Beppe Chierici

Flight of the Innocent (1992)

The boy Vito is a portrait of beauty and wide-eyed innocence spawned from a violent family of kidnapers and murderers in the South of Italy. When his entire family is murdered by a rival clan of kidnapers, Vito must flee for his own life and in the end attempts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Carlei
CAST:  Manuel Colao  •  Federico Pacifici  •  Francesca Neri  •  Jacques Perrin

The boy Vito is a portrait of beauty and wide-eyed innocence spawned from a violent family of kidnapers and murderers in the South of Italy. When his entire family is murdered by a rival clan of kidnapers, Vito must flee for his own life and in the end attempts to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Carlei
CAST:  Manuel Colao  •  Federico Pacifici  •  Francesca Neri  •  Jacques Perrin

Nag la Bombe (1999)

Nag, a prostitute, walks the streets. One night, a violent man sends her to the hospital. There she meets Herve, a nurse obsessed with people's age and death in general. He falls madly in love with Nag and enters a world that amounts to very little.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Milesi
CAST:  Ariane Ascaride  •  Vincent Elbaz  •  Rossy de Palma  •  Johan Leysen

Nag, a prostitute, walks the streets. One night, a violent man sends her to the hospital. There she meets Herve, a nurse obsessed with people's age and death in general. He falls madly in love with Nag and enters a world that amounts to very little.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jean-Louis Milesi
CAST:  Ariane Ascaride  •  Vincent Elbaz  •  Rossy de Palma  •  Johan Leysen

We Believed (2010)

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

The Sparrow's Fluttering (1988)

A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place. An old and rich man offers her a place in his house, however, she will have to listen to him telling his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Mingozzi
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Ornella Muti  •  Nicola Farron  •  Chiara Argelli

A woman, who has been the mistress of a man who has just died, thinks about leaving the little Italian village where they lived and moving to another place. An old and rich man offers her a place in his house, however, she will have to listen to him telling his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Mingozzi
CAST:  Philippe Noiret  •  Ornella Muti  •  Nicola Farron  •  Chiara Argelli

Quicksand (1996)

Set in France's Carmargue area during the late 1950s, this provocative, powerful drama chronicles the labor dispute between an exploitative farmer and his newest worker, a Spanish emigrant who turns about to much more than he first appears. Manuel comes to Roger's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Carpita
CAST:  Guy Belaidi  •  Élodie Bruno  •  Beppe Chierici  •  Philippe Dormoy

Set in France's Carmargue area during the late 1950s, this provocative, powerful drama chronicles the labor dispute between an exploitative farmer and his newest worker, a Spanish emigrant who turns about to much more than he first appears. Manuel comes to Roger's ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Carpita
CAST:  Guy Belaidi  •  Élodie Bruno  •  Beppe Chierici  •  Philippe Dormoy

It's Happening Tomorrow (1988)

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Luchetti
CAST:  Paolo Hendel  •  Giovanni Guidelli  •  Margherita Buy  •  Angela Finocchiaro

1848, Tuscan countryside. Edo and Lupo are two peasants running away after having robbed their boss. Chased by mercenaries, they'll meet bandits, damsels in distress, eccentric nobles, and revolutionaries along the way.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniele Luchetti
CAST:  Paolo Hendel  •  Giovanni Guidelli  •  Margherita Buy  •  Angela Finocchiaro

The Duchess of Langeais (2007)

General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Guillaume Depardieu  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Michel Piccoli

General Montriveau, having returned from the Napoleonic Wars in despair, quickly becomes enamored with Duchess Langeais. Across a series of nocturnal visitations, the Duchess mercilessly toys with her hot-tempered suitor, as the machinations of a shadowy conspiracy ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jacques Rivette
CAST:  Jeanne Balibar  •  Guillaume Depardieu  •  Bulle Ogier  •  Michel Piccoli

The Student (1988)

An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Pinoteau
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Vincent Lindon  •  Élisabeth Vitali  •  Jean-Claude Leguay

An ambitious teaching student's finals studies are interrupted by a passionate affair with a jazz musician.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Claude Pinoteau
CAST:  Sophie Marceau  •  Vincent Lindon  •  Élisabeth Vitali  •  Jean-Claude Leguay

Les pygmées de Carlo (2002)

Carlo Ercole, a maestro of Italian cinema, asks his assistants to depart immediately for the Central African rainforest to find some Pygmies, "the incarnation of life", for the film he plans to shoot in Paris. Hardly cut out for such an adventure, Marc and Olivier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Stéphane Rideau  •  Beppe Chierici  •  Sonia Rolland  •  Yves Verhoeven

Carlo Ercole, a maestro of Italian cinema, asks his assistants to depart immediately for the Central African rainforest to find some Pygmies, "the incarnation of life", for the film he plans to shoot in Paris. Hardly cut out for such an adventure, Marc and Olivier ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Radu Mihăileanu
CAST:  Stéphane Rideau  •  Beppe Chierici  •  Sonia Rolland  •  Yves Verhoeven

The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (2019)

Our story starts with Tonio, the son the bears King, being kidnapped by some hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Because of the harshness of a winter that threatens its clan with famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of finding his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorenzo Mattotti
CAST:  Leïla Bekhti  •  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Thierry Hancisse  •  Thomas Bidegain

Our story starts with Tonio, the son the bears King, being kidnapped by some hunters in the Sicilian mountains. Because of the harshness of a winter that threatens its clan with famine, the Bear King decides to invade the land of men (in the hope of finding his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lorenzo Mattotti
CAST:  Leïla Bekhti  •  Jean-Claude Carrière  •  Thierry Hancisse  •  Thomas Bidegain

La guérilléra (1982)

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Victoria Abril  •  Maurice Ronet

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DIRECTION:  Pierre Kast
CAST:  Agostina Belli  •  Jean-Pierre Cassel  •  Victoria Abril  •  Maurice Ronet

The Professor (1986)

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Laura del Sol  •  Lino Troisi  •  Leo Gullotta

An imprisoned murderer carries out a violent bid for control of Naples' underworld crime syndicate.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Tornatore
CAST:  Ben Gazzara  •  Laura del Sol  •  Lino Troisi  •  Leo Gullotta

See You (1988)

Even while having tremendous technology, now have a funeral shop walk picking up the car was retired in the desert Honma (Ken Takakura) is invited from the team DANKAI which declined to Paris-Dakar Rally, the team because of the publicity to supporting popular star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koreyoshi Kurahara
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Junko Sakurada  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Nenji Kobayashi

Even while having tremendous technology, now have a funeral shop walk picking up the car was retired in the desert Honma (Ken Takakura) is invited from the team DANKAI which declined to Paris-Dakar Rally, the team because of the publicity to supporting popular star ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Koreyoshi Kurahara
CAST:  Ken Takakura  •  Junko Sakurada  •  Philippe Leroy  •  Nenji Kobayashi

La fllière chinoise (1990)

Bruce is hired by the CIA and the Chinese police to break up a major international drug ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Koob
CAST:  Michel Abran  •  Fanny Aubertin  •  Roseline Badin  •  Beppe Chierici

Bruce is hired by the CIA and the Chinese police to break up a major international drug ring.  (more)

DIRECTION:  André Koob
CAST:  Michel Abran  •  Fanny Aubertin  •  Roseline Badin  •  Beppe Chierici

Paid (2006)

Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Lamers
CAST:  Anne Charrier  •  Murilo Benício  •  Tom Conti  •  Guy Marchand

Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laurence Lamers
CAST:  Anne Charrier  •  Murilo Benício  •  Tom Conti  •  Guy Marchand

Le lunghe ombre (1987)

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DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Mingozzi
CAST:  Lina Sastri  •  Tobias Hoesl  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Nicola Farron

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DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Mingozzi
CAST:  Lina Sastri  •  Tobias Hoesl  •  Dominique Sanda  •  Nicola Farron

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DIRECTION:  Grégoire Sivan
CAST:  Lorànt Deutsch  •  Dieudonné  •  Macha Béranger  •  Catherine Jacob