Marco Ferreri

A captivating portrait of French actor Michel Piccoli, who has worked with the greatest filmmakers of his time and has built a dazzling career of remarkable merit and success, focusing on his work during the 1970s and his professional relationship with Claude Sautet, Romy Schneider, Marco Ferreri and Luis Buñuel.

Marco Ferreri: Dangerous But Necessary is a trip through the auteur's singular cosmos - at once supernatural and earthbound. He dropped out of his studies to become a veterinarian, choosing instead to concern himself principally with the human animal, in our corporeal and yearning essence.

Itália, 1970. Uma legião crescente de guerreiros inofensivos começa uma luta pacífica pela liberdade sexual através da pornografia, abalando e chocando as autoridades religiosas e as instituições políticas conservadoras. Eles são irônicos, felizes, loucos. Eles são sonhadores, defensores da comunhão definitiva entre corpo e alma. Mas eles foram censurados e humilhados. Eles foram maltratados e presos por exigirem alto um novo renascimento cultural.

Single-mom Esme gives her daughter for adoption to her elder brother who immediately goes to America. Twenty-seven years later, daughter Abby goes back to the Philippines to meet her real mom. But Abby's excitement is foiled upon knowing that Esme is loud mouthed and worst nightmare. Days spelled hell for Abby, as she discovers that she and her horrific mother are complete polar opposites.

The documentary focuses on Marco Ferreri and shows an unconventional man, extreme, provocative in ways, always a step ahead in its work, and often considered a visionary and experimental. The documentary honors the memory of a filmmaker too soon forgot that left an indelible mark in the seventh art.

This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.

This documentary celebrates the 100th anniversary of the cinema birth. It is an historic running through the technical and artistic evolution of the 7th art. We move from mute to sound, from B&W to color, trough all the genders (musical, Lyric, politic...). Beside it we have a kind of resume of the historic contest in which cinema lived till now, events and movements (neo-realism, classical etc.). All the aspects are taken in consideration: fashion, star system till the end, the sad end, of cinema in the theaters.

Made-for-TV biopic directed by Marco Ferreri.

Made-for-TV biopic directed by Marco Ferreri.

In this stylish and offbeat black comedy, Benito ( Jerry Calà) keeps a diary of his sexual fantasies and cravings. As a result of his on-again, off-again relationship with the beautiful and insatiable Luigia (Sabrina Ferilli), his thoughts along these lines have grown increasingly bizarre. For his own part, he is driven to pick up and bed women at almost every opportunity. As the fantasies recorded in his diary consume more and more of his life, and grow darker and darker, his ordinary waking life becomes flatter and duller, until he disappears altogether.

In this stylish and offbeat black comedy, Benito ( Jerry Calà) keeps a diary of his sexual fantasies and cravings. As a result of his on-again, off-again relationship with the beautiful and insatiable Luigia (Sabrina Ferilli), his thoughts along these lines have grown increasingly bizarre. For his own part, he is driven to pick up and bed women at almost every opportunity. As the fantasies recorded in his diary consume more and more of his life, and grow darker and darker, his ordinary waking life becomes flatter and duller, until he disappears altogether.

A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

A beautiful film which is basically about a man, a piano player, who meets and falls in love with a beautiful and voluptuous woman, who, by some strange procedure, leaves the man unable to move but with a permanent priapism! After some time he becomes sick of it and she relieves his paralysis. Eventually she gets bored and decides to leave, but he can't take it because he loves her…

A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.

A septuagenarian couple are attracted to each other in a retirement home but find the institution and their fellow patients frown on their relationship.

At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.

At house of Agathon get together many intellectuals and philosophers, including Socrates, to discuss the theme of love and sex: each of them intervenes to support its argument dialogical rules, within the context symposial.

The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, advances across the continent. As a result of the difficulties the team encounters, disorganization gradually takes over the convoy. Each of the members of the group, little by little, yield to their petty, selfish impulses: violence, power, nostalgia - The breakdown of one of the trucks forces Michele and Nadia to wait at an oasis for the arrival of spare parts. But a starving local tribe settles threateningly near them. The chief of the tribe makes a speech they don't understand, which is followed by a macabre purification ceremony.

The humanitarian aid expedition "Angeles Azules" (Blue Angels), comprising twelve Europeans and six trucks loaded with provisions to alleviate hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa, advances across the continent. As a result of the difficulties the team encounters, disorganization gradually takes over the convoy. Each of the members of the group, little by little, yield to their petty, selfish impulses: violence, power, nostalgia - The breakdown of one of the trucks forces Michele and Nadia to wait at an oasis for the arrival of spare parts. But a starving local tribe settles threateningly near them. The chief of the tribe makes a speech they don't understand, which is followed by a macabre purification ceremony.

In another indictment of the flaws of our so-called civilization, this satire from the late director Marco Ferreri features Christopher Lambert as Michel, a miserable man who has failed at love and finds solace in a mechanical key holder.

In another indictment of the flaws of our so-called civilization, this satire from the late director Marco Ferreri features Christopher Lambert as Michel, a miserable man who has failed at love and finds solace in a mechanical key holder.

A documentary about the Italian cinema as art form and industry.

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.

In this improbable, ponderous story about a couple who do not want to have children of their own, and a pregnant, single woman who needs a home for awhile, the relationship between the three is strange, at the very least.

Piera is a young woman who grows up under the parentage of two extremely original overseers: both her mother and father have incestuous relations with her before they are committed to insane asylums. A special connection, between a mother and her daughter, full of sensuality and complicity, has allowed to portray a family full of fears, rather unbalanced, but nevertheless searching infinite love.

Piera is a young woman who grows up under the parentage of two extremely original overseers: both her mother and father have incestuous relations with her before they are committed to insane asylums. A special connection, between a mother and her daughter, full of sensuality and complicity, has allowed to portray a family full of fears, rather unbalanced, but nevertheless searching infinite love.

Piera is a young woman who grows up under the parentage of two extremely original overseers: both her mother and father have incestuous relations with her before they are committed to insane asylums. A special connection, between a mother and her daughter, full of sensuality and complicity, has allowed to portray a family full of fears, rather unbalanced, but nevertheless searching infinite love.

O poeta / palestrante Charles Serking desperta de sua neblina alcoólica o suficiente para pegar um ônibus de volta para L.A. e mergulhar em uma orgia de bebida e depravação sexual.

O poeta / palestrante Charles Serking desperta de sua neblina alcoólica o suficiente para pegar um ônibus de volta para L.A. e mergulhar em uma orgia de bebida e depravação sexual.

Roberto não é um educador como os outros. Este homem, cómico e lunático, está convencido de que a escola não está adaptada para as crianças. Além disso, receber os textos sacros que fazem parte da pedagogia institucionalizada, só lhe dá mais motivos para oferecer às crianças as experiências mais divertidas...

Roberto não é um educador como os outros. Este homem, cómico e lunático, está convencido de que a escola não está adaptada para as crianças. Além disso, receber os textos sacros que fazem parte da pedagogia institucionalizada, só lhe dá mais motivos para oferecer às crianças as experiências mais divertidas...

An idealistic first-time director lives for his art — until he meets a wife of an Italian producer at the Cannes Film Festival. A passionate affair begins, but the couple's romance is tested as they face the temptations of fame and fortune.

In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

In metahistorical New York city electrotechnician Lafayette deals with a megalomaniac director of a wax museum of ancient Rome, an italian lonely anarchist, a group of feminist actresses - including Angelica who falls in love with him - and a small adopted chimpanzee.

Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.

Gerard and his 9-month-old son have been left by his wife for feminist reasons. The custody of his son is being threatened by his next romance.

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.

A highly stylized surreal farce about the events leading up to Custer's Last Stand anachronistically reenacted in an urban renewal area in modern Paris.

Quatro amigos ao atingirem a meia idade estão satisfeitos com o seu status social, mas alguma coisa nas suas vidas pessoais começa a tornar a existência um peso difícil de carregar. Decidem trancar-se em um final de semana sozinhos em uma mansão e cometer suicídio, mas a forma que escolhem é o mais poderoso paradigma da burguesia europeia: comer; comer até morrer.

Quatro amigos ao atingirem a meia idade estão satisfeitos com o seu status social, mas alguma coisa nas suas vidas pessoais começa a tornar a existência um peso difícil de carregar. Decidem trancar-se em um final de semana sozinhos em uma mansão e cometer suicídio, mas a forma que escolhem é o mais poderoso paradigma da burguesia europeia: comer; comer até morrer.

Liza meets the artist Giorgio and falls in love with him. She dreams of becoming the wife of Giorgio, but he is married. She dreams of being a close friend to him, but he has a favorite dog. Liza is ready for any sacrifice for the sake of her love. She kills Giorgio's dog and takes her place. Now she is a woman who always and everywhere follows her master.

Liza meets the artist Giorgio and falls in love with him. She dreams of becoming the wife of Giorgio, but he is married. She dreams of being a close friend to him, but he has a favorite dog. Liza is ready for any sacrifice for the sake of her love. She kills Giorgio's dog and takes her place. Now she is a woman who always and everywhere follows her master.

Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.

Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.

Caustic satire on bureaucracy of the Vatican authority and a simple Italian who wants to achieve the audience with the Pope.

Story of a man with a double personality, on one side his character is honest and sincere, which makes him appreciate reality and participates with sorrow in the tragedies of our times: his other side is that of a dreamer and he identifies himself with Swift's hero Gulliver.

Começando com a ideia de fazer um spaghetti western comunista na Itália, Jean-Luc Godard escreveu uma história sobre o sequestro de um executivo por alguns grevistas. Essa situação passa por várias etapas práticas e analíticas até chegar a um fim baseado no processo de fabricar armas.

A história de um canibal em um páramo medieval está entrelaçada com a do filho de um ex-industrial nazista na Alemanha moderna. O jovem alemão, que se sente mais atraído por porcos do que por sua noiva, e o canibal se tornam vítimas sacrificiais de suas diferentes sociedades.

De regresso a casa, Glauco, um designer industrial, encontra a mulher na cama com uma grave dor de cabeça. Ela deixou-lhe o jantar pronto mas já está frio. Glauco decide, então, preparar para si uma refeição gourmet. Enquanto Glauco procura os acessórios de cozinha, encontra um revólver embrulhado num jornal datado de 1934 com uma notícia que anuncia a morte do famoso criminoso John Dillinger…

De regresso a casa, Glauco, um designer industrial, encontra a mulher na cama com uma grave dor de cabeça. Ela deixou-lhe o jantar pronto mas já está frio. Glauco decide, então, preparar para si uma refeição gourmet. Enquanto Glauco procura os acessórios de cozinha, encontra um revólver embrulhado num jornal datado de 1934 com uma notícia que anuncia a morte do famoso criminoso John Dillinger…

Com a destruição e a devastação causada por uma III Guerra Mundial, um jovem casal discute sobre ter um filho após uma epidemia global acabar com a maioria da população da Terra. A mulher recusa-se a satisfazer o desejo do marido por ser contra trazer à vida um ser humano num lugar tão terrível como o mundo atual. Os problemas territoriais surgem quando uma outra mulher está disposta a ter um filho com o homem.

Com a destruição e a devastação causada por uma III Guerra Mundial, um jovem casal discute sobre ter um filho após uma epidemia global acabar com a maioria da população da Terra. A mulher recusa-se a satisfazer o desejo do marido por ser contra trazer à vida um ser humano num lugar tão terrível como o mundo atual. Os problemas territoriais surgem quando uma outra mulher está disposta a ter um filho com o homem.

Com a destruição e a devastação causada por uma III Guerra Mundial, um jovem casal discute sobre ter um filho após uma epidemia global acabar com a maioria da população da Terra. A mulher recusa-se a satisfazer o desejo do marido por ser contra trazer à vida um ser humano num lugar tão terrível como o mundo atual. Os problemas territoriais surgem quando uma outra mulher está disposta a ter um filho com o homem.

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

A seductive woman pushes three men to the limits toying with their sexual desires and male pride.

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.

Mario is a Milan industrialist who is constantly testing balloons to see how much air one can take before busting.

16mm short by Mario Schifano.

Satirical film in four episodes about family and marriage.

Satirical film in four episodes about family and marriage.

Satirical film in four episodes about family and marriage.

Italian comedy film in three segments

Italian comedy film in three segments

Italian comedy film in three segments

Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, oficial da ONU e um Casanova moderno, não se sente estimulado a menos que haja sexo perigoso, mas as mulheres e a sociedade são muito complacentes, então ele fica frequentemente impotente. Um psiquiatra avisa que isso vai piorar e que ele deve ser celibatário. Andrea tenta e falha com isso, abandona sua noiva, encontra uma ligação ocasional com risco de vida e persegue uma mulher amarrada a um marido sem graça, mas assassino. Andrea encontrará prazer e satisfação, ou ele está fadado a perseguir e depois negará fogo quando a busca for bem-sucedida? (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)

Mais um filme de episódios, típico do cinema Italiano dos anos 60 e 70. São 3 episódios sobre a imoralidade: 1º Sobre a primeira experiência com drogas, 2º Sobre voyeurismo e poder, 3º e último sobre a indiferença no amor.

Mais um filme de episódios, típico do cinema Italiano dos anos 60 e 70. São 3 episódios sobre a imoralidade: 1º Sobre a primeira experiência com drogas, 2º Sobre voyeurismo e poder, 3º e último sobre a indiferença no amor.

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

A modest Neapolitan man meets a young woman with excessive hairiness. He exhibits her at fairs and marries her. It is after marriage that he receives a tempting offer from a French manager.

A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.

A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.

A forty-year-old employee marries a seemingly quiet girl who turns into a mantis after the wedding.

When a good-natured factory supervisor living in Milan with his Northern wife returns to his native Sicily, a decades' old oath forces him to fulfill a nightmarish obligation.

A dozen sketches: (1) how it is not easy for parents to reveal the mystery of birth to their young children. (2) how the first kiss can be pleasant for teenagers and a worry to their parents. (3) how violent a male ego can be after a woman's rejection. (4) how double standards work in view of a woman's loss of virginity. (5) how modern psichology can influence a pregnant woman to deal with her dilemma. (6) how hiding her sexual past to the bridegroom does not succeed past their nuptial night. (7) how aspiring actresses have to pay a price for success. (8) how a matrimony can be a social hypocrisy by a cheating couple. (9) how a girl eager to marry discovers too late her husband's true nature. (10) how an emigrant's wife shall overcome her sexual need through music, and dancing. (11) how divorce can be a way to settle peacefully a union that no longer works. (12) how a man can overcome the shock of being married to a woman who was raped by some truck drivers

A dozen sketches: (1) how it is not easy for parents to reveal the mystery of birth to their young children. (2) how the first kiss can be pleasant for teenagers and a worry to their parents. (3) how violent a male ego can be after a woman's rejection. (4) how double standards work in view of a woman's loss of virginity. (5) how modern psichology can influence a pregnant woman to deal with her dilemma. (6) how hiding her sexual past to the bridegroom does not succeed past their nuptial night. (7) how aspiring actresses have to pay a price for success. (8) how a matrimony can be a social hypocrisy by a cheating couple. (9) how a girl eager to marry discovers too late her husband's true nature. (10) how an emigrant's wife shall overcome her sexual need through music, and dancing. (11) how divorce can be a way to settle peacefully a union that no longer works. (12) how a man can overcome the shock of being married to a woman who was raped by some truck drivers

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…

Don Anselmo, a retired old man, decides to buy a motorized disabled stroller since all his pensioner friends own one. His family strongly refuses him to purchase the vehicle, so don Anselmo decides to take extreme measures to achieve his goal…

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio

Rodolfo and Petrita each live in separate quarters in dilapidated Madrid, while looking to have a little apartment (or "pisito", in Spanish dialect). Unfortunately their low salaries prevent them from acquiring one. Soon, Rodolfo's co-workers urge him to marry the old and frail Doña Martina, who is the main tenant in the apartment he boards in. According to Spanish rent-control law, he could inherit the lease from his spouse. Thus begin his misgivings and Petrita's. Written by Emilio

Four young men are cited in a kiosk during a rainy afternoon. One has to study and the other three go to the cinema, although they are not allowed to entry because their young age. The group consists of Andrés, who works as bellboy in a hotel and dreams of becoming a bullfighter; Chispa, who follows the orders of an old grumpy man; Carlos, a student; and Negro, a shy boy. All they want is to have fun; but reality forces them to confront the problems of the adult world.

Four young men are cited in a kiosk during a rainy afternoon. One has to study and the other three go to the cinema, although they are not allowed to entry because their young age. The group consists of Andrés, who works as bellboy in a hotel and dreams of becoming a bullfighter; Chispa, who follows the orders of an old grumpy man; Carlos, a student; and Negro, a shy boy. All they want is to have fun; but reality forces them to confront the problems of the adult world.

Donne e soldati was an example of a ‘decentralised’ production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didn’t fully succeed in achieving until the 1990s. . In many ways the film, which is both Picaresque and anti-heroic, was too far ahead of its time, and it is often considered the precursor to Monicelli’s L’armata brancaleone. This time out, Ferreri takes the reins as producer of the ill-fated undertaking (the two directors will never make another film); however, Donne e soldati, apart from marking Ferreri’s estrangement from Italian cinema for a number of years, today appears to display earthy and carnivalesque elements that will subsequently influence certain aspects of the Milanese director’s vision.

Donne e soldati was an example of a ‘decentralised’ production, far from Rome, something that for the most part Italian cinema didn’t fully succeed in achieving until the 1990s. . In many ways the film, which is both Picaresque and anti-heroic, was too far ahead of its time, and it is often considered the precursor to Monicelli’s L’armata brancaleone. This time out, Ferreri takes the reins as producer of the ill-fated undertaking (the two directors will never make another film); however, Donne e soldati, apart from marking Ferreri’s estrangement from Italian cinema for a number of years, today appears to display earthy and carnivalesque elements that will subsequently influence certain aspects of the Milanese director’s vision.

A prostitute goes on vacation to a beach resort with her young daughter (who's being schooled by nuns). Everything is cheerful and pleasant at the seashore; the customers at the hotel think she's a poor widow - she always wears black - and treat her like a lady. But when one of her former clients arrives, her carefree days on the beach are numbered.

Six separate episodes exploring themes of love, sex and romance in the Italian capital. "Paid Love" offers a glimpse into prostitution; "Attempted Suicide" features would-be suicides discussing their despair; "Paradise for Three Hours" depicts an evening at a provincial dance hall; "Marriage Agency" follows an investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be; "Story of Caterina" tells the story of a young unwed mother forced to abandon her child; and "Italians Stare" catalogues the girl-watching techniques of Italian men.

Six separate episodes exploring themes of love, sex and romance in the Italian capital. "Paid Love" offers a glimpse into prostitution; "Attempted Suicide" features would-be suicides discussing their despair; "Paradise for Three Hours" depicts an evening at a provincial dance hall; "Marriage Agency" follows an investigative reporter posing as a husband-to-be; "Story of Caterina" tells the story of a young unwed mother forced to abandon her child; and "Italians Stare" catalogues the girl-watching techniques of Italian men.

On the evening of March 11, 1950, Annabella Bracci, a 12-year-old girl, was brutally killed and thrown into a pit on the outskirts of Rome, near the village of Primavalle. A brief and poetic account of the events and their impact on an impoverished community. A handful of wild flowers and a painful catch in the voices.