Giuliana de Sio

Co-writer and director Massimo Troisi also stars in this comedy about Vicenzo, a young man living at home (in Naples) with his mother and his sister and her family and having to face the prospect of assuming more responsibility if he wants to keep his relationship with Anna... (AllMovieGuide)

Low key drama about the tribulations of a man with Downs Syndrome.

Elena lives on a Tuscan farm, separated from her ineffectual husband Leonardo, who is more concerned with his mistress Lolli than his wife or two daughters, Franca and Malvina. This collection of female figures inhabiting a world virtually without men is completed by Elena's sister Claudia and Elena's housekeeper Fosca. The only male in the house is a senile old uncle who spends most of his time knitting. This unusual stable female environment is suddenly shaken by several crises. (imdb)

The adventures of two derelicts. They are prisoners in a battleship, then, after a mutiny, they succeed to become officers. They leave the boat and start to drift all around the Spain with the mere goal to reach something to eat. A prostitute could set their life. (imdb)

A burlesque of Moliere's "Le Malade Imaginaire". (bfi)

Francesco, nicknamed 'Toscano', is a very good pool player but he never wins when he plays for money. He meets Chiara, a saxophone player, on a late night bus by swapping his case containing the cue with her one, containing the sax. The two fall in love, but in the meantime Francesco loses a big amount of money playing versus 'Scuro', the long-time Italian champion. His only chance to pay the debt is to win the Italian Championships.

Sequel to Io, Chiara e lo Scuro. Francesco forgets billiards because he lives with Chiara. She is a musician and she would like to become famous. Francesco is different: he found in her the reason of his life. But when she accepts a job far from home, Francesco comes back to billiards: he will meet Chiara again in Casablanca, Morocco, during a World Championship and in the magic of a mysterious bar called Ricks...

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade. His sweetheart, the much-younger Setti Carraro (everyone calls her Emanuela), wants to be with him in Palermo, but he sends her away, knowing he is in danger. (imdb)

A film about a woman in turn of the 20th century Switzerland, who is diagnosed as schizophrenic, and committed to a clinic for mental patients. She comes under the treatment of a Dr. Brokner, whose methods prove unsuccessful, and even lead to a decline in the patient's condition. Then, Dr. Gustav Jung takes an interest in the case, and through strong personal investment and perseverance eventually begins to understand the suffering of his patient.

Jack Altieri, a young Italian-American restaurant owner, arrives at Vesta awaits him a painting of the sixteenth century that depicts the veiled face of Medea of Carpi, noble woman processed to witchcraft. Shortly after the arrival of Jack, a country girl is killed in a mysterious way, dropping the suspicions of the Commissioner Gianzi on the young restorer, who is soon advised to not complete the work on the opera, because it would hide an ancient curse. (imdb)

In Rome, three very different couples face a common problem that unites them: the search for a home in which to live.

A well-established music conductor in Chieti (Italy) tries to rebuild a historic city orchestra, which no longer exists. (imdb)

Teresa is a nurse and does not have an easy life: her husband plays poker and the father organizes the illegal lot among the sick. (imdb)

Enrico Bottini, an engineering student, prepares to serve as an officer when Italy declares war on Austria-Hungary. At the train station, he meets Garrone, an old friend from elementary school, and begins to reminisce on the values instilled to him by both school and his father.