Maurizio Braucci

An inside look at Italy's modern-day crime families. Based on a book by Roberto Saviano. (imdb)

Napoli, Napoli, Napoli, Abel Ferrara's new project, is not only a portrait of the city itself, but a deep sight into its humanity, vital and brutal, passionate and cruel at the same time. (mubi.com)

Set in Naples, the film centers on an Italian family unbalanced by its fishmonger patriarch's delusional obsession with the local version of "Big Brother." (incontention.com)

Working elegantly within its means and budget, this understated but satisfying first feature sketches a convincing portrait of contemporary Italian society, where predatory forces constantly hover at the fringes of ordinary people's daily lives. (tiff.net)

The foolish servant Pulcinella is sent from the depths of Mt. Vesuvius to present-day Campania to honor the last wishes of the poor shepherd Tommaso: his mission is to save a young buffalo called Sarchiapone. Pulcinella finds the animal at the former royal palace of Carditello, where Tommaso had looked after the ruined Bourbon estate in the heart of the Land of Fires. (imdb)

Marcello, a small and gentle dog groomer, finds himself involved in a dangerous relationship of subjugation with Simone, a former violent boxer who terrorizes the entire neighborhood. In an effort to reaffirm his dignity, Marcello will submit to an unexpected act of vengeance.

A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding. (imdb)

Martin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite. (imdb)

A tale of conflict and danger set in present day Naples. Like a modern Antigone, a social worker on the frontline of the daily war against criminal mentality is confronted with a moral choice that can destroy the sense of her work and her life forever. (imdb)

A Catholic monk struggles with guilt and visions of Christ. At the same time and location, a political conflict builds up to a tragedy.

Juliette grew up alone with her father Raphaël in the north of France. He is a veteran of the First World War. The girl, passionate about singing and music, meets a magician one summer who promises her that some scarlet sails will one day take her out of her town. Juliette never stopped believing in this prophecy.

Inspired by real-life events, the film follows an Eritrean refugee who gets stuck in Libya and becomes a notorious human trafficker known as “Mama Luna” with deep ties to the Italian Mafia. When she is forced to flee to Italy due to a change in fortunes, she experiences the same hardships endured by the people she exploited.

1997. At ILVA in Taranto, yet another workplace death has just occurred, but Caterino Lamanna, a worker assigned to strenuous tasks in the steel industry, is ready to blame the unions for it.