Francesca Ventura

Dark Eyes (1987)

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Elena Safonova  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy  •  Silvana Mangano

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nikita Mikhalkov
CAST:  Marcello Mastroianni  •  Elena Safonova  •  Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy  •  Silvana Mangano

Ripley's Game (2002)

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Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  John Malkovich  •  Ray Winstone  •  Uwe Mansshardt  •  Hanns Zischler

Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a student of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Liliana Cavani
CAST:  John Malkovich  •  Ray Winstone  •  Uwe Mansshardt  •  Hanns Zischler

The Wicked (1991)

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lizzani
CAST:  Giuliana De Sio  •  Julian Sands  •  Erland Josephson  •  Milena Vukotić

At the beginning of the 20th century, a junior resident takes an interest in a newly-arrived patient, a young Italian woman who has mysteriously developed schizophrenia. To identify the causes of her condition, he employs psychoanalytic methods to dig into her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lizzani
CAST:  Giuliana De Sio  •  Julian Sands  •  Erland Josephson  •  Milena Vukotić

Taste of the Sea 2: One Year Later (1984)

More summer stories from the beaches of Tuscany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Cortini
CAST:  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Gianni Ansaldi  •  Angelo Cannavacciolo  •  Isabella Ferrari

More summer stories from the beaches of Tuscany.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Cortini
CAST:  Eleonora Giorgi  •  Gianni Ansaldi  •  Angelo Cannavacciolo  •  Isabella Ferrari

Journey with Papa (1982)

Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sordi
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Edy Angelillo  •  Giuliana Calandra

Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alberto Sordi
CAST:  Alberto Sordi  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Edy Angelillo  •  Giuliana Calandra

Celluloide (1996)

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lizzani
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Anna Falchi  •  Lina Sastri

June 1944. In the newly liberated Rome, Roberto Rossellini and Sergio Amidei decide, against all odds, to make an unprecedented, true-to-life film on the tragic events that occurred during the Nazi occupation: Rome, Open City .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Lizzani
CAST:  Giancarlo Giannini  •  Massimo Ghini  •  Anna Falchi  •  Lina Sastri

Banzai (1997)

Sergio Colombo is an insurance agent. He had just gone through a divorce so he is a little bit scattered. Wanting to unwind he plans to go to vacation with a magnificent girlfriend but suddenly he is ordered off to Canada in order to sign an important contract. At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Stefano Antonucci  •  Antonio Ballerio  •  Francesca Romana Coluzzi

Sergio Colombo is an insurance agent. He had just gone through a divorce so he is a little bit scattered. Wanting to unwind he plans to go to vacation with a magnificent girlfriend but suddenly he is ordered off to Canada in order to sign an important contract. At ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Paolo Villaggio  •  Stefano Antonucci  •  Antonio Ballerio  •  Francesca Romana Coluzzi

A Boy and a Girl (1984)

Anna and Calogero are in love and living together in a low-scale apartment while going to the University of Milan. When Anna discovers she is pregnant, Calogero handles the situation like the moral coward he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Jerry Calà  •  Marina Suma  •  Monica Scattini  •  Sandro Ghiani

Anna and Calogero are in love and living together in a low-scale apartment while going to the University of Milan. When Anna discovers she is pregnant, Calogero handles the situation like the moral coward he is.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marco Risi
CAST:  Jerry Calà  •  Marina Suma  •  Monica Scattini  •  Sandro Ghiani

Pretty Princess (1993)

A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Barbara Snellenburg  •  David Warner  •  Susannah York

A princess from a Nordic European country is obligated to marry the boy her family chose. She escapes and discovers love in the arms of a beautiful swimming teacher.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Carlo Vanzina
CAST:  Raoul Bova  •  Barbara Snellenburg  •  David Warner  •  Susannah York

Summer Games (1984)

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DIRECTION:  Bruno Cortini
CAST:  Massimo Ciavarro  •  Natasha Hovey  •  Mauro Di Francesco  •  Giorgio Vignali

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DIRECTION:  Bruno Cortini
CAST:  Massimo Ciavarro  •  Natasha Hovey  •  Mauro Di Francesco  •  Giorgio Vignali