4 Movies Starring Violante Placido

Now or Never

Now or Never

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2003-11-14

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

96 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.3 (330 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Angelo Carbone

Roan Johnson

Lucio Pellegrini

Fullplot:

David studies Natural Sciences at the University of Pisa and is about to pass his final exam. He plans to move to the United States to have further education there. But then he gets a flyer from a girl. It's Viola, who he met three years ago after a dinner with friends. He has thought about her ever since. Viola is a member of a beginning student anti-globalist group, called Mompracem after David's suggestion. They are preparing for a protest at the G8-summit in Genoa. While David tries to come closer to Viola, who is already in a relationship with group leader Luca, he gets more and more involved with Mompracem. So deep that the progress of his study might falter.

Che ne sarè di noi

Che ne sarè di noi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2004-03-05

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.6 (951 Reviews)

Genres:

DramaComedy

Cast:

Writer:

Silvio Muccino (screenplay)

Giovanni Veronesi (screenplay)

Fullplot:

A coming-of-age comic tale about three eighteen-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

Lezioni di cioccolato

Lezioni di cioccolato

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2007-11-23

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

99 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (637 Reviews)

Genres:

Comedy

Cast:

Writer:

Fabio Bonifacci

Christian Poli (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Mattia, a 32 year old building contractor in Perugia has lots of style, nice suits, nice car, gorgeous looking girlfriend but behind this facade is cutting corners with site safety and hiring immigrant workers. Taking to the golf course hoping to meet wealthy, upmarket clients he meets a doctor who offers him a contract to build a luxurious weekend getaway but not one Euro above 300,000 will he pay. Meantime back on site to save 12,000 euros in scaffolding he has illegally-hired worker Kamal working on a roof without any safety nets and Kamal falls from the roof, finishing up in hospital with his entire upper body in plaster. Kamal unknown to Mattia has won a position in a chocolate making competition at a nearby factory who are celebrating their centenary of operation. Before leaving Egypt, Kamal was a pastry cook in Egypt. By doing the chocolate course he hopes to gain a diploma to start a new career in Italy as a chocolate maker. First prize is enough money to start his own business. So Mattia has a choic;face the police or stand in for Kamal at the advanced chocolate making course. Egyptian laborer versus trendy Italian businessman. So goodbye pony tail, hello perm, goodbye smart phone and clothes. In the class are: a middle aged woman, a man whose father owns 4 pastry shops and the beautiful, passionate Cecilia, whose love life is littered with liars. Feeling sorry for our stand in Kamal she offers to coach Mattia, after hours, to improve his chocolate making. Mattia leads a double life of Egyptian by day, homework and contractor by day and night transforming in the process from being self centred to finding love and life at the same time.

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-02-17

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA, United Arab Emirates

Runtime:

96 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

4.3 (80431 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Scott M. Gimple (screenplay)

Seth Hoffman (screenplay)

David S. Goyer (screenplay)

David S. Goyer (story)

Fullplot:

Johnny Blaze, a man who made a deal with the Devil who called himself Mephistopheles at the time (now Roarke), is on the run trying to make sure no-one is harmed by his alter ego, The Ghost Rider. He is approached by a Monk named Moreau who tells him that he can help be him free of the Rider, but first, he needs Johnny's help to protect a boy, whom Roarke has plans for, to help him take human form.

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