Domenico Balsamo

A group of pirates chases a mermaid until a cave where they will find something that even in their worst nightmares they could never have imagined.

Cuenta la historia de “el Javi”, un chico de barrio que tras cumplir dos años de cárcel sale con la intención de cambiar su vida por completo. Por azar de la vida, conoce a Laura, y surge una historia de amor entre ellos. En medio de todo esto, está el hermano pequeño de “el Javi”, Carlitos, un raterillo de poca monta con una enorme reputación en su ambiente, un liante en toda regla y Jose Manuel, padre de ambos, un hombre abandonado a la soledad y la nostalgia, que se verá envuelto en un cruce de caminos hacia un infierno callejero. Amores y desamores. Amistad y traición. Perdones y rencores. Historias de la calle donde cada acto, tiene su repercusión.

South of Italy, XIX century. A couple of brigands are chased in the woods. The man has a bounty on his head and is terrified by everything, while the woman takes care of her newborn. They will be safe beyond the river, where they are going to abandon their son to some gang members in order to run faster. But the woman secretly hides the desire to keep the baby...

A robbery planned by two Arabs. A player, a waiter and an alcoholic woman find themselves racing against time, dealing with daily routine and everything around it. With no room to breathe, the tension keeps rising ,as their stories unfold it brings them closer and they get acquainted. Karim, the young Arab boy who commits the robbery out of sheer hardship, is befriended by Gianni who is a great support and makes him feel less lonely. Irene, the alcoholic woman is convinced that Gianni is the son her husband took away from her years ago. Last but not least is Betty, the young transexual who lets herself get dragged into the underworld, all in the name of love.

Michelangelo, un veterano actor que gusta de interpretar el tradicional personaje napolitano Pulcinella (Polichinela) siempre que encuentra un público dispuesto a oírle, se ve obligado a abandonar Nápoles e irse a París, cuando se entera de que su hijo se ha refugiado en las afueras de la capital francesa después de haber sido testigo de un asesinato cometido por la mafia. Michelangelo rse encuentra con un viejo amigo que da clases en la Sorbona y conoce a Marie, una actriz por la que no parecen pasar los años, que es propietaria de un viejo y decadente teatro de barrio. Con la ayuda de Cecilia, la novia de su hijo, que conoce bien a los jóvenes árabes, franceses e italianos de la zona, Michelangelo y Marie intentan montar una obra sobre Pulcinella, basándose en una idea sin estrenar de Roberto Rossellini. Si lo consiguen, harán realidad el sueño de “les italiens”, los innombrables emigrantes italianos. (zoowoman).

An experimental drama entirely composed by monologues. A personal journey through male homosexuality - from darkness to light, from total denial to complete acceptance - as told in monologues performed by actors and adapted from interviews with ordinary Italian gay men. A multicolored kaleidoscopic journey through a varied and multi-faceted aspect of the human experience that is rarely represented on the big screen

Italian filmmaker Antonio Capuano writes and directs the grueling gangster drama Luna Rossa (Red Moon). Aging Tony Cammarano (Italo Celoro) is the patriarch of an organized crime family, but his son Amerigo (Toni Servillo) runs most of his operations. Amerigo is a killer who invites his mistress, Rita (Lucia Ragni), to live in the family house. Meanwhile, his wife, Irene (Licia Maglietta), has an affair with mob henchman Egidio (Antonino Iuorio), who fancies the Cammarano's teenage daughter, Orsola (Antonia Truppo). This leaves Irene to eye her own son, Oreste (Domenico Balsamo), who has taken to self-mutilation. Luna Rossa won the Wella Prize at the 2001 Venice Film Festival.