Omero Antonutti

After the bankruptcy of their father's stonemasonry firm, brothers Nicola and Andrea emigrate to America to restore their fortunes... (imdb)

Plot Summary for Notte di San Lorenzo, La (1982) The Night of San Lorenzo, the night of the shooting stars, is the night when dreams come true in Italian folklore. In 1944, a group of Italians flee their town after hearing rumours that the Nazis plan to blow it up and that the Americans are about to arrive to liberate them. (imdb)

Not about Alexander the Great(356-323 BC), but a mysterious rebellion in the beginning of the 20th century in Greece... (IMDB Comments)

The film consists of four stories plus epilogue, set in 19th-century Sicily. THE OTHER SON - A mother spends her life waiting for news from her two sons (emigrated to America) while ignoring her third, because he is the reincarnation of the bandit who raped her. MOON SICKNESS - a newly-wed peasant girl discovers that her husband goes mad every full moon. She arranges for a male friend to protect her, but they end up in bed together just as the moon emerges from behind a cloud. (imdb)

The movie tells a melancholic story of a little girl who is living in a city in the north. She is fascinated by the secrets of the south which seem to be hidden in the personality of her father. (imdb)

The true story of the life of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. (imdb)

The body of a young woman is found in a small and quiet town in North Italy. A detective from the nearby main city is called to solve the mystery. (imdb)

An all-enveloping darkness. Suddenly, a child's voice, frightened, questioning, pierces the darkness... The first flickering rays of light begin to sculpt mysterious shapes out of the darkness ... Among them, a very old man. He reassures the child, exhorting him to see the wonders of the earth. And it is with this child's eyes that we will witness the creation of the world. Nature comes to life at the first light of dawn, recreating the seven days of the Creation. (imdb)

Musante plays a man blackmailed and forced to assassinate a highly guarded KGB official. Two British agents have kidnapped his daughter and want him to do what they tell him. Why him? He has the ability to see in darkness and is a sharpshooter. Will he get the job done, get his daughter back, and escape from the Russian and British agents that pursue him? (imdb)

Barcelona 1917-1923. Riots between anarchist workers and Savolta's weapon factory owners get worse when these try to stop it using mercenaries, trying to hide illegal business with Germans. (FILMAFFINITY)

Shot in Costa Rica in 1988, 'El Dorado' is one of a rare breed, a Spanish film about its own role in America in the 16th century. However, this film doesn't tell a story of glory and conquest, but one of failure and slow descent into madness. The story is about an expedition down the Orinoco river in 1560, undertaken by Spanish soldiers with the aim of finding the famed land of El Dorado, where gold is supposedly plentiful. (imdb)

A man calls in the night for the police but they don't come. The next morning they find him dead at his desk, next to him there's a gun and a piece of paper with a cryptic message.

Story about the Piazza Fontana Bombing in Milan on December 12 1969.

Emidio Orlich is an officer in the Austrian army. Despite his Croatian origins and his role in the Austrian army, he has been raised up as an Italian. Soon the young man, who by the way fell for a widow, is accused of being a traitor. The consequences will be as intense, as the relationships between Italy and the Balkans has always been. (imdb)

Based on the novel by Carlo Fruttero and Franco Lucentini. An inspector investigates the death of a 50-year old architect, found dead in his office with his head smashed in. (bfi)

This movie attempts to reconstruct the bankruptcy of the Banco Ambrosiano bank and its liaisons with the Vatican and the Masonry through the story of its president Roberto Calvi

The true story of Giorgio Ambrosoli, a lawyer who tried to oppose a web of power, linking politics, mafia and banks, in 1970s Italy, and paid a high price for it.

Two convicts escape from prison and evade the law by taking hostage the middle-class family of a doctor. One of the jailbirds calls the local television station, requesting that they broadcast his demand for a plane so they can escape the country. The television director and his crew show up to film the hostage crisis, and then things get progressively more bizarre and satirical. Not content with the living drama, he directs everyone's actions to make the event more newsworthy. (Fiona Kelleghan)

As a result of a political maneuver gone wrong, a fisherman gets elected as President of the Italian Republic. A complete outsider, he's naive, incompetent and, worst of all, he's an honest man at the head of Italian politics.

The internationally renowned string quartet had been performing together for most of their adult lives when their lead violinist suddenly died, leaving the remaining three confused about their lives and careers. The trio decide to split up, but then a young violinist shows up and convinces them to reform the group and let him take over.

The last year of Bettino Craxi's life, one of the most important and controversial Italian leaders of the 1980s (imdb)

A Mayor has been sent to Patagonia to investigate the murder of a soldier. When the military seized power, he is forced to abandon the case. With the restoration of democracy, the case is reopened with a few consequences. (imdb)

A fencing master in pre-revolution Spain is hired to teach fencing to a beautiful young woman. Although he has never taught a woman before, he is fascinated by her and agrees. She wishes to learn a particular thrust which he is famous for. When a local nobleman becomes involved with her the intrigue begins. (Daniel Bruce)

Trastevere, the historic district of the Italian capital is put into turmoil by a sensational news story: Leonardo Zulliani has disappeared. The case becomes a true national emergency, but who's Leonardo? And what really happened? (imdb)

Giuseppe Verdi's life from 1813 to 1901, depicting the Italian opera composer's personal turmoil amidst political upheaval, and his iconic works like La Traviata, Rigoletto, Aida, and his Requiem. (imdb)