Donatella Finocchiaro

Paolo é um adolescente de 19 anos que possui síndrome de Down e procura levar uma vida como a de qualquer outro garoto qualquer. Ele faz amizade com um treinador de boxe e decide participar de uma luta de verdade.

During a trip to Sicily in 1920, Luigi Pirandello meets two gravediggers-turned-playwrights rehearsing a play with their amateur dramatics. Pirandello takes an interest in the odd couple, having been suffering from writer's block while working on his eventual masterpiece, Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Hamid, a 25-year-old boy, survived the escape from Eritrea, with the intention of arriving in Switzerland by his brother Yemane, but Natale, a Sicilian fisherman, advises him not to continue the journey as an illegal immigrant and with his wife, they decide to host him at their restaurant, in exchange for help in the kitchen. After Hamid's long journey through Italy and numerous adversities, he manages to reach Basel ...

We are in a beautiful southern family, united by a deep relationship, despite some misunderstandings: Franco, a father who has dedicated his life to his loved ones and to work.

Uma paixão de verão nascida sob o sol da Sicília rapidamente se transforma em uma dolorosa história de amor que obriga um jovem casal a amadurecer.

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.

Maria, Pinuccia, Lia, Katia and Antonella are five sisters who live in an apartment in Palermo. They make a living by renting doves for ceremonies. On a normal day at the beach, tragedy strucks.

January 6, 1980. The President of the Sicilian Region Piersanti Mattarella is going to Mass with his family. A young man approaches the car window and shoots Piersanti in cold blood and kills him. Despite the confusion of the moment with a series of misdirections towards left-wing terrorism, the crime appeared anomalous in its modalities. The young Deputy Prosecutor on duty, that day of the Epiphany, will be Pietro Grasso, future Anti-Mafia Prosecutor and President of the Senate. The investigations will be continued by the Instructor Judge Giovanni Falcone, who will uncover dangerous relationships between the Mafia, Politics, Nar and neo-fascists, the Magliana gang, Gladio and Secret Services.

According to Interpol, over ten thousand refugees of minors without parental care are wandering today in Europe, half of which are on Italian roads. "Despite the Fog" is a movie story about one of them. In short: Ali-Musa Sarhan, a refugee whose parents drowned while traveling by rubber boat on the Italian coast in search of a better life, is accepted by family, husband and wife who have lost a child. They are trying to find solace in little Arab and a sort of replacement for their early deceased son, Mark. Valeria (Donatella Finokjaro) and Paolo (Giorgio Tirabasi) are increasingly confronted with resistance from the environment and their own family, who do not accept their decision to keep Muhammad - It is also a story of a world that is increasingly sinking into xenophobic fog.

The story of 11-year-old Silvia whose life at home is consumed by her mother’s clinical depression. When no one will take the time to fulfill her dream to visit Rome, she runs away, determined to see it for herself. On a train she meets a Roma girl, Emina, and begins following her through the streets of Rome to her gypsy camp.

Vigàta, Sicily, Italy, 1880. Shortly after the return to the village of Fofò La Matina, pharmacist and son of the late Santo La Matina, jealous guardian of the secrets of certain miraculous plants, the noble Peluso family is ravaged by a series of mysterious deaths…

In 1914, with Italy on the cusp of joining World War I, a commune of Scandinavian artists establishes itself on the rural island of Capri, a safe haven for dissidents and nonconformists from all over the world, like Russian exiles led by Maxim Gorky, preparing the upcoming revolution. Here, local shepherdess Lucia finds herself torn between Seybu, the charming leader of the commune, and Carlo, a young doctor.

In the northeast of Italy, the workers of a lingerie factory are about to be fired. Not far away, a handful of nuns, skilled in the art of embroidery and devoted to the Blessed Armida, risk being removed from their beloved convent. To oppose a destiny already marked, workers and nuns join forces and start a "business" outside the rules in the hopes that a miracle will help them keep the convent and the factory.

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.

Giorgio é um famoso jornalista que, junto com sua ex-esposa, cuida de seu filho adolescente, Tito. Este último tem uma relação conflituosa com o pai e prefere passar o tempo com os amigos, mas tudo muda quando ele conhece Alice.

After losing his farm during the floods of 1953, a romantic Dutch farmer is tired of getting his socks wet. He cycles to Italy and decides to grow tulips in the sweltering heat of Puglia.

In the late 1980s, Amedeo Letizia, a young 20 something Italian, leaves his hometown of Casal di Principe to pursue a career in acting in Rome. While he's making his debut, his younger brother Paolo is kidnapped by armed men. Amedeo comes back, this return being an infernal descent into his past and his region's contradictions.

Alessandro, um jovem de 22 anos com uma vida complicada, aceita um trabalho voluntário curioso: irá ser o cuidador de um senhor idoso de 85 anos, Giorgio, um antigo poeta hoje com a memória debilitada. Acompanhando o velho homem em suas caminhadas durante a tarde, os dois iniciam uma complexa jornada em busca de suas próprias emoções esquecidas.

Cagliari in the 1940s is a big city for those who come from a small village. Annetta arrives in the days befpre Italy enters WWII and the Allies begin bombing the city. She's a 25-year old woman, always dressed in black, solitary and quiet, typical of the beauty of those from the most sparse areas of Sardegna.

Lorenzo is a 35-year-old diver and an incurable Casanova. But one night, after having withdrawn with the beautiful Claudia, he comes across his little Matteo, the son of the woman. The presence of the child throws Lorenzo into a vortex of doubts and remorse that will lead the man to review his crushed sentimental conduct.

Lee is a world-weary American woman who arrives in an Italian city. Her tangles with hotel staff, incessant smoking and her disregard of the persistently ringing telephone hint at her volatility brewing beneath the surface. Between fitful naps, she wanders the streets, snapping pictures of refugees as if her camera were both weapon and olive branch. Struggling to confront her demons, Lee resolves to help a beautiful young woman in need.

The true story of Rocco Granata, an Italian coal miner's son who followed his passion for music against his father's wishes and social barriers.

For Valeria, her wedding day has arrived. Antonia spots the groom kissing a woman in an unmistakable loving manner and gifting her a jewel.

Ghosts from the past and the present inhabit the old neighborhood of San Berillo, in Catania. It is 1958: while brothels are being shut down all over Italy, San Berillo is razed to the ground and its inhabitants are deported to the suburbs. A piece of the neighborhood, however, remains intact and thousands of prostitutes from all over Italy find shelter there, creating one of the biggest red light districts in the Mediterranean. Until 2000, when a police raid forces the neighborhood's inhabitants to abandon their homes once again.

O longa é dividido em quatro segmentos. Em um deles, um casal americano (Woody Allen e Judy Davis) viajam para Roma para conhecer a família do noivo de sua filha. Outra história envolve Leopoldo (Roberto Benigni), um homem comum que é confundido com uma estrela de cinema. Um terceiro episódio retrata um arquiteto da Califórnia (Alec Baldwin) que visita a Itália com um grupo de amigos. Por último, temos dois jovens recém-casados que se perdem pelas confusas ruas de Roma.

A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island.

Trata-se de um falso documentário, dividido em seis episódios, sobre uma família natural de Bobbio. Se passa entre 1999 e 2008. Elena é uma garota de cinco anos que é levada para a cidade pela tia, uma vez que sua mãe, Sara, tenta alcançar o sucesso trabalhando como atriz em Milão. Seu tio Giorgio tem uma difícil relação com a irmã, considerando que ela não cuida da filha como deveria.

Roberto é um advogado jovem e ambicioso, que vai casar com Sara. Toda a sua vida é perfeitamente planejada mas durante uma expropriação que ele é o responsável, encontra-se Micol, uma mulher linda e provocante de uma pequena vila na Toscana. É aí que as coisas começam a ficar complicadas... Fabio, um apresentador famoso, foi o marido perfeito por 25 anos. Em uma noite, numa festa, ele conhece Eliana, uma 'femme fatale' cheia de surpresas. Este caso de uma noite revela-se mais do que ele esperava quando ela se recusa a deixá-lo... Adrian (De Niro)é um professor de história de arte americano que se mudou para Roma, depois de seu divórcio. Ele é amigo de Augusto, porteiro do prédio, cuja filha Viola (Monica Bellucci) está prestes a interromper sua existência pacífica e reacender seu fogo...

John Turturro goes back to the land of his ancestors.

Na Itália de 1930, Peppino viveu uma infância problemática. Quando ficou mais velho e viveu no período fascista, descobriu uma grande paixão pela política, entrando para o comunismo. Após a guerra, ele encontra um grande amor.

Collective film for the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with 30 directors each helming a segment about one of the 30 articles of the Declaration.

Um juiz volta para sua cidade natal na Itália após ter um amigo de longa data encontrado morto. Ele descobre que a mulher que amou no passado é agora a chefe da máfia local.

A pair of Italian filmmakers go to Rome to find a star for their first project.

Saro, a young Sicilian thug, that from jobs assigned by his godfather, won the favor of leaders of Cosa Nostra, becoming a "man of honor".

After witnessing the murder of their mother thirty years ago, a man and his sister struggle with challenges of their adult lives.

Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He's melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he meets a man who films weddings and is roped into helping film the wedding of the daughter of a severe and imperious prince. The wedding is one of convenience - the prince needs money, the groom is a mama's boy. Elica is attracted to the bride, Boda, and tries to convince her not to marry. No matter how outrageous his behavior, the prince keeps Elica on as the wedding director. As the wedding approaches, what's real blurs with Elica's imagination. Is he mad?

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

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly left by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by having multiple affairs with strangers.

Adelaide is a 40-year-old literature teacher married with children. One day, she learns about the murder of a wealthy and arrogant co-worker of hers, strangled in her own home. Adelaide meets Gaetano, the charming inspector dealing with the case and decides to help him in the investigation, much to her husband's chagrin.

On My Skin (Italian: Sulla mia pelle, also known as Upon My Skin) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Valerio Jalongo. It was screened in competition at the 2003 Turin Film Festival.

Um drama comovente após o desenvolvimento de um jovem siciliano, Ettore Corvaja, das décadas de 1950 a 1960. Ansioso para se tornar uma das figuras mais proeminentes da Itália, Ettore transforma seu sonho em realidade.

True story of an attractive Sicilian mob-wife who participates in her husband's drug-dealing business and falls for her husband's lackey.