Riccardo Spagnol

Observes the mechanisms of construction and assimilation of gender in contemporary Italian society, through a kaleidoscopic mosaic of scenes of daily life: what are the choreographies of bodies, collective rituals, behaviors for each of the genres that condition our identities? Through paintings with a strong visual impact, Normal tells the story of normality making it alien to us, exploring the daily and collective staging of the male and female universe in which we all participate.

Italy, late 16th century, the Church, threatened by the Protestants, unleashes the Inquisition. Menocchio, an old, stubborn, self-educated miller oppose the new order. Accused of heresy, he ignores the pleadings and stands trial. The story of a man incapable of betraying his own principles.

The Making of a Dream is a cinematic essay on stories of dancers. It shows joys and pains from the first steps in an amateur school to the goal to become a principal dancer in a world known ballet company.

Two brothers, an exuberant father and an invisible mother. A family of farmers from an Alpine valley where life is rude, as well as manners. The younger son, Gim, is discovering his homosexuality, but the world around him, especially his father, just can't accept that. So the elder son Alex is stuck in the middle, on one hand encouraging Gim to overcome all his fears, on the other trying to continue the tradition of the fathers. In such an exasperated context is hard to recognize the love hidden behind. Will they be able to keep on living together?

Documental dedicado al transitado y enorme anillo de autopistas -Grande Raccordo Anulare, o GRA- que rodea la ciudad de Roma. (FILMAFFINITY)

A world-weary, widowed police inspector has to break his vow of self-isolation and get back on the field after his teen daughter is arrested for the possession of a gun tied to a much-publicized murder.

In northeast Italy is the Tagliamento River, tucked away almost like a secret spot on the border between Veneto and Friuli-Venezia Giulia. This documentary is a poem to that river and the people of the region, spirited, storied, and naturally beautiful.

Basada en la novela homónima de Federico De Roberto. A mediados del siglo XIX, últimos años de la dominación borbónica en Sicilia, en vísperas del nacimiento del Estado italiano. El funeral de la princesa Teresa es la ocasión para presentar a la familia Uzeda, descendientes de los virreyes de España. A través de la mirada de un niño, Consalvo, último heredero de los Uzeda, se desvelan los misterios, las intrigas, las complejas personalidades de los miembros de la familia, dominados por grandes pasiones y obsesiones.

Un viaje al corazón de Italia a través de sus trenes de largo recorrido, que recorren la península de norte a sur y viceversa. Los trayectos, las estaciones, los paisajes, la industria, la arquitectura, las caras y los dialectos se mezclan y ofrecen una instantánea del país junto a la historia de Arturo, un ciudadano del mundo que vive en los trenes.

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.