Released Date:
1991-12-22
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
200 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.6 (1681 Reviews)
Director:
Lamberto BavaFrancesca Melandri (story)
Gianni Romoli (story)
Italo Calvino (short story "Fanta-Ghirè
persona bella")
During archery in a wood Princess Fantaghiro is discovered by the hostile king's son Romualdo. He is able to take a short look at her before she can escape and immediately falls in love with the unknown beauty. When Romulado challenges her father for a duel to end the bloody war between their people Fantaghiro is send out to fight him due to a prophecy. As Romualdo sees her dressed as a man he believes to recognize his beloved. So he tries everything to discover wether she is a man or a woman and prevent the duel. Fantaghiro starts to fall in love with him, too, but her sense of duty is strong. Will love bring them together or will it end as a tragedy?
Released Date:
2004-09-10
Languages:
Italian, German, French, English
Countries:
Italy, Germany, France
Runtime:
105 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (1954 Reviews)
Director:
Gianni AmelioGenres:
DramaGianni Amelio (story)
Sandro Petraglia (story)
Stefano Rulli (story)
Giuseppe Pontiggia (novel)
"Prepare yourself for suffering if you intend to be close to him." So speaks the mother of a young woman with severe disabilities, speaking to Gianni, the father of 16-year-old Paolo, himself developmentally disabled. Gianni abandoned the boy at birth, when the child's mother died, and Paulo's aunt and uncle have raised him. They have contacted Gianni and asked him to take Paulo to Berlin for a battery of medical tests. Images of people walking, running, skating, and dancing dot the screen as Gianni and Paulo get to know each other. Over a few days, Gianni tries to sort out his obligations and his desires. Will he accept his role as father to this engaging, mercurial, disabled youth?
Released Date:
2005-09-30
Languages:
Italian, English, French
Countries:
Italy, France, UK
Runtime:
152 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.2 (6409 Reviews)
Director:
Michele PlacidoGiancarlo De Cataldo (novel)
Stefano Rulli (screenplay)
Sandro Petraglia (screenplay)
Giancarlo De Cataldo (screenplay)
Michele Placido (screenplay)
Italy, the 1970s, in the grip of molded politics, corruption and the mafia. A small circle of friends grows up in Rome and decides to use their skills and connections with organized crime and specialists to carve out their own share. Thus Il Freddo, Libano and Il Dandi builds up a rogue crime empire. Commissario Scialoja however gives chase, successfully once he can play on the breakdown of their loyalty, especially from Patrizia 'Cinzia'.
Released Date:
2006-05-05
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
108 min
IMDB Ratings:
7.5 (2161 Reviews)
Director:
Kim Rossi StuartGenres:
DramaLinda Ferri
Francesco Giammusso
Kim Rossi Stuart
Federico Starnone
Tommi (11) and his slightly older sister Viola live in the city with their father. They cope with being a single parent family until their mother shows up, having disappeared without trace - not for the first time, we soon learn. These are the four protagonists in a bittersweet portrait of their ongoing struggle with love, friendship, puberty and life in general.
Released Date:
2009-04-17
Languages:
Italian
Countries:
Italy
Runtime:
104 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.7 (586 Reviews)
Director:
Francesca ArchibugiUmberto Contarello (novel)
Francesca Archibugi (story)
Guido Iuculano (story)
Francesca Archibugi (screenplay)
Guido Iuculano (script collaboration)
Two men strike up a close friendship after suffering a heart attack.
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