Mariella Valentini

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Cinderella (2011)

Once upon a time in post-war Rome: 13-year old Aurora, a gifted pianist, is the daughter of Valerio, a brilliant conductor. After Aurora's mother died, Valerio hired Irene, a single mother of two girls, to run the household. To Aurora's regret he decides to marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  Vanessa Hessler  •  Flavio Parenti  •  Natalia Wörner  •  Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

Once upon a time in post-war Rome: 13-year old Aurora, a gifted pianist, is the daughter of Valerio, a brilliant conductor. After Aurora's mother died, Valerio hired Irene, a single mother of two girls, to run the household. To Aurora's regret he decides to marry ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christian Duguay
CAST:  Vanessa Hessler  •  Flavio Parenti  •  Natalia Wörner  •  Ruth-Maria Kubitschek

La grande quercia (1997)

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Bianchini
CAST:  Gigio Alberti  •  Mariella Valentini

In 1943, Vincenzio and Maria take their children to his father's Tuscan farm. Vincenzio commutes to Rome where he's a physician and, in the hospital basement, prints an anti-Fascist paper. His brother is in the Resistance; his father supplies food to a local ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Bianchini
CAST:  Gigio Alberti  •  Mariella Valentini

To Sleep Next to Her (2004)

A well-liked employee in a multinational firm, formerly working on peers' motivation and professional training, is given the task to fire 25 of his colleagues. Stress and changes in his life ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugenio Cappuccio
CAST:  Giorgio Pasotti  •  Giuseppe Gandini  •  Elizabeth Fajuyigbe  •  Massimo Molea

A well-liked employee in a multinational firm, formerly working on peers' motivation and professional training, is given the task to fire 25 of his colleagues. Stress and changes in his life ensue.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Eugenio Cappuccio
CAST:  Giorgio Pasotti  •  Giuseppe Gandini  •  Elizabeth Fajuyigbe  •  Massimo Molea

Piano, Solo (2007)

A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Milani
CAST:  Kim Rossi Stuart  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Paola Cortellesi  •  Michele Placido

A biopic of jazz pianist Luca Flores.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Milani
CAST:  Kim Rossi Stuart  •  Jasmine Trinca  •  Paola Cortellesi  •  Michele Placido

To Want to Fly (1991)

Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Guido Manuli
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Angela Finocchiaro  •  Patrizio Roversi  •  Mariella Valentini

Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Guido Manuli
CAST:  Maurizio Nichetti  •  Angela Finocchiaro  •  Patrizio Roversi  •  Mariella Valentini

The Mass Is Ended (1985)

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Moretti
CAST:  Nanni Moretti  •  Ferruccio De Ceresa  •  Marco Messeri  •  Margarita Lozano

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his friends, but discovers that many of them are depressed or frustrated, and some suicidal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Moretti
CAST:  Nanni Moretti  •  Ferruccio De Ceresa  •  Marco Messeri  •  Margarita Lozano

Palombella Rossa (1989)

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Moretti
CAST:  Nanni Moretti  •  Silvio Orlando  •  Asia Argento  •  Mariella Valentini

Michele is a Communist MP who loses his memory in a car crash—although nobody seems to notice. Over the course of a water polo match ahead of election day, he begins to remember his past life, revealing the picture of a man whose personal and political identity ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nanni Moretti
CAST:  Nanni Moretti  •  Silvio Orlando  •  Asia Argento  •  Mariella Valentini

Questo piccolo grande amore (2009)

From the album of the same name by Claudio Baglioni the film tells the love story of two teenagers during the legendary seventies. A story so overwhelming as to compel the world to retreat, to step aside. Andrea and Giulia come from two different worlds, have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Donna
CAST:  Emanuele Bosi  •  Maria P. Petruolo  •  Daniela Giordano  •  Mariella Valentini

From the album of the same name by Claudio Baglioni the film tells the love story of two teenagers during the legendary seventies. A story so overwhelming as to compel the world to retreat, to step aside. Andrea and Giulia come from two different worlds, have ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Riccardo Donna
CAST:  Emanuele Bosi  •  Maria P. Petruolo  •  Daniela Giordano  •  Mariella Valentini

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DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Carlo Buccirosso  •  Valeria Marini  •  Ricky Tognazzi  •  Biagio Izzo

Quore (2002)

Paola, a double bass player at the last concert of her band's tour, discovers she's pregnant. But that's not the only problem she's forced to face. The relationship with her parents is problematic: his father is lost in alcohol and the future grandmother is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federica Pontremoli
CAST:  Michela Noonan  •  Carla Signoris  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Gigio Alberti

Paola, a double bass player at the last concert of her band's tour, discovers she's pregnant. But that's not the only problem she's forced to face. The relationship with her parents is problematic: his father is lost in alcohol and the future grandmother is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Federica Pontremoli
CAST:  Michela Noonan  •  Carla Signoris  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Gigio Alberti

Gasoline (2002)

Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monica Stambrini
CAST:  Maya Sansa  •  Regina Orioli  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Marco Quaglia

Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Monica Stambrini
CAST:  Maya Sansa  •  Regina Orioli  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Marco Quaglia

Maya (1989)

An Ancient Mayan curse is awakened in the ancient temples in Mexico, and people are killed in strange and gory ways by an invisible force.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Avallone
CAST:  Peter Phelps  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Erich Wildpret  •  Cyrus Elias

An Ancient Mayan curse is awakened in the ancient temples in Mexico, and people are killed in strange and gory ways by an invisible force.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marcello Avallone
CAST:  Peter Phelps  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Erich Wildpret  •  Cyrus Elias

DeGenerazione (1994)

Very rare Italian horror anthology from 1994, starring amongst many others, Asia Argento. This Italian movie is an anthology based with no linking material, only that all of the stories have a horror/suspense/surreal theme. The stories are diverse, ranging from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asia Argento  •  Alex Infascelli  •  Pier Giorgio Bellocchio  •  Antonio Manetti  •  Marco Manetti  •  Andrea Prandstraller  •  Alessandro Valori  •  Alberto Taraglio  •  Andrea Maulà  •  Eleonora Fiorini
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Stefano Abbati  •  Corrado Guzzanti  •  Alessandro Haber

Very rare Italian horror anthology from 1994, starring amongst many others, Asia Argento. This Italian movie is an anthology based with no linking material, only that all of the stories have a horror/suspense/surreal theme. The stories are diverse, ranging from ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Asia Argento  •  Alex Infascelli  •  Pier Giorgio Bellocchio  •  Antonio Manetti  •  Marco Manetti  •  Andrea Prandstraller  •  Alessandro Valori  •  Alberto Taraglio  •  Andrea Maulà  •  Eleonora Fiorini
CAST:  Asia Argento  •  Stefano Abbati  •  Corrado Guzzanti  •  Alessandro Haber

Marching in Darkness (1996)

A young recruit to the Italian army discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer and must decide whether to risk bringing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Spano
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Ottavia Piccolo

A young recruit to the Italian army discovers and rejects the seedy world of soldiers who prostitute themselves to supplement their income. But before leaving this world he is raped by a highly-respected senior officer and must decide whether to risk bringing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Massimo Spano
CAST:  Jean-Marc Barr  •  Massimo Dapporto  •  Thomas Kretschmann  •  Ottavia Piccolo

Da cosa nasce cosa (1998)

italian short  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Manni
CAST:  Enzo Iacchetti  •  Monica Scattini  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Eliana Miglio

italian short  (more)

DIRECTION:  Andrea Manni
CAST:  Enzo Iacchetti  •  Monica Scattini  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Eliana Miglio

Una vita sottile (2003)

Gaia lives her life in joy. She is a teenager, she loves her father, manager of an important firm, she has a boyfriend and she is among the best in her classroom. But one night two policemen arrest her father. He is accused of bribe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Albano
CAST:  Emilio Bonucci  •  Eugenia Costantini  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Carolina Levi

Gaia lives her life in joy. She is a teenager, she loves her father, manager of an important firm, she has a boyfriend and she is among the best in her classroom. But one night two policemen arrest her father. He is accused of bribe.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gianfranco Albano
CAST:  Emilio Bonucci  •  Eugenia Costantini  •  Mariella Valentini  •  Carolina Levi

Baciami piccina (2006)

7th September 1943. The honest and reliable carabiniere Umberto is sent to escort the flamboyant con man Raoul Nuvolini from Terni to Venice. Umberto's fiancée Luisa follows him against his will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Cimpanelli
CAST:  Neri Marcorè  •  Vincenzo Salemme  •  Elena Russo  •  Marco Messeri

7th September 1943. The honest and reliable carabiniere Umberto is sent to escort the flamboyant con man Raoul Nuvolini from Terni to Venice. Umberto's fiancée Luisa follows him against his will.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roberto Cimpanelli
CAST:  Neri Marcorè  •  Vincenzo Salemme  •  Elena Russo  •  Marco Messeri

Prestazione straordinaria (1994)

A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Rubini
CAST:  Sergio Rubini  •  Margherita Buy  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Mariella Valentini

A white-collar worker finds himself in the crosshairs of his attractive female boss.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Rubini
CAST:  Sergio Rubini  •  Margherita Buy  •  Alessandro Haber  •  Mariella Valentini
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