Donatella Finocchiaro

Paolo, 19, a boy with Down syndrome, befriends a tough and lonely boxing trainer.

Durante un viaje a Sicilia en 1920, Luigi Pirandello conoce a Onofrio Principato y Sebastiano Vella, dos actores que ensayan un nuevo espectáculo con los actores de su dramaturgia amateur. Este encuentro trae grandes sorpresas.

Hamid, a 25-year-old boy, survived the escape from Eritrea, with the intention of arriving in Switzerland by his brother Yemane, but Natale, a Sicilian fisherman, advises him not to continue the journey as an illegal immigrant and with his wife, they decide to host him at their restaurant, in exchange for help in the kitchen. After Hamid's long journey through Italy and numerous adversities, he manages to reach Basel ...

We are in a beautiful southern family, united by a deep relationship, despite some misunderstandings: Franco, a father who has dedicated his life to his loved ones and to work.

Una aventura de verano bajo el sol siciliano se convierte en una desgarradora historia de amor que obliga a un niño y una niña a crecer demasiado rápido.

Early one morning, in an unspecified and seemingly far off time, a 12 year old boy, together with some friends, is searching a thick forest for objects of value. There is a lot of fog. The boy goes off by himself to another part of the wood and stands admiring an antique object he has found at the foot of a tree. His happy expression turns to one of curiosity as he is distracted by some high pitched cries which come and go intermittently.

Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia, Antonella. La infancia, adolescencia y vida adulta de cinco hermanas nacidas y criadas en la planta alta de un edificio de viviendas en los suburbios de Palermo, donde viven solas sin la compañía de sus padres. Su hogar guarda las cicatrices del paso del tiempo y de aquellos que han crecido y que aún viven allí. Es, en resumen, la historia de cinco mujeres, de una familia, de quién se va, de quién se queda y de quién resiste.

January 6, 1980. The President of the Sicilian Region Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family. A young man approaches the car window and shoots Piersanti in cold blood and kills him. Despite the confusion of the moment with a series of misdirections towards left-wing terrorism, the crime appeared anomalous in its modalities. The young Deputy Prosecutor on duty, that day of the Epiphany, will be Pietro Grasso, future Anti-Mafia Prosecutor and President of the Senate. The investigations will be continued by the Instructor Judge Giovanni Falcone, who will uncover dangerous relationships between the Mafia, Politics, Nar and neo-fascists, the Magliana gang, Gladio and Secret Services.

Paolo, dueño de un restaurante en un pequeño pueblo de la provincia de Roma, regresa a casa después del trabajo en una tarde lluviosa. En el camino ve a un niño acurrucado en una parada de autobús y decide llevarle a casa. El niño se llama Mohammed y es un refugiado que perdió a sus padres durante el viaje a Italia. La presencia del niño molesta a la mujer de Paolo, Valeria, quien al principio se muestra indecisa y recelosa, aunque finalmente se aviene a acogerle durante aquella noche. Al cabo de un tiempo, Valeria cambia de opinión y decide quedarse con Mohamed contra viento y marea…

The story of 11-year-old Silvia whose life at home is consumed by her mother’s clinical depression. When no one will take the time to fulfill her dream to visit Rome, she runs away, determined to see it for herself. On a train she meets a Roma girl, Emina, and begins following her through the streets of Rome to her gypsy camp.

Vigàta, Sicilia, Italia, 1880. Poco después del regreso al pueblo de Fofò La Matina, farmacéutico e hijo del difunto Santo La Matina, celoso guardián de los secretos de ciertas plantas milagrosas, la noble familia Peluso es devastada por una serie de muertes misteriosas ...

En 1914, con Italia a punto de entrar en la Primera Guerra Mundial, una comunidad de jóvenes artistas del norte de Europa se establece en la isla rural de Capri, un refugio seguro para disidentes e inconformes de todo el mundo, como los exiliados rusos dirigidos por Maxim Gorky. Preparándose para una próxima revolución. Aquí, la joven Lucía se encuentra con Seybu, la encantadora líder de la comuna, y Carlo, un joven médico.

In the northeast of Italy, the workers of a lingerie factory are about to be fired. Not far away, a handful of nuns, skilled in the art of embroidery and devoted to the Blessed Armida, risk being removed from their beloved convent. To oppose a destiny already marked, workers and nuns join forces and start a "business" outside the rules in the hopes that a miracle will help them keep the convent and the factory.

A young woman decides to sell her virginity to pay off her mother's debts when she realises that her earnings as an online x-rated model are not enough.

Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, eating, talking about nothing and playing video games. Until one day when he suddenly informs his father that he would join him in this trip. After a series of accidents and misunderstandings, at the end, somehow father and son will find the way to communicate … or at least they will try.

After losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. He cycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia.

In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.

An aimless young troublemaker, Alessandro, squanders his days gambling and getting into fights, and he often spends his nights in jail. With few prospects, he begrudgingly accepts a job as a companion to Giorgio, an elderly poet suffering from Alzheimer’s. On their daily walks, the two banter and become friends, and Alessandro quickly learns more about this forgotten poet as the old man’s memory drifts. After learning a secret from Giorgio’s past, Alessandro and his friends work to uncover the mystery of this tale, an unexpected history lesson and a touching coming-of-age adventure.

Cagliari in the 1940s is a big city for those who come from a small village. Annetta arrives in the days befpre Italy enters WWII and the Allies begin bombing the city. She's a 25-year old woman, always dressed in black, solitary and quiet, typical of the beauty of those from the most sparse areas of Sardegna.

Lorenzo is a 35-year-old diver and an incurable Casanova. But one night, after having withdrawn with the beautiful Claudia, he comes across his little Matteo, the son of the woman. The presence of the child throws Lorenzo into a vortex of doubts and remorse that will lead the man to review his crushed sentimental conduct.

Lee es una fotógrafa de guerra que sufre Desorden de Estrés Post-traumático tras haber sido secuestrada en Libia. Desde entonces, los fantasmas de su terrible experiencia no dejan de atormentarla. Por eso, para olvidarse de la terrible experiencia, decide no volver a casa, a Nueva York, donde la esperan sus familiares y amigos, sino que decide marcharse a Sicilia. Allí se hospedará en un hotel, sin hacer caso de las llamadas de aquellos que se preocupan por ella. Es en Italia donde vuelve a reecontrarse con Albert, su antiguo mentor y amante. Allí también se cruzará con Hafsia, una inmigrante tunecina que necesitará su ayuda. Así, poco a poco, Lee encontrará una forma de evadir por fin su angustia.

Película basada en los recuerdos infantiles del cantante italo-belga Rocco Granata que logró la fama con la famosa canción que da origen al título de esta película.

For Valeria, her wedding day has arrived. Antonia spots the groom kissing a woman in an unmistakable loving manner and gifting her a jewel.

Ghosts from the past and the present inhabit the old neighborhood of San Berillo, in Catania. It is 1958: while brothels are being shut down all over Italy, San Berillo is razed to the ground and its inhabitants are deported to the suburbs. A piece of the neighborhood, however, remains intact and thousands of prostitutes from all over Italy find shelter there, creating one of the biggest red light districts in the Mediterranean. Until 2000, when a police raid forces the neighborhood's inhabitants to abandon their homes once again.

Cuatro historias independientes con un escenario común: la ciudad de Roma. En la primera, un matrimonio americano (Woody Allen y Judy Davis) viaja a italia para conocer a la familia del prometido de su hija. En la segunda, un italiano (Roberto Benigni) es confundido con una estrella de cine. En la tercera, un arquitecto californiano (Alec Baldwin) visita Roma con sus amigos, y en la cuarta, unos reción casados (Alessandro Tiberi y Alessandra Mastronardi) se pierden en la capital italiana, a la que han ido a visitar a unos familiares.

En una pequeña isla del archipiélago siciliano, sobrevive una familia formada por Filippo, un joven de 19 años, su abuelo pescador y su viuda madre. Ya nadie vive de la pesca y ellos mismos tendrán que resignarse y comenzar una nueva vida. Alquilarán su casa a los turistas durante el verano, y venderán la barca una vez terminado éste. Pero un día que Filippo y su abuelo salen a pescar, se encontrarán con una patera llena de inmigrantes a punto de naufragar...

A family story in the city of Bobbio between 1999 and 2008.

Film dividido en tres episodios sobre las distintas fases del amor: "Juventud": Roberto (Riccardo Scamarcio), un joven y ambicioso abogado que está a punto de casarse, conoce a Micol (Laura Chiatti), una mujer guapísima, provocativa y misteriosa. "Madurez": Fabio (Carlo Verdone), un famoso presentador de TV, fiel a su esposa desde hace 25 años, conoce a la intrigante Eliana (Donatella Finocchiaro). "Adelante": Adrian (Robert De Niro), un profesor americano de historia del arte, se ha establecido en Roma tras su divorcio; es un hombre reservado y solitario que sólo habla con el portero de su edificio (Michele Placido) y puede que le haya revelado que hace siete años se sometió a un delicado trasplante de corazón. El encuentro con Viola (Monica Bellucci), la fascinante hija del portero, perturba su tranquila existencia y le hace sentir nuevas emociones.

John Turturro goes back to the land of his ancestors.

Relato épico que abarca tres generaciones, desde los años 30 hasta la actualidad, usando como telón de fondo el nacimiento del fascismo (Marcha sobre Roma, 1922), la Segunda Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) y la política italiana de la postguerra. Fue seleccionada por Italia como candidata al Oscar 2010 en la categoría de película de habla no inglesa.

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.

A well known judge comes back to his native region, Salentino in the South of Italy, to find out that his old friend is dead and the woman he loved is now working for a crime organization.

A pair of Italian filmmakers go to Rome to find a star for their first project.

Saro, a young Sicilian thug, that from jobs assigned by his godfather, won the favor of leaders of Cosa Nostra, becoming a "man of honor".

Tras ser testigos del asesinato de su madre hace treinta años, un hombre y su hermana luchan en el día a día de los desafíos de la vida adulta.

Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He's melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he meets a man who films weddings and is roped into helping film the wedding of the daughter of a severe and imperious prince. The wedding is one of convenience - the prince needs money, the groom is a mama's boy. Elica is attracted to the bride, Boda, and tries to convince her not to marry. No matter how outrageous his behavior, the prince keeps Elica on as the wedding director. As the wedding approaches, what's real blurs with Elica's imagination. Is he mad?

A sick young man lives an intense love story with a female tramp.

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly left by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by having multiple affairs with strangers.

Adelaide is a 40-year-old literature teacher married with children. One day, she learns about the murder of a wealthy and arrogant co-worker of hers, strangled in her own home. Adelaide meets Gaetano, the charming inspector dealing with the case and decides to help him in the investigation, much to her husband's chagrin.

On My Skin (Italian: Sulla mia pelle, also known as Upon My Skin) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Valerio Jalongo. It was screened in competition at the 2003 Turin Film Festival.

Narra la infancia y juventud de un muchacho siciliano llamado Ettore, fascinado por la música y que quiere ser escritor.

True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband's drug-dealing business and falls for her husband's lackey.