Diego Abatantuono

Something sinister is lurking under the surface of 10 year old Michele's idyllic summer in 1978. While the days in his remote southern Italian village are filled with the familiar routines of childhood, a chance discovery leads to a shocking revelation. (Miramax)

Greek Sea, World War II. An Italian ship leaves a handful of soldiers in a little island; their mission is to spot enemy ships and to hold the island in case of attack. The village of the island seems abandoned and there isn't a single enemy in sight, so the soldiers begin to relax a little. (imdb)

Italian director Pupi Avati contrasts his 2007 English-language thriller The Hideout with this sentimental, distinctively Italian comedy concerning a failed actor who can't help but obsess over his lackluster career. After the depressive thespian makes a half-hearted suicide attempt, his three daughters flock to be by his side and organize a surprise dinner party designed to set him up with a potential mate. Later, as dinner gets underway, the situation takes an unexpected turn.

Rome 1938, Umberto (Diego Abatantuono) and Leone (Sergio Castellitto) have got a men's costume shop, on the same street. Umberto is Catholic, Leone is Jewish. Racial Laws are approved in Italy in 1938 after Hitler's visit to Rome. (wikipedia.org)

Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance. (imdb)

A dramedy directed by Pupi Avati, best known for directing "The House With the Laughing Windows" in 1976.

A comedy film set in 1980's Milan Italy composed by Italian prog-rock band Goblin.

The relationships between five men who play cards far into the night on Christmas Eve are the focus of this psychological drama by Pupi Avati. Four of the players are out to skin the fifth, industrial tycoon Santelia (Carlo Delle Piane), but the four are not exactly a united front. Theater-owner Franco (Diego Abatantuono) is nearly bankrupt and harbors a deep and well-founded resentment against Ugo (Gianni Cavina), a wacko television host... (allmovie.com)

17 years after Regalo di Natale the same 5 players meet for a new challenge. Who can trust who? (imdb)

The misadventures of Attila and his band of barbarians as they take up arms against the Roman Empire in their native Milano.

Jimi, a successful computer game designer, finds that his latest product has been infected by a virus which has given consciousness to the main character of the game, Solo. Tormented by the memory of his fled girlfriend Lisa and begged by Solo to end its useless "life", Jimi begins a search for people who can help him both to discover what happened to Lisa and to delete his game before it is released. (imdb)

Incredibly, the bride at the altar falls in love with the best man on first sight, and even though he makes efforts to avoid her infatuation with him, she is determined to annul her marriage and marry the best man. And although she is able to dissolve her marriage, because she has never consummated it, the best man leaves... only to return to her many months later. (imdb)

A writer is looking for a new idea, and the characters enter his life when he decides to suddenly end the film

In the third movie of the saga, Fantozzi struggles with a cycling fanatic boss, an unfortunate bicycle race and his wife, who is platonically in love with a baker.

The Pope (Manfred Freyburger) is disturbed by the fact that today's youth are not as spiritually inclined as they should be, and so he decides to set up a Vatican television station and entice them back into the religion of their ancestors. (moviefone.com)

Cop Achille Cotone meets wealthy tax evader Anna Tassotti Malomi, who wants to escape from Italian justice.

The misadventures of three soccer fans, all played by Abatantuono. (imdb)

Trash Italian comedy about a methane scandal and the cops who try to arrest who's responsible.

The story of a child who loves running, his oppressive father and a bus driver who becomes the kid's mentor.

Spanish girl Teresa comes to Milan to meet Ponchia, Marco, Paolino and Cedro who have not seen each other for years: her man, their old friend Rudy, is in jail in Marrakech and needs help and money. The five decide to go to Morocco by car to get him out of trouble. (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)

Roman barber Matteo decides to escape from his responsibilities and the depressing reality of Italy and accepts his sister's invitation to Brazil.

A night watchman finds one of his colleagues mysteriously gunned down. He finds himself to be the primary suspect, so he investigates what happened to clear his name.

Several stories unfold simultaneously over three days on the Mediterranean island of Ibiza. A man stumbles upon a risky opportunity to become instantly wealthy; a producer of pornographic films tries to rebuild his relationship with his estranged daughter; a police chief and his son maintain an uneasy co-existence; and a woman longs for her lover to be released from prison. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amn%C3%A8sia)

In 2061, after an energetic crisis, a fragmented and multi-ethnic Italy has fallen back into some sort of pre-Risorgimento scenario. A group of patriots, led by "The Professor", wants to reunify their country.

A pair of Italian filmmakers go to Rome to find a star for their first project.

The movie is about a province Latin Lover, Arrigo, who, among many others, chases Pozzetto's wife. For a series of unlikely events, Arrigo ends up completely paralyzed in Pozzetto's bed. Pozzetto has to take care of him and his tortured by the jealousy. Pozzetto must keep secret the presence of Arrigo in his house. The funny part is when in the village people start to realize that something strange is going on... (imdb)

Four young comedians from Verona ('I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli') go to Rome trying to achieve big success on cinema or TV. (imdb)

Mechanic Romeo and grocery deliverer Felice lead two rival gangs and the local discotheque is not big enough for the both of them. When Romeo falls for Felice's sister, conveniently called Giulietta, the entire town becomes too small for the two rivals. Romeo is adamant to keep on seeing Giulietta while keeping clear of Felice, while Felice is forcing other suitors onto his sister that are more to his liking. (imdb)

Donato, captain of the Milan ultrà, after spending twenty years in exile in Spain returns to Milan. His story is very simple: on returning to Italy he discovers he has fathered a child with Ginevra his fiancée of long ago (Anna Maria Barbera). His son is twenty years old and lives with his mother and her new companion. Donato, overcome with the need to get to know his own kin decides to meet him... (filmitalia)

Neri Parenti directs this sketch-based movie about Italy's famously obsessive soccer fans. In one segment, a doctor forbids his son to marry the daughter of a pilot because he supports a rival team. In another, a Milanese cabby installs a satellite dish in his taxi only to have it co-opted by pushy Roman fans... (Rovi)

This Italian comedy takes an affectionate look at a montley group of free-lance photographers desperate to grab a good shot of a celebrity, with a host of Italian TV personalities appearing as themselves. (imdb)

A female journalist conducts an enquiry into man's ideal erotic adventure. (ftvdb.bfi)

Comedy of manners based on a play by Aldo de Bendetti. An unhappy princess married to a man only interested in breeding race horses persuades her bodyguard, Diego to act as her lover to arouse her husband's jealousy. Problems arise when Diego's girlfriend arrives. (ftvdb)

In this zany romantic comedy, a financially comfortable woman, bored with her life, follows the intriguing sound of a saxophone to its source, which is being played by Renato Pozzetto. Imagining him to be poor, she seeks to win his heart not only by her ardor, but by a judicious use of her checkbook. Happily, even though he is not impressed with her finances, he finds the prospect of a romantic alliance acceptable... ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi

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)

Film in 2 parts: 1) A divorced couple meet up to decide who shall have their joint flat. They quarrel, but decide they can't live without each other. 2) A woman, prisoner of a bigoted family, knocks down with her car a young man. Instead of damages he asks her for 30 minutes of love. (bfi)

The adventures of a group of tourists during a trip in the Middle East. (bfi)

Two actors leave on a theatrical tour, but there is a matter to be settled: one has become the lover of the other's girl-friend and since they are very good friends, cannot bring himself to tell him. (imdb)

Animation based in the novel Momo by Michael Ende.

Una famiglia allargata, come ce ne sono tante oggigiorno, nella quale una coppia di genitori attende per le feste l'arrivo della figlia e del suo misterioso fidanzato; c'è anche un uomo che per la prima volta conosce i figli della sua compagna che faranno di tutto per cacciarlo. Poi ancora una vedova inconsolabile, un fratellastro irrisolto, una bellissima casa, la neve... (comingsoon.it)

Italia, 1994. Franco e Loris are two friends that decide to steal a stud bull. The bull is worth a lot. Their idea is to immediately leave Italy and try to sell the bull in Hungary. But east Europe is not exactly what they were expecting. The troubles, the miseries and the reality of the countries they are crossing change step by step their minds. The new way of thinking will drive them to a new kind of friendships. (imdb)

At the top of its activity, the Milanese lawyer Umberto Maria Dorloni (Claudio Bisio) is not affected by any signs of the economic crisis affecting Italy. With a career constantly growing, a wife from solid character (Margherita Buy) and a big bank account to be disposed of, Umberto is a being arrogant and self-centered who soon finds himself facing a situation for him unexpected fired from the study where you work, will do anything to not give up his privileges. (kickass.so)

An Italian travels to Kenya to attend to the funerals of his estranged father and gets stuck in Mombasa with his father's debts and devious business partner.

A bank robber and his hostage form a strange alliance during their escape through Italy.

Love-hate relationships among some odd lodgers of an apartment house

Instead of offering the rousing attacks and counterattacks of soccer, Pupi Avati's movie focuses on the routine downs and ups of a team manager (Ugo Tognazzi) whose troubles begin when his faltering club is taken over by a younger man with a high-priced hairdo. (mubi)

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))

An entrepreneur, a teacher and a policeman as well as all of Italy have to suddenly rethink their lives and prejudices when all immigrants in the country mysteriously disappear.

The Nativity of Mary, from Joseph point of view. (imdb)

A wealthy businessman is about to leave with his family for a vacation to the southern seas when he finds out all the money in his bank account is mysteriously gone. To keep up appearances with his business partners and rivals, he decides to spend the vacation hiding for two weeks in the basement of his own home.

Martino's sister, Caterina, can't work anymore for health reasons and he replaces her as cleaner for dr. Guglielmo Gioia, a mental coach. While the doctor leaves, Martino pretends to be his assistant. (imdb)

Vincenzo is a successful entrepreneur, a widower. However, he is surprised at what he will do when he finds himself with three children aged 20 and older. Dear children Matteo, Chiara and Andrea, while their day is day, their father, who is so irresponsible, tells us that their very trustworthy companies are about to sink. Jobs will no longer be so easy for kids with a mind

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)

Willi, who wanted to be a singer, is the biological father of the boy. One night, out of the blue, he finally works up the courage to go and meet that son that he has never seen before discovering that Vincent wasn't anything like he had imagined....

Several characters coincide during the Christmas holidays in the winter season of Saint Moritz. (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)

Ilenia, fashion blogger and daughter of an impromptu politician, and Riccardo, a conservative songwriter and singer, fall in love and subsequently decide to get married. Their families don't think they should.

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)

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. (imdb)

Comedy about two extremely different twins.

10 episodes depicting vices, fears and weaknesses of today's Italians.

The Russian magnate Ivanov dreams about having The Popcorn, his favorite Italian musical band from the 80s in Saint Petersburg. (imdb)

Carlo (Fabio De Luigi), Giulia (Valentina Lodovini) and their three children go to Lapland to meet Santa Claus (Diego Abatantuono). Things will not go as planned (imdb)

Fabio De Luigi has received a lifetime achievement award, but he is so shy that he wants to avoid any celebrations. (tmdb)

Ten-year-old Chiara whose parents are separating, her grandfather is tasked with breaking the news of her parents' divorce to her. (imdb)