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Mary is a young girl, daughter of shepherds, promised in marriage to Joseph, a widower with two children, living in the nearby village of Nazareth, in the Galilee of two thousand years ago. Grown up in love and respect for the little ones, Mary, after leaving her home, soon sees the distortions of the patriarchal world surrounding her, starting with her husband's family. Here he reads the oldest brother of Joseph, Mordecai. The sunny and determined attitude of the girl, protective of children, arouses the indignation of the head of the family and those who are convinced of the need to give them punishment, discipline and submission.

Comments on the work of Ciprì and Maresco by Emma Dante, Emiliano Morreale, and Giuseppe Lo Bianco

Rocco, a former boxer disappointed by life and his profession, and Ben, an undocumented immigrant in Italy who barely manages to earn enough money for a sandwich and to pay the rent for a cot, tell a story of sport, friendship, and social redemption.

Roberto is a student in a corrupt university where teachers sell exams and only hire friends and relatives.

In a curious-looking old hospital, an elderly couple, Carlo and Clara, is waiting for their turn tenderly holding hands. There is a choice to be made, and the woman begins to hesitate. Only the words of the loving Carlo will be able to transform fear into courage. At one point the setting makes way for animation, suggested and overlapped by the words of Clara. It leads the listener to a deep reflection on life. The brief evocation of the magic of existence is imprinted in the deeply moved smile of the woman, certain that life on Earth is nothing but a stage of eternity.

In a blue fairy-tale forest, a grumpy granny loses a bottle of wine. This event will give rise to a crescendo of linked events, a dialogue, a funny repartee between frames and characters, which will lead to an unexpected development.

Italy, 1947. Attilio is a Fascist and disgraced former movie star. Out of desperation, he joins a band of robbers for a heist. After the robbery, Attilio and the robbers take refuge in a house that proves to be deadly.

For the first time together, Dario Fo and Paola Cortellesi take the spectator through a journey in the life of Maria Callas in the last play written by Fo and the late Franca Rame.

Marco, a thirty-year-old writer who moved to a suburban neighborhood in search of inspiration, will apparently cross paths with the mysterious ceramist Giulia by chance, soon feeling the need to intervene to defend her from the psychological persecution and verbal harassment of her stalker. 8 Wins and 2 Nominations

A girl needs a friend. A special box could materialize it for her.

Is art useful to man? The actors are suited to society. Passers-by are people who want to dream but have now lost confidence, laziness on the one hand, conditioning and deschooling on the other, require you to lower your sights and everyone is content to pursue modest cheap expectations. Reality and art are not in communication, impoverished by individualism, the actors and artists dance to the rhythm imposed by power, they slaughter each other, they abuse each other without realizing the possibilities of communication that open up by moving outside the choir. Rome is occupied by every step, the foot walking lightly occupies the public land. But this occupation is not news because it is lightning fast. The criteria of employment mark the time.

Dony and Marco, two high school students from Bologna, live an intense love story until he starts suffering serious neurological damage after a ski accident.

Ugo Gregoretti and Andrea Camilleri, renowned writers and longtime friends, have fun dressing up and playing the roles of the Cat (Gregoretti) and the Fox (Camilleri) in this surprising adaptation of *Pinocchio*, told entirely in rhyming verse and song.

In the present day, three friends to make ends meet invent a "criminal tour" for the places which were scenes of the Banda della Magliana criminal acts, even with vintage clothes. Suddenly they are catapulted in the 1982, during the Spain World Cup, facing the real Banda della Magliana, which at that time had the control over illegal bets.

A love story between adolescents, in which the main characters rediscover imagination as a way to become adults, rather than a place where to remain children.

The Salzburg Festival presents one of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's masterpieces: the opera Le Nozze di Figaro, in a new production staged by Sven-Eric Bechtolf and conducted by Dan Ettinger. Set-List: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492.

In 1982, for the first time in Europe, a government body provided a meeting place for gays. And what a place! It was a 13th-century tower, part of the ancient city wall. The Cassero di Porta Saragozza was one of the most important milestones in the history of the Italian LGBT community. This was also a monumental step for the social evolution of Bologna. The film shows the main stages which led the city council to make this unusual decision and the activities of Cassero in its early years. These begin from the 80's, and we see the movement change from a revolutionary organisation fighting for rights for gays to an established institution playing a central role in the cultural life of Bologna. Rediscovered photos and videos, performances by drag queens and the history of the organisation told by its protagonists.

On a visit to meet his girlfriend’s parents in a remote village in Tuscany, Primo is forced to prove his masculinity on a wild boar hunt.

Veronica has twenty years and is imprisoned in a huge body. During a disco she suffers the joke of a boy. Desperate, Veronica is hiding in a club bathrooms believes that inside no one else could see her. The fate, however, has in store a pleasant surprise for her ...

A documentary about the story of Mario de Marcella, a hermit that lived in the woods near Rome. He was called by hunters "Il Solengo" because that's how they call the lone boar that is cut off from the rest of the pack.

Best friends Mike and Dylan must spend 24 hours and document their event in Malpaso Forest for a hefty amount of $10,000. Mike is a gambler who lost $5,000 in a bet but was given the opportunity for debt forgiveness and double his reward. Mike convinces Dylan to spend 24 hours in the Malposa Forest. What they find will be something they will soon not forget.

The story takes place in the summer of 1980 in Brindisi, Italy. Martino is a young man whose father isn't giving him enough attention. His older brother and his friends, including Silvia, a young northern Italian who spends her holidays in the south of the country and has a romance with Martino. Young people tend to enter an American military base north, and Martino ends up finding a US military officer, Captain Clark, a good friend who teaches him how to surf.

The film focuses on Ernesto Rossi (1897 – 1967), who was imprisoned by the fascist regime between 1930 and 1943 for his political ideas. Exiled on the island of Ventotene, he co-authored the Ventotene manifesto.

The story is set in an indefinite time. In a dungeon, five people fight for their survival: three women, Blonde, Black and Red; a theologian and a young doctor. Out of this hiding place reigns the APOCALISSE. Evil was generated by a zero patient and a group of ex-soldiers, called "Exterminators", crucifies any person you meet to find the origin of the evil. Are the five really safe in this place or is there something they don't know?

Pino is a mechanic and a rally rides champion, who decides to become a woman, and names himself Beatrice. As a transgender, he meets Marianna, a nurse from Rumenia who's taking care of Pino's old mother. Beatrice and Marianna fall in love and manage to get married in Rome, fighting established society and prejudice, both dressed as brides. An Italian love story, an unsurfarced road to become an unconventional family, in a too conventional country

From the Gabriele Di Luca's play "Thanks for Vaselina", the story of Fil and Charlie.

What drives people all over the world to hunt animals, often driving them towards extinction? How does hunting affect our relationship with nature and impact fragile ecosystems? And how do hunting lobbies influence law makers and the media? Through the personal story of one ex-hunter, ’On The Wild Side’ unites the global anti-hunting movement, while also providing an overview of hunting throughout history. Featuring interviews with activists, politicians and organisations all over the world, this documentary sheds light on the psychology of hunting and the methods of the saboteurs. Is it possible to end hunting forever?

While playing with a snail that slowly moves along a hat shop’s window display, seven-year-old Jaime sees eight-year-old Matilda on the street outside, and devises a series of silly antics to make her smile.

Giuseppe, 33, is still struggling to build his life in a small Italian town where he has to hide his homosexuality. With a Polaroid in hand, he decides to leave for Berlin to find Peter, a summer love he has never forgotten. The shock of a cosmopolitan city is nothing compared to the moment he realizes that the German artist has a "normal" family. For him this represents the possibility of 'losing' himself and meeting Marco, who takes him around all night to arrive at dawn to the conviction that love is the only strength to find one's identity. "Polaroid" is one of five short film segments in an omnibus feature titled "A Quintet".

Robert Williams is called by the police during a business meeting. His wife Lauren is in shock, after finding a dead man in her home. More dead bodies are found in the city the day after. The modus operandi looks the same but there's something not quite right. Is it the same killer or a copycat? Police start investigating the mysterious murders.

An aristocratic family faces bankruptcy. Little Fosca has to take care of her family that rejects her. One day she stumbles upon the studio her dead mother, a talented taxidermist. Here she comes up with an idea: in order to be loved, she has to become like her mother.

Dafne has recently lost her mother – and Luigi his wife – in an accident. But whilst this 30-year-old, who was born with Down’s syndrome, is still managing to master her life with verve after the terrible disaster, her father sinks into a depression. It will take all the energy Dafne can muster to help him get back on his feet. Fortunately, headstrong Dafne happens to have a lot of it up her sleeve.

Ettore attempts to end his life every day by driving his three-wheeler into a steep ditch, but lacks the courage each time. His ten-year old nephew, Luca, catches on and helps him find a reason to go on.

After a long and tumultuous relationship with his wife, Roman finds himself alone. He decides to sublet one room in his house, Mel will be the first to answer his announcement. When Mel moves into Roman’s house he will make him wonder about who he his and what he would like to change in his life.

In 15th-century Venice, Jacopo Foscari, son of the Doge of Venice Francesco Foscari, is to be tried by the Council of Ten for a crime of which he claims to be innocent. The Foscari family’s sworn enemy, the vindictive Jacopo Loredano, treacherously secures his sentence of exile. Despite the pleas of Lucrezia, Jacopo’s wife, the unfortunate father is forced to sign his son’s banishment order, even though he is convinced of his innocence. The young man dies of despair just before the real murderer comes forward. Loredano secures the removal of Francesco Foscari, who collapses, lifeless. "I due Foscari" is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, with a libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, which premiered at the Teatro Argentina in Rome on 3 November 1844.

In a neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome the crime, drugs and graffiti are pervasive. A large apartment complex seems to be a prison for the inhabitants. Marco returns to the hood after serving time in prison for dealing drugs but he's rejected and abandoned by his wife. His old friends still want him to deal cocaine for them. At first he's reluctant but it seems to be all he knows to do. Faustino, Massimo and Federico are delinquents who hang out together while doing drugs, petty crime, and looking for sex. Sonia is different from the rest because she studies and works all the time but even Sonia won't escape without being a victim. A tragic incident brings the main characters together and leaves behind a trail of fire, blood and violence.

Nazi concentration camp, 1944. Two Italian prisoners locked ion a very small cell are taking a pledge. How far are they willing to go to keep the promise?

Tribute to the director Mario Monicelloi who, interviewed by Johnny Palomba, recalls his life and his works.

Diego works for a Turin-based mafia company: thanks to his skills, he always manages to secure their victory in tenders, thus earning his living. He hides a secret: he can read minds and so he is always able to provide the exact figure at which various construction companies propose the price of their work, allowing his superiors to offer the maximum discount.