Antonio Catania

A comic adventure sets off after the release from prison of a small time crook

Three aspiring actors struggle to make their version of Cyrano de Bergerac

Al Caruso, John Gresco and Jack Amoruso are three gangsters working for the Genovese family. However, their efforts are more than headache-inducing, and when they are given one last chance: To protect the boss's aunt, she is accidentally killed and the three men are sentenced to death. They come up with a plan to sell the boss to the police and the FBI. However, Al suffers from short-term memory loss and has to be told the story by John and Jack. (imdb)

Mario leads a normal life, working in a Milan bank. His daily routine is shattered when he witnesses a murder and is shot himself by the killer, a deranged police commissioner. To save his life, he must abandon his life and flee to Puerto Escondido, Mexico. When he runs out of money he teams up with Alex and Anita, a couple of Italians that will lead him on to a series of adventures and encounters with drug dealers, corrupt police officers and other weird characters. (imdb)

A microchip contains potentially damning evidence against a Polish magnate. An ex-secret service agent must bring the chip home. Leila, a professional thief, accidentally steals it and must subsequently evade a host of seedy goons and thugs all clamoring for the funds, meanwhile attempting to use a gullible, gambling-addicted bus driver for a convenient, cross-country getaway. (AllMovie)

A director and his crew are shooting a movie based on an acclaimed pamphlet about the privileges of the italian politicians. When the funds are cut they have to turn the screenplay from a protest one into a comedy.

While struggling with his other self, the dual personality private detective known as Gorilla is drawn in a dirty case in the suburbs of the city.

Eight people, of different ages and with different stories, live in Rome united only because they are in the same therapy group. This includes three women and four men, whose stories show in a comical way, from choral scenes to more intimate ones, the frailty but also the wish to change and the ability to react typical of our contemporaries. (archivio.festivaldelcinemaeuropeo)

Four waiters and a cook working at a seaside restaurant hate each other but still keep working together for lack of better opportunities. One day the old owner sells the restaurant to a wealthy industrialist, who must decide whether to keep it or turn it into a furniture showroom. During a last luncheon for the new owner the waiters will have to prove their worth to save their jobs. (imdb)

A bunch of hopeless unemployed occupy a polling place during general election in Italy to protest and report the mafia affairs of Mr. Cannavacciuolo. He is candidate and is setting up a fraud to be elected anyway. Lucia, his daughter, is taken as hostage by the group. The unexpected action manages to get the attention of the media, and the people starts supporting the group till the police intervenes with heavy manners. (imdb)

A group of comedians are trying to be successful on stage. One night an important television network organises a public variety show to sort out some performers for their programs. Every one of them will try their hardest, but just a few will be choosen. (Imdb.com (Adalberto Fornario))

Alessandro fulfills his life-long dream of working in show business when he gets hired as an intern on the set of an Italian tv show. The dream soon becomes a nightmare as he gets to know the crazy members of the cast and crew and faces the reality behind the scenes of Italian television.

An Italian couple take a young Ukrainian girl into their summer home after rescuing her from desperate situation. What starts as a simple act of kindness soon becomes much more complicated.

A desperate man breaks into a publisher's office to try and sell the rights to the story of how a con artist has ruined his life.

In a Sicilian town signed by countless problems provoked by a rampant dishonesty, the inhabitants elect a major which promises order and legality. But the truth is that the town (and Italy) is corrupted and dishonest beyond redemption. (imdb)

A look at the daily life in an Italian state hospital from the perspective of a man suddenly diagnosed with cancer.

A woman's stable family life begins to fall apart as she develops a relationship with a young immigrant. (imdb)

A professor saves the life of an injured hit man who, in return, promises to find and kill an enemy of his. Although the professor says not to have any enemy the killer goes for his mission and turns the professor's square life into chaos. (imdb)

Valeria is a ghostwriter for a screenwriter lacking inspiration. When she gets a plot of a new film by a mysterious character, an exciting intrigue starts. (imdb)

When asked by his boss' wife to take care of her son, Andrea takes the chance to curry favor with the boss although it's his birthday, but his friends will put on a wild party for him which will devastate the rich woman's house. (imdb)

In this merry movie of matrimony, happily engaged Antonio brings his fiancé Paulo to the exquisite old Italian village of his birth to meet his headstrong parents and reveal his sexuality, setting out on a quest to make a city founded on religious tradition understand that love is love. (imdb)

Paolo needs to reach the castle of Alberto Caccia, where he is invited to spend Christmas holidays with his wife Margherita, at the ninth month of pregnancy, and her family. Among various mishaps and blunders, Paolo will come to make everyone believe, because of a misunderstanding, that Alberto is dead because of his fault. (wikipedia.org)

The movie is based on the autobiography of Horst Fantazzini. Son of an anarchist, he was known in Northern Italy as "the gentleman bandit" because he robbed banks with no violence, using only a toy gun. After a number of trials and escapes, in the summer of 1973 he is held in the Fossano jailhouse in Piedmont when he tries to escape once again. This time things turn for worse and he has to use a real gun and take two policemen as hostages. (imdb)

A film based on the life of Mario Mieli, a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s. (imdb)

What happens if an always present mother decides to leave for ten days, leaving the three children with a father who was practically absent until then. (imdb)

The school has started again in a scientific lyceum. There's something new: the most exuberant guys have been moved from their respective classes in a section created especially for them. (imdb)

Felicia Impastato, mother of Peppino Impastato, tries to get justice for her son after his murder by the Sicilian mafia.

The 1960s. Walter Vismara is a thirty-year-old man who works as an accountant in a small factory in Vigevano. When the company he works for closes without warning, Walter finds a new job at another company in the bustling city of Milan. (imdb)

Three young people, three stories. Stefano is a jobless graduate and has recently lost his girlfriend. Giulio is a divorced plumber, has a fifteen year-old daughter and he's seeing Martina, younger than him. Lucia is a waitress in a pub and lives with a two bit singer. One night Giulio saves Stefano from suicide and takes him home… (imdb)