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We Believed

  The story follows three boys growing up in the Cilento Valley in southern Italy in the early 19th century in what was then the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. Read More

First Love

  Vittorio is looking for his ideal woman. He meets Sonia, a sweet pleasant intelligent girl. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia’s body Read More

Magnificent Presence

  Pietro Pontechievello is a gay man who rents a large house in the historic center of Rome. In the abode Pietro quickly learns of strange and mysterious presences. The Read More

Wherever You Are

  Alessandro is a 50-year-old local folk singer in Sassari, Sardinia, who struggles with alcohol abuse and a gambling addiction.  After trashing his mother’s house during a violent outburst, he Read More

I’m Crazy About Iris Blond

  Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he’ll find love and money with a foreign singer Read More

Leopardi

  Based on the fraught life of 19th-century Italian poet Giacomo Leopardi, Mario Martone’s expansive biopic features an unforgettable performance by Elio Germano in the title role. Born into an Read More

Past Perfect

  Past Perfect (2003) is an Italian drama directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi that explores the crumbling friendships of a group gathering at a country house in winter. The film Read More

Bread and Tulips

  BREAD & TULIPS is about a woman’s search for self-fulfillment among the habits and responsibilities of everyday life. Rosalba (Licia Maglietta), a middle-aged woman on a bus trip to Read More

There’s Still Tomorrow

  In this moving comedic drama set in postwar Rome, a working-class woman dreams of a better future for herself and her daughter while facing abuse at the hands of Read More

Renzo & Lucia

  In 17th-century Italy, a jealous lord forces a young woman (Michela Macalli) to flee to a convent while her lover (Stefano Scandaletti) faces riots and plague. Loose adaptation of Read More