Angelo Pellegrino

The Art of Joy by Goliarda Sapienza: Writing for Emancipation (2023)

Between 1967 and 1976, Italian writer Goliarda Sapienza (1924-76) wrote The Art of Joy, a subversive novel about the dazzling social ascent of a rebellious heroine; too scandalous to be published at that contradictory time. ...

La matassa (2009)

Two cousins haven't spoken for almost twenty years, thanks to the enmity that their fathers feel toward one another. But an accident suddenly brings the cousins back together and thrusts them deep into the heart of the mafia. ...

Malena (2000)

12-year-old Renato experiences three significant events on the same day: the beginning of the Second World War, getting a bike, and witnessing the arrival of the gorgeous Malèna. Through his eyes, we see the curse of beauty and loneliness of Malena, whose ...

Christmas Vacation '95 (1995)

Two Italians are on holiday in Aspen in Colorado. The first one is Lorenzo whose daughter is crazy about Luke Perry (Beverly Hills 90210 actor) and wants to meet him at all costs. The second one wants to win back his wife who has left him because of his ga ...

The Comics 2 (1991)

Paolo Villaggio and Renato Pozzetto are the protagonists of various misadventures, first as nurses of a crazy ambulance, then as night guards of a shopping center and later as a pilot and stewardess of an air taxi. Next, they enlist in the foreign legion a ...

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990)

The story of the hijacking of the Italian luxury liner Achille Lauro by four Palestinians. ...

Mussolini and I (1985)

A compelling drama/documentary chronicling the life and death of Il Duce himself, from his days as a terrorist to his alliance with Hitler to the betrayal of his son-in-law and untimely demise. ...

Cop in Drag (1984)

Rome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community. ...

Long Live the Seal (1982)

Andrea, a nice girl, move from Veneto (north of Italy) to Roma. She is employed as a nurse in a medical practice. She soon is involved in a never-ending game of misunderstanding, couples exchange, sexual seductions. ...

The Haunted House (1982)

George and Lucia are newlyweds and have also been lucky enough to find a home at a low price , very low . Maybe too low . In fact the house is haunted by two lovers who, a thousand years ago, were surprised by the girl's mother who subsequently turned them ...

Ad ovest di Paperino (1982)

It is the first film of the comedy trio "I GianCattivi", formed by Athina Cenci, Francesco Nuti and Benvenuti, who won the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director. The film is set in Florence, Tuscany, with some scenes shot in Prato.The title is an inside j ...

Pierino medico della SAUB (1981)

Alvaro Gasperoni, alias Peter returned to Rome with their families from Addis Ababa, where he received his bachelor's degree in medicine. Helped by his father through a recommendation from the P2 Lodge, he manages to get in a hospital in Rome as assistant ...

I carabbimatti (1981)

Two fools eventually become Carabinieri, and jump from a trash situation to another. ...

Il marito in vacanza (1981)

Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)

The third film in the saga of the unlucky clerk Ugo Fantozzi, played by its creator, Paolo Villaggio. ...

Prickly Pears (1980)

Lorenzo is the mayor of a small town. One evening, returning home, surprised the well-known playboy Ghigo Buccilli who tries to seduce his beautiful wife. Enraged, he threatens the two with a gun, and Buccilli is the victim of a heart attack: the man survi ...

The Precarious Bank Teller (1980)

The accountant Arturo De Fanti has problems in the bank because he threatens to be hunted. But he does not import of this troubles, because he hopes to find comfort with his lover. ...

Tesoromio (1979)

Playwright irreparable failure is betrayed by a concubine with the lawyer that finances the charade. But one day arrives at his house Honey, Eastern African domestic workers to first service, to boot, is a billionaire and of royal blood. ...

Assassination on the Tiber (1979)

A black-out occurs during the meeting of a gang of criminals. When the light is back one of them is found killed with a stab on his back and all the clues point to a penniless man who had an argument with the victim a short time before the murder. ...

SuperAndy - Il fratello brutto di Superman (1979)

La Cage aux Folles (1978)

Two gay men living in St. Tropez have their lives turned upside down when the son of one of the men announces he is getting married. They try to conceal their lifestyle and their ownership of the drag club downstairs when the fiancée and her parents come ...

Pane, burro e marmellata (1977)

Bruno De Santis, successful TV presenter, was left by his wife Sofia. One day he decides to call her to convince her to come back but her device is broken. By a strange twist of fate, it happens in the house of three women, Vera, Simona and Betty, who, tir ...

Languidi baci... perfide carezze (1976)

Italian romance starring Giovanna Ralli, Gigi Proietti and Cristiano Censi ...

Love in 4 Easy Lessons (1976)

Four stories focused on the fair sex, dealing with the most varied and improbable sentimental and non-sentimental situations. ...

Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen (1976)

An episodic satire of the political and social status of Italy in the seventies, through the shows of one day of a television channel. ...

Evil Thoughts (1976)

Mario Marani is a well-respected lawyer in late 70s Milan, with a wonderful wife and a high social life. But Mario has a problem: every time he sees his wife talking to one of their friends he immediately visualises them in a hot affair. His jealousy spira ...

1900 (1976)

The epic tale of a class struggle in twentieth century Italy, as seen through the eyes of two childhood friends on opposing sides. ...

Under the Sheets (1976)

Three medical students who are reluctant to hit the books and unwilling to work are much more enthusiastic about creating pranks and targeting a thriving confidential, female doctor. ...

The Cop in Blue Jeans (1976)

A top undercover cop finds and arrests a series of purse snatchers until he discovers an American at the top of an evil ring of thieves. ...

Chi dice donna, dice donna (1976)

Film in five episodes on the female universe. Among the women portrayed, neglected wives who become prostitutes, a worker who improvises a sexy bomb and a priestess who gives herself as wife to an emigrant. ...

Sex with a Smile (1976)

Five short comic sketches, all unrelated to each other, except that they are all expressions of Italian sexual humor. ...

The Lady Medic (1976)

A man is desperately trying to avoid mandated military service, but a sexy medic proves to be his undoing. ...

Di che segno sei? (1975)

Four episodes. A pilot is ready to change sex, but the doctor made an error. A woman is searching a partner for a dance contest. A worker seduce his boss wife. A guard is too much proactive and this will cause many troubles. ...

The Long Night (1975)

Two Milanese girls meet in a toilet where a distracted bourgeois forgets a valuable ring. They take it and go in search of someone to sell it to, helped by a southern taxi driver. ...

Ante Up (1974)

In Luino, on Lake Maggiore, during the fascist twenty years, a group of friends belonging to the bourgeoisie spend the nights in the underground gambling den of the Metropolitan Hotel between poker games, gossip, manly goliards and escapades to the house o ...

4 Crazy Draftees at the Army (1974)

Our four incompetent types thrown into the field whether they liked it or not....They preferred to run the other way, but can never get there act together! ...