De Italia con Amore
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- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiPaolo BonacelliA kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob.
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsLicia MagliettaBruno GanzGiuseppe BattistonAfter being forgotten in a highway café during a bus trip, a housewife decides to start a new life by herself in Venice.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsChristian De SicaPasquale PetroloClaudio GregoriLove at first sight.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsChristian De SicaMichelle HunzikerFabio De LuigiFabio Speranza (Fabio de Luigi) has always been in love with his colleague Linda Vita (Michelle Hunziker) but in four years she has never noticed him despite his attempts. Finally one message seems to get through, but she believes it's from her boyfriend (Paolo Conticini), which creates a series of misunderstandings. Paolo Berni (Christian De Sica) and Mario Patani (Massimo Ghini), both divorced, have organized a luxurious vacation in Rio de Janeiro for the Christmas holidays, unaware that their sons Piero (Ludovico Fremont) and Marco (Emanuele Propizio) have booked a cut-price trip to the same destination. ho trip for the same low-cost destination. A problem of homonymy between fathers and sons gets the two vacation packages switched, and while the sons enjoy luxurious villas, the fathers understand that there was a mistake and try to figure out how to regain possession of their holiday.
- DirectorFausto BrizziStarsFabio De LuigiClaudia GeriniFilippo TimiA middle ege couple find back its passion thanks to the help of a friend, who works as successful pornostar in Hollywood.
- DirectorGianni Di GregorioStarsValeria De FranciscisMarina CacciottiMaria CalìBroke, and armed with only a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni lives with his mother in their old apartment. The debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother during the Ferragosto, all will be forgiven.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsMassimo BoldiChristian De SicaMassimo GhiniOn the eve of the Christmas vacations, Ranuccio, Giorgio and Paolo Ranuccio'son, , share a blow from fate: all three are left by their respective wives and partners; and all three fall into the same deep depression.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsChristian De SicaMassimo BoldiDanny DeVitoA middle-aged man's relationship with a young model is questioned by his daughter, who's dating an older man herself.
- DirectorRoberto BenigniStarsRoberto BenigniNicoletta BraschiGiorgio CantariniWhen an open-minded Jewish waiter and his son become victims of the Holocaust, he uses a perfect mixture of will, humor and imagination to protect his son from the dangers around their camp.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsPhilippe NoiretEnzo CannavaleAntonella AttiliA filmmaker recalls his childhood when falling in love with the pictures at the cinema of his home village and forms a deep friendship with the cinema's projectionist.
- DirectorMichael RadfordMassimo TroisiStarsMassimo TroisiPhilippe NoiretMaria Grazia CucinottaA simple Italian postman learns to love poetry while delivering mail to a famous poet, and then uses this to woo local beauty Beatrice.
- DirectorMarco Tullio GiordanaStarsLuigi Lo CascioAlessio BoniJasmine TrincaAn Italian epic that follows the lives of two brothers from the 1960s to the 2000s.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsSophia LorenMarcello MastroianniJohn VernonTwo neighbors, a persecuted journalist and a resigned housewife, meet during Hitler's visit to Italy in May 1938.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsVittorio GassmanFanny ArdantStefania SandrelliWith the background of the XX century Italian history, Carlo, a retired teacher, traces the vicissitudes of his family.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsFanny ArdantAntonio CataniaFrancesca d'AlojaA multitude of characters face personal problems while having dinner in a roman restaurant.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsDiego AbatantuonoSergio CastellittoGérard DepardieuTwo textile traders, with the shop close to one another, fight for the supremacy of their own business during the racial laws in Italy.
- 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.
- DirectorGiuseppe TornatoreStarsMonica BellucciGiuseppe SulfaroLuciano FedericoAmidst the war climate, a teenage boy discovering himself becomes love-stricken by Malèna, a sensual woman living in a small, narrow-minded Italian town.
- DirectorAndy TennantGiovanni VeronesiStarsCarlo VerdoneMonica BellucciRiccardo ScamarcioFour episodes. Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have child, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gays, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in an important restaurant has a liaison with Cecilia the new young Spanish help in cuisine.
- DirectorGiovanni VeronesiStarsRobert De NiroMonica BellucciRiccardo ScamarcioIn Italy three men fall in love with three women. First a young engaged lawyer has a fling, then the middle-aged married man has a fling, then a retired man (Robert DeNiro) falls in love with his friend's daughter (Monica Bellucci).
- DirectorFerzan ÖzpetekStarsRiccardo ScamarcioNicole GrimaudoAlessandro PreziosiTommaso is the youngest son of the Cantones, a large, traditional southern Italian family operating a pasta-making business since the 1960s. On a trip home from Rome, where he studies literature and lives with his boyfriend, Tommaso decides to tell his parents the truth about himself. But when he is finally ready to come out in front of the entire family, his older brother Antonio ruins his plans.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsNino ManfrediVittorio GassmanStefania SandrelliThree partisans bound by a strong friendship return home after the war, but the clash with everyday reality puts a strain on their bond.
- DirectorEttore ScolaStarsFrancesco AnniballiMaria BoscoGiselda CastriniFour generations of a family live in a shantytown in the outskirts of Rome. The household engages in various forms of sexual idiosyncrasies, land swindles, incest, drugs and adultery.
- DirectorDino RisiStarsVittorio GassmanCatherine SpaakJean-Louis TrintignantAn impulsive braggart takes a shy law student with him for a two-day road trip from Rome to Tuscany.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsEmma GramaticaFrancesco GolisanoPaolo StoppaAn open-hearted, unrelentingly energetic orphan struggles to make the best of his life on the streets of Milan.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnita EkbergAnouk AiméeA series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.
- DirectorFederico FelliniStarsMarcello MastroianniAnna PrucnalBernice StegersA businessman finds himself trapped at a hotel and threatened by women en masse.
- 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.
- DirectorGabriele SalvatoresStarsDiego AbatantuonoClaudio BigagliGiuseppe CedernaIn WW2, an Italian Army unit of misfits occupies an isolated non-strategic Greek island for the duration of the war.
- DirectorVittorio De SicaStarsLamberto MaggioraniEnzo StaiolaLianella CarellIn post-war Italy, a working-class man's bicycle is stolen, endangering his efforts to find work. He and his son set out to find it.
- DirectorEdoardo Maria FalconeStarsMarco GialliniAlessandro GassmannLaura MoranteA young man's decision to become a priest affects his whole family, especially his father.
- DirectorCarlo VerdoneStarsCarlo VerdoneAntonio AlbaneseAnna KasyanYuri Pelagatti (Albanese) wants the evidence of infidelity of his ex-wife and hires Arturo Merlino (Verdone), believing him a super detective. The two accidentally come into possession of a mysterious case filled up with money.
- DirectorPaolo GenoveseStarsGiuseppe BattistonAnna FogliettaMarco GialliniSeven long-time friends meet for dinner. They decide to share their text messages, emails and phone calls. Secrets are unveiled. Harmony trembles.
- DirectorGiambattista AvellinoStarsSilvio OrlandoAlessandro GassmannCarla SignorisAlex is a thug who makes his living stealing cars and making the driver for robberies. One day, while he is waiting for his accomplices outside a bank it is recognized by Flax Flakes, his old childhood friend who has since joined the police. Lino asks him a pass to go to the police, but quickly realizes that something is wrong in his friend and he realizes that the machine on which Alex is located was stolen. To avoid being arrested Alex tells him that he had lost his job, and stealing the car in order to pay for treatment at the sick child. Lino, pity, decides not to arrest him and to invite to dinner, Alex and his family to know them and help them. Alex accepts and assumes Barbara, an escort who lives above his house, and his son to play the role of his family. Alex meanwhile must regain the trust of his gang leader after the failure of the blow to the bank, but Lino through timely interference puts him in serious trouble generating numerous misunderstandings.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsToni ServilloCarlo VerdoneSabrina FerilliJep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
- DirectorPaolo SorrentinoStarsMichael CaineHarvey KeitelRachel WeiszA retired orchestra conductor is on vacation with his daughter and his film director best friend in the Alps when he receives an invitation from Queen Elizabeth II to perform for Prince Philip's birthday.
- DirectorSilvio SoldiniStarsMargherita BuyAntonio AlbaneseGiuseppe BattistonA well-off and sophisticated couple struggles to stay together after the husband loses his job.
- DirectorNeri ParentiStarsChristian De SicaSabrina FerilliRicky MemphisAt Christmas a group of characters moves to Cortina d'Ampezzo to spend the winter holidays.