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The plot focuses on the classic "Italian scams", where those who deceive are in turn duped by other individuals. The amount lost increases from time to time and from the initial thousand euros it reaches a figure equal to two million.
Francesco and Elena, Roberto and Flavia, Thomas and Virginia, make up a fixed and tight-knit company for three years now, they are all living in Rome and come from good families. Elena and Francesco are two twenty-five and to be married, Roberto and Flavia are twenty years and in love with the impetus of youth; Tommaso and Virginia are two singles that have in common the fact that they feel out of lace in the world. The union of these characters will be shocked by the death of Francesco as a result of a car accident, the loss of his friend upset the lives of everyone.
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A funny, witty and bright biopic by the master of italian comedy Mario Monicelli about the famed italian composer Gioacchino Rossini, here portrayed in a wonderful way by famed actor and later director Sergio Castellitto.
An archeologist's wife has recurring nightmares about ritual killings in an Etruscan tomb while her husband is away excavating a lost temple. After a phone call where she is forced to listen to him being murdered, she travels to the excavation site to solve the mystery of his death.
Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she gains their respect through a series of brilliant operations.
Marino Stroppaghetti is a breadwinner in a layoff fund who, in order to make some money, arranges himself by doing small tailoring jobs at home. Desperate for having received the eviction, he turns to the City of Rome, where he discovers that there are as many as 80 thousand questions before his. How to do?
A school bus with young children being kidnapped. Commissario Betti will solve the case. High action is promised, including hostage, bank robberies, car chases, prison scenes and mafia bosses!
An Italian parody of the biggest U.S. blockbusters such as "Gladiator, " "Harry Potter", "Fast and Furious" and "The Da Vinci Code".
Jill, a young and beautiful girl Australian party for a vacation in Italy. In Rome Pierluigi meets the young, a boy sympathetic and fascinating. The two begin to frequentarsi and what began as a simple friendship soon turns into a much stronger feeling. Everything seems to wonder proceed between the two, as in a beautiful tale with a happy ending, as long as it abides Pierluigi victim of a bad car accident.
Francesco is a psychoanalyst grappling with three hopeless causes: a bookseller in love with a book thief, a lesbian hell-bent on becoming straight after a heartbreak, and an 18-year-old in a relationship with a much older married man. Unfortunately, these patients are also his three beloved daughters!
Giulia is 30, single and working a high-end fashion job that allows her to travel and lead a dream life in Milan and Paris. However, a chance meeting with charming, down-to-earth farmer Renzo will makes her realize she's missing the most important thing in life—true love.
Seven thirty-something friends organise a post-grad trip they were never able to take after school. They find new adventures on a Greek island, and show that true maturity is never really achieved.
Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions.
The film takes place entirely in a gym, outdoor swimming pool and table beneath umbrellas where guests can have lunch. The action has a interweaving of betrayals heterosexual and homosexual.
Reclusive middle-aged male nurse Mauro may be in over his head when -- to save his hospital job -- he agrees to accompany 10-year-old illegal immigrant Eddi to meet his adoptive parents at the Swiss border. Along for the ride is a laconic small-time mobster named Rollo, and problems soon ensue in the form of car trouble, a Bulgarian hooker and her pimps.
A stories of three really unlucky characters are discovered during the trial.
Six high school friends in their 40s who haven't seen each other in nearly 20 years rekindle their younger selves after a court cancels their diploma, forcing them to repeat the final high school exam.
Three episodes held together by a common element: a car rented by three different characters.
Peppino (Maurizio Mattioli), a Roman funeral director who has always been supported by the bumbling Spartaco (Enzo Salvi), is a man who juggles disastrous funerals, turbulent affairs and... two families. One with his wife Lidia (Anita Kravos) and the other with his Spanish lover Helena (Isabelle Adriani). An already complicated life, which becomes a real race against time when Peppino discovers that he only has a few weeks to live. At this point, our protagonist implements a move that will upset everyone's lives. Definitely.
A number of unexplained military deaths hit Italy and are ruled to be accidental or suicides, but police inspector Giorgio Solmi suspects otherwise. When a mysterious wealthy electrician is seemingly murdered by a female escort, a sinister plot slowly begins to unravel.
Filippo and Michela are at loggerheads and fighting over custody of their son Francesco. The judge, in an unprecedented ruling, awards the house to the child: the parents will take turns moving every Monday. This forced alternating living arrangements will unleash absurd and hilarious situations, forcing them to confront each other for the sake of their son.
Antonio, an honest citizen, seeks his revenge against Simone, a dishonest politician. Antonio initially wanted to report him but then, knowing Italy, a country in which the justice process is very long and uncertain, he decides to take revenge in another way: he discovers that his enemy has hidden the proceeds of his misdeeds in a Swiss bank and decides to organize a hit to get back what was stolen from him. To accomplish the feat, Antonio sets up a small gang, made up of non-professionals who have only one thing in common: they too have been defrauded by corrupt politics. The heist takes place in Zurich where the bank in which Simone hid the money is based. With a series of unpredictable consequences, and with a funny substitution of people (Antonio and his wife pretend to be Simone and his partner), a comic clockwork mechanism starts. And the heist begins.
Giovanni is a famous life coach who claims he can make any desire come true. One day he announces a competition in which three people dissatisfied with their lives will win the chance to be followed by him for six months.
Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling problem.
Four different stories about italian football team’s supporter.
As the Christmas holidays approach, Don Donato, now a cardinal, is called back from Rome to assist his uncle the bishop. The latter, in fact, requires constant care.
When a crime boss sends out his thugs to terrorize an entire city, they do whatever they want, which includes anything from petty theft to robbing the police station in broad daylight. Napoli spara! (internationally released as Weapons of Death and Naples shoots) is a "poliziottesco" film directed by Mario Caiano in 1977. It is an unofficial sequel of Napoli violenta, of which reprises the character of Gennarino (still played by Massimo Deda).
The movie tells the little stories of a group of families who live in the same building in Rome as seen from the eyes of Sandrino, a little kid who is awaiting for a total eclipse of the sun, that really happened during summer of '61, and it was was fully visible from Italy. He sees his family life, a young girl who is about to marry a man she doesn't love, an old man who has just died and whose relatives fight for his inheritance, a blind trumpet player who hopes to recover, his little friends...
Donato, a scoundrel music manager, to escape the two henchmen of a boss who, due to his inefficiency, has caused him to lose a lot of money, taking advantage of a letter from his uncle the bishop, introduces himself to the parish priest of a village church, Don Dino, dressed as a priest, and pretends to have been sent there by the bishop as assistant parish priest. Don Dino's church is always empty. In fact, the town's faithful frequent the new church, run by Don Gabriele, a pimp priest who knows how to deal with people. Donato's arrival initially seems like the final blow for Don Dino's church: Donato doesn't know where to start a mass, he has never confessed or married anyone, the mere idea of performing an extreme unction scares him. Don Dino begins to argue with Donato: he seems anything but a priest. But little by little, Don Donato's extravagant ways, his open-mindedness as a "sinner", his mentality as a rock priest, begin to attract the faithful.
Leone is a rich and powerful man whose loneliness drives him to hire a cast of actors to play the family he never had. On Christmas Eve, reality and make-believe start to get blurred.
Five people who never met are convened by a notary for the reading of a will, and learn they are all brothers and sisters, children of the same father. They’ll share a large inheritance if they can deliver the ashes to their father’s favorite lake in Arizona.
The life of Franca Malorni, exponent of the good bourgeoisie of the capital, suddenly changes when her husband dies suddenly. The woman begins to pour her attention on the three daughters, obliging them to have a Sunday lunch with their families.
In a fascist Rome anxiously awaiting Hitler's visit, Raul is a young man not aligned with the regime and beset by debts. In May 1938, Raul kills an old usurer and her sister: not out of necessity, but to investigate the concept of the "right to kill" ... who can motivate it and assume the right?
Ugo Fantozzi has been ejected from Heaven and is sent back to Earth for a short period of time until the staff in Heaven can get Fantozzi a place there. Fantozzi goes through a variety of unfortunate experiences, such as rescuing his retro punk granddaughter Uga, and having to pay a vast telephone bill due to frequent chat line conversations. He ends up getting arrested instead of his ex-boss, who was originally charged with corruption. Just as he is about to enjoy the World Cup Final with Italy, he is called back into Heaven. Can he find peace once again?
A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely complicated and troubled lives ... Even if, after all, life is a wonderful thing ...
After the news of the death of Don Dino, who was transferred to Trentino, Donato leaves to attend the funeral. When he arrives at his destination, he discovers that he has been appointed his deputy in the parish.
Clashing with his father Paolo after coming home late, 17-year-old Marco accuses him of being old and stifling. They time travel to the 1960s, where Paolo will be able to prove his son he too used to be hip.
Nunzio and Paolo have always been friends but their partnership has only produced a series of failed businesses financed by their wives, who are now threatening to throw them out of the house. The two seek redemption by opening a vegetarian restaurant until, to please a food critic on whom their destinies depend, they find themselves faced with the need to transform the place into a steakhouse. Convinced vegetarians, Nunzio and Paolo have no intention of actually cooking animals. Can vegetable steaks be passed off as real meat? It's the beginning of a spiral of hilarious events.
Two middle-aged friends, a surgeon and an undertaker, enthusiastically share a passion: women. When a beautiful stripper reach the village, their lives get upside down.
Scandalously famous collections of short Italian comedies of the 90s! All that was "fun" in those years in Italy - all here! The sea of black humor on all issues - sex, politics, mafia, crime, TV...
After a divorce, Ciro moves back in with his parents, who are already living with his sister, her husband and their 10-year-old son.
The story of a leading political man, suddenly telling “all the truth” after a serious illness and therefore overwhelming lifes of anyone surrounding him…
The story of Federica Angeli, reporter of the daily newspaper "La Repubblica" that investigates the Roman underworld, challenging threats and dangers.
Lorenzo and Sandro are friends and partners of Agostino, director of a real estate agency, a great lover of Africa. During a lunch they accidentally meet Giovanni, known in Kenya. The man, having become familiar, proposes a real estate deal in the dark continent. This is a project for the construction in Malindi of a resort with villas and swimming pools, designed for the western market. Lorenzo is disinterested and skeptical, while Sandro is enthusiastic. However, they discover that the place where the complex will be built is a mission that deals with helping children. Lorenzo recognizes Laura, the girl he was in love with as a young man, among the nuns. Together then, they decide to help out ...
Several groups of Italians experience amusing adventures and tests of character on the Caribbean island of Antigua. Some of the characters are there simply for rest and relaxation, while others act with different motivations. Multiple plot lines unfold simultaneously as different characters' stories are presented.
Gaetanos the destroyer of worlds and his army are willing to do anything to obtain the stone of power and become the undisputed rulers of the universe. The situation is critical and everything seems lost, the world superpowers don't know how to react and are asking for help from the only people who are able to reverse this situation: the Italians. Misfits, criminals, witches and cockroach men take up the call to arms and take to the field to do what we've always done best: solve problems with style.
In the run-up to a song festival, all kinds of intrigues and pressures are unleashed behind the scenes: the script must be continually adapted depending on who momentarily prevails in the backroom maneuvers, with record companies, politicians and schemers of various calibers intent on fighting each other without holds barred to grab victory in advance. In the meantime, the organization is falling apart. Having recruited the almost complete Bagaglino cast, under the parody of Sanremo we see yet another rehash of "Champagne" or "Bucce di banana".
An omnibus of two different stories: In the first a divorced couple (actress wife and director husband) refresh their old passions via their common flat. In the second a well-to-do dentist-wife is attacked by her petty bourgeois family when she writes a sex novel.
While preparations for the wedding between Luna and Luigi are in full swing, Angelo, the bishop's twin brother, unexpectedly drops into the rectory with the intention of recovering an inheritance that he has not yet pocketed: 12 gold bars.
When a stage artist is send to fight he met a lovely girl.
In Pellizzano the town is in turmoil. There will be a casting for a horror film by director Rocco Siffredi and many are aspiring for 15 minutes of fame.
Bebo Conforti, a well-known piano bar singer, is forced to flee in the middle of the performance, to avoid a handful of criminals who want to capture him, on the orders of the "ferocious" local boss, Fefè Lucanica. Monica, Fefè's young and only daughter, has just told him that she is expecting a child with him. Luckily for our chansonnier, Fefè's henchmen are anything but smart, the Boss despairs by denigrating them, but he is too fond of them to get rid of them. From this manhunt, an unusual "On de road" escape is unleashed, full of misunderstandings, false leads and double truths.
When a producer refuses to cut Massimo and his band a record unless they hire an "ethnic" singer to spice up the act, he tries to seduce Jing, a Chinese girl with a beautiful voice disinterested in both him and rock, to get her on board. She pretends to cave in in order to escape an arranged marriage, but in the weeks preceding the concert the two begin to grow closer, complicating the secretly fake nature of their relationship.
In Abruzzo, Giulio, Veronica and their young son Marzio live a happy life. Giulio loves the countryside, Veronica enjoys the quiet life of the city and Marzio wants a little brother. Giulio, however, discovers that he is infertile. His friends are trying to keep the family together.
A common day in the actual Italy, narrated by the different stories of seven different people, it's the starting point for an overview to the 21st century's italian society, among corrupt politicians, unfaithful husbands, hardcore soccer fans and dishonest businessmen.
It depicts the lives of several groups of characters interacting at the beach of Forte dei Marmi during the mid-1980s.
Well-known writer Ettore takes his family on a mountain chalet getaway for his birthday, in an effort to create a bond between his two sons, Claudio and Giulio, and his second wife, Margherita. The group is also joined by Margherita's brother, Claudio's girlfriend, a Ukraininan cook and her daughter. When an internet outage strikes, a series of exciting adventures ensues.
The shy and awkward Latin professor Alessandro falls in love with a psychologist spying on her from a hole made in a wall.
Don Donato accompanies his congregation of villagers to visit Roma World, a theme park set in ancient Rome. Meanwhile, however, preparations for Luna and Luigi's wedding are interrupted by the arrival of the bishop's twin brother, Angelo, who is desperately searching for a hidden inheritance consisting of twelve gold bars. Don Donato joins the treasure hunt, taking advantage of the bishop's absence, who is away in Rome on a mission.
Bartoloni from Milan exchanges apartments with his colleague from Rome and moves toa new place. And everything could be good, if not unexpected trouble with which he will have to face ..
16-year-old Christian longs for a scooter. One day he meets Schizzo; together they carry out a robbery to make Christian's dream come true.
A military group led by Henry Silva and Woody Strode are bound by their honor, to execute their orders to kill as many enemies as possible.
A gang decides to kidnap Éva Henger who should open a club, to ask for a ransom. Éva, however, realizes that she is positive for COVID-19 and communicates it to the manager; he decides to replace her with three influencers of lesser calibre than Éva. The gang decides to carry out the plan, triggering a series of events until the final tragicomic.
The film follows the story of two couples in crisis who are about to break up but who, due to the Lockdown, imposed to stop the spread of the coronavirus, will instead be forced into a forced coexistence. The protagonists, through smartkworking, household chores and sports activities, will find themselves living under the same roof, giving life to a comedy full of laughter but also of reflections.
Chronicle of the dark maneuvers put into practice by a politician to seize an opposition newspaper. A Lebanese terrorist receives the order to kill a stockbroker, which triggers a series of blackmail and deception. A deputy commissioner and a journalist intend to shed light on all these murky matters, but the politician has no scruples and also knows how to move with extraordinary skill.
Joan Mulligan is waiting in vain for her husband, Arthur Blanc, an Etruscologist who has traveled to Tuscany in search of materials for an exhibition. The woman, who suffers from metapsychic disturbances, "sees" in a nightmare the cave her husband has discovered, where Arthur is mysteriously murdered. She then departs for Italy herself, determined to shed light on her husband's death, and finds herself entangled in a series of other murders that have taken place in the same cemetery—all of which share one same macabre detail. Mike, a secret agent who has fallen in love with her, must uncover the truth behind the intricate mystery. (extended version of Assassinio al Cimitero Etrusco)
Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With about 6 actors this delivers a broad picture of Italian life in which the question what it means to be a man is posed in the challenging circumstances of familily life, sex relationships, sport, cross gender roles and mafia.
Orazio and Anna want a child at all costs. However, due to the stress her husband is under, the baby does not arrive. With him exhausted, his wife has a valid alternative to a possible adoption: another man will give her the child she longs for in a completely natural way.
In Rome a man needing money become a transvestite prostitute.
It follows a boy who, during the 2020 lockdown, loses his mother to suicide and learns to survive the pain between solitude, fear and love.
Senator Alberici tries to approach the secretariat of his party with a campaign against immorality. In reality the politician is a pervert with homosexual tendencies that he expresses with men and women.
In a well-known ski resort, a couple has the brilliant idea to open a "4-legged hotel" where people can stay during the Christmas holidays in the company of their beloved pets. Trouble begins when the place is invaded by dogs, cats, rabbits, ferrets and parrots (not to mention their owners!).
The thief Bruno Camillone would like to escape abroad, but he needs a false passport and identity, which are obtained by a friend. Unfortunately, under his real name, Salvatore Bruschetta, he receives the postcard for military service, which he will have to perform in Puglia. In a barracks that is practically a madhouse...
Sunday in a large Roman public park, Villa Ada, from dawn to dusk. But it could be any park in any large Italian or European city. Here the story follows the events of the day, from the joggers and keep fit fanatics to the aerobic lessons, the family picnics and football games, the family rows, missing children and bag snatchers, confessions and invasive television interview crews, a suicide attempt, to mention but a few……
Don Donato is ready to reveal to everyone that he is not a real priest in order to return to Cesira and be a father to Junior. However, his uncle hinders him in every way for fear that such a scandal will make him lose the opportunity to become a cardinal.
Antonio Schiattaro, a traditional dairy entrepreneur from Caserta, sees his world turned upside down when his youngest daughter falls for Albert, a boy from South Tyrol. Between Merano and Villa Literno, culture clashes and family bonds collide in a heartfelt story about love, tradition, and the courage to change. A universal tale with strong Italian roots, ready to resonate with audiences worldwide.
After six months spent meditating in the high mountains, Don Donato returns to Pellizzano to pack his bags and leave for Rome, where he will return to wearing civilian clothes. However, he finds the country much changed, full of arcades and women of easy virtue.
Living among boys is easy, each of them with their own mess, unregimented lifestyle, and unique "method of study." The male universe in which they live, however, is about to be invaded by women. Giorgia is independent and receives little attention from her parents; Francesca is in a doomed relationship with an older professor, while Emma wants to be a famous performer. In this new mixed arrangement house, each character finds their place as they establish a confusing, but fun and tumultuous extended family - a family which none of them has ever truly had.
Leo has a dream: to make a movie in the great outskirts of the metropolis (Rome). He does anything for money, including selling cocaine. But his dream vanishes in the night when the police catch his friend.
In the 1950s, a big stir was made by a book (and its corresponding movie) called The Ugly American. Its subject was the grievous damage done to local cultures by well-meaning but essentially clueless (and frequently arrogant) representatives of the U.S. Since then, the phenomenon of cultural damage cause by arrogant tourists and visitors has been demonstrated to be something everyone is capable of. In this thoughtful, comic drama, the subject is Italians overseas. In this film, Malindi Kenya is the playground of rich Italians.
Four stories about phobias, manias and other complexes.
Max and Anna Mancini have been married for 25 years and have two teenage children. The two boys, although they are twins, are characteristically antipodes: Tina is rebellious and little studious; Nico is calm, lonely and has the obsession of video games. There is a constant war between parents and children, which reaches its peak on the day of the twins' 18th birthday, when the party at home, which had been granted to them, degenerates. Max and Anna realize they don’t know anything about those two teenagers, they wonder where they went wrong and think back with nostalgia to the times when Tina and Nico were adorable wrens to protect. But do they really remember what happened? At the end of that disastrous evening, there is a second chance for Anna and Max, to see clearly in the relationship with their children and try, where possible, not to repeat the same mistakes.
Fausto and Furio are two Romans with a precarious lifestyle. Fausto squanders his winnings while Furio lives thanks to small jobs. The death of their parents will make them meet because they inherit a repair shop. After some hesitation, the two, helped by an engineer with a mysterious past, will take the business over, but they will have to face a mafia boss who wants 200,000 euros, a debt matured by their fathers. The two will try to find a solution through clandestine races, drug trafficking, truck hijackings and the shared love for a fascinating bartender.
Ceraso, Cilento National Park. Four young friends decide to answer to a call for tender for the management of a hotel and make a change in their professional life. They ignore the aims of a odd businessman from Rome. The quiet local community will be completely shaken up by deceptions and solidarity, old passions and new loves, funny situations and deep emotions.
Vladimiro and Brunilde are grappling with the disappearance of Nando, the head of the family. The sad event brought together the human family of Luna, daughter of Nando, and the monstrous one of her husband Adalberto. Humans, vampires, witches, werewolves and ghosts will find themselves in the throes of a new monstrous marriage...
Rome, 1965. The entire city awaits the inauguration of the Piper. While the journalist Roberto Benetti falls in love with Sabrina May, the kept woman of a politician, thus giving up a scoop, the young Mario, leader of the band "I demoni", meets Milena, who has fled from Venice to sing. A fortuitous event will offer the two young people the opportunity to perform in the legendary club.
Two customs officers undercover, Marshal Remo Signorelli and Brigadier Riccardo Riva, try to stop Massimiliano Grilli, a master of evasion. On one occasion, Remo meets his old friend Fulvio who suspected he had an affair with his then girlfriend and now wife.
This is the story of Aldebrando Testori, a failed publisher who, finding himself broke, has a brilliant idea: to form a gang of forgers to create a fake Leonardo da Vinci manuscript and bid on it at an auction, passing it off as authentic.
Don Donato and company go on a trip to Cinecittà World theme park, where Luna and Luigi have decided to spend their honeymoon. These are also important days for Gina, since she's now expecting, while Angelo, as always, is ready to look for new ways to earn easy money. Everything seems to be going well, but it's just wishful thinking.
Three episodes revolving around the theme of funding promoted by the European Union. Lifeguard Walter, dancer Monica, and hotelier Rino must contend with the dark schemes of accountant Randazzi.
Dir. Stefano Calvagna’s third feature is inspired by the real events in the life of Luciano Liboni, aka "The Wolf." A freewheeling interpretation of the character, here renamed Franco Scattoni (Massimo Bonetti), the film highlights the ups and downs of a rough and violent man, whose behavior borders on madness and is worsened by epilepsy. Il Lupo feels he has nothing to loose. Diving headfirst into a life of crime, he ends up killing a gas station attendant in Perugia in 2002. He then kills a young "carabiniere," and becomes a wanted fugitive. A case study in human behavior’s violent patterns framed as a psychological thriller and police story, this controversial film has been praised for the uncompromising realism of its disturbing narrative.
Valerio, a policeman and kickboxing champion, is about to become a father. His partner Valentina, with whom he is deeply in love, is expecting a child and the young couple's life seems to be going well. Valentina, however, cultivates the desire to become an actress and often finds herself meeting shady individuals such as the film producer and crime boss Sergio Bruschi. Valentina's sudden death following the unknowing intake of the so-called date rape drug during a meeting with Bruschi pushes Valerio to devote himself to an insane and terrible revenge.
Antonio, known as the Chameleon, and Teresa Lupi: the first has just been released from prison, after ten long years. She is a young police commissioner. They are two tormented figures: Antonio leaves prison with one fixed thought: to avenge the murder of his family, which he witnessed as a child. Teresa, on the other hand, seems unable to live her life in harmony: her personal relationships are superficial and the only thing that seems to satisfy her is work. The lives of these two characters are soon linked by the common fight against the infamous Don Ferdinando, a ruthless boss who controls the city.
Catello Coppola is a journalist dreaming a scoop to revive his career. Unexpected help comes following the death of a friend, who appears to him in a dream, promising to give him advance notice of the next day's news.
