Giorgio Algranti

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

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

A Whole Life Ahead (2008)

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians—a total lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work at the call center of a company selling junk to housewives, quickly rising through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Micaela Ramazzotti

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians—a total lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work at the call center of a company selling junk to housewives, quickly rising through ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Virzì
CAST:  Valerio Mastandrea  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Micaela Ramazzotti

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

B.B. e il cormorano (2003)

In a shabby residence on the coast between Livorno and Pisa, Mario, known as "Il Cormorano", a grumpy and disillusioned young man, works as a plumber to scrape together the sum necessary to realize his dream. He wants to join his uncle Piero in America to become an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edoardo Gabbriellini
CAST:  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Carolina Felline  •  Marco Giallini  •  Luce Caponegro

In a shabby residence on the coast between Livorno and Pisa, Mario, known as "Il Cormorano", a grumpy and disillusioned young man, works as a plumber to scrape together the sum necessary to realize his dream. He wants to join his uncle Piero in America to become an ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edoardo Gabbriellini
CAST:  Edoardo Gabbriellini  •  Carolina Felline  •  Marco Giallini  •  Luce Caponegro

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

The Kiss of Judas (1988)

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DIRECTION:  Paolo Benvenuti
CAST:  Carlo Bachi  •  Giorgio Algranti  •  Emidio Simini  •  Marina Bersotti

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DIRECTION:  Paolo Benvenuti
CAST:  Carlo Bachi  •  Giorgio Algranti  •  Emidio Simini  •  Marina Bersotti