In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.
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In a post-apocalyptic future, the Italian peninsula is going through a dark moment due to a terrible energy crisis.
In the Tiburtino III neighbourhood, in the outer suburbs of Rome, a small asteroid falls from the sky. In the following days, almost everyone in the suburb starts behaving inexplicably oddly: they all suck AA batteries. An improbable group of young characters finds out that many have been infected by some parasites and the aliens intend to conquer the whole world.
More than 100 years have passed. A mischievous letter lures the White Moon Drake to the secretive canals of Venice, where he finds himself on the trail of his beloved Hope. There, a malicious hide and seek play takes place through the Venetian squares and bridges until he is invited to a mysterious ball at last, only to be subjected to a dangerous psychological game with her very life and his existence at stake. The sequel and final part of this trilogy promises to unveil and reveal all previous mysteries. But will he dare to find out the truth?
In an overpopulated and underprivileged suburban neighbourhood, Jacob, a boy immobilised on a wheelchair, fights to protect a girl he spots across the courtyard, doing all he can to warn her of the dark figure entering her room - The Recycling Man.
The inhabitants of the distant planet Gemini send to Rome the extraterrestrial Bix. His task is to transport twelve Earths to the planet so that we can find out if they are suitable for living there. Bix, who's distinguishable from humans only because he has a green face, also has supernatural powers that allow him to repair damages. On the eve of the departure for Gemini, a trap is set for him...
A television crew decides to make a documentary about the spread of a new, highly transmissible virus responsible for Gerber syndrome—a disease with devastating effects. Through the accounts of three people closely affected by the condition—a doctor, an infected young woman, and a young security guard—the crew discovers that no authority has ever told the truth about the situation and that the virus has already infected a large portion of the population, spreading even through a simple handshake.
In a post-nuclear holocaust world, a survivor roams the desert, fighting bandits and the forces of an evil warlord.
A masked superhero searches for a magical golden relic while trying to prevent the plundering of an Egyptian tomb.
Offsite 26 y/o student Federica is struck by visions of humanity's doom. She embarks on a journey to find something that will give her peace before the end.
Master Sorran is obsessed by his search for an ancient civilization which, according to legend, holds the secret of immortality. After many years he lights upon the wreck of the civilisation's most powerful starship: the Resurrection. Sorran ignores the dangers and orders his crew to dock. The explorers and Sorran himself will face the mysteries of the Resurrection and the secret of the origins of the dark side.
A group of scientists studying climate change discover untold horrors on a disastrous expedition to the Antarctic.
"The essential is invisible to the eye", they say. But Felice's camera can manage to capture the invisible.
The famous rock band The Paperback music is convened for a big concert at Big Depression. Arriving at their destination, no musical event seems ready for that day, but suddenly a secret passage opens to the planet Planio, where dictator Balthazar has banned all kinds of music.
In a hypothetical future not too far away people are completely dazed and spend their days passively watching TV. The state is controlled by a dictator, the Supreme Dreamer, who governs through the brutal force of the police, whose agents have a very elegant yellow and black latex outfit. The only entertainment of the people is to watch the dictator's dreams on TV, which are aired through a hat. One day the protagonist, an anarchist rebel with fake mustache, steals the dictator's hat. At that point begins his escape during which he will meet some very special characters.
This movie is an adaptation of a book by Rodari, a famous Italian poet and writer of children literature. A group of children in the outskirts of Rome bump into a spaceship that landed nearby. Soon the event draws the attention of the media, the military and rich entrepreneurs. The spaceship is pointed as the evil to fight against by the authorities, and nobody trusts the kids, who on the other hand try to preserve the spaceship (which is actually a harmless space-cake).
This is a quite a rare example of a political sci-fi filmed without means. An excessive and schizophrenic creature, DINNI E LA NORMALINA allows Grifi’s more playful soul to see the light, while not dispersing the dark reflection on the exploitation by media institutions.
Italy, a few minutes into the future. Hera is linked to the neural global communication system known as “Control” that dominates the behavior of all the world population. The girl manages to free herself and to create a communication circuit isolated from control with her partner Aphrodite, but Dr. Routine, an agent of Control, takes action to eliminate this anomaly: however Hera manages to link Dr. Routine to the closed circuit put together by Aphrodite and her, a premise of a possible revolution and of the end of Control.
Today, in an Italy that has never freed itself from the Nazi-Fascist regime, you can only speak if you pay. If you use more words than you can afford, you will be silenced forever by the regime's guards.
In 2059, in a broken-down world, silicon has become the most precious material on the planet. A man and a girl barter transistors and microchips for a few larvae and some water. Their routine will be broken by the discovery of a forgotten heirloom, something that the man will not want to part with.
After struggling to choose an ice cream flavor, Guido discovers his whole life has been a simulation engineered for that single decision. As reality unravels, he's forced to question identity, destiny, and the meaning of choice itself.
A Count marries a woman with illness that makes her suffer attacks of vampirism. The Count took flight in the wildest horror, and ran, without any idea where he was going or what he was doing, impelled by the deadliest terror, all about the walks in the park, till he found himself at the door of his own Castle as the day was breaking, bathed in cold perspiration. Involuntarily, without the capability of taking hold of a thought, he dashed up the steps, and went bursting through the passages and into his own bedroom.
In the aftermath of a serious nuclear contamination, Victor and Darline live barricaded at home, wear gas masks and raise a child in a world that seems to have no future. They try not to succumb, to establish a new normal, but something shocking will definitely mark their destiny.
A child is watching television, but suddenly a food advertising has a strange interference.
An unusual exorcism ritual reveals a secret paranormal business.
Fleets of UFOs roam around the Moon Base. One manages to land and is confronted by Colonel Foster who is then accused of treason for having collaborated with the alien pilot in an attempt to survive on the lunar surface. Foster flees, chased by security agents, while Commander Straker and Colonel Freeman investigate to exonerate him.
Bogliasco, a small Ligurian town. Max is convinced he's witnessing a political conspiracy ahead of the upcoming elections. Witnessing the slow transformation of his fellow citizens into evil beings, Max attempts to uncover a truth that will be even more terrifying than he thought.
On a business trip to Venice, a couple offers a ride to a mysterious hitchhiker. A wrong turn at the worst possible time will lead the protagonists into the middle of an intergalactic war between humans and aliens.
The operetta, which was introduced from the headlines and a preamble, is initiated by a particular ballet, which then gives way to the development of the plot, in the form of operetta-musical.
In a detention center for time-space travelers, an astrophysicist and his team are torn between their fear of changing their present, freeing future travelers, and their humanity bringing them closer to their distant descendants.
A young little orphan loses herself in the Woods of Vain Things. In her journey, she finds an old log cabin: it is soon revealed to be the dwelling of Gilbert, the prize-builder, victim of a strange spell.
You are in a bedroom observing a man quietly sleeping in his bed. His TV turns on and a strange figure shows up.
A young boy, Cam, searches for his sister in a world ravaged by wars. On his journey he faces many dangers from humans and nature itself, both equally merciless.
An inhabitant of the Moon, crashed on the Earth due to the violent shock caused by an atomic experiment, remains amazed by the discovery of this planet and gives life to a puppet, begging him to introduce him into the world of men.
Early Italian Science-Fiction film.
Albertine is the most controversial character of Recherche du temps perdu, the most mentioned yet the one we know the least about: we do not know where she comes from, what she does for a living, where she ends up… and even when she dies, we wonder if she ever existed at all. Several critics saw in Albertine Proust’s driver Alfred Agostinelli, a young Italian with whom Proust had been madly in love. The novel and Proust’s life become the excuse for a contemporary love story – where Marcel, Albertine and Alfred hide, bluff, swap genders and roles, experiencing love as an eternal question, aware that the heart of things cannot be captured, but only glimpsed at.
In a dystopian future, a mysterious nurse tries to repair the neural system of a sick android by transferring five repair files. Each file corresponds to a terrifying story where technology dominates humanity in different ways.
Young Ciro Priello, an ultra-skilled Neapolitan graphic, can not find a job that satisfies and appreciates him. After sending the curriculum practically everywhere, he just have to send a copy in space. He will thus be able to work for an alien society based on competence and meritocracy.
2005, year of the death of John Paul II. Luca Bianco is a Christian fundamentalist, obsessed by Islam and by an extremely racist view of Christianity. He spends his time in the study of the Bible. The only person he's in contact with is a woman who comes daily to interview him. He talks to her about his past, about his religious and political belief, about his work and his marriage. She records every conversation on tape, day by day. From this very minimal situation, we jump to a different moment of Luca Bianco's life. It's summer, Luca loses his job, his marriage in in crisis. In the worst moment a engineer named Massimiliano Gorgia - a Christian fundamentalist himself - hires him as a car driver. From this moment, through a very complex plot, we are inside an international intrigue based on the clash of the civilizations on a side, on the difference between individual and politic ethics on the other.
In the not-so-distant future, Earth, choked by plastic, sends a secret expedition to an uninhabited planet to test an extreme method: having animals digest waste. The scientists land on DR0M3-D4R10, a dry and mysterious land, and begin the experiment. But the animals fall ill, the project fails, and the expedition is abandoned to its fate. In a desperate attempt to survive, they begin hunting the planet's only sentient creature, upsetting a sacred balance. The planet's revenge is not long in coming. Only one option remains: to leave a memory, a mark. A distant voice, native to the planet, tells their story.
A being from outer space can enter the mind and body of anyone he wants.
An entangled exploration of Sendai City (Marco Bolognesi's long life creation and obsession), as it is presented and as it really is. Or maybe not?
In a hidden place, beyond a door no one dares to open, a dark plan is about to unfold. When the Great Wizard unleashes his power, you will be swept into a vortex of pure madness and begin a journey you will never forget. You will soar over dizzying mountains, face colossal dragons ready to unleash their fury, dive into digital worlds where gigantic fruits rain down like meteors, rush through torrential forests, unstoppable rapids, and deep space ruled by an insatiable black hole. But there is one thing the Great Wizard did not foresee. A force greater than any spell; a force that knows no fear; an energy no magic can extinguish: the fun of Prezzemolo!!!
Luca, a young boy of eleven, lives with his grandfather in a majestic house in Rome. Learning that his mother, whom he believed to be dead, now lives in Argentina, he goes to look for his portable computer, Toto.
An alien child, Mirko, is exiled to Earth for his parents' crimes.