Italy Box Office 2009
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- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsChristian De SicaMichelle HunzikerSabrina FerilliBroke gigolo Carlo descends on his former lover's unsuspecting family, and scheming Rocco tries to break up his old rival Marcello's wedding.
- DirectorGennaro NunzianteStarsChecco ZaloneGiulia MicheliniDino AbbresciaA Southern Italian singer moves to Milan to have more chances with his career, bringing a little bit of the South with him.
- DirectorLeonardo PieraccioniStarsLeonardo PieraccioniSuzie KennedyBarbara TabitaGualtiero Marchesi is a divorced man that works in a circus. Along with some companions of the circus, Gualtiero decides to revive Marilyn Monroe through a seance. Gualtiero decided with the heart, so Marilyn appears only in his eyes.
- DirectorGiovanni VeronesiStarsSergio CastellittoRiccardo ScamarcioRemo GironeFortunato is a trucker who specializes in the transport of luxury vehicles, especially Ferraris, in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf countries. Tired of a life away from home and in the process of retiring, he accompanies his successor, the young Marcello, for his last trip in Dubai.
- DirectorFausto BrizziStarsClaudia GeriniFlavio InsinnaSilvio OrlandoCouples in trouble cross paths in this bittersweet comedy.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsFrancesco SciannaMargareth MadèLina SastriBaaria is Sicilian slang for Bagheria where Tornatore was born and this is an autobiographic epic of three generations in the Sicilian village where he was born.
- DirectorGiambattista AvellinoSalvatore FicarraValentino PiconeStarsSalvatore FicarraValentino PiconeAnna SafroncikTwo cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsGiovanna MezzogiornoFilippo TimiFausto Russo AlesiThe story of Mussolini's secret lover, Ida Dalser, and their son Albino.
- DirectorCarlo VanzinaStarsEnrico BrignanoCarlo BuccirossoBiagio IzzoAs fun-seeking tourists converge on the beautiful Caribbean island of Antigua, several interconnected stories merge into one.
- DirectorRiccardo DonnaStarsEmanuele BosiMaria P. PetruoloDaniela GiordanoFrom the album of the same name by Claudio Baglioni the film tells the love story of two teenagers during the legendary seventies. A story so overwhelming as to compel the world to retreat, to step aside. Andrea and Giulia come from two different worlds, have different friends, and two different lives who call them strongly in opposite directions. Will they keep their love alive in spite of everything?
- DirectorFederico MocciaStarsVeronica OlivierBeatrice FlamminiFlavia RobertoCaro and her teen girlfriends fantasize all things love. But not all is butterflies and farytales.
- DirectorUmberto Riccioni CarteniStarsLuca ArgenteroClaudia GeriniFilippo NigroWhat happens when an openly gay man decides to run for mayor in a super conservative town in North Eastern Italy, using his homosexuality as his secret weapon? What would happen if during the electoral campaign, our hero falls in love with his right hand man who happens to be a - woman? What will the voters say, the political opponents, his official companion? And what..in the end will his heart say?
- DirectorPupi AvatiStarsDiego AbatantuonoLaura ChiattiFabio De LuigiBologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for Al, the neighborhood's most glamorous and mysterious resident. Having been taken under Al's wing, Taddeo gets to witness the adventures of Bep, who is in love with Marcella the entraineuse; the trials and tribulations of Gian, an aspiring singer and the victim of a horrible practical joke; the crazy behavior of Manuelo, a small-time robber with a sex phobia; the meanness of Zanchi, inventor of the elastic necktie; and the bizarre manias of Sarti, a ballroom dancing champion who wears his tux day and night. And Taddeo's home life is no less out of the ordinary, considering his mother is being led on by the family physician while his grandfather has fallen head over heels for a well-built piano teacher.
- DirectorMichele PlacidoStarsRiccardo ScamarcioJasmine TrincaLuca ArgenteroItalian Revolution, 1968. Police officer Nicolas, wants to become an actor. He goes out in plain clothes and meets Laura who is among the students who are against the government and the Vietnam War and who seek sexual freedom. One day, his identity gets exposed and she leaves him.
- DirectorFrancesca ArchibugiStarsAntonio AlbaneseKim Rossi StuartMicaela RamazzottiTwo men strike up a close friendship after suffering a heart attack.
- DirectorEnrico OldoiniStarsDiego AbatantuonoCarlo BuccirossoSabrina FerilliDivided into 16 separate parts, the film analyses and parodies the vices, weaknesses and fears of contemporary Italy.
- DirectorRoberto BurchielliStarsRaoul BovaLuca AngelettiSimonetta Solder"Sbirri", Italian slang for the police, is the story of a well-known TV journalist who after the death of his son through ecstasy, decides to follow the drug squad in their fight against drug trafficking in Milan. The film takes us on his "real" journey in the world of drugs and his desperate search to find a valid reason, someone to blame for his son's pointless death and at the same time, for his sense of inadequacy as a parent. It's a journey in this incredible underworld where people from all social classes and thousands of young people are being constantly entrapped and where unknown heroes every day put their lives at risk in their battle against crime. All that is shown in the film is true.
- DirectorSergio RubiniStarsSergio RubiniValeria GolinoRiccardo ScamarcioGabriele Rossetti returns to southern Italy to say a last farewell to his father, a former stationmaster in a small town not far from Bari. The old man reawakens in him memories of his childhood, of his loving and beautiful mother and fun-seeking uncle, his friends, but also of his father's irascibility and exasperation over his thwarted attempts to realize his artistic ambitions. Ernesto was convinced he was destined to become a famous painter and was willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of his beloved masters and for his belief in his own talent, even his own pride - and this his son cannot accept, determined that he won't turn out like his father. It is only now that, years later, through chance and circumstances, Gabriele begins to understand Ernesto and to see what sort of person his father really was.
- DirectorGiorgio DirittiStarsGreta Zuccheri MontanariClaudio CasadioAlba RohrwacherIn the winter of 1943 a young girl named Martina stays silent following the death of her brother several years before. Her mother's pregnancy gives her hope, but as her brother is born the Nazis begin rounding up civilians.
- DirectorEnzo MonteleoneStarsMargherita BuyIsabella FerrariMarina MassironiEvery Thursday a group of ladies would gather to play cards and discuss their loves, lives and children while their daughters played in the next room. Thirty years later, the daughters meet at a funeral for one of the mothers. Like their mothers, they discuss their hopes, dreams and fears.
- DirectorGiuseppe CapotondiStarsKseniya RappoportFilippo TimiAntonia TruppoA chambermaid and an ex-cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a dark turn.
- DirectorMassimo VenierStarsAlessandro TiberiValentina LodoviniCarolina CrescentiniIn Milan, Matteo is an underemployed physicist, giving the occasional lecture at a university while working at a PR firm where he knows he'll be fired. Without his really trying, two women are attracted to him, a blond and a brunette. The blond is Angelica; they meet smoking on the office rooftop. To his surprise, she has clout in the company and soon has him flying off (with her) to make presentations. The brunette is Beatrice, a new flatmate, hoping for a teaching job in the national service. Angelica dangles a posting with her in Barcelona; Beatrice is simply Beatrice. Will Matteo figure out what he wants - and decide before opportunity passes him by?
- DirectorRenato De MariaStarsRiccardo ScamarcioGiovanna MezzogiornoFabrizio RongioneAn Italian man looks back from his jail cell on his youthful exploits as a political extremist with understanding, candour and remorse.
- DirectorFrancesca ComenciniStarsMargherita BuyGaetano BrunoGiovanni LudenoAn unexpected pregnancy and premature birth become a burden that Maria is unprepared for. Lacking control over events for the first time in her life, she retreats into an emotional space where she is alone, until the day arrives when she must learn to live again for her vulnerable child.
- DirectorRenzo MartinelliStarsRutger HauerRaz DeganF. Murray AbrahamGerman Emperor Barbarossa will stop at nothing to conquer and build his empire. But a young man from Milan, along with his army of 900 men known as the Company of Death, is prepared to challenge the Emperor.
- DirectorGiuseppe PiccioniStarsValerio MastandreaValeria GolinoSonia BergamascoA young writer strikes up a relationship with his daughter's swimming instructor.
- DirectorStefano BessoniStarsAlberto AmarillaOona ChaplinLeticia DoleraA series of strange murders take place in an European school of cinema and nobody, except the professors, seems to understand what's happening.
- DirectorDonatella MaiorcaStarsValeria SolarinoIsabella RagoneseEnnio FantastichiniNothing - not her father, not the church - can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend and great love, Sara in a 19th century Italian village.
- DirectorRoberto FaenzaStarsClaudio SantamariaIain GlenLaura ChiattiIn contemporary Prague a young musician is obsessed by jealousy for his beautiful girlfriend Klara. He engages a private detective to spy on Klara but this starts an uncontrollable series of accidents, misunderstandings and traps culminating in an unusual Venice.