Paola Lavini

In a police station in a small village, a sergeant interrogates a young and frightened postman, known as "Cacasotto". He, normally known for being calm and good-hearted, was arrested for having threatened a policeman on patrol with a knife. Eventually, Cacasotto begins to speak with the cop. And he tells what happened twenty years earlier to him and to his five best friends: Gianluca, Walter, Peppino, Margherita and his little brother, Andrea.

The protagonists of the story, two boys, Giorgio and Marco, come from two different worlds. An unexpected love binds them and emptiness attracts them.

Gioia has just turned 18. She lives with her father Bruno in a small country village where she works as a shepherdess. They live very simply yet harmoniously with the villagers. Their lives are disrupted when Bruno gives in once again and once too many to his gambling addiction, in spite of his efforts to quit. Gioia will have to follow him to a faraway town, where he will be treated in a specialized center. This will radically change her existence, forcing her to abandon the safety of the village, her friends and her habits. She will be all by herself to support her father, in his journey for a better life.

Sofia is the black sheep of her family. She is a 28-year-old gay girl who can’t help but cheat on her partner and struggles to find a stable job. She has left a little town in Calabria, her homeland in Southern Italy, to move to Milan, where she lives with her roommate Alessandro. Mauro is Sofia's brother. Reliable and loving, unlike Sofia with whom he has a troubled relationship, Mauro has never left Calabria and runs the family winery. Despite their opposite attitudes, Sofia and Mauro has one thing in common. Michela is Sofia's first and only love, but she is Mauro’s bride-to-be. When Sofia realizes that she is about to lose the woman of her life, she decides to go back home to Calabria and win back her true love. This unexpected return will break the delicate balance of Mauro and Sofia’s family and will force the two siblings to a showdown, when they will choose who they really want to be when they grow up. A story of rekindled loves, friendship, growth, and family.

Four stories set in the Sibillini mountains, in the heart of Italy

Summer 1994. Berlusconi has come into power and 16-year-old Elena, listening to Nirvana and starting to develop a political consciousness, can't wait to bring him down. Unfortunately her parents have other plans and, like every year, they head to the same boring summer camp. This year however they're all in for a surprise... A lighthearted coming-of-age set against the backdrop of an Italy facing the "end of history."

Alex and Claire have something in common, between recurring nightmares and restless memories, only time will allow them to understand what is happening or has happened. The truth is hidden in a time that the two protagonists do not even imagine.

While reporting on the election of the Pope in Rome, the completely atheistic journalist Gregory falls in love with Maria of all people, who is about to become a nun and is therefore actually promised to God. Gregory faces an accumulation of mysterious obstacles as he tries to get closer to Maria. He has to find out that he is dealing with a supernatural competitor. However, Gregory is determined to take up the fight against the big enemy.

La película aborda el viaje de la vida de Toni Ligabue, pintor visionario e ingenuo que solía dibujar tigres, leones y jaguares mientras vivía entre los álamos del ilimitado valle del Po. Una vida dura que también es un cuento de hadas, ya que un niño solitario y marginado encuentra la redención en su arte y una forma de expresarse y ser admirado por el mundo.

Amenazado por sus acreedores, un hombre que acaba de perder su trabajo acepta trabajar para un cobrador de deudas, pero pactar con el diablo tiene costes inesperados.

Una niña con orejas mal formadas usa la fantasía para ayudarla a lidiar con los matones del salón de clases y procesar la muerte de su padre.

Basada en las memorias del tenor italiano Andrea Bocelli, este filme cuenta la historia de un hombre desde que era pequeño, relatando cómo una cariñosa familia le impulsó a potenciar su talento musical desde que era pequeño, cómo la ceguera que empezó con un glaucoma congénito desencadenó progresivamente una pérdida de visión absoluta y cómo, finalmente y a pesar de todos los obstáculos, se convirtió en una indiscutible estrella.

In 1943 the fascist regime forbids the production and selling of toys. Italia, a little girl educated according with the principles of the regime, decides to rebel and makes a big fuss. Her mother, afraid of repercussions, drags her to Rome to apologize to Minister Rizzi, who promulgated the law. It is the 25th of July and their small story will intertwine with history and with the end of fascism.

Historia que habla de la figura del líder religioso desde sus comienzos. A los siete años, Jesús vive con su familia en Alejandría, Egipto. Pero rápidamente tienen que huir para evitar la masacre de niños iniciada por Herodes, rey de Israel. Jesús sabe que sus padres, José y María, guardan secretos sobre su nacimiento. Recibe un tratamiento diferente por parte de ellos al que recibirían el resto de los niños. Sus padres, sin embargo, consideran que es demasiado pronto para decirle la verdad de su nacimiento milagroso. Con la muerte del rey deciden regresar a Nazaret sin saber que el heredero al trono es igual que su padre y está decidido a matar a Jesús. Mientras, él se entera de la verdad sobre sus propósitos en la vida.

Maggie es una madre soltera que viaja a través de Italia con su rebelde hija Summer, una adolescente que sólo desea volver a Nueva York desesperadamente.

She's a divorce lawyer, single mother and perpetually at war against men, he is a couple's therapist, single and not looking, they meet and collide in a bourgeois and romantic Rome...

Two friends, founders of a cooperative that produce couches and that it is found in a situation of bankruptcy, a night, while they are digging for hiding some stems that it would cost too much to digest, they discover some oil. This will make contradictions and conflicts explode among the two.

En un pequeño pueblo de la región de Calabria, los hermanos Carbone llevan años viviendo del lucrativo negocio familiar: el tráfico de drogas. Eran hijos de pastores, pero ahora forman parte de la familia criminal calabresa del entorno de la ‘Ndrangheta. Luciano, el mayor, alejado del resto de la familia, intenta mantenerse al margen hasta que su conflictivo hijo Leo empieza a acercarse a su carismático tío Luigi y sus turbios negocios. Cuando Leo pierde el control una noche, los tres hermanos se ven forzados a unirse de nuevo para defender el honor y las vidas de la familia.

In a small town in southern Italy lives the Di Gennaro family. Gennaro, the householder, is a noted dentist, married to Anna, a housewife, a few years away from converting to Buddhism. They have two sons: Roberto, last year medical student and guitarist in a small band, and Mattia who attended the first year of high school. The Di Gennaros appear to be a perfect family, but each character hides flaws and excesses.

The story of two renowned actors of Fascist cinema, Luisa Ferida and Osvaldo Valenti, who were supporters of the regime until the very end. Accused of collaborationism and torture, they were summarily executed by Partisans during the Liberation.

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.

La película abre con un largo flashback sobre unos sucesos que ocurren en un asilo de la ciudad de Davenport en Iowa regentado por monjas. Allí son brutalmente asesinadas la madre superiora y dos mujeres y dos novicias desaparecen y nunca se vuelve a saber de ellas. En la actualidad, Lei (Laura Morante) es una mujer de origen italiano que ha pasado 15 años recuperándose en un sanatorio mental tras el suicido de su marido. Lee llega a Davenport donde prepara abrir un restaurante de comida italiana en la vieja mansión de Snakes Hall, el viejo asilo, que ahora está abandonado. Cuando entran en él, comienzan a pasar cosas extrañas…

Actor Sandro Lanza is experiencing the most painful moment of his existence. After a suicide attempt, his three daughters, scattered throughout Europe, each with a different mother, come to his side. The sisters meet to decide what to do with their father, establishing a genuine tie for the very first time.