1900

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childh

Swimming Instructor

Marie, the charming daughter of Italian immigrants, has a dream : to become rich. In Roubaix, where

Jamon Jamon

José Luis has a cushy corporate job at the lingerie factory his mom owns. After he falls in love and

Divorce Italian Style

Ferdinando Cefalù is desperate to marry his cousin, Angela, but he is married to Rosalia and divorce

The Conformist

A weak-willed Italian man becomes a fascist flunky who goes abroad to arrange the assassination of h

Never Too Late For Love

Astolfo, a retired professor evicted from his apartment, decides to move into an old noble but decre

The Last Kiss

Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pre

A Perfect Day

Antonio and Emma have been separated for years, but he does not accept when Emma dates other men. In

The Black Belly of the Tarantula

Inspector Tellini investigates serial crimes where victims are paralyzed while having their bellies

The Key

Art professor Nino Rolfe attempts to break down his wife Teresa's conventional modesty. Noticing her

We All Loved Each Other So Much

Three partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday

Stealing Beauty

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a fam

Palermo – Milan One Way

A mob accountant accepts to be witness for the prosecution at a trial involving Mafia higher-ups. Se

The Family

"The Family," an album with a velvet cover, is meant to touch the extended family of man. Formal por

Seduced and Abandoned

The film presents the tale of Agnese Ascalone, daughter of prominent miner Vincenzo Ascalone, and ta

The First Beautiful Thing

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: t

Where Are You Going on Holiday?

In three vignettes, two exes, a tour guide and a married couple struggle to overcome a series of mis

Police Python 357

A methodical police inspector becomes entangled in a web of deceit after a murder investigation reve

Uomo di fumo

Te lo leggo negli occhi

Naples. Margherita, a singer who has always been distracted from her husband and daughter Chiara, is

Eccezzziunale... veramente

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the

La passione

To avoid being sued, a film director reluctantly agrees to set up and direct the Good Friday celebra

Per amore, solo per amore

In 1st century BC Palestine, Joseph is a carpenter who wants to travel and see the world, but destin

Mother Ebe

Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcr

L'Œil écarlate

An unorthodox police commissioner investigates the suspicious death of a man run over by a train.

Non chiamarmi Omar

The Fascist

1944. Primo Arcovazzi is a fanatical and dim-witted Fascist Party militiaman who accepts to escort a

Brancaleone at the Crusades

After saving an infant of royal blood, knight Brancaleone forms a new army and sets out to return th

Strange Occasion

Three sexy and comic episodes.

Magnet of Doom

Young boxer Michel Maudet is sacked by his manager after a series of match defeats and is forced to

Volaverunt

The story revolves around Goya's womanising and the mysterious death of the Duchess of Alba at the e

Tutta colpa della musica

The Tuscan Giuseppe, after a lifetime spent working in a company in Biella, reaches the well-deserve

Traffic Jam

A tremendous congestion hits the Rome highway ring. The biggest traffic jam ever seen lasts more tha

Mignon Has Left

With her father on trial, 15-year-old Mignon leaves Paris to stay with her Italian relatives. The ra

Let's Hope It's a Girl

A multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who

Woman of My Life

Longtime Italian cinema star Stefania Sandrelli (The First Beautiful Thing) is Alba, the mother of t

The Terrace

Eight Italian politicians from the communist party gather on a terrace in Rome for a get-together. T

Ce N'è Per Tutti

Gianluca, unable to bear the world's ills, decides to climb the Colosseum and isolate himself from e

Alfredo, Alfredo

Alfredo, a timid young Italian, lusts after and woos the beautiful Maria Rosa. But when he manages t

Sons and Daughters

We are in Argentina in 1977, a woman gives birth to twins. With the complicity of the midwife he man

Parthenope

Parthenope, born in the sea near Naples in 1950, is beautiful, enigmatic, and intelligent. She is sh

One Day More

Giacomo is a 40-year-old man who works for a big company in Milan. To avoid working on weekends, he

Sue Me

Judge Pennisi deals with a lot of citizens every day, some of them criminals, but almost always ordi

Teo

Teo is a Somali boy living in Rome, where his mother works in service to a wealthy family. Friendly

Waiting for the Messiah

In 1999, Argentina's peso craters. Ariel, a young man from Buenos Aires' Jewish community, deals wit

The Truth on the Savolta Affair

Barcelona between 1917 and 1923. Is the era of gangsterism, during which gunmen clash between anarch

La otra cara de la luna

Juan and Julia are a mature and conventional marriage. Juan is shy and vulnerable, opera enthusiast

The Bandit

Sicily, 1865. Two peasants, Gramigna and his father are tricked by Baron Nardò and robbed of their f

Goffredo e l'Italia chiamò

The film tells the life of the young Genoese poet and patriot Goffredo Mameli, who died in battle in

The Nymph

Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out

Desideria

All her life, an overweight girl has been ignored by her rich and attractive mother. But when the ug

According to Pontius Pilate

The story of salvation is told from the perspective of the Roman governor in Judea, Pontius Pilate.

Traces of an Amorous Life

What is love? In how many forms can it manifest itself? 14 short episodes about love, spanning gene

The Climax

A violin player is going to be father of a sixth child by his second mistress, Marisa. Quite nervous

Meno male che ci sei

The Sleazy Uncle

A businessman has trouble reuniting with his roguish con-artist uncle, especially when the uncle pro

Widow's Walk

Molinat is assigned to the case of a man found with a bullet in his ear on the shore of a little Atl

Disobedience

Luca Manzi is a fourteen year old boy when the Northern Italy Republic of Salò is governed by the Fa

Io ti assolvo

A quiet provincial town is shaken by the murder of its parish priest. The young Father Francesco (Ga

Attention

On the plane back to Rome, a well-known journalist indulges in an unbridled and somewhat melodramati

Il generale Dalla Chiesa

A Woman in the Mirror

A couple meet during the Carnival in Ivrea (a little town in northern Italy), feel drawn to each oth

Villa Ada

Sunday in a large Roman public park, Villa Ada, from dawn to dusk. But it could be any park in any l

Death Rite

While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar befriends the

Love Sins

A biographical feature on the Italian literary giant, Gabriele D'Annunzio. Set in late 19th century

Marriages

Matrimony is a drama about the complexity of relationships. On Christmas Eve, perfect housewife Giul

Of Love and Shadows

Irene is a magazine editor living under the shadow of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. Francisco

Secrets Secrets

Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thr

The Bride Was Beautiful

The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His fath

The Scapegoat

Il Fornaretto di Venezia (US TV title: The Scapegoat) is a 1963 Italian film directed by Duccio Tess

I 400 giorni - Funamboli e maestri

Evelina e i suoi figli

Stefania Sandrelli is Evelina, a separated woman who lives with possessive teenage children. When yo

Tender Scoundrel

Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is n

Love, I Think

Italian Film Drama

The Cinema According to Bertolucci

Documentary on the filming of Novecento by Bernardo Bertolucci

Caramelle

A woman is longing to make love to her husband once again, but he is always working or tired. At her

The African Woman

A dying woman, who stole her best friend's lover, is convinced that a spell has been cast on her, so

Olimpia's Way

Acqua e anice is a “dance hall road movie” about Olimpia, a legendary ballroom dancer and a fixture

Love Deal

Joaquín goes to Russia for business. There he falls in love with Tatiana, a young and beautiful inte

The Little Devil

Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day

La bella di Lodi

Story of Roberta, a beautiful young woman from a wealthy industrialist family and her relationship w

Stradivari

As a boy the orphan Antonio Stradivari heard for the first time in his life the sound of a violin an

La Bussola - Il collezionista di stelle

The Hottest Summer

Each year Lucia volunteers at a Summer Camp in Sicily. This summer however, will be the hottest on r

The Dinner

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle

Chance at Love

Four sketches revolving around the themes of luck and love.

Io sono mia

Vannina and Giacinto are a young married couple who live their relationship in an unequal way; while

Somewhere Beyond Love

Two factory workers living in Northern Italy form a romantic connection. The woman, torn between the

A Talking Picture

A meditation on civilization. July, 2001: friends wave as a cruise ship departs Lisbon for Mediterra

Dark Illness

After his father's death, a middle-aged screenwriter struggles with his obsessions and neuroses.

Marcello Mio

Pressured from all sides by the figure of her father, Chiara Mastroianni decides to bring him back t

I Knew Her Well

A young woman from the Italian countryside experiences the dark side of the business after she moves

Christmas Holidays

Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money,

The Voyeur

At a college in Rome, a professor, nicknamed "Dodo" is in a deep depression. His stunningly beautifu

Furio Scarpelli - Il racconto prima di tutto

Falchi

Three undercover cops in Naples must face their own demons as well as criminals.

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

A Jewish couple and a homosexual doctor fall to prejudice and scandal in 1938 Italy.

The Dragon Ring

The Dragon Ring is an italian film of two parts. It's about Desideria, the dragon king's daughter an

Le faremo tanto male

Two brothers kidnap a has-been actress who makes a living doing TV commercials for a fur-clothing co

It's All About Karma

Giacomo befriends a con man, believing that he is the reincarnation of his dead father.

The Honeymoon Trip

Paul and Sarah form a happy couple with no problems. But when Sarah sees Paul wrapped in the arms of

With Closed Eyes

In the Tuscan countryside at the end of the 19th century, Pietro, the shy son of a tyrannical landow

Il crimine non va in pensione

A Matter of Heart

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds i

There's No Place Like Home

An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniv

Probably Love

Sofia is a young student in an acting class who learns some of the secrets of the trade from three g

The American Bride

Edoardo meets and immediately falls in love for Edith. They soon decide to marry. During the wedding

Magic Moments

Three young friends – aspiring film director Roberto, aspiring producer Ben and aspiring comedian Ci

My Darling, My Dearest

Gennarino Laganà is a poor Sicilian who struggles with menial jobs to support his family, while his

People of Rome

Rome 2003, the camera follows citizens of Rome. Night, in a flat, a woman prepares her husband's lun

Evviva Giuseppe

The life and work of Giuseppe Bertolucci, as told by his father and brother, friends and colleagues.

Life as It Is

A wealthy dentist who spends the weekend wargaming with friends provokes a dangerous reaction from h

Nottataccia

The shy and awkward Latin professor Alessandro falls in love with a psychologist spying on her from

Puccini

Giacomo Puccini, the son of a Tuscan organist, achieves world-wide recognition as a composer of oper

Youth at Night

Elio is a member of a group of youngsters, all from good families, who have fun spending their days

La moglie ingenua e il marito malato

A thief caught red-handed tells the landlord a very strange fact that happened to him looking throug

Good Gals

The story of a gang of French female robbers disguised as men, who operated in the Avignon area in t

The Virgins

The story of five girls that lose their virginity.

Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia

This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian

Partner

The story of a young man who meets his own likeness and uses him to fulfill his dreams.

Renzo e Lucia

Loose adaptation of Italy's national epic, Alessandro Manzoni's “The Betrothed”. In war-torn 17th ce

Devil in the Brain

Oscar is trying to re-establish an affair with Sandra, a disturbed young woman. Having found her hu

The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth

Lei mi parla ancora

Nino and Caterina have been married for 65 years. After Caterina's death, their daughter Elisabetta,

Mai storie d'amore in cucina

The Swindlers

A day in a tribunal where the defendants are: the manager of a soccer team, charged with bribery, tw

La tristezza ha il sonno leggero

Red Chairs - Parma and the Cinema

The relations between Parma and cinema were so strong for almost the whole of the twentieth century

Non è mai un errore

After a story of love and passion, lived on holiday in Brazil, Leonardo will have to face the hard s

Piovuto dal cielo

Per il mio bene

Mi chiamo Altan e faccio vignette

Pietro Germi - The Good, The Beautiful and The Bad

This portrait of the Italian director & actor, Pietro Germi, explores his work, from Italian neoreal

La nostra magnifica ossessione - Bernardo Bertolucci e la sua generazione