, 1h35 GenresDrama, Comedy ActorsPaola Cortellesi, Raoul Bova, Rocco Papaleo, Anna Foglietta, Valerio Mastandrea, Awa Ly Roles Bompadre Rating61% Alice is a beautiful girl from southern Italy who earns a living as an escort, as the economic condition of his family very poor. His family does not see anything wrong in the activity of Alce, indeed: the members do everything they can to earn more money to Alice, putting she in contact with wealthy clients. One day, however, Alice falls in love with Giulio, modest computer salesman. Soon the girl realizes that she can not continue his work, at the same time trying to keep her relationship with Giulio, who wants clear answers.
, 2h5 Directed bySergio Castellitto GenresDrama, Romance ActorsPenélope Cruz, Sergio Castellitto, Claudia Gerini, Marco Giallini, Angela Finocchiaro, Gianni Musy Roles Alfredo Rating69% Timoteo (Sergio Castellitto), a surgeon, gets the shocking news that his fifteen-year-old daughter Angela (Elena Perino) has been seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. As she is operated upon, Timoteo looks out of a window to see (or imagines seeing) a woman, her back facing him, proceeding to sit down on a chair in the rain outside. He notices her prominent red heels and turns away in disbelief, indicating he was familiar with them. His subsequent reminiscences about an old affair comprise the remainder of the film.
, 1h43 Directed byMarco Bellocchio OriginItalie GenresDrama, Comedy-drama ActorsSergio Castellitto, Piera Degli Esposti, Chiara Conti, Gigio Alberti, Maurizio Donadoni, Pietro De Silva Roles Curzio Sandali Rating69% Ernesto Picciafuoco, painter and illustrator of children's tales, is a part of a very important but impoverished family, which wants to regain its stature through a Holy Family. The late mother of the protagonist seems to be the only true religious person in the weak and stupid family. Two of the young rebels are now in the 40s and are completely detached from the hypocrisy of religion. One of them pretends to be very religious, to get back his job. The other, the protagonist, is uncertain, beset by moral doubts, mainly because of his young son who could learn the hypocrisy from him.
, 1h39 Directed byFrères Taviani OriginItalie GenresDrama ActorsAntonio Albanese, Giuseppe Cederna, Sabrina Ferilli, Luca Zingaretti, Lello Arena, Turi Ferro Roles Collega di Felice Rating66% Jeune baryton plein d'avenir, Felice Tespini fit ses adieux à la scène, à la suite d'un chagrin d'amour... Il est aujourd'hui comptable au Teatro dell'Opera et sa tristesse semble infinie. Pourtant, chaque nuit, lors de son sommeil, il rit aux éclats, provoquant la colère et la jalousie de son épouse. Incapable de se souvenir du moindre de ses songes, il ne peut comprendre les raisons de ce bonheur. Mais, un jour, au cours d'une sieste sous un arbre, il est brusquement interrompu et son rêve se précise... (Felice)
, 1h56 Directed byRoberto Benigni OriginItalie GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ThemesFilms about children, Films about families, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism ActorsRoberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi, Giorgio Cantarini, Giustino Durano, Horst Buchholz, Pietro De Silva Roles Bartolomeo Rating85% In 1939 Italy, Guido Orefice is a young Jewish man who is leaving his old life and going to work in the city where his uncle lives. Guido is comical and sharp, making the best from each situation he encounters. From the start he falls in love with a girl Dora. Later he sees her again in the city where she is a teacher. Dora is set to be engaged to a rich but arrogant man. He is a local government official with whom Guido has run-ins from the beginning. Guido is still in love with Dora and performs many stunts in order to see her. Guido sets up many "coincidental" incidents to show his interest. Finally Dora sees Guido's affection and promise and gives in against her better judgement. He steals her from her engagement party on a horse, humiliating her fiancé and mother. Soon they are married and have a son, Giosuè.
, 1h42 Directed byRené Manzor OriginFrance GenresFantastic, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Romance ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Witches in film ActorsGil Bellows, Vanessa Paradis, Jeanne Moreau, Jean Reno, Dabney Coleman, Katrine Boorman Roles Client italian Rating51% Morgane descends from a long line of witches. Her son Arthur has an innate gift for witchcraft. Yet Morgane wants him to become a normal human being without supernatural powers. There is only one way to achieve that. She needs to carry out an ancient ritual which requires the presence of a person who was born under a very specific constellation. The US-American inventor Michael meets all requirements. Morgane takes him to her family's castle in France. Meanwhile the evil sorcerer Molok has a different plan . He kidnaps Arthur and tries to make him his successor.
, 1h44 Directed bySergio Citti GenresComedy ActorsRoberto Benigni, Franco Citti, Ninetto Davoli, Daria Nicolodi, Olimpia Carlisi, Giorgio Gaber Roles Autista Rating71% Francis and John are two tramps on the outskirts of Rome, forced to rummage through the trash forever in search of food. They meet and make friends and through a misunderstanding are arrested. They are locked up in the security cell of the police station with The Maestro, a poor but well-dressed specialist in running away from the restaurants, taverns and eateries of Rome after having gorged without paying. Upon release, the three come together late in the evening and go to a restaurant where, at the end of a memorable binge (tagliatelle, tripe with tomato sauce, oxtail, asparagus, mozzarella with tomatoes, lamb with potatoes), and concoct a clever ruse to escape and cheat the owner Attilio. In running away, they fall into a cold and smelly mud puddle and take refuge in a cattle car to dry off and warm up. They fall asleep and wake to find themselves in a small town in Tuscany, and then begin to wander in the countryside of Poggibonsi (Siena). They try to scrounge food from the old woman Beatrice, but she does not even know how to feed the seven children living with her, and she is forced to sacrifice his old turtle. By and by they come across a restaurant owned by two hunters, who are in the habit of serving the customers only after enjoying their own comfortable meal and who keep their waiter chained up like a dog. The three friends release the waiter and decide to leave the restaurant without eating, sensing the danger of being caught and shot. After further wanderings, they are nearly lynched by a group of laborers after being caught eating the temporarily unguarded soup at the laborers' table. Left tied up while the mob goes off for a while, they are freed by the waiter who they had recently saved, who joins them. The waiter leads them to an old inn but when they arrive they are dismayed to learn that it has been turned into a funeral home.