Luca Lionello

Pietro and Eleonora, both avid gardeners, are strangers who only meet because their two terraces are close to each other. The relationship that grows between them helps them to alleviate the pain each feels over something secret and very serious, a pain both try to hide from themselves and those around them. In this limbo they inhabit, the two make a stab at finding happiness together, until their paths diverge once more.

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, albeit victorious. Padre Pio also arrives, at a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of charisma, saintliness and epic visions of Jesus, Mary and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free elections in Italy sets the stage for a massacre with a metaphorical dimension: an apocalyptic event that changes the course of history.

Against the fascinating backdrop of an ever marvellous Havana, Vittorio Arditi De Bellis, an aging Italian orchestra conductor once celebrated for specialising in Rossini's compositions, has fallen on hard times. However, some remember he delivered some of the best renditions of the Rossini-Kyrie, and he soon finds himself reluctantly on the way to Havana, Cuba, to conduct the Children's Cuban National Choir. Starting on the wrong foot he quickly finds himself on the verge of losing everything. Rossini's Cuban style and the choir's children are also protagonists in this heart-warming and nostalgic tale of living, loving, growing old and being unexpectedly surprised when he meets the Son he never knew he fathered years ago - Vittorio's past adds new purpose to his present, allowing an otherwise quirky old man to feel his passion and taste the 'spice of life' once again.

Falcino, a small town in the south of Italy. No one sees. No one hears. Nobody talks. But everyone knows. And so they all become accomplices of a tragedy against women, against kids, against a family. A story of violence and slavery. Indifference is stronger than their conscience. Maria, a young mother of a family, lives with her husband Gerardo and her two children, Rocco e Carmela, on her father-in-law's farm: "grandpà" Giuseppe. Gerardo decides to emigrate to Austria to earn more money so as to allow a more comfortable life for the family. This absence will be the beginning of a nightmare that will lead Maria and her daughter to be victims of abuse of an unscrupulous ogre (monster).

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.

Elena and Ernesto are a couple who are bitterly torn apart by the death of their only child. Three years later they have both somehow managed to start a new life. Until destiny forces them to reconnect and understand, they never really stopped loving one another other.

A man and a woman meet at a party and decide to retire to a nearby forest. After the first difficulties of the man to get an erection, the woman leaves. He follows her but finds a strange creature with a monstrous appearance.

Italian comedy

A mafia killer accepts to take the identity of his last victim in order to redeem his past. Two games of chess - one with his victim, the other with his boss - will stress the turning points of this change. The killer meet his victim on a ship that carries back together in Sicily 40 years after their departure. Only one will arrive in Sicily, but he'll chose to change his life and complete the destiny of the other one.

Three characters in three different ages are united by a dream of freedom and a small masterpiece of literature. A journey through the mysterious and timeless aspirations, sufferings and 'Reveries' of a poet, of a young student and a child lost in the woods.

는 시인이자 영화감독이었던 이탈리아 거장 피에르 파올로 파솔리니의 마지막 하루를 재구성한 문제작이다. 1975년 11월2일 살해 당일 파솔리니는 어머니와 몇몇 가까운 친구들과 함께 시간을 보낸 후 로마로 밤의 유희를 즐기러 떠난다. 다음 날 오스티 해변가에서 그의 시신이 발견된다. 파솔리니만큼 많은 스캔들을 불러일으킨 영화사의 거장도 없을 것이다. (1971), (1975) 등 검열에 도전하는 파격적이고 불편한 영화들을 만들었으며 그의 작품에 대해서는 늘 찬반양론이 엇갈렸다. 이를 반영이라도 하듯 페라라의 신작은 파솔리니의 영화 일부를 스크린에 투영하며 문을 열고, 그것을 들여다보는 거장의 모습으로 옮겨간다. 세계적인 성격파 배우 윌렘 데포가 파솔리니 역을 맡아 열연한 이 영화는 아벨 페라라와 윌렘 데포 콤비가 만들어낸 최신작으로 현실과 판타지를 넘나드는 강렬함으로 가득하다. (이수원_2014년 제19회 부산국제영화제)

Bota (Albanian for “the world”) is a cafe situated on the edge of a vast area of marshland in a remote part of Albania, and it is here that the lives of the protagonists intersect in this compelling debut by Iris Elezi and Thomas Logoreci. The directors skilfully exploit the genius loci of the desolate landscape and, aided by a period score and beguiling long shots, they flawlessly evoke the atmosphere of a place where the past still encroaches upon people’s lives.

A man, after many years, returns to his home village following the death of his father, a beloved local stationmaster.

Based on Donald Vergari Best Seller Book. In the middle of the crisis a man loses his job, starts gambling but cannot pay back his debts, the only way out is to accept an offer that he cannot refuse, his next job will be the bookkeeper of a new mafia organization - and his challenge is to get out from it...what a risky work for Mr Angelo Bianco.

The film describes how Albanian graves were opened by Greeks and the contents moved and re-identified as being the bones of Greek soldiers from World War II.

Weaving together fact and fiction, this docudrama performs a portrait of the often seamy underside of the city of Naples.Ferrara traveled to Italy to interview the inmates at the Naples Pozzuoli State Prison, a high security lockup for women, and with the help of a translator he allows a number of women doing time to talk about their lives before and after they were convicted. Ferrara chose to expand the short profile of the prisoners into a feature by offering a look at life in the slums of Naples and the actions of a number of law enforcement officers and social workers struggling to improve conditions for the poor, as well as adding three short fictional segments shot of digital video gear.

An intellectual encounters a youth group that seeks social change.

The service of Pope Paul VI presents tremendous challenges for humanity not only in the political, cultural and economic aspects of the world but also in the spiritual life of The Church. Pope Paul VI is the first Pope to be a Missionary Pope, to meet people where they are. To trust in God as he was asking The Church to do and he is given the opportunity to love that trust in its fullness.

Friedberg/Seltzer-like spoof about popular Italian teen romance movies of the aughts (such as Tre metri sopra il cielo, Ho voglia di te, Manuale d'amore, Scusa ma ti chiamo amore, Melissa P., Notte prima degli esami).

Cover-boy racconta l’amicizia fra Ioan (Eduard Gabia) e Michele (Luca Lionello) l’uno rumeno e l’altro italiano. Due mondi che casualmente s’incontrano: l’esperienza di chi, figlio della rivoluzione post comunista, è fuggito dal proprio paese alla ricerca di un futuro migliore e l’esperienza di chi, precario, vive la crisi del lavoro occidentale.

A couple's pleasant new life in the country is threatened by the mysterious new next door neighbors.

Following the shooting of a film on the life of Jesus called This Is My Blood, Marie Palesi, the actress who plays Mary Magdalene, takes refuge in Jerusalem in search of the truth behind the myth. The director of the film, Tony Childress, who also plays Jesus, can think of only one thing: self-promotion. Meanwhile in New York, television journalist Ted Younger presents a programme about the life of Jesus.

Saint Peter, a reluctant but passionate leader, from the crucifixion of Jesus to his own. The film's first half dramatizes the New Testament's "Acts": early fear, the renewal of Pentecost, Saul's conversion, the decision to baptize pagans, and the Apostles' dispersal. In the second half, an aged Peter goes to Rome to join Paul, arriving on the day of Paul's arrest. Paul's death brings a crisis to Rome's Christians and to Peter; lessons from Jesus's teachings guide his decision to stay. Events within the fictive household of Persius, a Roman aristocrat, capture the upheaval that Christian teachings bring to the Eternal City.

마지막 만찬 후에 겟세마니 동산에 올라간 예수는 그 곳에서 사탄의 유혹을 물리친다. 그러나 그 곳에서 예수 그리스도는 유다에게 배신 당해 체포되어 예루살렘으로 끌려온다. 바리새인들은 예수 그리스도를 신성모독죄로 단죄하고, 재판에서 사형을 선고한다. 팔레스타인의 로마 제독, 빌라도는 바리새인들의 주장을 들으며 그의 앞에 끌려온 예수 그리스도를 어떻게 처리할지 고민한다. 자신이 정치적 위기에 직면해 있음을 깨달은 빌라도는 이 문제를 헤롯왕에게 의논한다. 헤롯왕은 빌라도에게 예수 그리스도를 돌려보낸다. 이에 빌라도가 군중들에게 그리스도와 죄수 바라바 중 누구를 석방할지 결정하도록 하자, 군중들은 바라바에게 자유를 예수 그리스도에게 처형을 주장한다. 로마 병사들로부터 처참하게 채찍질을 당한 그리스도는 빌라도 앞에 다시 끌려오게 된다. 빌라도는 만신창이가 된 예수 그리스도를 군중에게 보이며, ‘이 정도면 충분하지 않은가?’라고 묻지만 피에 굶주린 군중들은 만족하지 못한다. 딜레마에 빠진 빌라도는 군중들이 원하는 대로 처리하도록 부하들에게 명령한다. 그리하여 예수 그리스도는 예루살렘 거리를 지나 골고다 언덕까지 십자가를 메고 가도록 명령을 받는다. 골고다 언덕 위에서 예수 그리스도는 십자가에 못 박히게 되고 그 곳에서 마지막 유혹에 직면한다. 그의 아버지가 그를 버렸을 지도 모른다는 두려움 때문이었다. 하지만 예수 그리스도는 두려움을 극복하고 어머니인 마리아를 바라보며 그녀만이 완전히 이해할 수 있는 마지막 한 마디를 하고 죽는다. “다 이루었도다.”“내 영혼을 아버지 손에 맡기나이다.”...

August 1991. As post-Communist Albania starts falling apart, Giorgio seeks refuge in Italy.

In the city of Rome, Mirko Reggiani is not only a university student who can't happily graduate from the university but also an amateur and only one detective of MARLOV & CO. One day he meets a beautiful fair lady in a department store and falls immediately in love with her, but his best female friend hinders him. Soon, in a rather strange way, Mirko meets the lady, who is actually an unhappy housewife named Vera Grimaldi, again. Unfortunately it is not a happy reunion; both Mirko and Vera are deeply and almost independently trapped in a twisted web of vicious crime...

Rome, 1990s. Gian Luigi, an unscrupulous financial administrator, finds himself embroiled in a journalistic investigation that aims to unmask shady monetary dealings. The recklessness of the fixer has the hours numbered.

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.