Diego Abatantuono

An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

65 year old doctor Pierfrancesco works as a night-shift medical guard. He’s a grumpy man, full of aches and pains and is very rough with his patients. One night, he’s involved in a road collision with 30 year old delivery man Mario. While uninjured, Mario's bicycle is destroyed, and Pierfrancesco's sciatica flares up, making it impossible for him to drive. With both of their jobs in jeopardy, the doctor has an idea that could help them both: “remotely guided” by Pierfrancesco via wireless headset, Mario will visit his patients, and they’ll also carry out Mario’s delivery in Pierfrancesco’s car. After a range of daring (mis)adventures, they will learn to support each other, and the night will end with their lives both changed for the better.

Carlo (Fabio De Luigi), Giulia (Valentina Lodovini) and their three children go to Lapland to meet Santa Claus (Diego Abatantuono). Things will not go as planned

The Russian magnate Ivanov dreams about having The Popcorn, his favorite Italian musical band from the 80s in Saint Petersburg.

약간의 발작 증세가 있는 반항기 가득한 16살 소년 빈센트는 어머니 엘레나, 양아버지 마리오와 함께 큰 사건 없이 살아왔다. 그런데 빈센트의 친아버지인 윌리가 어느 날 불쑥 빈센트를 만나기 위해 찾아온다. 드디어 만난 아버지와 아들은 약간의 우여곡절 끝에 서로를 알아가는 짧은 여행을 떠나기로 한다. 경쾌한 음악과 탁 트인 풍경, 예상치 못한 사건 사고로 가득한 로드무비. 2019년 베니스영화제 비경쟁부문 상영.

A young fashion blogger and an aspiring songwriter seem to have not that much in common, but when Cupid’s arrow hits them, every difference fades away and overnight they decide to get married. Even their fathers do not have anything in common: Gaetano is a strict mayor from Southern Italy, while Diego is a rich entrepreneur from the North. Between the two forthcoming in-laws, instead, is hate at first sight. They seem to agree on one single common goal: prevent this marriage at any cost! After fighting by any means in a struggle that will also involve their two bizarre families, will they manage to say no to the wedding?

professor saves the life of an injured hit man who, in return, promises to find and kill an enemy of his. Although the professor says not to have any enemy the killer goes for his mission and turns the professor's square life into chaos.

professor saves the life of an injured hit man who, in return, promises to find and kill an enemy of his. Although the professor says not to have any enemy the killer goes for his mission and turns the professor's square life into chaos.

A father, who calls himself "open" and tolerant and fights against any form of discrimination, reveals himself as not so liberal when his son announces the engagement to his partner. Overwhelmed by the news, he regresses into the most fierce opponent of same sex marriage, and tries to undermine his son's happiness with a series of embarrassing situations.

A montage paying homage to old Cinepanettoni.

Martino's sister, Caterina, can't work anymore for health reasons and he replaces her as cleaner for dr. Guglielmo Gioia, a mental coach. While the doctor leaves, Martino pretends to be his assistant.

On Andrea's birthday, his boss asks him to babysit his son while he's away for work: while Andrea is babysitting, his friends arrive and throw a big party.

This documentary using images from the Luce Archive tells the story of Freddi a Fascist civil servant who had a profound love for cinema which he developed during his many trips to Hollywood where he carefully studied and observed important American productions meeting famous producers and directors. Actor Diego Abatantuono is the voice of Freddi on screen that takes us back to the period of 1934-1939 when he was the Head of National Film Office, his ties with the duce and will to replace old cinema and organize an actual state institution as well as the ambitious project of creating city of cinema with state of the art systems architectural designs by the famous architect Gino Peressutti.

The wealthy businessman Vincenzo realizes that he is a father too absent, but also that his two sons and 1aughter are spoiled and unable to support themselves economically. So Vincenzo stages their fraudulent bankruptcy and runs with their children in Taranto, in his old house. The boys are struggling to settle, but Vincenzo is confident about them and hope that they will soon find a job in the city. Meanwhile, an impostor blackmailer, who wants to marry the daughter of Vincenzo, arrives in Puglia, to expose the scam.

When the kooky tenants of an apartment block experience a sudden and shocking situation, they let their private lives, past secrets and crazy passions intervene as the confessions and absurd twists come thick and fast. Previous lovers, wild accusations, a possible murder and more boil to the surface days before New Year’s Eve, but can they even make it until then?

A very extended family gathers for the Christmas holidays, after the death of the breadwinner Leonardo Sereni, famous singer. The eldest son Julius, with his wife Marina, has a panettone factory.

Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he was invited to spend Christmas with his family and Margherita, the ninth month of pregnancy. With them there will also be blessed, daughter of Alberto and childhood friend of Margherita, who was also pregnant. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will combine another of his, coming to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto's died for his fault.

A documentary about "The Squallor", Italy's first and most successful "ghost band" project, created by four big bosses of 70's-80's Italian music business.

A blocked screenwriter, Ezio, is trying to finish a story about two off-kilter families thrown together when their teenage children announce they’re getting married. So Ezio writes himself into the story with a romantic part—a development his characters welcome, as they’ve got some ideas of their own for bigger and better roles.

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.

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

In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.

In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.

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.

The Milanese Donato returns from Spain, animated by the serious intention to go back to being the "ras della fossa". Second chapter of the famous 80s cult.

The Milanese Donato returns from Spain, animated by the serious intention to go back to being the "ras della fossa". Second chapter of the famous 80s cult.

The Milanese Donato returns from Spain, animated by the serious intention to go back to being the "ras della fossa". Second chapter of the famous 80s cult.

17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players for a new challenge. Who can trust who?

일상적인 놀이 중 발견한 커다란 비밀 하나... 그것은 만남의 시작이었다.폐가에서 여동생의 안경을 잃어버린 미카엘은 안경을 찾던 중 우연히 마당 구석에 숨겨진 이상한 굴을 발견하게 된다. 두려움 반, 호기심 반에 두근거리는 마음을 안고 내려다본 구멍, 그곳에서 미카엘은 놀랍게도 누더기와 사슬에 묶여 갇혀 있는 또래 소년을 발견하게 된다. 지하 굴에 갇혀 눈도 뜨지 못하는 소년 필리포, 누군가 오래 전 그에게 물과 음식을 준 흔적은 있지만 도대체 누가, 왜 자신을 굴에 가두었는지 공포에 질린 필리포는 아무 것도 기억하지 못한다. 누가 널 거기에 가뒀니? 괜찮은 거야? 집에 돌아온 미카엘은 이 정체불명의 소년에 관한 수많은 상상의 세계에 젖고 하루하루 소년을 찾아가는 사이 미카엘과 필리포 사이에는 특별한 우정이 싹트게 된다. 이 기묘한 만남의 시작과 함께 미카엘의 주변에는 온통 이상한 일들이 일어나기 시작한다. 집안 찬장에서 낡은 오두막에 있던 것과 똑같은 냄비가 있고, 여행을 떠났던 아버지는 정체불명의 남자들과 함께 돌아와 밤새 텔레비전을 보며 알아들을 수 없는 이야기들을 늘어 놓는다. 그러던 어느날 마침내 미카엘은 TV 뉴스를 통해 납치된 소년의 소식을 접하게 되고 그가 바로 필리포이며 자신의 부모와 마을 사람 모두가 그 납치 사건에 연루된 것을 깨닫게 된다. 과연 모든 비밀을 알게 된 미카엘과 추악한 어른들에 의해 유괴된 필리포의 운명은 어떻게 되는 것일까

In the Spanish island of Ibiza, porn filmmaker Sandro and Angelino, the manager of a beachside watering hole, find their very different lives overlapping. Meanwhile, the island police chief, who is currently at odds with his rebellious son Jorge, is investigating the death of a drug dealer (which was accidentally brought on by Angelino). Jorge's plans to move to America have so far been thwarted by his father, but when he finds out about the affair his dad had been having with a male nightclub dancer, he uses it as blackmail fodder.

Momo is a shy and affectionate girl who has found new friends and a house in the middle of some ruins of an old amphitheater. But suddenly, a day, the "Grey Men" burst in the city in order to rob people's time. Momo try to stop them but doesn't know how.

A businessman is leaving for his family vacation in the South Pacific when he finds out that a rival has emptied his bank account. To save face he and his family lock themselves in the house, pretending to have gone on their trip, but it is not so easy to hide from the outside world.

이탈리아 카톨릭교도 움베르토(디에고 아바탄투오노 분)는 이웃의 유태인 레오네(세르지오 카스텔리토 분)에게 손님을 계속 잃자 싸움을 벌인다. 부모들은 견원지간지만 아이들은 누구보다 친한 사이. 꼬마들은 학교 단짝이고 그들의 형과 누나는 연인이다. 1938년 인종법(Race laws)이 공표되자 유태인은 일을 할 수도, 마음대로 사유재산도 가질 수 없게 된다. 두 집안은 남다른 우정과 연대를 보이게 되지만...

Four different stories about italian football team’s supporter.

평범한 소시민으로 살아가는 야간 경비원 프랑크(Franck: 패트릭 팀싯 분)는 우연히 축구 경기 관람을 갔다가 파파라치의 사진에 찍혀 가쉽 전문 잡지의 표지에 실린다. 바로 그의 뒷 자석에서 유명한 TV 스타가 누군가와 키스를 하고 있었기 때문이다. 이 일로 프랑크는 근무시간 중 축구 경기장에 간 것이 들통나 직장에서 해고당한다. 억울한 마음에 프랑크는 당장 사진을 실은 잡지사를 찾아가고, 자신을 찍었음이 분명한 문제의 파파라치 R. R이 나타나기를 요구한다. 그 와중에 프랑크는 그 잡지사와 일하는 당대 최고의 파파라치 미셀(Michel: 빈센트 린던 분)을 만나고, 얼떨결에 그의 일을 도우면서 파파라치 세계에 발을 들여놓게 된다.

Matrimony is a drama about the complexity of relationships. On Christmas Eve, perfect housewife Giulia Francesca Neri is worried about a family heirloom which has cracked and rushes to the junk shop to get it repaired -- little anticipating her perfect marriage is about to fall to pieces as well. While everyone in Bologna is making last minute preparations, Giulia runs into her childhood sweetheart, Fausto Paolo Sassanelli. The meeting rekindles old feelings and Giulia realizes that to create the perfect marriage which everyone adores, she has sacrificed her own personality. While waiting to meet her parents at the station, she climbs into a departing train and disappears. The family slowly disintegrates, as if she were the binding element.

Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to run away with his gay cop lover, so this seems to him like a good opportunity to disappear and start over again: the kidnapped becomes the kidnapper, and things get even more complicated when they're reached by Rita, Tommaso's daughter.

Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to run away with his gay cop lover, so this seems to him like a good opportunity to disappear and start over again: the kidnapped becomes the kidnapper, and things get even more complicated when they're reached by Rita, Tommaso's daughter.

Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to run away with his gay cop lover, so this seems to him like a good opportunity to disappear and start over again: the kidnapped becomes the kidnapper, and things get even more complicated when they're reached by Rita, Tommaso's daughter.

Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is determined to annul her marriage and marry the best man. And although she is able to dissolve her marriage, because she has never consummated it, the best man leaves... only to return to her many months later.

Jimi, a computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released.

Matteo is a Roman barber whose business is full of debts. He decides to escape from this depressing reality by accepting his sister Angelina's invitation to Brazil.

After being fired from his bull breeding job without proper compensation, Franco steals a world-class bull from his former company and smuggles it in Hungary to sell it for a large sum of money.

In 1st century BC Palestine, Joseph is a carpenter who wants to travel and see the world, but destiny makes him meet young Mary. The two fall in love and marry. One day, Mary becomes pregnant and tells Joseph an unbelievable truth... He decides to stay on her side, but things won't be easy.

Depressed magistrate Damiano Fortezza relocates from Milan to a small town in Campania, where the three Fontana sisters, owners of a chain of incinerators, dominate. The youngest, Eugenia, is about to marry a well-known crook Fortezza has to prosecute. However, he ends up falling in love with Eugenia and questioning the priorities of his job.

In the 1950s, a big stir was made by a book (and its corresponding movie) called The Ugly American. Its subject was the grievous damage done to local cultures by well-meaning but essentially clueless (and frequently arrogant) representatives of the U.S. Since then, the phenomenon of cultural damage cause by arrogant tourists and visitors has been demonstrated to be something everyone is capable of. In this thoughtful, comic drama, the subject is Italians overseas. In this film, Malindi Kenya is the playground of rich Italians.

Targeted by a dirty cop after witnessing a murder, ordinary bank clerk Mario flees to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where a couple of oddball Italian expats drag him into a series of misadventures that'll make him revaluate his place in the world.

Targeted by a dirty cop after witnessing a murder, ordinary bank clerk Mario flees to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, where a couple of oddball Italian expats drag him into a series of misadventures that'll make him revaluate his place in the world.

전쟁이 막바지에 온 이차대전 당시의 이태리 해군은 그리이스의 작은섬이 전략적으로 필요하다는 이유로 8명의 병사를 파견한다. 그러나 곧 전세는 불리해지고 사령부에서는 이들 병사를 보냈다는 사실조차도 잊어버린다. 사령부와의 연락도 두절된 채 전장으로부터 멀리 떨어진 무인도에서 이들은 버림받은 소외감을 느끼게 되고 전쟁을 잊은 채 섬에서의 생활을 시작한다. 그러나 피난갔던 마을 사람들이 돌아오고 지중해의 열기와 낙원과도 같은 나른한 리듬에 젖게 된다. 오히려 행복, 자유, 삶에 대한 예찬이 주민과 함께하고 있음을 느끼고 이제 병사들은 전쟁을 잊고 주민들과 어울려 밝은 지중해 햇빛 아래서 뛰어놀고 일하고 어울린다. 처음엔 경계하던 주민들과 병사들이 서로를 받아들이고 함께 축제를 벌인다. 이들은 투표를 하여 섬에서 살 것을 결정하고 완벽한 낙원의 생활을 즐기게 된다. 그러던 어느날 한대의 경비행기가 마을밖에 불시착하게 되고, 전쟁이 끝난것을 알게 된다. 그제서야 조국과 전쟁을 잊고 지내온 3년의 세월을 돌아보며이들은 이태리로 돌아가야 하는 현실을 맞이하게 된다. 그러나 바실리사(Vassilissa: 반나 바바 분)와 결혼한 파리나(Antonio Farina: 지우세프 세더나 분)는 창고의 올리브통 속에 숨어서 섬에 남고, 다른 병사들은 종전으로 혼란을 겪고 있는 조국을 위해 한번 더 봉사할 기회를 찾아 아쉬움을 남기고 섬을 떠난다. 세월이 흘러 이젠 늙은이가 된 몬타나 중위(Raffaele Montini: 클라우디오 비가그리 분)가 섬으로 돌아오는데.

Several characters coincide during the Christmas holidays in the winter season of Saint Moritz.

Two stage actors leave on a tournée, but there's a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girlfriend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him.

After a mysterious girl tells Marco her boyfriend (and estranged longtime friend of his) Rudy has been arrested in Morocco, he and four other friends leave for Marrakech with a large sum of money to get him out of jail.

A thief caught red-handed tells the landlord a very strange fact that happened to him looking through the keyhole of another apartment where he was stealing.

Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz.

A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be chosen.

A psychologist acquires wife and lover of a friend of him. But he has two more relationships yet. What will he do with four women following him?

Set in 1960, the year of the Rome Olympics, a 13 year-old boy with aspirations to become an athlete befriends an ageing, disabled bus driver who understands his ambitions.

A group of former friends meets again after a very long time, in a Christmas night, with the intent of ripping off a rich industrialist in a game of Poker. Old hatreds and mistrusts conflict with the nostalgia for the lost friendships.

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano

Clumsy public security officer helps an adventurer (Laura Antonelli) to escape from Italy. In order not to undergo a punitive transfer to Barbagia, he goes back on the woman's trail to take her to prison.

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.

An omnibus of two different stories: In the first a divorced couple (actress wife and director husband) refresh their old passions via their common flat. In the second a well-to-do dentist-wife is attacked by her petty bourgeois family when she writes a sex novel.

Patricia, a journalist, is fed up with all the stupid chores and being ridiculed by her colleagues. To show her talent, she challenges her director Eugenio to test her. She will write a good article, but if she fails she will sleep with him.

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter.

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter.

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter.

Lucia has been married for ten years with Julius who is fond of horses and seems to prefer his wife. Lucy tries then ingelosirlo inventing a lover who sends flowers with tickets compromising and makes mysterious phone calls. But Julius seems immune to any kind of jealousy. Then one day is hired as a bodyguard by Lucia Diego, Diego, who has a passion for Rudolph Valentino and thinks he is a great seducer, Diego has a girlfriend away, Nunzia. And things start to get more serious.

Romeo (Jerry Calà) e Felice (Diego Abatantuono), sono due ragazzi a capo di due band rivali che si sbeffeggiano di continuo. Il primo lavora con l'amico Renato (Mauro Di Francesco) in un garage dove l'avvocato Colombo (Ugo Bologna) lascia in custodia la sua Ferrari, Felice invece fornisce i fruttivendoli di Milano a bordo di un'Ape. Un giorno Romeo conosce Giulietta (Simona Mariani) in metropolitana, la ragazza fa la cassiera in un bar ed è la sorella di Felice, ma questo Romeo lo scoprirà solo dopo. Quando Felice, ad una festa mascherata, scoprirà la tresca, scoppierà il pandemonio: mentre Felice cercherà di far sposare la sorella col il proprietario del bar dove lavora (Renato Cecchetto), Romeo finirà in carcere per tentata rapina. Sarà l'avvocato Colombo a togliere dai guai Romeo durante il processo e quindi a permettergli di precipitarsi in chiesa per impedire il matrimonio della sua amata.

The third film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio.

Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survives but, forced to total rest, remains at the mayor's house. The result is an endless series of gags and misunderstandings, due to the stratagems devised by Lorenzo to avoid that the situation becomes the subject of gossip by fellow citizens ...

Alex Fortini, a transplant to Milan, lives behind his lover who owns an advertising agency. When his wife, who had left five years ago, reappears, fearing that she will want to ask him for a divorce and alimony, he unwittingly gets into a lot of trouble.

The Pope is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. In order to particularly grab the wandering flock, a priest invites the comedians from "The Other Sunday," an actual comedy program on Italian television, to perform on this new channel.

A young busker goes around in Milan with his saxophone, whereby he always plays the same tune and he experiences surrealistic adventures throughout the big city. Meanwhile, a wealthy woman from the local "jet set" falls in love with him.

Paul, Joe and Louie are three young men from good families who decide to go on a bloodthirsty and pointless crime spree, much to the dismay of paul’s girlfriend (Eleonora Giorgi) and the local police commissioner (Tomas Milian). the group starts by robbing a gas station where paul guns down three innocent bystanders. When they later decide to rob a bank and a grocery store, paul ends up killing more people. It isn’t long before the entire police force is looking for the three criminals, who pick up the girl and hightail it to the Swiss border, killing everyone in their path.