Violante Placido

In her early forties, Sofia lives in the mountains, isolated from the world, a place where even basic Internet technology seems to be an unknown entity. She runs an old farmhouse, located at the highest point outside the village, an age-old structure that she has converted into a holiday farm, whilst taking tending to her cows, her curative herbs and producing special milk used for the making top-quality Parmesan. One day, a foreigner from a well-known telecommunications company shows up. He considers that particular location the ideal spot to erect a cellphone repeater, a tower that will bring progress not only to Sofia, but to the whole area… How can ancient customs, peaceful silence and recipes coexist with the inevitable approach of new technologies which can improve our lives?

Aurelio inherited the wedding-planner trade from his father: he runs the family business, "The Most Beautiful Day," and all his life he has sacrificed his dreams in the name of a mission: to give happiness. Today, however, complicit with the crisis and a divorce behind him, he feels the need for a radical change. He is in love with Serena, an associate of his, and with her he dreams of starting a new life, dropping everything to sail the oceans. Before he can taste freedom, however, Aurelio must resolve two no small matters: selling "The Most Beautiful Day" and convincing Serena to divorce Giorgio, who has been Aurelio's fraternal friend since high school.

Federica locked herself in her bedroom because vulgar text messages keep coming to her.

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.

Alessandro é um viúvo de quarenta anos que vive com seu filho Giacomo. Para perturbar sua existência em constante mudança, dividida entre seu filho adolescente e o hospital, será o telefonema de seu amigo Gigi do Brasil. Gigi tem um grande favor a pedir a Alessandro e as apostas são altas: é uma herança milionária, que ninguém pode se dar ao luxo de perder.

Diego is a successful entrepreneur. Rich and not caring for the good of others, no scruples to belittle the next. His attitude turns against him when he forgets in his airport bathroom his latest-generation mobile phone with social profiles, contacts and credit cards.

Women in a failing silk factory, fight to find a way to keep their jobs.

When police is about to apprehend a famous gang of bank robbers, an elite sniper opens fire from a roof, thus facilitating the flee of his accomplices. However, one of them is seriously injured, which compromises the plans of the thieves.

Depois de um período recluso na Europa, Johnny Blaze embarca em uma nova missão para se livrar da maldição de ser um motoqueiro fantasma. Desta vez, ele precisa impedir que o próprio demônio encarnado sequestre um garoto de dez anos que pode ser a única esperança da humanidade contra as trevas.

Uma missão na Suécia acaba mal e o assassino Jack se muda para o interior da Itália para se manter anônimo. Jack acaba fazendo amizade com um padre local e tem um romance ardente com uma linda mulher. Mas sair do anonimato pode ser um erro fatal para ele.

The life story of Italian iconic pornographic actress Moana Pozzi. The actress Ilona Staller sued the production of the film for the unauthorized use of the character "Cicciolina", of which she owned the rights.

O pobre, bondoso e solitário carpinteiro Gepetto esculpe um boneco e o chama de Pinóquio. Para sua alegria, a fada azul dá vida ao menino de madeira e transforma a vida do bom velho. Cabe a um grilo falante orientar Pinóquio a viver os valores que seu pai ensina, mas mesmo assim o garoto de coração de madeira insiste em mentir e se meter em confusões.

Barah Aana is a comedy of real life set in today's Mumbai. The story revolves around three unlikely friends: a driver (Naseeruddin Shah), a watchman (Vijay Raaz) and a waiter (Arjun Mathur). The driver is an older man, stoic but dependable. The watchman, in his 30's, is a pushover at work but otherwise mischievous. The waiter is a young, swaggering chap, brimming with ambition. Living together, their different attitudes make for an interesting banter.At some point, misfortune befalls the watchman, and due to a series of chance events, he stumbles into a crime. Striking upon a seemingly low-risk way to make good money, and discovering a new sense of self-confidence, he tries to entice the others to join him in a series of such crimes. Cat and mouse games ensue between the three as personalities change, but events soon spiral out of control, leading them in a direction that none of them had ever wanted to take...

Mattia, a building contractor on a promising career path, is about to close the biggest deal of his professional life, when his illegally-hired worker Kamal falls off some scaffolding, suffers a severe break and threatens to sue and press charges against Mattia unless... Unless Mattia takes his place in an advanced course for pastry makers! This is the reason Kamal came to Italy from his native Egypt and that will allow him to realize his dream of opening his own pastry shop... Mattia has no choice but to take Kamal’s place in the school and pretend to be him. Among laughs and mouth-watering recipes, Mattia will discover a way to bring his and Kamal's disparate cultures together.

O Eurochannel convida-os a rirem e refletirem sobre uma história que retrata um mundo microscópico, que prova que a vida vale sempre a pena ser vivida. Venham e percebam a razão, apesar dos problemas e sofrimentos, de existir alegria e desejo de ver o novo raiar do dia!

Leo and Nina lived happily out of wedlock until one day Nina asked Leo to marry him. Leo, hostile to conformity, had always been opposed to the idea and it looked as though Nina as well. But giving in to his companion's insistence, the young man agrees to an unconventional wedding, without the expensive white gown, without the traditional candy box, with gifts to charities instead of wedding presents, the lot. Nina agrees … or seems to.

Are there two versions of The Mona Lisa? Is the Mona Lisa the world knows so well the original version? Or had Leonardo da Vinci painted an earlier version of the iconic portrait?

O genial cineasta Orson Welles está em Roma para trabalhar como ator. Endeusado por todos, ele é um homem em crise, que acaba de terminar o casamento com Rita Hayworth. Apaixonado por histórias de suspense, Welles ouve a última palavra de um intérprete que acaba de ser assassinado: Nero. Acompanhado de seu motorista Tommaso, o diretor de “Cidadão Kane” começa a investigar aquela morte. Nas ruas, vielas e lugares muito perigosos da capital da Itália, os dois nem desconfiam que perigo que estão correndo. Querem descobrir quem é o assassino.

Aos 18 anos, o jovem polonês Karol Wojtyla (Piotr Adamczyk) dedicava-se aos estudos e ao desejo de ser ator e escritor. Mas quando as consequências da Segunda Guerra Mundial passam a assombrar seu país, com a invasão das tropas nazistas, Karol presencia os horrores de um povo cruelmente perseguido e destruído. Diante de tanta dor, decide se tornar padre e ajudar àqueles que precisam. Tem início sua jornada rumo à devoção e à esperança. Wojtyla disseminou palavras de fé, de paz e de liberdade, distribuindo amor entre os desenganados. Com a chegada do Comunismo, combateu o regime totalitarista corajosamente, convencido de que, mesmo ameaçado, tinha o dever de fazer algo em prol da humanidade. Wojtyla foi o escolhido. Aceitou seu destino e tornou-se o Papa João Paulo II, o mais querido e popular de todos os tempos, e que esteve determinado até o fim a amenizar os sofrimentos e as angústias do homem.

A doctor's life takes a mysterious turn when his ambulance plunges into a river.

A coming-of-age tale about three 18-year-olds just out of high school who go to a Greek island following one of the boys' older girlfriend.

USA, 1951. When a group of Italian immigrants suspected to have connections with the Mafia are sent back to Italy with the brand of "undesirable", a journalist decide to inquire about the story.

2001. David, a university student about to graduate, gets involved in the anti-globalization movement after falling for activist Viola in the months preceding the fateful events of the G8 summit in Genoa.

In a small Southern Italian village, young Tonino is engaged to Teresa, but secretly loves her cousin Maddalena—who reciprocates. After discovering it, Teresa seeks revenge and vows to divide them.

Having recently earned his college degree, Lorenzo Primavera (Eddie Malavarca) leaves his home in Boston to travel to his family's ancestral homeland in Italy -- as was requested by his late grandfather. Upon arriving, Lorenzo is offered a short-term position as coach for an American-style football team by the team's manager, Giulio Fellini (Maurizio Nichetti). As the young American immerses himself in his new duties, he makes the acquaintance of Paola Angelini (Violante Placido) and the two begin a friendship that quickly blossoms into something more. In between spending time with Paola and working with the team, Lorenzo also begins investigating his own family's history and learns the reason for his grandfather's departure from Italy, as well as why his grandfather never returned to visit. As Lorenzo begins to forge an identity for himself in Italy -- not to mention strong romantic attachments to Paola -- he must eventually decide whether or not to return to the States.

In Genoa, Anna Merisi, the wife of the unconventional professor of the local university Paolo Merisi, decides to hire a babysitter for their son because she wants to work again to help to pay for their bills. Meanwhile, the deranged Caterina, who has just left a clinic, gets the Merisi family address and lies telling that she was sent by the agency. When Paolo sees her, he recalls that Caterina was his former student and they had an affair two years ago, but his wife is very connected to Caterina and he has no chance to fire her. When Caterina jeopardizes his marriage and his family, Paolo discloses his past to Anna. But Caterina does not want to give up on Paolo.

Sandra has a great passions, volleyball, and her boyfriend is also a volleyball player. She is transferred to a religious boarding school in order to improve her grades, but she struggles in her new surroundings, but specially misses playing volleyball

Alex, a high-school boy fond of rock and punk music, falls in love with Adelaide, who shares his feelings but doesn't want to get too involved because she will soon leave for studying in America. Alex gets relief in music and his friend Martino who leads what looks to him as a more complete life.

Francesco is an entrepreneur in the building industry. His company is near to collapse if it doesn't win a deal to build a new school complex. It needs at least 60 million liras to participate to the deal, but all the banks refuse to lend the money. A corrupt bank employee introduces him to Claudio, apparently an assistant of Sergio, Francesco's old school friend. Sergio is an accountant available to lend Francesco the money he needs. Francesco wins the deal, but soon he discovers that Claudio is not what he says.