Paolo Bonacelli

Dario Argento's thriller stars the director's daughter Asia as Anna Manni, a policewoman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist and killer. The problem is that she suffers from "Stendhal's syndrome", a psychosomatic disease that gives her dizziness and hallucinations when she is exposed to the sight of paintings and artistic masterpieces. When the maniac lures her into a trap inside Florences' famous Uffizi museum, her troubles are just beginning... (imdb)

Four fascist libertines round up 9 teenages boys and girls and subject them to 120 days of physical, mental and sexual torture.

Allegedly true story of a man who is caught smuggling drugs out of Turkey and thrown into a barbaric prison (imdb)

A collection of five stories involving cab drivers in five different cities.(imdb)

A kindhearted but bumbling idiot who likes to steal bananas, is passed off for a snitch hiding from the mob. (imdb)

In the fascist Italy of 1935, a painter trained as a doctor is exiled to a remote region near Eboli. Over time, he learns to appreciate the beauty and wisdom of the peasants, and to overcome his isolation. (imdb)

A hunted man breaks into the castle at Oberwald to kill the Queen, but faints before doing so. He is Sebastian, the splitting image of the King who was assassinated on his wedding day. The Queen discovers that Sebastian once wrote a subversive poem that she liked, even though it was attacking her. The Queen dares Sebastian to kill her, otherwise she vows to kill him. (imdb)

Movie based on the romance by Leonardo Sciascia "Il contesto". A detective (inspector Rogas) is assigned to investigate the mysterious murders of some Supreme Court judges and a series of judges's Homicide.

Summer in Rimini, where a lot of crazy things are a bound to happen.

The life of St. Francis of Assisi (1181-1226) as related by followers who gather after his death to tell stories so that Leone can record them: a privileged and virile youth, a prisoner of war, an heir who turns away from his father and gives all to the poor, a beggar for others, and an inspiration to friends who accept the Gospels' life of poverty. He seeks the Pope's blessing, and he endures persecution at the hands of the family of Chiara Offreduccio (1194-1253), who becomes St. Clare. (imdb)

A teacher from Northern Italy lands a post in a small town in the South.

Belmondo plays a conman who gets tangled in a complex series of hassles that involve some well-placed kicks to straighten out. Everyone is after a microfilm he has, and when he is not hanging from a helicopter to escape his enemies he is bedding down one woman or another. Life, after awhile, seems fairly predictable as he goes from being airborne to bedridden or vice-versa. (allmovie.com)

An assassin hides out in Italy for one last assignment.

Professor Jean River has been receiving phone calls which accuse him of murder. The plot thickens when a teddy bear arrives by mail.

The vicious drug-related killings of young pre-teen boys are the fuel that moves this mystery-actioner into high gear. After Annunziata (Angela Molina) opens up a hostel with her friend Antonio (Daniel Ezralow) she is saved from being raped by a Camorra (organized crime) boss when the gangster is suddenly killed. The killer escapes before Annunziata is able to see who it was. (allmovie.com)

Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his gambling problem. (imdb)

An Italian lawyer comes home to a big surprise concealed in his closet. (worldcat)

A group of outlaws takes a man's wife and child hostage. He must walk a fine line between working with the police to rescue his family and not angering the kidnappers to the point where they might hurt or kill them. (imdb)

The Razzi family owns a small factory of sweets in Macerata. Their desire to enlarge their business to cope with the new Unified European Market brings to a string of fatal mistakes that will ultimately doom their wealth. (imdb)

Love story between a pop singer and a high society girl. (bfi)

An English singer thinks his Italian wife has cheated on him and goes back to England. He is then involved in drug trafficking (actually organized by his treacherous promoter) and ends up in jail. Luckily enough after a while the real culprit is revealed and he can go back to Italy and his wife. (imdb)

In this caper movie, a gang of prison inmates sneak out and rob the Royal Mint. They then sneak back to prison. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi

Antonio Gramsci, who was sentenced to twenty years in prison by the courts fascists, relives the stages of his political career and private life: in particular the founding of the Communist Party, the futile resistance to the offensive of the Right, the marriage, the arrest, the conflict with Togliatti. Discharged from prison for health reasons, died in 1937 at a clinic in Rome. Portrait often didactic, but almost always convincing, one of the fathers of modern socialism. (mubi.com)

Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, the dead husband happened to be a member of the Italian nobility, and the trial starts to turn into more of a prosecution of the defendant's socialist politics ... (imdb)

Don Giuliano Niccolini Borges, Roman prince and member of the Pontifical Noble Guard, is very much attracted to Jane, an English girl he has met that is accompanying him on a pleasure trip to Switzerland. He has some plans for hanky-panky on their various stops along the route, but Jane has other plans as she is only with him because his car has a special-identification license plate and can go through customs without inspection... (imdb)

The film tells the political reconstruction of post-fascist Italy between 1944 and 1953, seen through the career of Alcide De Gasperi (1881-1954). (Wikipedia)

A television official indifferent to everything around him meets with a childhood friend. These days, the friend seems plagued by persecution mania, saying that he receives anonymous letters and death threats, but the protagonist does not believe him.

Frank Magenta works as a journalist in Rome for a big American newspaper. Assigned to gather information on the background of Scanzano, the presidential candidate of Italian origin, he quickly finds out that this politician is a man of unquestion-able integrity. There are no scandals or affairs which can endanger his candidacy. Frank decides to give up his investi-gations, much to the delight of his 18-year-old daughter; Emma believes that her father will have more time for her.

A background of rising fascism in Venice in 1930s. A music-student, Matthias, mixes with the town's bourgeoisie and falls in love with a mature teacher, Carla, the mother of his friend Renato, and then with his young colleague, Elena. The themes include blackmail, betrayal, seduction, and eventually murder. (imdb)

A renowned film producer is found dead in the river Tiber. The main suspects are three young aspiring screenwriters. In the course of one night in the police station, they go through their tumultuous, emotional and ironic journey in the streets of Rome, in the final throes of the glorious era of the great Italian cinema.

Lucia lives alone with her 17th years old son Gabriel. Her husband left once their first daughter Anna, died for leukemia, 8 years ago. Lucia works in a hospice, in contact with terminal ills. Here she will meet some guests that will become "teachers" for her. The Professor Giulio Redetti (Paolo Bonacelli) in particular, who will talk to her about his own experiences.

A teacher (Saverio) and a schoolkeeper (Mario) get lost in the Italian countryside. They find themselves in the late 15th century, they met Leonardo da Vinci and try to teach him how to play cards, they try to stop Columbus, they sing beatles's song etc... (imdb)

Young Charlemagns is placed on the Frankish throne in the middle of the 8th Century A.D. Despite having many powerful enemies he slowly unites the nations of Western Europe and rebuilds civilization on the ruins of the Roman Empire. (imdb)