Fausto Maria Sciarappa

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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 Da Vinci Code (2006)

Fast pacedAction-packedBrilliantMysterious

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Ian McKellen  •  Paul Bettany

A murder in Paris’ Louvre Museum and cryptic clues in some of Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery. For 2,000 years a secret society closely guards information that — should it come to light — could rock the very ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Audrey Tautou  •  Ian McKellen  •  Paul Bettany

Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy (2011)

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Hayden Panettiere  •  Vincent Riotta  •  Paolo Romio  •  Marcia Gay Harden

Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher.Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Robert Dornhelm
CAST:  Hayden Panettiere  •  Vincent Riotta  •  Paolo Romio  •  Marcia Gay Harden

The Jewel (2011)

Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Molaioli
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Remo Girone  •  Sarah Felberbaum  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Amanzio Rastelli appointed several of his relations to managerial positions in his firm. They decided to think internationally and now business is heavily in debt. Luckily for the Rastellis, Bolta the accountant uses all the tricks of his art to cook the books, but ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Molaioli
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Remo Girone  •  Sarah Felberbaum  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa

È nata una star? (2012)

Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose when a neighbor finds a porn video of him and leaves it in his parents' mailbox.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini
CAST:  Rocco Papaleo  •  Pietro Castellitto  •  Alice Torriani  •  Gisella Burinato

Marco, a shy teenager, learns that he has... what it takes to be a great porn star, but he doesn't know how to tell his parents. Hell breaks loose when a neighbor finds a porn video of him and leaves it in his parents' mailbox.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini
CAST:  Rocco Papaleo  •  Pietro Castellitto  •  Alice Torriani  •  Gisella Burinato

A Five Star Life (2013)

Mindless

Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Stefano Accorsi  •  Fabrizia Sacchi  •  Gianmarco Tognazzi

Single and middle-aged, beautiful Irene (Margarita Buy) is wholly devoted to her job as an inspector of luxury hotels. Constantly on the road, she indulges in expensive pleasures at impeccable resorts, but always incognito and alone, soon escaping to the next ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Stefano Accorsi  •  Fabrizia Sacchi  •  Gianmarco Tognazzi

Sorry if I Love You (2008)

Alex Belli is a 37 year old advertising executive whose fiancée Elena has just left him, and who is having difficulty at work trying to think of a good advertising campaign for a new Japanese product. Niki is a bubbly 17 year old student. She has three best friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Moccia
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Michela Quattrociocche  •  Luca Angeletti  •  Francesca Antonelli

Alex Belli is a 37 year old advertising executive whose fiancée Elena has just left him, and who is having difficulty at work trying to think of a good advertising campaign for a new Japanese product. Niki is a bubbly 17 year old student. She has three best friends ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federico Moccia
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Michela Quattrociocche  •  Luca Angeletti  •  Francesca Antonelli

The Man Who Loves (2008)

A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Michele Alhaique

A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Kseniya Rappoport  •  Michele Alhaique

The Girl by the Lake (2007)

A cop investigates the murder of a beautiful teen girl left naked by a lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Molaioli
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Denis Fasolo  •  Nello Mascia  •  Fabrizio Gifuni

A cop investigates the murder of a beautiful teen girl left naked by a lake.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Molaioli
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Denis Fasolo  •  Nello Mascia  •  Fabrizio Gifuni

The Days of Abandonment (2005)

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Goran Bregović  •  Gaia Bermani Amaral

Olga's life is shattered when her husband leaves her. This makes her fall into a period of self-degradation and self-destructive behaviors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Faenza
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Luca Zingaretti  •  Goran Bregović  •  Gaia Bermani Amaral

A Perfect Day (2008)

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Isabella Ferrari  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Nicole Grimaudo

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. Indeed Antonio proves obsessive, aggressive and intrusive, and again threatens Emma to hurt the children: little Kevin, shy and introverted, and the adolescent Valentina.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ferzan Özpetek
CAST:  Isabella Ferrari  •  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Nicole Grimaudo

The Audition (2013)

This scene begins as a playful challenge between two actors, at first trading just words. But it soon transforms into a war of emotion, as they try to conquer each other in proposition. The weakest will fall in love. What happens is unplanned—the consequences of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haussman
CAST:  Marco Bocci  •  Valeria Solarino  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa  •  Simonetta Solder

This scene begins as a playful challenge between two actors, at first trading just words. But it soon transforms into a war of emotion, as they try to conquer each other in proposition. The weakest will fall in love. What happens is unplanned—the consequences of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Haussman
CAST:  Marco Bocci  •  Valeria Solarino  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa  •  Simonetta Solder

Sotto una buona stella (2014)

A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Paola Cortellesi  •  Tea Falco  •  Lorenzo Richelmy

A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Verdone
CAST:  Carlo Verdone  •  Paola Cortellesi  •  Tea Falco  •  Lorenzo Richelmy

Inferno (2016)

Action-packedMysterious

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Felicity Jones  •  Omar Sy  •  Irrfan Khan

After waking up in a hospital with amnesia, professor Robert Langdon and a doctor must race against time to foil a deadly global plot.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ron Howard
CAST:  Tom Hanks  •  Felicity Jones  •  Omar Sy  •  Irrfan Khan

Me, Myself and Her (2015)

Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Domenico Diele  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maria Sole Tognazzi
CAST:  Margherita Buy  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Domenico Diele  •  Fausto Maria Sciarappa

Oro verde (2014)

Figli delle stelle (2010)

Five ordinary people disaffected with traditional politics -- a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict -- kidnap an elected politician and plan to donate the ransom money to the family of a blue-collar worker who died on the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Lidia Biondi  •  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Giuseppe Battiston

Five ordinary people disaffected with traditional politics -- a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict -- kidnap an elected politician and plan to donate the ransom money to the family of a blue-collar worker who died on the job.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini
CAST:  Pierfrancesco Favino  •  Lidia Biondi  •  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Giuseppe Battiston

Una talpa al bioparco (2004)

David works at the zoo, where he meets Giorgia, a girl as beautiful as she's wild. He unsuccessfully asks his brother Libero for advice, then he decides to learn more about her...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fulvio Ottaviano
CAST:  Adriano Giannini  •  Giorgia Surina  •  Francesco Mastrorilli  •  Luca Angeletti

David works at the zoo, where he meets Giorgia, a girl as beautiful as she's wild. He unsuccessfully asks his brother Libero for advice, then he decides to learn more about her...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fulvio Ottaviano
CAST:  Adriano Giannini  •  Giorgia Surina  •  Francesco Mastrorilli  •  Luca Angeletti

Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)

After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he’s meeting with the intriguing Dominique while on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Marianne Basler  •  Hélène de Fougerolles  •  Catherine Rouvel

After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he’s meeting with the intriguing Dominique while on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Marianne Basler  •  Hélène de Fougerolles  •  Catherine Rouvel
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