Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

Paprika (1991)

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A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Debora Caprioglio  •  Stéphane Ferrara  •  Martine Brochard  •  John Steiner

A young country girl comes to town and works in a brothel in order to help her fiance get the money to start his own business. "Paprika" is the name given to her by the madam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tinto Brass
CAST:  Debora Caprioglio  •  Stéphane Ferrara  •  Martine Brochard  •  John Steiner

Paganini Horror (1989)

A female rock band acquires an infamous composition by Niccolò Paganini that was used in satanic rituals. When the band decides to record the song and film a video in Paganini's old mansion, the spirit of the deceased composer is summoned and the band unlocks a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Daria Nicolodi  •  Jasmine Maimone  •  Pascal Persiano  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

A female rock band acquires an infamous composition by Niccolò Paganini that was used in satanic rituals. When the band decides to record the song and film a video in Paganini's old mansion, the spirit of the deceased composer is summoned and the band unlocks a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Daria Nicolodi  •  Jasmine Maimone  •  Pascal Persiano  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

Il grande Blek (1987)

Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Piccioni
CAST:  Roberto De Francesco  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Riccardo De Torrebruna  •  Silvana De Santis

Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Giuseppe Piccioni
CAST:  Roberto De Francesco  •  Sergio Rubini  •  Riccardo De Torrebruna  •  Silvana De Santis

Vajont (2001)

On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renzo Martinelli
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Laura Morante  •  Anita Caprioli

On October 9th, 1963, at 10:39 pm, 260 million cubic meters of rock fell down from Mount Toc to the artificial lake formed by the Vajont dam, the higher dam in the world. The landslide formed a 250-meters wave and 50 million cubic meters of water completely ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renzo Martinelli
CAST:  Michel Serrault  •  Daniel Auteuil  •  Laura Morante  •  Anita Caprioli

Mary Forever (1989)

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Claudio Amendola  •  Francesco Benigno  •  Alessandra Di Sanzo

A teacher discovers his calling. Marco relocates to Palermo from Milan and takes a job teaching in a reform school while he waits for a high school position. He tries to understand and motivate his handful of students, reading them colloquial poetry, encouraging ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Michele Placido  •  Claudio Amendola  •  Francesco Benigno  •  Alessandra Di Sanzo

Blood on Méliès' Moon (2016)

France, 1890. Inventor Louis Le Prince vanishes under mysterious circumstances right after he created a device that, five years later, the Lumière Brothers will call The Cinematographer. What if they had stolen Le Prince’s idea and wacked him afterwards? The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Barbara Magnolfi  •  Brahim Ahmadouche  •  David Kirk Traylor  •  Sharon Alessandri

France, 1890. Inventor Louis Le Prince vanishes under mysterious circumstances right after he created a device that, five years later, the Lumière Brothers will call The Cinematographer. What if they had stolen Le Prince’s idea and wacked him afterwards? The ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Barbara Magnolfi  •  Brahim Ahmadouche  •  David Kirk Traylor  •  Sharon Alessandri

Il colore nascosto delle cose (2017)

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Adriano Giannini  •  Laura Adriani  •  Arianna Scommegna

Teo has a good job, a fiancee, a lover, no intention to assume any responsibility in his life. Meeting Emma, a blind woman, will upset his convictions.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Valeria Golino  •  Adriano Giannini  •  Laura Adriani  •  Arianna Scommegna

FantastiCozzi (2016)

A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe M. Guerra
CAST:  Luigi Cozzi  •  Caroline Munro  •  David Hasselhoff  •  Lou Ferrigno

A feature-length documentary about the life and career of Italian director Luigi Cozzi and his obsession with Science Fiction and Fantasy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Felipe M. Guerra
CAST:  Luigi Cozzi  •  Caroline Munro  •  David Hasselhoff  •  Lou Ferrigno

Villa Ventura (2017)

At Villa Ventura lives a wealthy but rather unusual family. Hoping to improve the son Mirko's communication skills, a pair of actors, Simon and Lola, are hired. But their drama class is of no interest whatsoever to Mirko. His interests lie elsewhere.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Hüben
CAST:  Lola Giouse  •  Ivan Georgiev  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

At Villa Ventura lives a wealthy but rather unusual family. Hoping to improve the son Mirko's communication skills, a pair of actors, Simon and Lola, are hired. But their drama class is of no interest whatsoever to Mirko. His interests lie elsewhere.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roman Hüben
CAST:  Lola Giouse  •  Ivan Georgiev  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

Little Wizards of Oz (2018)

At an elementary school in Rome, a young substitute teacher begins to read chapters from the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to her new and very young pupils. Soon afterwards, bizarre things start to occur, as reality and dreams merge and the children themselves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Mirella D'Angelo  •  Philippe Beun-Garbe  •  Alessio Giovanni  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli

At an elementary school in Rome, a young substitute teacher begins to read chapters from the book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz to her new and very young pupils. Soon afterwards, bizarre things start to occur, as reality and dreams merge and the children themselves ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Luigi Cozzi
CAST:  Mirella D'Angelo  •  Philippe Beun-Garbe  •  Alessio Giovanni  •  Maria Cristina Mastrangeli