The Palace (
2023) | IMDb:
5.1
A comedy set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a luxurious hotel in the Swiss Alps where the lives of various guests and those who work for them intersect.
Starring:
Oliver Masucci
,
Fanny Ardant
,
Mickey Rourke
,
John Cleese
,
Fortunato Cerlino
,
Irina Kastrinidis
A Brighter Tomorrow (
2023) | IMDb:
6.9
An old film director, unhappy with the movie he's shooting about a Hungarian circus stranded in Rome during the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising, faces divorce from his producer wife and other problems.
Starring:
Nanni Moretti
,
Margherita Buy
,
Silvio Orlando
,
Barbora Bobuľová
,
Mathieu Amalric
,
Jerzy Stuhr
Rose Island (
2020) | IMDb:
7
In 1968, engineer Giorgio Rosa established the independent state called "The Isle of Roses" off the coast of Rimini, built on a platform outside the territorial waters, with Esperanto as the official language. The Italian authorities did not take it well because the micronation was seen as an expedient to not pay taxes on the revenues obtained thanks to the arrival of numerous tourists and curious people.
Starring:
Elio Germano
,
Matilda De Angelis
,
Fabrizio Bentivoglio
,
François Cluzet
,
Tom Wlaschiha
,
Luca Zingaretti
Romantic Guide to Lost Places (
2020) | IMDb:
5.5
Benno and Allegra: he's over fifty, English, and drinks like a fish; she's twenty years younger, a travel blogger with lots of imagination. They both live off their lies and have no intention of stopping now. Next-door neighbors who had never met until the day he wound up on the wrong landing, and nothing would ever be the same. Sheer chance leads this odd couple on a flight towards lost or forgotten places, where their mutual support makes for self-discovery.
Starring:
Clive Owen
,
Jasmine Trinca
,
Irène Jacob
,
Andrea Carpenzano
,
Teco Celio
,
Edoardo Gabbriellini
Pinocchio (
2019) | IMDb:
6.2
In this live-action adaptation of the beloved fairytale, old woodcarver Geppetto fashions a wooden puppet, Pinocchio, who magically comes to life. Pinocchio longs for adventure and is easily led astray, encountering magical beasts, fantastical spectacles, while making friends and foes along his journey. However, his dream is to become a real boy, which can only come true if he finally changes his ways.
Starring:
Federico Ielapi
,
Roberto Benigni
,
Marine Vacth
,
Gigi Proietti
,
Massimo Ceccherini
,
Rocco Papaleo
Directed by:
Matteo Garrone
Don't Stop Me Now (
2019) | IMDb:
5.9
Paola, a modern woman used to the hardships of modern life, takes her chance to make things right for herself.
Starring:
Paola Cortellesi
,
Stefano Fresi
,
Vinicio Marchioni
,
Lucia Mascino
,
Ricky Memphis
,
Paola Minaccioni
The Hole (
2014) | IMDb:
6
Ambulance-chasing lawyers takes on the case of a convicted murderer who, just being released after doing 27 years in jail, claims he was innocent.
Starring:
Sergio Castellitto
,
Rocco Papaleo
,
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
,
Jacopo Cullin
,
Ivan Franěk
,
Teco Celio
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing (
2012) | IMDb:
5.2
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other characters: Rodolfo Favaretto and Frengo Stop
Welcome to the North (
2012) | IMDb:
5.4
Now in the Far North (i.e. Milan!), Alberto has accepted to manage a program for efficiency improvement in the Italian Post. He devotes all his time and all his energy to this noble task and neglects his wife Silvia, which of course annoys her beyond limits. Things do not fare much better in Castellabate where it is rather Maria, Matta's wife, who gets on his nerves by always blaming him for his lack of ambition. One day, due to a misunderstanding, Mattia is transferred to... Milan! And on whose doorstep does he land? Alberto's of course!
Starring:
Alessandro Siani
,
Claudio Bisio
,
Angela Finocchiaro
,
Valentina Lodovini
,
Paolo Rossi
,
Nando Paone
The Last Man on Earth (
2011) | IMDb:
6.1
The story of the latest week on the earth before the announce of the landing of an extraterrestrial society on earth seen by the eyes of a misogynist man with only the desire solitude and routine.
Starring:
Gabriele Spinelli
,
Anna Bellato
,
Teco Celio
,
Stefano Scherini
,
Roberto Herlitzka
,
Vincenzo Illiano
We Have a Pope (
2011) | IMDb:
6.7
The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist. But the Pope's fear of his newfound responsibility is one he must face alone. Winner Best Film at the Italian Golden Globes.
Starring:
Michel Piccoli
,
Nanni Moretti
,
Margherita Buy
,
Jerzy Stuhr
,
Renato Scarpa
,
Franco Graziosi
Welcome to the South (
2010) | IMDb:
6.6
Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...
Starring:
Claudio Bisio
,
Alessandro Siani
,
Angela Finocchiaro
,
Valentina Lodovini
,
Nando Paone
,
Giacomo Rizzo
The Adventures of Pinocchio (
1996) | IMDb:
5.2
One of puppet-maker Geppetto's creations comes magically to life. This puppet, Pinocchio, has one major desire and that is to become a real boy someday. In order to accomplish this goal he has to learn to act responsibly. This film shows you the adventures on which he learns valuable lessons.
Starring:
Martin Landau
,
Jonathan Taylor Thomas
,
Geneviève Bujold
,
Udo Kier
,
Bebe Neuwirth
,
Rob Schneider