This deeply nostalgic, operatic family drama represented a labor of love for its director, Pupi Avati (The Story of Boys and...
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2009
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2007
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Three aspiring moviemakers unexpectedly land a big break and their hometown comes out to celebrate in this warm comedy-drama....
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2007
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Italian director Pupi Avati contrasts his 2007 English-language thriller The Hideout with this sentimental, distinctively...
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2007
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Sandro Lanza
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2007
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Franco
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2004
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Gabriele Salvatores' kidnapping drama lo Non Ho Paura (I'm Not Scared) is about a boy dealing with issues he cannot quite...
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2003
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Directed by Marcello Cesena, Mari del Sud (Our Tropical Island) follows a dysfunctional family whose idea of concealing their...
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2002
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Directed by Gabriele Salvatores, Amnesia takes place in the Spanish island of Ibiza, where an odd mix of commercialism,...
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Sandro
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2002
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2001
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The insidious emergence of state-sanctioned anti-Semitism in Fascist Italy sets the stage for this historical drama. In 1938,...
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Umberto
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2001
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Francesco Calogero directs this crime thriller about erratic behavior brought on by a tedious, stressful job. Irascible Paolo...
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2000
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This Italian comedy takes an affectionate look at a motley group of free-lance photographers desperate to grab a good shot of...
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King
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1999
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Popular Italian comedian Neri Parenti directs this sketch-based movie about Italy's famously obsessive soccer fans. In one...
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1999
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This Italian road comedy gets a jump-start when unemployed Dominico (Silvio Orlando) robs a bank, taking businessman Tommaso...
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Screen Story, Screenwriter, Tommaso
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1998
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Matrimony is a drama about the complexity of relationships. On Christmas Eve, perfect housewife Giulia Francesca Neri is...
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Paolo
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1998
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A computer virus endows Solo (Diego Abatantuono), the hero of a virtual reality game, with human consciousness, thereby...
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Solo
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1997
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In a northern Italian province, townspeople prepare for the wedding of wealthy, balding businessman Edgardo...
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Angelo Beliossi
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1997
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Writer-director Stefano Reali adapted his play Operations (staged in the UK by Alan Ayckbourn) for this comedy-drama....
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Screenwriter
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1997
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In this sexy comedy, four modern couples try to sort through the hubub of their lives and make time for making love. The...
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1997
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Popular comic actor Diego Abatantuono headlines this lively comedy that follows the adventures of a small-town barber from...
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1996
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Four hard-working, under-appreciated waiters must deal with the rude, demanding middle-class at a wedding anniversary in...
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1995
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In this quirky comedy, a farmer living in a remote, primitive Mexican village finds a downed plane and assumes the fine,...
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1995
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This feel-good movie, which offers American audiences spectacular views of Central European landscapes, uses gentle humor to...
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Franco
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1994
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1993
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Mario (Diego Abatantuono) is a gentle soul living in a big Italian city. He works as a bank teller. When his bank is robbed...
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Mario
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1993
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This biographical drama is an attempt to tell the story of the life of St. Joseph (Diego Abatantuono), the father-figure of...
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Joseph
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1993
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In the 1950s, a big stir was made by a book (and its corresponding movie) called The Ugly American. Its subject was the...
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Fulvio Colombo
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1993
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Gabriele Salvatores' antiwar story Mediterraneo is set during World War II on a seemingly deserted island in the middle of...
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Nicola Lorusso
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1992
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Dario (Diego Abatantuono) is a lively, loyal friend, and a good trouper who can recover cheerfully from even the worst...
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Dario
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1990
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When Teresa (Cristina Marsillach), an old school chum from ten years before, shows up at his house, Marco...
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Ponchia
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1989
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Ferroccio Ferri (Paolo Rossi) is a quiz-show champion who is an expert on camels in this offbeat comedy. He is eligible for...
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Camillo
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1988
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1988
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Dario (Diego Abantantuono) is a psychologist who is in no hurry to marry his schoolteacher paramour Maria (Lina Sastri) in...
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Darioo
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1988
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In this uneven drama, Walter Ferrari (Ugo Tognazzi) is an Italian soccer coach fired on the eve of the playoffs by club...
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Duccio
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1987
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Like many uninsightful fathers, Nicola is very ambitious and hardworking and perceives himself to be a failure. He has...
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Nicola
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1987
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The relationships between five men who play cards far into the night on Christmas Eve are the focus of this psychological...
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Franco
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1986
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Wizard
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1982
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This take-off on the soccer mania that is a part of Italian life centers on the comic presence of its star Diego Abatantuono...
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Screenwriter, Tirzan
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1982
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The dialogue and content in this film about gangs and their internal turmoil are geared to a young, teenage audience. The...
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Felice
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1981
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In this light comedy based on a play by Aldo de Benedetti from the 1950s, Princess Lucia (Monica Vitti) is miffed that her...
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Diego
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1981
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1980
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