Bob Messini

Senza età (2023)

Pietro decides to grant the wish of an elderly lady he calls Grandma and takes her out of the nursing home where she lives to take her to the seaside. It is the beginning of a road trip and an unexpected friendship. From Italy to Spain, passing through Fra ...

Il Vangelo secondo Matteo Z. Professione Vescovo (2019)

I ragazzi dello Zecchino d’Oro (2019)

We are in the mid-60s, when a very young Mariele Ventre gave birth to the very first formation of the Piccolo Coro, originally composed of only eight children. In a few years the Piccolo Coro becomes a real school of choral singing. In its 56 years of hist ...

Tutto Liscio (2019)

Let Me Introduce You to Sofia (2018)

Gabriele is a divorced dad who owns a music store and is completely focused on taking care of his 10-year-old daughter Sofia who spends time with both parents. One day he bumps into his old friend Mara who - for the first time since his separation - reig ...

As Needed (2018)

A 40-year-old world-famous chef with anger management issues is assigned to run a cooking class at a centre for young people with autism. ...

Like Crazy (2016)

Two mental patients with opposite personalities ditch their Tuscan hospital and embark on an unpredictable exploration of the real world. ...

La linea gialla - Bologna, 2 agosto (2015)

Crushed Lives - Il sesso dopo i figli (2015)

With humor and wit, Crushed Lives – Sex or Kids? takes on the probing but taboo question: what happens to our sex lives after children? New father Saverio films a documentary to get to the bottom of this matter after an uninspired sex session with his wi ...

Third Person (2014)

An acclaimed novelist struggles to write an analysis of love in one of three stories, each set in a different city, that detail the beginning, middle and end of a relationship. ...

Aspirante vedovo (2013)

A ne'er-do-well who's married to a millionnaire realizes his financial trouble might be solved if his wife was dead - and sets out a plot to achieve just that. A remake of Dino Risi's "il vedovo". ...

Mi rifaccio vivo (2013)

After spending most of his life being defeated by his rival Ottone, meek Biagio tries to commit suicide – but in the hereafter he's offered a chance to come back to life for a week as Dennis, Ottone's trusted business partner. ...

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing (2012)

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. ...

Bar Sport (2011)

Inside Bar Sport, a bar on the outskirts of Bologna managed by the histrionic Onassis, the adventures of regulars and casual patrons unfold. Searching for a pinball machine or a payphone, they encounter the omnipresent "technician," so called for his passi ...

A Matter of Heart (2009)

Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. Ho ...

The Friends At The Margherita Café (2009)

Bologna, 1954. Taddeo, a young man of 18 whom everyone calls Kid, dreams of becoming one of the regulars of the mythical Margherita Café, located under the portico across from his family's home. Through a ploy, he manages to get work as the chauffeur for ...

A Whole Life Ahead (2008)

25-year-old philosophy major Marta faces the ugly truth for many young Italians — a complete lack of career opportunities. While babysitting for single mother Sonia, she starts to work as a telemarketer, experiencing first-hand the fanatical and exploita ...

Black and White (2008)

Racial integration is Elena's profession and passion, not only filling her working day as a cultural mediator assisting immigrants, but spilling over into her home life as well. All too often her husband Carlo must attend charity events where he feels dist ...

Love Returns (2004)

Luca is a famous actor working on his new film as both its star and director. One day he gets extremely sick and, while at the hospital, rethinks his life. ...

Caterina in the Big City (2003)

When her social-climbing father is relocated from a one-horse town to his native Rome, 12-year-old Caterina enrolls in his old school, finding herself adrift in an environment where eighth-graders form friendships based on social class and their parents' p ...

Incantato (2003)

Rome, 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son, 35-year-old virgin Nello, to more liberal Bologna hoping he'll find a wife. His head brimming with ideas on romantic love induced by classical poetry, Nello falls for Angela, a beautiful blind woman who ind ...

If I Were You (2001)

Asini (1999)

Muzungu (1999)

Strong Arms (1997)

This tense thriller begins in the office of Claudia, a psychoanalyst whose sister was killed in a terrorist attack. Her newest client is Tancredi. He says that he is a journalist and that he suffers from having witnessed numerous atrocities in Bosnia. The ...

A School Trip (1983)

Italy, 1914. Two teachers take their pupils for a school outing from Bologna to Florence. ...