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Count Karl Ulysses von Salis-Marschlins was a Swiss botanist and naturalist. He travelled widely observing and studying the lands he visited. In 1789 he travelled in the Kingdom of Naples. On returning home, he wrote a book about it. Here is how he described his visit to the "Casino del Duca" at San Basilio, the largest estate of Apulia, South Italy. "Anapeson" are these places, now, sleepless and abandoned within the distracted modernity. The History as ruins.
Adaptation of the novel of the same name by Antonio Scurati.
A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.
Antonio is the humble servant of a rich family governed by the Marquis Gastone. He is a young man madly in love with Lulu, but she betrays him, and he desperately enlist in the foreign legion.
Adventure film about the popular hero Robin Hood, and how he and his partisans take on the defence of King Richard Lion-Heart's interests against his brother John, while the former is in the Holy Land.
Hamilan, a cruel and ambitious general, murders his king and places himself on the throne with the former king's evil niece as his queen. He then wages war against his peaceful neighbors, killing their women and enslaving their men. A hero named Ursus appears at a tournament to challenge Hamilan's authority. Though victorious at the tournament, Ursus is arrested and forced to turn a grist-mill under an overseer's lash. Meanwhile, the former king's virtuous daughter, Diana, is tormented by her evil cousin, the new queen. Sentenced to a slow and tortuous execution, Ursus breaks free and a revolt breaks out. Ursus throws Hamilan to his death in a fiery pit and then Ursus and Diana enjoy the cheers of a grateful populace. - Written by dinky-4 of Minneapolis
Gheni and Gherti, two young Albanian immigrants who live in Rome and work in a restaurant, settle in the home of the photographer Corrado, who makes friends with the first. In a torrid and empty city for the summer holidays Gherti, more restless, binds with Lino, an old Sardinian who every day accompanies his mentally ill wife to the city. Gheni instead continues his little "climb" in the restaurant and strengthens his friendship with Corrado.
The amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.
A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy.
In a small town by the sea in 1960's Sicily, Rebecca spends every day locked up at home listening to the radio, hoping to hear the voice of her missing lover, Pietro.
Ulisse, following his father's death, inherits a bar frequented by motorcyclists. One day, unusual events convince him that there is a drug courier among his customers.
85-year-old conductor Petr Novotný is working on a new opera. He hides a secret from his past. One day, during his daily walk, he is kidnapped but recognizes his captor. The housekeeper alerts Petr's two children to his disappearance.
Two happy families, a quiet beach and a house in the hills above the Adriatic Sea. It could be so perfect. But when teenager Finn has a breakdown it brings turmoil not only to the friendship between the families but also to the relationship between his parents Helena and Adam. Eight days in August that change everything.
In the 19th century Europe, an aging scheming couple decides to manipulate and seduce a couple of young newlyweds in love, just for the fun of it.
Maledimiele tells the story of Sara, a teenage girl who sinks – slowly but inevitably – into the abyss of anorexia.
When an eight year old girl loses her mother to cancer, her mother's last wish is for her to fall in love and find that special magical person. Twenty years later, she is alone, fired, and broke. When she and a friend decide to relocate to LA to start anew, she becomes attracted to their bus driver. Her friend, however, thinks she should go for someone more secure and established. The question arises: does one marry for love or money?
A chronicle biopic of the 22-year career of soccer star Roberto Baggio, including depictions of his difficult debut as a player, his deep rifts with some of his coaches, his triumph over injuries and personal discovery of Buddism.
The story of a father and a son. An on the road trip from South to North.
A tale that takes place at the dawn of history. The movie tells the story of a tribe that discovers how to fashion weapons out of iron and use them for their own survival. However, the creation of iron also causes the tribe to battle for possession of the new weapons.
A bumbling Christmas elf whose Santa's helper job is jeopardized by a complete inability in building toys teams up with a kid harassed by bullies.
A detective gets hired to go mediate with an alien that has taken refuge at a hotel in northen Italy.
A hilarious anthology of scenes from some of the most famous films starring the great Totò, the prince of Italian comedy.
The story of a widower and his two sons, focusing on their complex and sometimes difficult relationships.
In this rom-com challenging the concept of soulmates, parallel storylines portray four single friends as they pair up in different couple combinations.
Two mismatched buddies are mistaken for mob enforcers in Depression-era America.
Seven small rogues dream of stealing the beautiful jewels which are in Paris for an exhibition.
Sent to Japan by MM, the head of the secret service, to retrieve a software capable of making reality and AI-generated content indistinguishable, former agents Massimo and Aldo discover they are part of a plan much bigger than themselves. With the help of Sergio, an undercover Italian agent and master of improbable disguises, the duo transforms into an unlikely trio of spies. Navigating the Yakuza, absurd disguises, and disastrous missions, they must rescue a kidnapped woman and prevent the technology from falling into the wrong hands.
A wild, tragicomic adventure that satirizes history through dueling narratives by Jules Verne and his wife Honorine, each recounting young Charles Darwin’s journey to the Galápagos — a voyage teeming with pirates, pink iguanas, and a riotous mix of chaos, discovery, and revolt.
Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.
Helmed by Giovanni Pastrone, with Segundo de Chomón ably handling the stop-motion animation segment, The War and the Dream of Momi is equal parts patriotic pageantry and eye-popping puppetry.
A 10-year-old boy is in the car with his Roman and Romanist father. They are late because the derby is about to start, but first they have to go to a place. The child is dressed in a fluttering blue miniskirt and a cape like a superheroine. They arrive at the supposed show. Ettore begins to sing a song with female movements, but after a few bars, he is interrupted. He is not in school, but in a room of a pediatric hospital and in front of him there is a friend of his who is taken to the operating room.
Davide, a good kid with the eyes of a child and the body of a grown man, is kidnapped one night and locked inside the dark trailer of a truck. He becomes a prisoner of a mysterious organization that forces him to fight, bare-handed, in brutal underground matches that can end only one way: the death of one of the two fighters.
Diego Viani is a former robber, well-known in the 1980s for his "unarmed" heists. His best friend is Michele Ragusa, a shabby private investigator scraping by on cases of marital infidelity. Working alongside him is Alex, an unpaid intern—a clumsy "mama’s boy" who dreams of becoming a detective despite having no talent for it. Everything spirals out of control when Diego’s past resurfaces in the form of Salamandra, an old accomplice. Salamandra accuses him of stealing the loot from their final job: five billion lire in gold bullion that vanished into thin air. When Salamandra dies under mysterious circumstances, Diego becomes the prime suspect. Commissioner Castrone, fueled by a long-standing personal vendetta, is convinced of his guilt. The only person who believes in Diego’s innocence is Ragusa, who decides to investigate with the help of the unlikely Alex.
A psychiatric-clinic medical director runs some tests on two patients, the Ragionier Antonio Vignanelli and Cavalier Peppino Caprioli, so they must retrieve some memories of family life in order to understand their mental illness.
Carmela is thirty, beautiful and as untamed as an horsewoman. She is jobless and struggles to get by on her own, doing small day-to-day tasks. She makes ends meet by making use of the immigrants who populate the maze of alleyways of Naples' old historic centre. A circle of hell where, even to get a residence permit, you have to pay to work
Django's father is framed by his business partner Clusker and shot by a bounty Killer. Django inherits his fathers part of the business and a score to settle with Clusker.
A guy is back home at evening, he switches on his smartphone, select an old chat and starts recording himself without being capable of delivering his messsages to whom he wants to reconnects again.
The Film centers around an American-style fast food restaurant in Milan, the employees who work there and the clients that frequent the place.
Peter is commissioned by William to rob an Amsterdam bank. He wants to find out who li is working for. With the help of Corinne, a young prostitute, he investigates and approaches the bank.
An industrialist's affair with a troubled woman entangles him in a dangerous situation with her abusive boyfriend. His glamorous life spirals into unexpected peril.
One morning, after nightmares and restless sleep, a man finds out he has a dark-skinned arm. His doctor explains that a skin mutation is in progress…
Elena, a Sicilian mother of three, is murdered by her husband. Her cousin, Roberto decides to take the three orphans into custody. Together with his wife, Anna, he takes charge of the maintenance of the three nephews, who join the other two children of the couple. The adaptation of the three children to the new reality is complex and conflicting. The backlash on the family budget is heavy. Roberto and his wife make do to ensure that the children are supported, trying not to let them know how their mother died.
Beniamino and his family have lived inside a school since the end of the war. After five years they have to move, but in Rome it's not easy to find an apartment.
It tells the charm of two cities that for different reasons have made the history of one of the most “musical” states in the United States. A documentary poised between country music, blues, and history.
The film is a sort of presentation of Franco Fortini's book 'I Cani del Sinai'. Fortini, an Italian Jew, reads excerpts from the book about his alienation from Judaism and from the social relations around him, the rise of Fascism in Italy, the anti-Arab attitude of European culture. The images, mostly a series of Italian landscape shots, provide a backdrop that highlights the meaning of the text. - Fabrizio Sabidussi
Successful businessman Melvin Dovereux is caught in a traffic jam caused by a funeral procession. Soon he is haunted by visions of a hearse chasing him and a woman in a sports car. Could the funeral procession actually be for him?
It tells the story of Sofia and Alessio, two souls struggling with themselves who, between the Sannio vineyards and the Felix bar, find love and the courage to truly be themselves.
Two brothers part company only to be reunited when one is hired to stop a thief who turns out to be his sibling.
A group of crooks takes advantage of a rich old lady's naivete: they pretend they are to sail to Africa to fight... the sleeping sickness. They are only interested in gold.
In the Tuscan countryside, a family of traditional honey farmers struggles to make ends meet. The household consists of only daughters—four of them—led by the eldest, Gelsomina, who takes on the responsibilities of the family. When a small boy is sent to stay with them for rehabilitation, their routine is disrupted. As financial troubles threaten their home, Gelsomina sees an opportunity in a reality TV contest searching for 'Italy’s Most Traditional Family.' Willing to expose their secluded life for the prize money, she clashes with her father’s rigid ways in a bid to secure their future.
Tough, gripping drama about a committed, principled priest taking on the Mafia and risking his life in a poverty-stricken parish in Naples.
A man travels to Siena, Italy, looking for his father, a jockey whom he has never met. The father is dead, and in investigating the circumstances of the death, the son ends up involved in a plot of murder and intrigue.