Marco Spoletini

It is late 18th century in Venice, and in a convent school for girls Teresa, a girl with prophetic gifts, joins forces with some amazing music-makers. They create a new kind of music that is pop, bright and bold, and challenge the ancient and rigid system.

The story of Mary is reinvented, no longer a spectator but a courageous architect of her own existence.

A middle-aged man dissatisfied with the present state of things finds himself in a parallel universe where all technology is stuck in the 1990s.

Tells the story of two young men who leave Senegal for Europe; a contemporary odyssey through the dangers of the desert, the perils of the sea and the ambiguities of the human soul

PROPHETS is the story of an encounter and a confrontation between Sara, an independent Italian journalist who was kidnapped in Syria by ISIS while she was working on a war news report in 2015, and Nur, the young foreign fighter, wife to a soldier of the Caliphate who holds Sara in custody in a building located in the middle of a training camp. Nur’s strong will to proselytize, together with the strict orders of the leader of the camp, will unfold into an attempt to convert Sara and make her join Islamic extremism.

In recent days, Rome has been the scene of an unusual event: when it rains, the manholes exhale a dense steam of unknown origin and composition. No one knows that those who breathe in the mysterious substance will have to deal with what they repress, their darkest instincts, their anger. Not even the Morel family. Since Cristina’s death in an accident a year earlier, the love of her husband Thomas and their son Enrico has given way to a forced cohabitation, while the youngest of the family, Barbara, would only like to see them united again as they were before. The accident could have been avoided, both Thomas and Enrico know it. Instead of taking responsibility and moving on, they stopped talking to each other. Now they are two souls full of rage, trapped in a Rome that resembles them: dark, nervous, on the verge of exploding.

Marta puede ser huérfana y estar afectada por una enfermedad letal, pero es la persona más positiva que se puede conocer. Quiere que un chico se enamore de ella. No cualquier chico: el más guapo de todos. Un día, puede que haya encontrado a su media naranja.

Vincenzo is a scoundrel, a petty thief, and he wants to turn a corner. Here’s his brilliant idea: kidnap the dogs of the rich, who those to get them back are willing to pay any amount of money. The abductee’s name is Palla di Pelo, a beautiful Welsh Corgi who lives as if he were the Ferragnez’s son in the mansion of designer Paki Furlan, a haughty homosexual who treats the dog as if it were his own son. Vincenzo, is together with the only accomplice he can afford: his son Alfredo, whom he treats like a dog instead. They prepare the ransom letter, as in the movies: letters taken from the newspaper, no sender. The designer, as per the request of the mysterious kidnappers, shows up at the appointment with the fifty thousand euros in cash. Happy ending for everyone? Not at all, because we know very well that the most beastly beings are precisely men.

Marta y Arturo se separaron. Marta está ahora envuelta en una relación con Gabriele, pero, por puro celo, comete un gran error. Mientras todo parece ir mal, llega una noticia inesperada: hay un donante compatible para Marta

Villa Primic was once a luxurious home. Now in disrepair, the Primic family home is up for sale by the owner, Rose, and her two heirs, Massimiliano and Adele. The head of the family, Valerio, is vehemently opposed to this. The reunion is going to be complicated...

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.

En esta adaptación en vivo del amado cuento de hadas, el viejo tallador de madera Geppetto da forma a un títere de madera, Pinocho, que mágicamente cobra vida. Pinocho anhela la aventura y se extravía fácilmente, encontrándose con bestias mágicas, espectáculos fantásticos, mientras hace amigos y enemigos a lo largo de su viaje. Sin embargo, su sueño es convertirse en un niño de verdad, lo que solo puede hacerse realidad si finalmente cambia de rumbo.

Gianni is a taxi driver dissatisfied with his life. One day by chance he gets the opportunity to take possession of the villa and life of a billionaire on holiday.

A filmmaker's 21-day homage to capture the ethereal essence of her unique ancient homeland soon to be submerged by a hydroelectric dam, AETHER is instinctively carried and driven by emotions, feelings and observations. It reveals the place's truths following its own unencumbered chronology. An invitation to a free-minded voyage into nature's cycle of birth-death-rebirth.

A woman walks into a bar and is sold the life of her dreams.

At the age of 14, Megalie, daughter of an immigrant family from Senegal but born and brought up in Italy, is faced with the difficult task of finding a place for herself in the world she is living in. When she is denied the opportunity of taking part in a school trip abroad, a perfect occasion for the girl to reveal her feelings to her classmate, that place in the world will seem unattainable to her. But will it really be so?

Dos amigos sin mucho futuro atropellan accidentalmente a un traidor buscado por un clan mafioso, entrando así en una espiral de crimen y violencia.

Marcello, un pequeño y apacible peluquero de perros, se encuentra involucrado en una peligrosa relación de subyugación con Simone, un ex boxeador violento que aterroriza a todo el vecindario. En un esfuerzo por reafirmar su dignidad, Marcello se someterá a un inesperado acto de venganza.

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.

In the middle of nowhere, a group of guys play a game of football. At stake is much more than a simple victory.

Old and forgotten, comedian Aldo is brought by his sons into a nursing home called Reuma Park where he finds his old friends and partners Giovanni and Giacomo.

The ninth short film of the Miu Miu’s Women’s Tales series reflects Alice Rohrwacher’s attention to the surreal world of ordinariness and exceptions.

Ambientada en el Barroco, narra, con tintes fantásticos, la historia de tres reinos y sus respectivos monarcas. La de la reina de Longtrellis (Salma Hayek) y su marido (John C. Reilly), la de dos misteriosas hermanas que encienden la pasión del rey de Strongcliff (Vincent Cassel), y la del rey de Highhills (Toby Jones), obsesionado con una pulga gigante, que le lleva a romper el corazón de su joven hija. Libre adaptación de “El cuento de los cuentos”, del napolitano Giambattista Basile, célebre autor de relatos cortos del siglo XVII.

In the mountains of Northern Albania, a young man seeks revenge for his father's death. The murderer has disappeared a few months ago and the police is still looking for him. The young man kidnaps the killer's only son and raises him up until he reaches his 16th birthday, when according to the Kanun, the Albanian law of revenge, a child becomes a man and he is allowed to kill or to be killed.

Se termina el verano en un pueblo en Umbría. Gelsomina vive con sus padres y sus tres hermanas pequeñas, en una granja destartalada en donde producen miel. Las chicas crecen alejadas de todos, pues su padre cree que se acerca el fin del mundo y prefiere el contacto con la naturaleza. Sin embargo, las reglas estrictas que mantienen unida se fragilizan con la llegada de Martin, un joven delincuente enviado por un programa de reinserción, y la grabación de un juego de televisión, "El país de las maravillas", que invade la región.

Here, the steel worker works on a continuous cycle, twenty-four hours a day and never stops. There, by the sea, on the island of Elba there is a paradise and the unreachable dream of happy families. In the middle, on the shores their secret beach, neither here nor there, Anna and Francesca, small but big, "thirteen years old almost fourteen", who are living their last summer of innocence before high school. The film is based on the book by Silvia Avallone.

Luciano es un padre de familia alegre y con don de gentes. Tiene una tienda de pescado en Nápoles y se desenvuelve a la perfección entre sus clientes. Un día, empujado por uno de sus hijos se apuntará sin demasiada convicción en los castings del Gran Hermano versión italiana, concurso de telerrealidad que se emite por televisión 24 horas al día. Tras ser elegido como participante su vida dará un giro radical. Ahora es famoso y tanto él como los suyos tendrán que acostumbrarse a una nueva realidad. Pero... ¿realmente le servirá para algo o se convertirá su cotidianeidad en una auténtica tortura? El director Matteo Garrone, después del éxito de su anterior película, 'Gomorra', se introduce en el terreno de la crítica social en esta sátira en torno al mundo de la televisión y los reality shows en la que explora de qué forma se ve afectada la intimidad dentro de un mundo en el que la línea entre lo privado y lo público parece haberse difuminado por completo.

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.

The life of a melancholy professor is turned upside down when he discovers that a rebellious teenager he is tutoring is actually his son.

On Christmas Eve, three friends dressed as Santa Claus are arrested in what seems to be an attempted robbery and taken to the police, accused of being the infamous Santa Claus Gang of burglars. While trying to prove their innocence, the trio explains the reasons for which they found themselves in such a strange situation.

Marino Pacileo has a soft spot for gambling. When he discovers that Lila's father, the young Chinese girl that he is in love with cannot pay a debt, the gambler steals money from the jail he is in to help the love of his life.

Italia, 1989. Sergio Segio, un joven ex-comandante sirio cuenta su historia desde una cárcel de Turín. En los años 70 fue uno de los fundadores del grupo armado de extrema izquierda “La prima linea”, un movimiento clandestino y revolucionario. Fue condenado a más de veinte años de cárcel por el asesinato del juez Emilio Alessandrini en 1979, Sergio habla de la época anterior a su detención: en un piso de Venecia se reúne con un grupo de militantes para planear una peligrosa misión: asaltar la prisión de Rovigo para liberar a cuatro presas, entre las que se encuentra Susanna Ronconi, la mujer a la que ama y con la que espera empezar una nueva vida.

La historia de Viola di mare transcurre en un pueblo ubicado en la Isla Favignana en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX. Allí Ángela (Valeria Solarino) y Sara (Isabella Ragonese) viven una infancia difícil: Ángela tiene un padre autoritario y violento, capataz en una cantera de tufo volcánico y el hombre más poderoso del lugar, mientras que Sara ve por última vez al suyo cuando los camisas rojas se lo llevan contra su voluntad. Con la ausencia del padre y al no tener medios para subsistir, Sara es enviada a servir a la Baronesa (Lucrezia Lante della Rovere), creciendo alejada de la isla y retornando a ella alrededor de sus 20 años. (FILMAFFINITY)

Rome, Paris and Helsinki right after the Madrid bombings. Three stories about people who, for different reasons, are afraid of others – the eponymous "thy neighbor." A humanity full of differences, but at the same time, with very similar feelings. So similar that their stories appear almost parallel and complementary.

A promising law student from a good family is driven by a cool cardsharper into a downward spiral of criminality, thus discovering an evil part of himself he has never known.

Basado en el libro de Roberto Saviano, lanza una mirada al interior de las familias del crimen de la Italia de hoy en día: la Camorra en Nápoles y Caserta. Poder, dinero y sangre: estos son los "valores" a los que se tienen que enfrentar cada día los residentes de la provincia de Nápoles y Caserta. Casi nunca tienen opción, y se ven obligados a obedecer las reglas de la Camorra. Sólo un pocos afortunados pueden pensar en llevar una vida normal.

Gianni, un romano del Trastevere, vive en la casa familiar con su madre viuda. El día antes de ferragosto, el administrador de la comunidad le sorprende con una propuesta muy poco habitual: que acoja a su madre en su casa durante los dos días festivos. A cambio, le ofrece deducirle las deudas que ha acumulado durante años en los gastos de la comunidad. Gianni acepta, pero poco después el administrador se presenta no sólo con su madre, sino también con su tía. Todo se va enredando cada vez más y poco después su amigo y médico de cabecera, que tiene que estar de guardia en el hospital, le lleva también a su madre... Gianni, agobiado y sobrepasado por el choque de personalidades de las cuatro mujeres, se dedica heroicamente a tenerlas contentas. El resultado es que una bocanada de vitalidad, de locura y de frescura invade la vieja casa en el centro de Roma.

Italian made-for-TV drama.

During 2004 alone, 1400 people in Italy died at their workplace. 3,87 per day. This is the story of one of them.

A well-liked employee in a multinational firm, formerly working on peers' motivation and professional training, is given the task to fire 25 of his colleagues. Stress and changes in his life ensue.

Vittorio is looking for a woman who matches his ideal. Through a classified ad he meets Sonia, a sweet, pleasant, intelligent girl. However, she weighs 125 pounds -- which according to Vittorio is way too much. A goldsmith by trade, Vittorio is obsessed with the desire to shape Sonia's body and mind as does a fire with gold. Almost imperceptibly Sonia becomes a passive participant and the relationship grows into a reciprocal masochistic game. When the two lovers isolate themselves in a country house in the Veneto hills, they dangerously lose touch with reality and the rest of the world.

Three workers of a tire factory, in southern Italy, lead the struggle against the American company owner of the factory who wants to close the Italian branch in which they work.

Peppino is an aging taxidermist constantly ridiculed for being short and somewhat creepy. He meets Valerio, a handsome young man fascinated by Peppino's work. Peppino, in turn, becomes entranced by Valerio and offers him a large salary to come work as his assistant. But when Valerio meets Deborah, their fledgling romance is threatened by an insanely jealous third wheel.

In search of purpose, 17-year-old Claudio helps easygoing mechanic Stefano build a car capable of winning a street race that could solve his financial problems, all while going out with the latter's former girlfriend.

A police inspector has to help an eccentric stranger who seems to have lost his memory.

Aldo cumple condena por fraude con tarjetas de crédito. Cuando es llevado al juzgado en el coche de policía, se encuentra con una pistola en la guantera y obliga al agente a cambiar el rumbo. Por el camino se encuentran a Giovanni, que detiene el vehículo para denunciar el robo de su coche ignorando la situación, y también es tomado como rehén por Aldo.

Gheni and Gherti, two young Albanian immigrants who live in Rome and work in a restaurant, settle in the home of the photographer Corrado, who makes friends with the first. In a torrid and empty city for the summer holidays Gherti, more restless, binds with Lino, an old Sardinian who every day accompanies his mentally ill wife to the city. Gheni instead continues his little "climb" in the restaurant and strengthens his friendship with Corrado.

Aldo, Giovanni y Giacomo se dirigen a la boda de éste último cuya prometida es hermana de las dos esposas de los primeros. Aunque entre ellos no existe una buena relación su amistad se va forjando durante el viaje, en el que transportan una costosa pierna de madera obra de un famoso escultor americano llamado Michel Garpez. (FILMAFFINITY)

SILHOUETTE: Nigerian prostitutes dealing with miscellaneous customers EUGLEN & GERTIAN: Daily recruitment of Albanian immigrants seeking work but without working residency permit. SELF SERVICE: a night with Ahmed, egyptian illegal gas station attender, who has been living in italy for many years

The life of a rootless insurance agent starts falling apart.