Emidio La Vella

Hanukkah - La festa delle luci (2019)

A young pastry chef struggles to save the family shop in post-war Rome, as Hanukkah approaches. ...

East End (2017)

What happens when two geek twins hijack the signal of a super-secret military satellite on the Olympic Stadium to watch the Roma-Lazio derby for free? Against the backdrop of a capital devastated by property speculation and bad politics, Totti will score t ...

Sun in My Eyes (2015)

After her longtime marriage ends painfully, a lawyer finds new purpose by working at a refugee center, where she meets a child that changes her life. ...

Gladiators of Rome (2012)

A new hero is born in this hilarious, animated adventure of epic proportions! Timo, a student at the Gladiators? Academy in Rome, has no desire to become a legendary gladiator like his stepfather. That is, until the mesmerizing Lucilla walks into his life. ...

The Father and the Foreigner (2011)

Diego, Italian, and Waid, Syrian, live in Rome and are both fathers of disabled children. They become friends, but Waid mysteriously disappears and Diego is targeted by the Secret Service. ...

Ripley's Game (2002)

Tom Ripley - cool, urbane, wealthy, and murderous - lives in a villa in the Veneto with Luisa, his harpsichord-playing girlfriend. A former business associate from Berlin's underworld pays a call asking Ripley's help in killing a rival. Ripley - ever a stu ...

Three Wives (2001)

After being abandoned on New Year's Eve and discovering that their husbands have committed a robbery, three very different women choose to go to Argentina in search of their spouses. ...

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry (2000)

A man uses the principles of double-entry bookkeeping to settle his accounts with society. ...

Excellent Cadavers (1999)

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppo ...

Something to Believe In (1998)

Reports of a weeping Madonna in Italy reach Las Vegas, where blackjack dealer Maggie has just learnt she has only weeks to live. With a massive leap of faith she convinces herself that seeing the Madonna with her own eyes could lead to her salvation, and t ...

Io e il re (1995)

Abraham (1993)

Rather than choosing a great leader or king, God chooses Abraham, an elderly shepherd from Mesopotamia, as the way to establish his Covenant with mankind... A man of great faith, Abraham continues to believe in God even when He seems to have abandoned him. ...

Tre passi nel delitto - Villa Maltraversi (1993)

The body of one of the Villa owners is found lifeless in the tub. The accusations are immediately turned against the plumber. ...

Killer Rules (1993)

Two adoptive brothers -- one a mob hit man, the other a Department of Justice investigator -- who are unaware of each other's existence until they become involved with the same woman, end up in a deadly triangle in this thriller. ...

Persone perbene (1992)

Adelaide (1992)

Crazy Underwear (1992)

Alessia, a TV showgirl, tries to win the favor of an official. Amalia, a morning show host, satisfies the masochistic director in order to go to prime time. Stefania "works hard" to act in a risqué film by a famous director, but the part is stolen from he ...

Voyage of Terror: The Achille Lauro Affair (1990)

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

In the Spirit (1990)

After her husband loses his job, Marianne moves from Beverly Hills to a nightmare New York City. She hires ditzy psychic Reva to redecorate her apartment, and they end up being chased by a crazed killer. ...

Saremo felici (1989)

Ensemble comedy about four friends in their 40s. ...

The Belt (1989)

Vittorio, an American novelist teaching in Rome, meets the beautiful but damaged Bianca and they rapidly fall into an urgent, tempestuous affair. He's hesitant over their relationship since she seems to thrive on conflict and is constantly baiting him into ...