Toni Bertorelli

Церковные иерархи устраивают судилище в монастыре Боббио, обвиняя сестру Бенедетту в том, что она соблазнила священника Фабрицио, после чего он покончил с собой. Такое преступление могла совершить только ведьма. Требуя от девушки признания в сатанинских кознях и раскаяния, ее мучители используют самые изощренные пытки огнем и водой. Свидетелем ужасных издевательств становится Федерико, приехавший в монастырь брат-близнец самоубийцы. Он тоже считает Бенедетту преступницей, но и сам становится жертвой ее чар… Так начинается история проклятого монастыря, отголоски которой дойдут до наших дней…

The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.

Ettore attempts to end his life every day by driving his three-wheeler into a steep ditch, but lacks the courage each time. His ten-year old nephew, Luca, catches on and helps him find a reason to go on.

Биография австрийской актрисы Роми Шнайдер.

Волшебная сказка Карло Коллоди, знакомая с детства, снова возвращается на экран. Заботливо вырезанный мастером Джапетто из полена, деревянный мальчик Пиноккио оживает… и начинается захватывающая история! Злодеи, воры, феи, говорящий сверчок — чего только не будет в этой сказке! А непоседливый Пиноккио все-таки станет послужным и правдивым мальчиком — но только после невероятных приключений!

After learning the identity of the man who killed her husband, a young widow struggles with whether to forgive the killer or avenge her husband's death

A skewering of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Италия, неспокойные 70-е годы. Трое отчаянных парней — Ливанец, Лёд и Денди — клянутся поставить Рим на колени, став теми, о ком говорят со страхом и почтением. Дерзкие похищения, заказные убийства и наркоторговля — мрачное ремесло криминального трио, которому суждено создать самую опасную банду в стране. Капитан полиции Скьялоджа знает, что жестокие романтики вскоре превратятся в кровожадных волков, и он готов идти по их следу до конца. Когда лихие гангстеры становятся верными друзьями мафии, спецслужб и террористов, бесстрашный следователь понимает: перед ним — грозные враги, для которых мрачная честь и кровавая слава дороже собственной жизни…

Born in Spain in 1492 at the time all Jews and Muslims were ordered out of the country, Joshua (Leonardo Cesare Abude) is declared the next messiah by an elder. Eventually settling in Italy with his family, Joshua grows into a man and becomes fascinated with Catholicism, much to the dismay of local religious leaders. Pasquale Scimeca's religious drama exploring the nature of prejudice and intolerance also stars Anna Bonaiuto and Toni Bertorelli.

The film is loosely based on real life events of Marianna de Leyva, better known as "The Nun of Monza," whose story was made famous by the Alessandro Manzoni's novel The Betrothed.

Попытка детально воссоздать последние двенадцать часов из жизни Иисуса Христа. Действие начинается в Гефсиманском саду, куда Иисус пришел помолиться после тайной вечери. Иисус сопротивляется искушениям, которым подвергает его сатана. Преданный Иудой Искариотом, Иисус арестован.

Loose adaptation of Italy's national epic, Alessandro Manzoni's “The Betrothed”. In war-torn 17th century Italy, shady feudal lord Don Rodrigo eyes young and beautiful Lucia, who loves—and is reciprocated by—commoner Renzo. The two lovers plan to marry in secret, but Rodrigo discovers it and they are forced to flee their village, becoming separated and each facing many dangers, includine the Plague.

Фильм основан на реальной истории 72 еврейских детей, скрывающихся от нацистского преследования, жизни которых были спасены экстраординарной храбростью обычных граждан...

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.

War and love. tears and laughter, the worst and the best that can happen to someone - in brief, life, in Rome, ruled by the Nazis, in 1943. The man in question is called Vittorio, Vittorio De Sica. Easy to speak well of him now, but then he was just a 'comedian', an actor without future, protégé of no-one: someone who could count only on himself and his own imagination. And, one day, a German patrol turns up on the movie set where he is working. They are looking for him, find him and take him away, to their commander who wants a word with him. Goebbels in person has written to him, sending him a request which is an order. De Sica is trapped, but...

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal's assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur in Rome, who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a hope that's been in his detached existence.

After the 8th September 1943 north of Italy is occupied by Germans. Italian army collapsed and the soldiers are escaped to the mountains trying to set up a resistance. Many civilians did the same and Johnny, an English literature student, is among them. Johnny avoids to band together the red partisans (communists) and tries to be part of the azure bands (former regular soldiers). But in both cases he is deluded by the partisan bands and discovers that the partisan war is less poetic and genuine that he thought. At one point anyway the partisans free Alba from Germans. When the city falls again in German hands Johnny escape with Ettore and Pierre. But, one after another, German army and Italian fascists captures the partisans and Johnny will pass the winter alone and isolated. He then finds the way to participate to one of the last attack to occupants, in fact the war will be over two months later.

Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.

Two deadbeat friends see the opportunity of turning their fortune around after they come into possession of a precious stolen relic, the tongue of St. Anthony of Padua.

At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly. So, unannounced, David leaves Turin for his uncle's farm in Polesine. Here he learns many life lessons over the course of a summer while hanging out with Bosnian drug dealer Alem and Patrizia, an older woman who's an addict.

The film chronicles the melancholy journey of two celebrity look-alikes chasing their dream of la dolce vita in Italy. Romanian Marilyn Monroe impersonator Ileana and Bulgarian Elvis double Nicolaj win a look-alike contest in Bucharest in which the prize is a summer engagement in a nightclub on Italy's Adriatic coast. The two strangers take off together, communicating in the broken Italian they picked up from TV. When a bureaucratic hitch with Ileana's passport cuts them off at the airport, they cross the border illegally by car, travelling through a part of Yugoslavia devastated by war. They accept hospitality at a military outpost, but the suicide of a colonel there casts suspicion on Ileana. Beaten and afraid, they continue their odyssey across the harsh sunless no-man's-land gradually scarring them both and clouding their hopes. They finally reach Italy, but all is not as promised.

Герой, молодой самоуверенный генерал, отправляется со своей кавалерией в битву, игнорируя приказы руководства. Несмотря на победу, трибунал приговаривает его к смертной казни. Оказавшись перед лицом смерти, принц Фридрих Артур фон Гомбург поначалу решает любой ценой бороться за свое спасение, забыв о подобающей герою гордости. Но единственный выход из сложившейся ситуации позорит благородное имя принца, и его начинают одолевать сомнения...

1975: poet, intellectual, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini is bludgeoned to death and run over with his own car in the outskirts of Rome. Charged with murder, 17-year-old hustler Pino Pelosi pleads self-defense -- after all, Pasolini was a well-known pederast. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his version of events, pointing to him not having acted alone or even being assaulted in the first place. Was Pasolini also murdered for another reason?

Андрэа, штатный пианист ночного клуба, влюбляется в Риму - девицу с весьма тёмным прошлым. Пытаясь ей помочь, он соглашается на ограбление, в результате которого Рима убивает охранника и исчезает. По ходу расследования подозрение падает на мужчину, внешне похожего на Андрэа и он вынужден покинуть город. Вернувшись через много лет женатым профессиональным музыкантом, ему придётся снова встретиться с Римой...

Naples, 1959. Pure Mathematics professor Renato Caccioppoli, Bakunin's grandson, is a tortured soul. Recently discharged from the psychiatric hospital, left by his wife, and increasingly disillusioned with academia and the Communist Party, he lives his last days with painful detachment.

Based on 1925 Bulgakov's The Fatal Eggs, a zoologist finds a way to accelerate embryo growth in chicken eggs to help feed the population after the war. An unfortunate logistical accident makes the country swarmed with dangerous reptiles.

A war film based on the novel "Journey into the Vertigo" by Evgenija Solomonovna Ginzburg