Marco Bellocchio

Over the course of a day, Fausto, invincible in his inertia, watches a paradoxical procession of visitors pass by: the mellifluous parish priest ...

The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from ...

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

The 1978 kidnapping and assassination of former Italian Prime Minister Aldo Moro by Red Brigades terrorists

A man wanders the streets of a small provincial town, obsessed by the idea of meddling in the lives of others.

Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different ...

It is a sunny day on the river Trebbia. In the distance a patrol of German soldiers is approaching : they are nazis, guns blazing. It seems like ...

Elena has just turned 18 and this is her first day working in a coffee bar in Bobbio, a town in the north of Italy. It’s summer and the ...

Turin, 1969. Nine-year-old Massimo’s idyllic childhood is shattered by the mysterious death of his mother. The young boy refuses to accept this ...

In the theater of a small village, rehersals are taking place for a show based on the opera I Pagliacci. There is no orchestra, just a piano and ...

In the Middle Ages, Federico, a soldier, visits the convent in Bobbio, where Sister Benedetta is facing charges of witchery for seducing ...

A mosaic of several intertwined stories questioning the meaning of life, love and hope, set during the last six days in the life of Eluana ...

The film, a nostalgic fantasy documentary, depicts in six episodes a family story in Bobbio between 1999 and 2008. We discover the 5 years-old ...

The story of the descent into madness of Mussolini’s secret first wife, Ida Dasler, who was seduced by his passion and vigor but blind to ...

An early version of Marco Bellocchio’s Sorelle Mai

Franco Elica is a film director casting a remake of a pious melodrama in Rome. He’s melancholy, heading south for a break. On a beach, he ...

The 1978 kidnapping and murder of Aldo Moro, president of the most important political party in Italy at the time, Democrazia Cristiana, as seen ...

A celebrated painter receives a visit from a cardinal’s assistant, who informs him that his mother could become a saint.

A child in anaphylactic shock after an insect sting is brought by her father to a doctor, a foreigner who doesn’t speak the language well ...

An encounter between two women: Sonia confesses to Elena that she would like to escape her town and her friend promises to help her.

It is a unusual documentary that mixes the music of famous opera composer Giuseppe Verdi with places, faces and voices from Piacenza, a nice ...

Based on Anton Chekhov’s play.

A short film.

A young maestro conducts rehearsals with a male chorus. He is frustrated and feels that a female voice is missing.

A young man lives as a recluse in a monastery. In a sort of ecstasy, he begins to talk to nature and recite the gospels.

Rome, early 20th century: a wealthy psychiatrist, who runs an asylum for women and lacks imagination in his practice, must find a wet nurse for ...

The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled ...

A two year old girl, surprised and moved, watches her past materialize via amateur footage on the family TV set. She watches without regrets or ...

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.