Stefano Antonucci

The mysteries of the priesthood are cunningly examined in Saverio Costanzo's intriguing follow-up to Private, which garnered critical accolades three years ago. In telling the story of a young man who decides to join the ascetic life of a religious order, Costanzo opts not for a form of documentary realism - along the lines of Into Great Silence - but chooses instead to probe the spiritual realm into which his protagonist is propelled.

Father Maurice (Maurizio - Walther Matthau), a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta (Judith - Roberto Benigni). What Father Maurice doesn't know is that this type of devil will turn his life around. (imdb)

Comic goings-on at a holiday resort in Kenya

An evening at an Italian restaurant. Hosted by tolerant and relaxed Flora, various parties of middle-class people come in -- large and small, young and old, regulars and tourists, married and single -- to dine, converse, argue, celebrate, make confessions; to overhear other people's discussions, to interrupt them, to sing, listen to music, and enjoy life.

Paolo, Fabio and Ciro are three carabinieri who manage to mess up a delicate police operation while chasing a petty thief. As a punishment they are all sacked and find they have joined the ranks of the unemployed. They are all professionals but the openings available to them are few and far between so they decide to become bodyguards...(filmitalia)

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 climax of brutality and violence after a young man hits some cars in a rush. (imdb)

What, supposedly, happens behind the scenes of the Festival of the Italian Song in Sanremo: kickbacks and payolas, the producer resisting the assaults of the record companies and the TV presenter threatening to quit. (imdb)