Umberto Marino

Pontedera, 1945. Enrico Piaggio's factory is in rubble. Piaggio feels the enormous responsibility that rests on his shoulders: the life of many families depends on his ability to create a new job. A project is beginning to form in his mind, a dream: to create a means of transport that is small, agile and economical, but capable of reviving mobility and boosting recovery. The road to affirmation, for Piaggio and its creature, is fraught with obstacles. An avid financier, Rocchi Battaglia, uses every means to take possession of the factory. Piaggio understands that his scooter, the Vespa, can and must become "the icon of rebirth" and so, when he learns that the American director William Wyler will shoot the film Roman Holiday (1953) in Italy, he sends Suso, a young and talented employee of the public office, to make contact with him to convince him to make the Vespa the "carriage of Cinderella" on which to make the two young and in love protagonists travel.

Two very different men have something in common: the work. When their companies are bought by a bigger one, who will take the only place of boss of the new company?

After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance to come back to life for a week as Dennis, Ottone's trusted business partner.

After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance to come back to life for a week as Dennis, Ottone's trusted business partner.

Geppetto the carpenter carves the object of his hidden desires out of a log: a puppet that will keep him company and will be like a son to him. He will call him Pinocchio. Imagine his surprise when he discovers that the puppet moves, as if by magic, and is gifted with a life on its own.

World War I (1914-1918) In the trenches del Carpio, the fate of two people forever changed when known. Mario is a humble miner to whom war has become infantry sergeant, and Albertina is a duchess who has decided to help his country enlisting as a nurse. The love that arises between them will have to face the horrors of war and wishes to marry Captain Avogardo Albertina.

A sick young man lives an intense love story with a female tramp.

Esta é a história de Maria, uma típica mãe italiana que vive em uma casa antiga na costa Amalfitana. Para resgatar o passado, Maria tenta reunir sua família: seu marido, um pescador e ex-jornalista que está vivendo num barco desde a ultima briga, e seus três filhos, que deixaram a casa dos gerânios e seguiram suas vidas. Todos se reencontram para a festa com muitos medos e poucas esperanças, e tentam trazer de volta à vida as doces e cômicas memórias do passado.

Naples, 18th century. Salvatore "Totò" Sapore, an unemployed minstrel, always manages to cheer up the hungry with his songs about good food, always upsetting Vesuvia, a magma witch who lives inside the Vesuvius.

It's Christmas Eve in Naples. Little Rocco feels increasingly jealous due to the imminent birth of a baby brother. Three bungling devils sent by Satan promise him that if he'll stop Jesus from being born—entering the Nativity scene his father built by the magic word "opopomoz" and altering the past—his brother won't be born either.

Nascido numa família nobre portuguesa, Antônio desafiou o pai, ao se negar a participar das cruzadas contra os mouros. Converteu-se ao Catolicismo em 1220, abdicando de toda sua riqueza para viver como um frade franciscano. Esta produção mostra as passagens mais importantes de sua vida: seu encontro com São Francisco, sua viagem ao Marrocos, os milagres e, sobretudo, sua pregação da Palavra de Deus. Um programa recomendado para todas as famílias cristãs.

Nascido numa família nobre portuguesa, Antônio desafiou o pai, ao se negar a participar das cruzadas contra os mouros. Converteu-se ao Catolicismo em 1220, abdicando de toda sua riqueza para viver como um frade franciscano. Esta produção mostra as passagens mais importantes de sua vida: seu encontro com São Francisco, sua viagem ao Marrocos, os milagres e, sobretudo, sua pregação da Palavra de Deus. Um programa recomendado para todas as famílias cristãs.

Aida, a corajosa filha do Rei de Arbórea, galopa veloz na grande floresta onde o seu povo vive em paz. Mas a harmonia do reino é interrompida, sempre que os soldados de Petra atacam com violência, em busca de escravos. Petra é o reino de pedra, das construções imponentes e agressivas, sob as quais se destaca o Templo de Satam, o Deus da Guerra.

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 seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take care of it until it hatches; that he would teach the newborn how to fly.

17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her alone with humble coachman Bartolo. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite backgrounds.

17th-century noblewoman Porzia leaves the cloister she was raised in to marry, but an ambush leaves her alone with humble coachman Bartolo. While venturing into dangerous and unknown lands, the two grow increasingly close despite their opposite backgrounds.

When Santa's helper La Befana falls ill and must take off a Christmas Eve, she recruits Scarafoni to help deliver all the toys. No one but the toys knows is that Scarafoni plans to auction off the toys to the highest bidder, which means the toys won't make it to the children who have been good all year and deserve them. The toys decide to deliver themselves, and the story follows them as they struggle to avoid the heartless Scarafoni and to find their true homes.

Store security guard Pietro spends his days catching shoplifters, his weekends visiting his children who are in custody of his ex-wife, and his nights thinking about new ways to flirt with the store's makeup consultant. His malaise psychosomatically manifests itself in nosebleeds, outbursts of anger, visions, etc. One day, he sees a young Gypsy girl steal something from the store and lets it slide: he can't explain why, but she caught his eye. Pietro and Pabe – that's her name – warily start to hang out, knowing each other more and more, until something begins to blossom in them. Could their shared dream for a new, more compassionate life finally be at their fingertips?

Coming back from work by night, shy watchmaker Tommaso runs over a girl with his car, luckily without serious consequences. Next day he finds her waiting for him at his door. She asks him for help, as she can't remember anything prior to the incident.

Coming back from work by night, shy watchmaker Tommaso runs over a girl with his car, luckily without serious consequences. Next day he finds her waiting for him at his door. She asks him for help, as she can't remember anything prior to the incident.

A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.

A middle class couple crisis. A love story between a young blue collar guy an a Philippine girl. The lives of four people get closer in nowadays Rome.

A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman enters the station to buy a ticket. Waiting for her train, the two talk and eventually grow close. However, the mood quickly changes when the woman's fiancée arrives and tries to prevent her from leaving with increasingly violent means.

A good-natured, albeit a bit pedantic stationmaster works at a railway station in the middle of nowhere. One night, a beautiful high-society woman enters the station to buy a ticket. Waiting for her train, the two talk and eventually grow close. However, the mood quickly changes when the woman's fiancée arrives and tries to prevent her from leaving with increasingly violent means.

Italian comedy produced by Cannon featuring songs by Enrico Ruggeri.