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The Mafia Kills Only in Summer

  Pierfrancesco Diliberto (a renowned TV host and political comedian, better known as Pif) wrote, directed, and stars in this subversive, irreverent feature debut about Arturo, a young boy whose Read More

Me, Them and Lara

  In this hilarious and extremely successful new comedy, Carlo Verdone plays a missionary priest in Africa who faces a spiritual crisis and decides to return to Italy. However, there Read More

Cops and Robbers

  Esposito is a thief who cons tourists in Rome to provide for his poor family. Officer Bottoni manages to catch him and begins to persecute him. When Esposito manages Read More

Them

  Loro is a 2019 drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, starring Toni Servillo. The film talks about the group of businessmen and politicians – the Loro (Them) from the Read More

The Front Line

  Set during a turbulent period in 1970s Italy, the plot centers on passionate couple Sergio and Susanna, who have been living as fugitives for several years. Pursuing an uncompromising Read More

Sonatine

  Murakawa, a Tokyo-based yakuza enforcer, has grown tired of gangster life. He is sent by his boss to Okinawa, supposedly to mediate a dispute between their allies, the Nakamatsu Read More

The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi

  The film’s plot follows a traditional theme, with Zatoichi (a blind swordsman) coming to the defense of townspeople caught up in a local yakuza gang war and being forced Read More

Go

  Go is a 2001 coming-of-age movie, directed by Isao Yukisada, based on Kazuki Kaneshiro’s novel of the same title, which tells the story of a Japanese-born North Korean teenager Read More

Chaos

  In “Chaos,” Serreau opens a new front, directing a furious cross-cultural barrage at male abuse. The plot centers on Paul and Helene, two well-fixed Parisians who are en route Read More

The Closet

  Francois Pignon (Daniel Auteil) is a mousy, grey, drab accountant,working in a condom factory, who can’t even get in the company picture. He overhears, while in the bathroom from Read More