Claudio Giovannesi

Hey Joe (2024)

In 1944, American sailor Dean Barry arrives in Naples, a city destroyed by bombing after the liberation of Italy. Dean meets Lucia, a young and very poor girl with whom he falls madly in love. Two years later, at the end of his service, Dean has to return ...

Piranhas (2019)

A gang of teenage boys stalk the streets of Naples armed with hand guns and AK-47s to do their mob bosses' bidding – until they decide to be the bosses themselves. ...

Fiore (2016)

Young and in prison for theft, Daphne falls in love with Josh, another inmate. Their love story exists through secret letters and fleeting conversations. ...

9×10 Ninety (2014)

The Istituto Luce turned ninety in 2014, its decades-long history intertwined with that of Italy itself, through cinema and that unique treasure trove of images known to all as the Luce Archives. To celebrate its anniversary, some of the most acclaimed ris ...

Wolf (2013)

Rabbi Benjamin Murmelstein (1905-1989) was head of the Jewish Council of the artificial ghetto of Terezín (Theresienstadt in German). The Nazis made him representative of the community destined for extermination. Victim of a tragic contradiction, after th ...

Alì Blue Eyes (2012)

Ostia, outskirts of Rome: the beach in winter. Two sixteen-year-old boys steal a scooter at 8 in the morning, then rob a store, all in time for getting to school at 9. Nader is Egyptian, but was born in Rome. Stefano is Italian and his best friend Brigitte ...

Fratelli d'Italia (2010)

Three foreign teenagers—or, more precisely, second-generation Italians—cast caution to the wind and express their aspirations, affection, humor, and anger in front of the camera. Anticipation, resentment, dreams, irony, and isolation serve as a defense ...

La casa sulle nuvole (2009)

Michele and Lorenzo, two brothers, live alone in a large house just outside Rome left to them by their father, Dario, who disappeared twelve years earlier. One day, however, they receive surprising news: the house has been sold, meaning Dario is alive. The ...

Ciao Alberto (2003)

Sintonie di primavera (2003)

Il coraggio del leone (2021)

Quadri espansi (2013)