Saverio Marconi

Memories and anecdotes of the making of "Padre Padrone"

Antonio and Giuseppe meet at the hospital, while awaiting the birth of their respective first children. The two leave together for a quick lunch, ending up involved against their will in an odyssey of amusing setbacks and bizarre characters.

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the people who knew the late writer-director, providing a nuanced look at the man behind such gory grindhouse classics as City of the Living Dead and The House by the Cemetery.

At the end of July 2002 the time had come again. An audience of 5000 had gathered to listen to the new production of Gaetano Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore under the direction Saverio Marconi, conducted by Niels Muus. The orchestra was seated in an enormous box that was put on the stage, while the singers, in traditional costumes by Silvia Aymonino, performed on stage in front of it, among them the young Valeria Esposito as Adina, Aquiles Machado in the role of Nemorino, Enrico Marrucci as Belcore and the very young Erwin Schrott as Dulcamara.

French film based on the story Der Findling by german author Heinrich von Kleist.

During the Years of Lead in Italy, a student approaches extra-parliamentary terrorist groups, but comes to realize that he has to get away from those circles as he's hunted by both his former comrades and the police.

Defend me from the Night

Lisetta (Carmen Russo) a high-priced call-girl, that entertained her eccentric clients in her apartment and in empty theaters over opera! She met Filippo (Saverio Marconi), a bumbling astronomer , and after a series of mishaps, they got married.

Mario lives in Turin with his sister Michelina. He works in the factory. He meets a young Turin man running a night club frequented by unsavory people related to drug trafficking.

The film begins when Eugenio, a 14 year old child, is conduced from his grandparents home outside Rome, to Giancarlo (his father) in the city, by Giancarlo's friend (called "Moustache"). As Eugenio is bothering Moustache, he threatens Eugenio with leaving him in the middle of the country. He finally does it. When Giancarlo finds out, they return for Eugenio, but he is now lost. Meanwhile we're told the story of the child and his relation with the family, and why he feels unwanted.

Cigarette smugglers in Naples run into problems with cocaine operations being set up by a rival smuggler.

Spain, 1973. Dictator Francisco Franco has ruled the country since 1939 with an iron fist; but he is now a very old and sick man. The future of the weakened regime is in danger. Admiral Carrero Blanco is his natural successor. The Basque terrorist gang ETA decides that he must die to prevent the dictatorship from continuing.

Romantic entanglements develop between three young Italians frustrated by their current economic and social status.

Eurocrime/Poliziotteschi movie from 1978

이탈리아 남부에 위치한 사르데냐 섬에 살고 있는 소년 가비노는 폭력적이고 권위적인 아버지 밑에서 제대로 학교 공부도 마치지 못한 채 산속으로 들어가 양을 치고 젖을 짜는 양치기로 생활한다. 걸핏하면 폭력을 휘두르는 아버지에 대한 공포심을 이겨내지 못한 채 고립된 섬에서 원치 않는 일을 하며 유년 시절을 보내고 청년으로 성장한 가비노는 스물한살이 되던 해, 마을에 흘러 들어온 아코디언 악사의 연주를 듣고 새로운 세계를 경험하게 된다. 하지만 양과 바꿔 겨우 얻은 아코디언은 섬 밖의 세계에 대한 가비노의 열망만 더욱 크게 만들 뿐이다. 그러던 어느 날, 양치는 일만으로 생계를 꾸리기 힘들어지자 아버지는 또다시 강제로 가비노를 군대에 입대시킨다. 하지만 오히려 군대는 가비노에게 이탈리아 표준어와 라틴어, 그리고 그리스어까지 다양한 언어를 배울 수 있는 기회를 제공해주고, 어린 시절 못다 했던 학업에 대한 열정을 새롭게 키워주는 계기가 된다. 복무를 마친 가비노는 고향으로 다시 돌아오지만 강압적인 아버지 밑에서 양치기로 살아야 하는 상황은 달라진 것이 없다. 끝내 아버지와의 사르데냐에서의 삶을 거부하고, 사르데냐 지역의 방언을 연구해 이 분야의 권위자로 뒤늦은 꿈을 이룬다.