Paolo Mazzarelli

The Great Beauty (2013)

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Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Carlo Buccirosso

Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paolo Sorrentino
CAST:  Toni Servillo  •  Carlo Verdone  •  Sabrina Ferilli  •  Carlo Buccirosso

The Last Man on Earth (2011)

The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
CAST:  Gabriele Spinelli  •  Roberto Herlitzka  •  Anna Bellato  •  Sara Rosa Losilla

The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gian Alfonso Pacinotti
CAST:  Gabriele Spinelli  •  Roberto Herlitzka  •  Anna Bellato  •  Sara Rosa Losilla

We Believed (2010)

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mario Martone
CAST:  Luigi Lo Cascio  •  Valerio Binasco  •  Luigi Pisani  •  Francesca Inaudi

Angel of Evil (2010)

Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Kim Rossi Stuart  •  Filippo Timi  •  Stefano Chiodaroli  •  Paolo Mazzarelli

Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michele Placido
CAST:  Kim Rossi Stuart  •  Filippo Timi  •  Stefano Chiodaroli  •  Paolo Mazzarelli

Fame chimica (2004)

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Bocola  •  Paolo Vari
CAST:  Andrea Kenni  •  Mimmo Allanprese  •  Marco Foschi  •  Giulio Baraldi

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DIRECTION:  Antonio Bocola  •  Paolo Vari
CAST:  Andrea Kenni  •  Mimmo Allanprese  •  Marco Foschi  •  Giulio Baraldi

Nauta (2010)

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DIRECTION:  Guido Pappadà
CAST:  Giovanni Esposito  •  Massimo Andrei  •  David Coco  •  Elena Di Cioccio

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DIRECTION:  Guido Pappadà
CAST:  Giovanni Esposito  •  Massimo Andrei  •  David Coco  •  Elena Di Cioccio

Italian Gangsters (2015)

A journey inside the most sensational exploits of the forgotten post–WWII Italian underworld. Thirty years of crime told through first-hand accounts, reenactments, old movies, news and other archive footage—painting the portrait of a country undergoing major social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato De Maria
CAST:  Andrea Di Casa  •  Luca Micheletti  •  Paolo Mazzarelli  •  Aldo Ottobrino

A journey inside the most sensational exploits of the forgotten post–WWII Italian underworld. Thirty years of crime told through first-hand accounts, reenactments, old movies, news and other archive footage—painting the portrait of a country undergoing major social ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Renato De Maria
CAST:  Andrea Di Casa  •  Luca Micheletti  •  Paolo Mazzarelli  •  Aldo Ottobrino

Parents in Progress (2019)

Simona is a single mother in her early ‘40s who is wholly devoted to her son, Filippo. To get over her insecurities as a parent and make her son happy on his eighth birthday, she decides to throw him a birthday party in their small flat and invite over his school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Chiossone
CAST:  Anna Foglietta  •  Elena Radonicich  •  Lucia Mascino  •  Marina Rocco

Simona is a single mother in her early ‘40s who is wholly devoted to her son, Filippo. To get over her insecurities as a parent and make her son happy on his eighth birthday, she decides to throw him a birthday party in their small flat and invite over his school ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Laura Chiossone
CAST:  Anna Foglietta  •  Elena Radonicich  •  Lucia Mascino  •  Marina Rocco

Love Wedding Repeat (2020)

While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Craig
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Olivia Munn  •  Eleanor Tomlinson  •  Freida Pinto

While trying to make his sister's wedding day go smoothly, Jack finds himself juggling an angry ex-girlfriend, an uninvited guest with a secret, a misplaced sleep sedative, and the girl that got away in alternate versions of the same day.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dean Craig
CAST:  Sam Claflin  •  Olivia Munn  •  Eleanor Tomlinson  •  Freida Pinto

3/19 (2021)

Camilla is a successful attorney in her forties who accidentally causes the death of an undocumented migrant. At first, she is only interested in exonerating herself, but soon a feeling of responsibility starts nagging her: the dead body of a young man is lying in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Kasia Smutniak  •  Francesco Colella  •  Caterina Forza  •  Paolo Mazzarelli

Camilla is a successful attorney in her forties who accidentally causes the death of an undocumented migrant. At first, she is only interested in exonerating herself, but soon a feeling of responsibility starts nagging her: the dead body of a young man is lying in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Silvio Soldini
CAST:  Kasia Smutniak  •  Francesco Colella  •  Caterina Forza  •  Paolo Mazzarelli