Francesco Scianna

The teenage son of two fathers makes a documentary film about his parents but is surprised when a real-life plot twist occurs in his family.

In 1920s Bagheria, Giuseppe 'Peppino' Torrenuova works as a shepherd to financially help his poor family. Over the next fifty years, Giuseppe's life, as well as the life of the village, is observed. Giuseppe grows up, joins the Communist Party, marries a local girl, has children, and forges a political career for himself.

Leonardo Vitale was the first Cosa Nostra turncoat to cooperate with the authorities. In 1973, he denounced Totò Riina, Bernardo Provenzano, Michele Greco, and Vito Ciancimino to the police, but he could not withstand imprisonment and lost his sanity. He ended up spending a full ten years in a criminal lunatic asylum. Yet, upon his release, the Mafia—which has a long memory—showed that it had not forgotten him.

A couple of bourgeois intellectuals, Carlo and Silvia, have been married for twenty years. While she lives in their flat in Rome, he spends most of his time in the country house where he writes his books, openly living with his younger lover, Lù. In return, Carlo has long accepted that her wife may have lovers, but her volatile relationship with a young neo-fascist suddenly rekindles his jealousy.

Two former partners reignite their spark at a wedding reception, but as the night wears on, fond memories fade into mutual regrets and their brief affair turns into a desperate attempt to recapture lost time.

2012 Italian drama; title is German slang for "Wop"

The last few years in the life of Armida Miserere, female jail director who committed suicide.

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At the conclusion of the DO Tour Casting project, organized by the DO Cinema agency to search for new talent across Italy (including Turin, Milan, Florence, Rome, Naples, and Maratea), the video testimonials of the people met form a mosaic of stories, faces, and emotions. Twenty-four aspiring actors, embarked on a 400-day journey that began on the day of their audition, are trying their hand at their dream job. And amidst hopes and disappointments, uncertainties and talent, they create a universal portrait of a generation. An experiment that follows the maturation of future faces of cinema not only professionally, but also, and above all, personally.

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship.

The five daughters of a famous actor, all from different mothers and different nationalities, get together on the 10th anniversary of his death for a celebration of his career.

Set in Italy in the 1970s, VALLANZASCA is the true story of the Italian underworld’s most infamous outlaw. A criminal by age 9, Renato Vallanzasca grew up to become the country’s most notorious mobster before the age of 27. Vallanzasca and his gang wrested control of the Milan underworld with a string of high profile robberies, kidnappings and murders. In the process, he captivated the public and earned the nickname ‘il bel Renè’ – for his devilish charm and handsome face. Arrested multiple times, his daring escapes from prison enraged the government, angered his rivals and fed his legend.

Senator Merlin's battle for the abolition of houses of ill repute, told by the prostitute Maddalena through a letter. A story of redemption and female self-determination, in a historical context reconstructed with skill and accuracy.

A loss and a secret from the past put in crisis an apparently perfect family.

Palermo, 1979. The Giammarresi are a normal family — father, mother, a ten year old son and a daughter of sixteen — struggling with the problems of everyday life. Seemingly ordinary problems, oh, and the Cosa Nostra, the Sicilian Mafia. Inspired by Pierfrancesco “Pif” Diliberto's film.

Inspector Dario Maltese travels from Rome to the city of his birth, Trapani in Sicily, to attend his best friend's wedding. But tragedy strikes and he finds himself pulled into a murder investigation.

The story of Salvatore Riina, a mafioso boss from Corleone, Sicily.

After the death of its youngest son, the lives of a Roman family take separate paths.