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.

진정한 사랑을 눈앞에 둔 마르타. 하지만 수술 후의 몸 상태가 심상치 않다. 사랑은 오랜 비밀과 변덕스러운 운명을 이겨낼 수 있을까?

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.

어릴 적부터 병을 앓고 있는 마르타. 매력남과 헤어진 후, 예술가와 사랑에 빠진다. 하지만 미래는 한 치 앞도 알 수 없는 법. 사랑스러운 마르타와 친구들에게 인생이 변화구를 던진다.

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.

가난하게 살아가던 목공 제페토 할아버지는 멋진 꼭두각시를 만들어 돈을 벌 계획을 세운다. 나무를 구해 꼭두각시를 만들던 할아버지는 깜짝 놀란다. 나무 인형에게서 심장이 뛰는 소리가 들리고, 움직이기 시작한 것이다. 제페토 할아버지는 ‘피노키오’라는 이름을 지어주고, 아들로 삼기로 한다. 하지만 호기심이 많은 피노키오는 말썽만 부리며 할아버지를 걱정만 하게 만들고, 심지어 학교 책을 팔아 인형극 구경을 가게 되는데…!

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?

Mirko and Manolo are best friends and live in the suburbs of Rome. They both live in poor conditions with their single parents, are still in school and struggle with occasional odd jobs to make ends meet. Together they share dreams of women, of sex and money, of a better life to come. Then, after killing a man in a hit-and-run one night, they get involved with the local mafia and their lives change dramatically.

거칠고 폭력적인 남자와 종속적 관계에 얽매여 있는 소심한 남자의 고난을 그린 블랙 코미디. 작은 마을의 애견 미용사인 마르첼로는 함께 어울려 다니는 동네 깡패 시모네를 친구라고 생각하지만, 정작 그는 자신의 이익을 위해 그를 이용할 뿐이다. 잔인하고 폭력적인 시모네는 마르첼로뿐만 아니라 모든 이를 두렵게 만든다. 동네 사람들은 그에 맞서려 하지만, 가장 큰 피해를 본 마르첼로는 정작 시모네의 편을 들고 그를 대신해 감옥까지 간다. 마르첼로는 전형적인 남성성과 거리가 멀다. 그는 작고 연약하며 애견을 돌보는 직업을 갖고 있다. 그가 자신보다 덩치가 큰 개들을 어르며 미용하는 장면과, 그런 개를 다루듯이 시모네를 온 힘을 다해 끌고 와 복수를 위해 가두는 장면의 대비는 웃기지만 슬픈 코미디를 자아낸다. 그러나 짠하기 그지없는 그는 순수한 피해자는 아니다. 그는 돈을 벌기 위해 마약을 조달하고 폭력에 순종하고 아부하면서 부수적인 이득을 바란다. 시각적 부조리를 만들어내는 구도, 황폐한 동네 어귀의 미장센, 거친 회색과 흙빛의 색감, 폭력에 순종적인 남성성에 대한 폐부를 찌르는 해석으로 영화는 독특한 매력을 아낌없이 발산한다.

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.

욕망에 휩싸인 세 여인이 있다. 영화의 시작을 여는 건 아기를 갖기 위해 영혼이라도 팔겠다는 왕비(샐마 헤이엑) 이야기다. 왕비는 풍문에 따라 처녀가 요리한 바다괴물의 심장을 먹고 아들을 얻는다. 아이는 같은 날 태어난 처녀의 아이에게 집착에 관심을 보이며 성장한다. 두 번째는 왕의 사랑을 얻기 위해 젊음을 탐하는 노파와 그 동생의 이야기다. 도라는 우연한 계기로 젊음을 얻는다. 이를 시기한 동생 이마는 도라의 말만 믿고 피부를 깎아내 젊음을 되찾으려 한다. 마지막은 거인에게 잡혀간 공주(비비 케이브)의 이야기다. 공주는 벼룩에 정신이 팔린 아버지를 원망하며 호시탐탐 탈출할 기회만 노린다.

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.

Gelsomina’s family works according to some special rules. First of all, Gelsomina, at twelve years of age, is head of the family and her three younger sisters must obey her: sleep when she tells them to and work under her watchful eye. But the world, the outside, mustn’t know anything about their rules, and must be kept away from them. They must learn to disguise themselves.

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.

나폴리에서 생선 장수를 하는 평범한 가장 루치아노, 넘치는 끼와 재능으로 친지들에게 즐거움을 주는 그는 어느 날 가족들의 권유로 리얼리티 쇼 ‘빅 브라더’ 에 도전, 1차 면접에 합격하여 마을의 스타가 된다. 동네 스타로서의 유명세를 만끽하던 루치아노는 로마에 가서 2차 면접을 치루고 돌아오지만 아무리 기다려도 최종 합격 소식은 오지 않는다. 하지만 그토록 염원하던 텔레비전 출연을 할 수 없게 된 현실을 그는 받아들이지 못한다. 그 후 스타가 되고 싶은 강박관념에 점점 더 깊이 빠져들며 자신의 평범한 삶에서 멀어져 간다. 스타 강박증에 빠진 그에게 현실 세계는 가짜처럼 느껴지고 반대로 꿈꾸는 세계는 점점 더 진짜처럼 느껴지기 시작하는데…

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.

유럽을 휩쓴 60년대 후반의 떠들썩한 정치적 사건들은 이탈리아에 특별한 흔적을 남겼다. 폭력적인 국가 전복을 위해 헌신하는 급진적인 붉은 여단은 1968년 학생 시위에서 결성되었다. 프리마 리나는 70년대 후반에 설립된 또 다른 이탈리아 테러조직으로, 그 방법은 훨씬 더 극단적이었다. 우파에 의한 쿠데타가 있을 것이라고 믿는 이탈리아 청년 세르지오 세지오는 폭력이 반드시 필요한 선택이라고 확신하며 지하로 들어간다. 그곳에서 그는 똑같이 헌신적인 수산나를 만나 사랑에 빠진다. 결국 세르지오는 프리마 리나에서 정치적 극단주의자의 잔인한 전술에 환멸을 느끼게 되지만, 수산나가 잡히면서 그녀를 감옥에서 빼내기 위해 투쟁자로서 배운 수법에 의지하게 되는데..

Nothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara. Based on a true story, Viola di Mare, presents a uniquely engaging portrait of family, community and gender roles in a 19th century Italian village.

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.

카모라(나폴리판 마피아)가 군림하는 폭력의 도시 나폴리. 생존을 위해서는 조직의 법에 따라야 한다. 어려서부터 카모라를 동경하는 토토, 조직에서 벗어난 인디펜던트 갱을 자처하는 마르코와 치로, 배후에 카모라가 조종하는 폐기물처리를 시와 협상하는 프란코 등 6개 이야기가 교차편집됨으로써, 부패와 죽음이 지배하는 현대판 ‘고모라’를 적나라하게 조명한다.

Gianni is a middle-aged man living in Rome with his imposing and demanding elderly mother. His only outlet from her and the increasing debt into which they are sinking, are the increasingly frequent quiet sessions at the local tavern. As an Oriental saying goes, 'Moments of crisis are moments of opportunities'. These appear during the celebration of the holiday of Ferragosto on 15 August. That's when everybody leaves town to have fun. Opportunity knocks on Gianni's door in the most unexpected way.

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.

Fugitive convict Aldo seizes a car, taking policeman Giacomo and civilian Giovanni hostages. While chased by the police all over Italy, they will eventually become friends.

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.

Friends Aldo, Giovanni, and Giacomo travel from north to south for Giacomo's wedding, carrying a precious item: the father of the bride, a tyrannical rich man who is both their boss and father-in-law (also Aldo and Giovanni married his daughters), has entrusted them with a wooden leg, the work of a famous artist.

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.