Ugo Piccone

Explores the complex relationship between the spirit, body, and mind. The film is a nightmare with closed eyes because it counts among the most terrible moments of my life, my second exile, which lasted a very long time. Inspired by an ancient Hindu legend.

A familiar Biblical tale transformed into a cinematic opera of seemingly endless possibility. In expressive, melodic tones, the fraternal pair debate God’s true message and intent for His creations, a conflict that leads their followers towards chaos and sin. Set almost entirely within a Roman amphitheater whose history lends every precise line-reading and gesture, every startling camera move and cut, a totalizing force.

Straub-Huillet’s first color film, adapts a lesser-known Corneille tragedy from 1664, which in turn was based on an episode of imperial court intrigue chronicled in Tacitus’s Histories. The costuming is classical, and the toga-clad, nonprofessional cast performs the drama’s original French text amid the ruins of Rome’s Palatine Hill while the noise of contemporary urban life hums in the background. Their lines are executed with a terrific flatness and frequently through heavy accents; the language in Othon becomes not merely an expression but a thing itself, an element whose plainness here alerts us to qualities of the work that might otherwise be subordinated.

Cinco directores ofrecen sendas historias en las que se entremezclan el amor y la rabia.

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

A man opens fire on the statue of the Virgin during the 15th August procession. Barricaded in his home with his wife and daughter, he continues to shoot wildly. He refuses to open the door to the carabinieri and he refuses everything he needs, including water.

Christina Fisher arrives in Sardinia to spend a holiday with her university friend, Francesco. As they are touring the island, they are trapped by mountain terrorists. Francesco is kidnapped, but Christina is permitted to leave. She is determined to contact the police, but is persuaded not to by Francesco's best friend, Gambino. Together they try to find the kidnappers, but she becomes suspicious of everyone including Gambino. Confused and paranoid, she sets out alone to contact the police.

The life and music of Johann Sebastian Bach as presented by his wife, Anna.

A short TV documentary about the making of Straub-Huillet's 'Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach'

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the former empress of Persia. Featuring interviews with Monica Vitti, Tonino Guerra and more.

Filmed in 1962 in Milan, on the Idroscalo: a sometimes affectionate gaze, other biting on a varied and popular humanity, distinct and joyful, that of the Italian economic boom.

Documentary on a religious practice in the Puglia region of Italy whereby women assert that they have been bitten by a tarantula and dance until they are exorcised of the poison.

Una mirada completa a la condición de las mujeres en Italia durante los años de auge económico: (1) "I bambini" o lo difícil que puede ser para los padres revelar el misterio del nacimiento a sus hijos pequeños. (2) "Le adolescenti" o cómo el primer beso puede ser agradable para los adolescentes y preocupar a sus padres. (3) "Lo sfregio" o cuán violento puede ser un ego masculino después del rechazo de una mujer. (4) "La prova d'amore" o cómo funcionan los dobles raseros en vista de la pérdida de la virginidad de una mujer. (5) "Ragazze madri" o cómo la psicología moderna puede influir en una mujer embarazada para afrontar su dilema. (6) "Viaggio di nozze" o cómo ocultar su pasado sexual al novio no logra más allá de su noche nupcial. (7) "Il successo" trata sobre las ambiciones y el precio del éxito. (8) "Gli adulteri" o cómo un matrimonio puede cambiar hacia la hipocresía...