Gianni Zanasi

Nella mischia (1995)

Italian slice-of-life comedy-drama following the exploits of four low-life teenagers from Rome's suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Marco Adamo  •  Emiliano Cipoletti  •  Daniel Alegi  •  Andrea Proietti

Italian slice-of-life comedy-drama following the exploits of four low-life teenagers from Rome's suburbs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Marco Adamo  •  Emiliano Cipoletti  •  Daniel Alegi  •  Andrea Proietti

Don't Think About It (2007)

Having faced the reality of his failed career as a punk rock musician, 36-year-old Stefano Nardini returns home to his family in the small-town North.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Caterina Murino  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Anita Caprioli

Having faced the reality of his failed career as a punk rock musician, 36-year-old Stefano Nardini returns home to his family in the small-town North.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Caterina Murino  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Anita Caprioli

The Complexity of Happiness (2015)

Enrico Giusti works for a big corporation: his job is to save dying companies by persuading young scions to sell. However, his latest assignment is proving more difficult than anticipated, since it concerns two teens whose parents just died in a car accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Paolo Briguglia  •  Hadas Yaron

Enrico Giusti works for a big corporation: his job is to save dying companies by persuading young scions to sell. However, his latest assignment is proving more difficult than anticipated, since it concerns two teens whose parents just died in a car accident.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Paolo Briguglia  •  Hadas Yaron

Lucia's Grace (2018)

During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman who claims to be Mary, the Mother of God.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Elio Germano  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Hadas Yaron

During the evaluation of a plot of land, surveyor and distressed single mother Lucia meets a woman who claims to be Mary, the Mother of God.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Elio Germano  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Hadas Yaron

See You (1999)

15-year-old Andrea lives in a world of his own, where an innocent friendship with a pretty girl becomes a full-blown romance. He invites her to a motor show in nearby Bologna, but she fails to show up at the bus station. Instead, Andrea is joined by his older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Stefania Rivi  •  Andrea Corneti  •  Wilson Saba  •  Paolo Sassanelli

15-year-old Andrea lives in a world of his own, where an innocent friendship with a pretty girl becomes a full-blown romance. He invites her to a motor show in nearby Bologna, but she fails to show up at the bus station. Instead, Andrea is joined by his older ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Stefania Rivi  •  Andrea Corneti  •  Wilson Saba  •  Paolo Sassanelli

The Desired War (2022)

An international incident threatens to break out a war between major European powers that only an unlikely couple of bickering lovers seems able to stop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Edoardo Leo  •  Miriam Leone  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Stefano Fresi

An international incident threatens to break out a war between major European powers that only an unlikely couple of bickering lovers seems able to stop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Edoardo Leo  •  Miriam Leone  •  Giuseppe Battiston  •  Stefano Fresi

La vita è breve ma la giornata è lunghissima (2004)

DV-shot documentary following a group of up-and-coming young Italian actors .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini  •  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Dino Abbrescia  •  Paolo Briguglia  •  Carla Buttarazzi  •  Pierfrancesco Favino

DV-shot documentary following a group of up-and-coming young Italian actors .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lucio Pellegrini  •  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Dino Abbrescia  •  Paolo Briguglia  •  Carla Buttarazzi  •  Pierfrancesco Favino

Fuori di me (2000)

Documentary about a screening of Zanasi's previous film "Nella mischia" (1995) in an impoverished district of Bari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Lorenzo Viaconzi  •  Marit Nissen  •  Dino Abbrescia

Documentary about a screening of Zanasi's previous film "Nella mischia" (1995) in an impoverished district of Bari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianni Zanasi
CAST:  Paolo Sassanelli  •  Lorenzo Viaconzi  •  Marit Nissen  •  Dino Abbrescia