Vittorio Barbagiovanni

Giovanna's Father (2008)

Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Silvio Orlando  •  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Francesca Neri  •  Ezio Greggio

Michele Casali is a middle-class professor in Fascist Italy who teaches at the same high school attended by his only daughter, Giovanna. A shy and sensitive girl, her insecurities are only magnified by Michele's overprotectiveness—reaching a point of no return.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Silvio Orlando  •  Alba Rohrwacher  •  Francesca Neri  •  Ezio Greggio

A Second Childhood (2010)

Lino and Chicca are an aging, childless middle-class couple whose life is disrupted after he's diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Francesca Neri  •  Serena Grandi  •  Gianni Cavina

Lino and Chicca are an aging, childless middle-class couple whose life is disrupted after he's diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Pupi Avati
CAST:  Fabrizio Bentivoglio  •  Francesca Neri  •  Serena Grandi  •  Gianni Cavina

Il regno (2020)

The king of a secret modern-time Medieval kingdom leaves his throne in inheritance to his son, who struggles to lead the kingdom in fight for its independence from the Italian state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Fanuele
CAST:  Stefano Fresi  •  Max Tortora  •  Silvia D'Amico  •  Fotinì Peluso

The king of a secret modern-time Medieval kingdom leaves his throne in inheritance to his son, who struggles to lead the kingdom in fight for its independence from the Italian state.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Francesco Fanuele
CAST:  Stefano Fresi  •  Max Tortora  •  Silvia D'Amico  •  Fotinì Peluso