Cabrini (
2024) | IMDb:
0
Italian immigrant Francesca Cabrini arrives in 1889 New York City and is greeted by disease, crime, and impoverished children. Cabrini sets off on a daring mission to convince the hostile mayor to secure housing and healthcare for society's most vulnerable. With broken English and poor health, Cabrini uses her entrepreneurial mind to build an empire of hope unlike anything the world had ever seen.
Starring:
Cristiana Dell'Anna
,
John Lithgow
,
David Morse
,
Giancarlo Giannini
,
Romana Maggiora Vergano
,
Federico Ielapi
Kidnapped (
2023) | IMDb:
7.1
The story of Edgardo Mortara, a young Jewish boy living in Bologna, Italy, who in 1858, after being secretly baptized, was forcibly taken from his family to be raised as a Christian. His parents’ struggle to free their son became part of a larger political battle that pitted the papacy against forces of democracy and Italian unification.
Starring:
Enea Sala
,
Leonardo Maltese
,
Paolo Pierobon
,
Fausto Russo Alesi
,
Barbara Ronchi
,
Andrea Gherpelli
Twice Born (
2012) | IMDb:
7.3
Full-throttle melodrama about an ill-starred romance set against the backdrop of the siege of Sarajevo. A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.
Starring:
Penélope Cruz
,
Emile Hirsch
,
Adnan Hasković
,
Saadet Işıl Aksoy
,
Pietro Castellitto
,
Mira Furlan
Directed by:
Sergio Castellitto
The Double Hour (
2009) | IMDb:
6.6
A chambermaid and a former cop meet at a speed dating event and a romance develops. But during a romantic getaway things suddenly take a turn for the worse when her mysterious past is revealed.
Starring:
Kseniya Rappoport
,
Filippo Timi
,
Antonia Truppo
,
Gaetano Bruno
,
Fausto Russo Alesi
,
Michele Di Mauro
Directed by:
Giuseppe Capotondi
Vincere (
2009) | IMDb:
6.8
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 the fascist dictator's many flaws.