. And all three, though for different reasons, have come to be isolated from other ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ivan Cotroneo
CAST:  Rimau Grillo Ritzberger  •  Valentina Romani  •  Leonardo Pazzagli  •  Simonetta Solder

Sun in My Eyes (2015)

After her longtime marriage ends painfully, a lawyer finds new purpose by working at a refugee center, where she meets a child that changes her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Amor Faidi  •  Michele La Ginestra

After her longtime marriage ends painfully, a lawyer finds new purpose by working at a refugee center, where she meets a child that changes her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Laura Morante  •  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Amor Faidi  •  Michele La Ginestra

Una domenica notte (2014)

At 46, Antonio Colucci realizes his dream of becoming a great horror movie director is far from being accomplished and he tries hard to seize what might be his last chance of getting a story of his on the screen.  (more)

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CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Claudia Zanella  •  Alfio Sorbello  •  Marit Nissen

At 46, Antonio Colucci realizes his dream of becoming a great horror movie director is far from being accomplished and he tries hard to seize what might be his last chance of getting a story of his on the screen.  (more)

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CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Claudia Zanella  •  Alfio Sorbello  •  Marit Nissen

Oltre il Mare (2011)

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CAST:  Cosimo Cinieri  •  Marit Nissen  •  Paolo Sassanelli

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CAST:  Cosimo Cinieri  •  Marit Nissen  •  Paolo Sassanelli

My Father (2004)

A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Egidio Eronico
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  F. Murray Abraham  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Odilon Wagner

A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Egidio Eronico
CAST:  Charlton Heston  •  F. Murray Abraham  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Odilon Wagner

Due piccoli italiani (2018)

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sassanelli
CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Francesco Colella  •  Rian Gerritsen  •  Kenneth Herdigein

The daring journey through Europe of two somewhat naive friends, Salvatore and Felice, fleeing a small town in Puglia, who find themselves catapulted to Rotterdam and then to Iceland. For the first time in their lives they will discover what it means to feel alive ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sassanelli
CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Francesco Colella  •  Rian Gerritsen  •  Kenneth Herdigein

Magical Nights (2018)

Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Mauro Lamantia  •  Ornella Muti  •  Giovanni Toscano  •  Giulio Berruti

Rome, 1990. The night Italy's national football team is eliminated from the World Cup by Argentina on penalty kicks, a well-known film producer is found dead in the Tiber river. The main suspects for the murder are three young aspiring screenwriters, who–promptly ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Mauro Lamantia  •  Ornella Muti  •  Giovanni Toscano  •  Giulio Berruti

Cetto c'è, senzadubbiamente (2019)

Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Manfredonia
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Lorenza Indovina  •  Davide Giordano  •  Caterina Shulha

Cetto la Qualunque, having set aside all political ambition, is now nothing more than an entrepreneur. But the news of the worsening condition of his aunt leads him to return to Italy, where something from his past will be revealed and, “doubtlessly,” all of our ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giulio Manfredonia
CAST:  Antonio Albanese  •  Lorenza Indovina  •  Davide Giordano  •  Caterina Shulha

Cambiamento d'aria (1988)

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DIRECTION:  Gian Pietro Calasso
CAST:  Álvaro Mosca  •  Marina Suma  •  Jean Desailly  •  Bruno Bilotta

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DIRECTION:  Gian Pietro Calasso
CAST:  Álvaro Mosca  •  Marina Suma  •  Jean Desailly  •  Bruno Bilotta

...e se domani (2006)

Mimì reunites after many years with Caterina, with whom he has always been secretly in love. When her husband dies, Mimì decides to become part of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovanni La Pàrola
CAST:  Luca Bizzarri  •  Paolo Kessisoglu  •  Sabrina Impacciatore  •  Claudio Gioè

Mimì reunites after many years with Caterina, with whom he has always been secretly in love. When her husband dies, Mimì decides to become part of her life.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giovanni La Pàrola
CAST:  Luca Bizzarri  •  Paolo Kessisoglu  •  Sabrina Impacciatore  •  Claudio Gioè
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