12 Movies Directed by Damiano Damiani

The Empty Canvas

The Empty Canvas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1964-03-10

Languages:

Italian, English

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

105 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.3 (491 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Alberto Moravia (novel)

Damiano Damiani

Tonino Guerra

Ugo Liberatore

Fullplot:

The son of a wealthy American woman and a deceased Italian nobleman, Dino, dabbles away at painting. Thinking he has found the image for his "empty canvas", he takes up with man-crazy nymphet Cecilia, who refuses to marry him--even after he covers her nude body with 10,000-lire banknotes. She does agree to become his mistress--until a more interesting man comes along. Dino has a breakdown and is guided back to health by his mother. He tells her at fadeout that now he has suffered, and he thinks he might be able to fill that empty canvas.

La strega in amore

La strega in amore

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-08-01

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

109 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (137 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Carlos Fuentes (novel)

Ugo Liberatore

Fullplot:

A historian goes to a castle library to translate some ancient erotic literature. While there he discovers what he believes to be supernatural forces at work.

Mafia

Mafia

Basic Info:

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France

Runtime:

112 min

Rated:

M

IMDB Ratings:

7.1 (641 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Ugo Pirro

Leonardo Sciascia (novel)

Fullplot:

Rosa Nicolosi is not the widow of Salvatore Colasberna, the man murdered in the beginning of the movie, but she is in fact the wife of Paolo Nicolosi, the only eyewitness of the murder. Paolo goes missing the same morning as the murder occurs.

A Complicated Girl

A Complicated Girl

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1969-02-07

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

100 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (59 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Alberto Silvestri

Franco Verucci

Fullplot:

A young girl called Claudia, flirts with two men, and at the same time, she is also having an affair with her step-mother who doles out her inheritance money from her dead father. Is she playing all three of them to get what she wants?

Confessions of a Police Captain

Confessions of a Police Captain

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1971-03-26

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (704 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani (story)

Fulvio Gicca Palli (story)

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Salvatore Laurani (screenplay)

Fullplot:

One of the first films about the mafia occurrence, in which the fight is hopeless, because "the polyp's feeler" reaches everything and everybody. A police inspector and a deputy public prosecutor try to prove that the architect in the city is in the mafia.

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1975-12-19

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy, France, West Germany

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (3473 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay)

Ernesto Gastaldi (story)

Fulvio Morsella (screenplay)

Fulvio Morsella (story)

Fullplot:

Expert conman Joe Thanks teams up with half-breed Bill and naive Lucy to steal $300,000 from the Indian-hating Major Cabot. Their elaborate plan is full of disguises, double-crosses, and chases, but Joe always seems to know what he's doing.

I Am Afraid

I Am Afraid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1977-10-06

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

120 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (265 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Fullplot:

Un uomo in ginocchio

Un uomo in ginocchio

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1979-04-13

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (145 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

Thriller

Cast:

Writer:

Nicola Badalucco

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Damiano Damiani (story)

Fullplot:

Nino, a regular working-class guy, finds that a hitman has been hired to kill him. He discovers that a wealthy woman has been kidnapped and that everyone who was involved in it is being killed off. However, Nino had nothing to do with the kidnapping and has to find out who has sent the killers and stop them before it's too late.

The Warning

The Warning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-08-15

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (94 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

Crime

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Nicola Badalucco

Arduino Maiuri

Massimo De Rita

Fullplot:

Amityville II: The Possession

Amityville II: The Possession

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1982-09-24

Languages:

English

Countries:

Mexico, USA, Italy

Runtime:

104 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

5.4 (7029 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Cast:

Writer:

Tommy Lee Wallace (screenplay)

Hans Holzer (book)

Fullplot:

An Italian-American family move into a house built on an ancient Indian burial ground. The oldest son is possessed by an evil spirit, and is forced to murder his family. The family's priest feels responsible, and tries to save the possessed boy's soul.

The Warning

The Warning

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1980-08-15

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (95 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

Crime

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani

Nicola Badalucco

Arduino Maiuri

Massimo De Rita

Fullplot:

The Most Beautiful Wife

The Most Beautiful Wife

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1970-03-12

Languages:

Italian

Countries:

Italy

Runtime:

108 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.2 (296 Reviews)

Director:

Damiano Damiani

Genres:

CrimeDrama

Cast:

Writer:

Damiano Damiani (screenplay)

Damiano Damiani (story)

Enrico Ribulsi

Sofia Scandurra

Fullplot:

Based on the story of Franca Viola and Filippo Melodia. In Sicily, as a Mafia boss leaves for prison, he advises Vito, a young man who's his potential successor, to marry a virtuous and poor woman. Vito's eye settles on Francesca, only 15, but lovely and self-possessed. Among her virtues are high self worth and forthright speech, so although she falls in love with Vito, she won't bow down to him. Believing he's losing face, he has his boys kidnap her and he rapes her. Then, he tells her he'll still marry her. Instead, she files charges. Her parents, brother, and neighbors refuse to support her. Will she break? Will Vito continue his assaults?

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