Emanuele Barresi

Ovosodo (1997)

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Malcolm Lunghi  •  Nicoletta Braschi  •  Claudia Pandolfi

From childhood to fatherhood, Piero learns things the hard way while growing up in a working-class neighborhood of Livorno.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Malcolm Lunghi  •  Nicoletta Braschi  •  Claudia Pandolfi

Living It Up (1994)

1989. A recently laid off steel mill worker in the little town of Piombino starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Claudio Bigagli  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Giorgio Algranti

1989. A recently laid off steel mill worker in the little town of Piombino starts losing his wife to a local TV anchor.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Claudio Bigagli  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Giorgio Algranti

Bonus Malus (1993)

The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vito Zagarrio
CAST:  Claudio Bigagli  •  Gigio Alberti  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Claudio Bisio

The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vito Zagarrio
CAST:  Claudio Bigagli  •  Gigio Alberti  •  Felice Andreasi  •  Claudio Bisio

The First Beautiful Thing (2010)

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Claudia Pandolfi  •  Stefania Sandrelli

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Micaela Ramazzotti  •  Claudia Pandolfi  •  Stefania Sandrelli

Baci e abbracci (1999)

A failed restaurant owner on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with extreme deference and kindness by a group of strangers who host him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the government agent they were waiting for and treat him well ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Francesco Paolantoni  •  Massimo Gambacciani  •  Paola Tiziana Cruciani  •  Isabella Cecchi

A failed restaurant owner on the brink of suicide is suddenly treated with extreme deference and kindness by a group of strangers who host him in their home, no less! Truth is they have mistaken him for the government agent they were waiting for and treat him well ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Francesco Paolantoni  •  Massimo Gambacciani  •  Paola Tiziana Cruciani  •  Isabella Cecchi

Napoleon and Me (2006)

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Elio Germano  •  Sabrina Impacciatore

Elba island, 1814. Martino is a young teacher, idealist and strongly anti Napoleon, in love with the beautiful and noble Baroness Emily. The young man finds himself serving as librarian to the Great Emperor in exile, whom he deeply hates, yet soon begins recording ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Daniel Auteuil  •  Monica Bellucci  •  Elio Germano  •  Sabrina Impacciatore

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

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DIRECTION:  Emanuele Barresi
CAST:  Fabrizio Brandi  •  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Andrea Buscemi  •  Paolo Ruffini

As Needed (2018)

A 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Falaschi
CAST:  Vinicio Marchioni  •  Valeria Solarino  •  Luigi Fedele  •  Nicola Siri

A 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Falaschi
CAST:  Vinicio Marchioni  •  Valeria Solarino  •  Luigi Fedele  •  Nicola Siri

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

L'estate di Davide (1998)

At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly. So, unannounced, David leaves Turin for his uncle's farm in Polesine. Here he learns many life lessons over the course of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Mazzacurati
CAST:  Stefano Campi  •  Patrizia Piccinini  •  Toni Bertorelli  •  Šemsudin Mujić

At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly. So, unannounced, David leaves Turin for his uncle's farm in Polesine. Here he learns many life lessons over the course of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Mazzacurati
CAST:  Stefano Campi  •  Patrizia Piccinini  •  Toni Bertorelli  •  Šemsudin Mujić

I delitti del BarLume - La briscola in cinque (2015)

After finish his work Marchino finds the body of a teenager girl and goes to BarLume to call the police who don't believe him after his infamous past. Massimo goes to check and here starts a new story of BarLume.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roan Johnson
CAST:  Filippo Timi  •  Alessandro Benvenuti  •  Massimo Paganelli  •  Atos Davini

After finish his work Marchino finds the body of a teenager girl and goes to BarLume to call the police who don't believe him after his infamous past. Massimo goes to check and here starts a new story of BarLume.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roan Johnson
CAST:  Filippo Timi  •  Alessandro Benvenuti  •  Massimo Paganelli  •  Atos Davini