Francesca Antonelli

Benedetta, an obese fifteen-year-old yearning for attention, lives in a tawdry province in the south of Italy, emblematic of her inner landscape where everything could be and yet is not. She falls in love with Armando, aka Amanda, a young transvestite who is attracted to the young girl's innocence and begins an unhealthy relationship of mutual dependence with her. Amanda runs a carousel at the fair across the street from Benedetta's house, and the girl is magnetically drawn to this colorful and exciting world. But Amanda not only runs the carousel, she's also a call boy and sells drugs. Between intoxication and family rebellion and the discovery of sex - a great disappointment - she completes her rite of passage into adulthood.

En torno a un partido de fútbol en un campo de tierra a las afueras de Roma, una comunidad se debate frente a disyuntivas éticas y morales.

Swimming in a public pool, a young boy faces great danger.

An eighteen-year-old boy is released from an institute for minors with no family support, and for the first time tastes the bittersweet flavor of freedom; an imprisoned mother longs to go back and start all over again. These are the characters taken from the real world and transferred into a film that is first of all a shadowing of human beings, of their hopes and little acts of cowardice. But it is also the story of a time of waiting, of a soul going around in circles, a coming of age in a desolate and oppressive, marginal context that becomes a character in its own right.

A man wakes up one morning with an annoying ringing sound in his ears. A note on the fridge says: "Your friend Luigi has died. P.S. I took the car". The problem is that he does not even remember who this guy Luigi is. This is just the beginning of a tragicomic day during which he will be plunged into the folly of the world. One of those days that changes your life forever.

Two women -- a restaurateur and an architect -- have a seemingly idyllic romantic relationship, until the latter encounters a man she had a fling with.

A 'period' piece set in the hot summer of 2011, in the midst of the Berlusconi era. The life of a quiet corner market is shaken when the mayor decides to close it down. The only political organization people can turn to is the local section of the Democratic Party, which is separated from the market by a concrete wall, built to allow the construction of the subway.

The life of a working-class boy in Rome through the '70s and '80s, choosing his own path with his lifetimes friends and family.

Having cheated on his wife, Giulio, a municipal employee, moves out, but has to find a solution on how to still support his family, and himself.

Segunda parte del film "Perdona si te llamo amor". Alex (Raoul Bova) y Niki (Michela Quattrociocche) están más enamorados que nunca. Acaban de volver del faro de la isla de Blu donde han vivido días inolvidables. Niki vuelve a ver a sus amigas, pero una serie de cambios importantes en sus vidas pondrá a prueba la amistad de las chicas. También Alex reanuda la vida con sus viejos amigos. Todos ellos, Flavio (Ignazio Oliva), Enrico (Luca Angeletti) y Pietro (Francesco Apolloni), han dejado de ser maridos serenos y seguros debido a ciertas dificultades que han puesto en peligro sus matrimonios.

El amor verdadero irrumpe como un huracán en la vida de Alex, un publicista de éxito, serio y guapo, cuando menos se lo espera. A sus casi cuarenta años, conduciendo hacia el trabajo por la mañana, se topa en un cruce con Niki, que va hacia el instituto en su moto. Tras ese encuentro, el mundo tranquilo y rutinario de Alex se pone patas arriba de repente. Niki, con toda su alegría inocente y su extraordinaria sabiduría para alguien de diecisiete años, entra en su vida llevándose sus viejas verdades, sus ideas fijas, sus grises costumbres e incluso la tristeza de haber sido dejado de repente por la mujer con la que llevaba años. Aun así, descubrir algo no significa aceptarlo. Mientras, Niki estudia para los exámenes finales y cumple los dieciocho esperando en secreto a Alex. En su corazón sigue soñando. En su sueño, Alex encontrará el valor para, por primera vez en su vida, aceptar y creer en el amor verdadero.

Rome, 1947. The war is over but in the eternal city is still open and obvious wounds of the conflict. In the maternity ward of a hospital, nine women are waiting to give birth...

Lorenza is 30 years old and has not yet found the man of her life. Not wanting to be alone, she decides to take the penniless Riccardo as her husband "for rent".

A man falls in love with a dude after a corneal transplantation.

Based on a novel of Segio Atzeni. By a lot of interviews, usualy contradictory, it discovers the many lifes of Tullio Saba, a Sardinian miner, thief, singer, union organizer, rebel...

Professor Alberto Sajevo sees a woman walking in downtown Turin and starts following her for days; he finally meets her and they start talking, but they both give fake names.

In 1838 in the kingdom of Naples and the Two Sicilies, Malacarne, gamekeeper of Baron San Germano, kills the bandit Caruso, whose widow gives birth to Giovanni and at the same time becomes the nurse of Costanza, San Germano’s orphaned daughter. Thirteen years later, Giovanni and Costanza fall in love to the jealousy of her uncle, who shuts her in a convent, ordering Giovanni to be killed by Malacarne who has meanwhile become a bandit. Barely alive, Giovanni is taken away by Bourbon soldiers. After Garibaldi’s arrival in Sicily and its union with Italy, Costanza is freed from the convent and returns to San Germano. She is visited by Giovanni and although still loves him, rejects him since she wishes to become a nun. In the meantime, Giovanni kills Malacarne and takes his place. Costanza marries the rich Lo Turco and the next day departs for Naples, but during the journey the carriage is attacked by Giovanni’s band. Costanza flees with him and they leave for America.

Very rare Italian horror anthology from 1994, starring amongst many others, Asia Argento. This Italian movie is an anthology based with no linking material, only that all of the stories have a horror/suspense/surreal theme. The stories are diverse, ranging from routine stories with twist-endings to social satire. The directing styles are equally as eclectic - compare the frenetic Peter Jackson-style opening segment, Our Guys Are Coming to the surrealistic, dreamlike qualities of Outlook.

A woman wants to graduate to the Italian Naval Academy in the 60s. She has to fight her family, her friends and a world not ready to accept her.

"La casa de la sonrisa" es el nombre de la residencia de ancianos en la que ingresa Adelina, después de soportar muchos años de existencia gris y rutinaria. El nombre del lugar encaja perfectamente con ella: en su juventud ganó el premio Miss Sonrisa y su rostro sigue siendo risueño. En "La casa de la sonrisa", el amor, la pasión, la amistad o la envidia siguen vivos...

Una historia simple, a veces amable y a veces dolorosa. Los protagonistas son unos adolescentes romanos que reciben en su casa la visita de Mignon, su bellísima prima francesa, cuya presencia, en medio de un ambiente de crisis e infidelidad de los adultos, perturba la fantasía de los chicos.