Franca Scagnetti

Regina Coeli (2000)

"Regina Coeli" is the nickname with which inmates call Regina, voluntary assistant in Rome's Rebibbia jail, very involved in solidarity but lonely in his private life. The jail director entrusts her with the task to try re-educating Graziano, a young Sardi ...

The Scent of the Night (1998)

A former policeman turns full-time robber and goes on a downward spiral of crime in 1970s Rome. ...

Who Killed Pasolini? (1995)

November 2, 1975: Pier Paolo Pasolini is murdered in the outskirts of Rome. The suspect, a 17-year-old hustler, pleads to have acted in self-defense, citing Pasolini's notorious sexual habits as proof. However, many inconsistencies start to undermine his v ...

Ricky & Barabba (1992)

A wealthy millionaire decided to commit suicide but meets a homeless with whom he experiences a lot of funny adventures until finally makes order in his life. ...

Faccione (1991)

Daniela, a true Roman girl with a big face, weighs over a hundred kilos and always has the joke ready. She cohabits in a tiny apartment with her friend Luisa and works as an assistant to Maria Pace, owner of an art gallery. ...

The Comics (1990)

Two silent movie actors escape from their film. Forced to find a way to survive in the real world, they will only cause troubles to the people they will meet along the way. ...

Watch Out for Perestroika (1990)

Three Italian womanizers in Bulgaria smooth-talk three local girls to bed and then vanish back to their country. But when the iron curtain suddenly falls, they fear that the girls might come to Italy to have them fulfill the promises made. ...

The Secret (1990)

Lucia (Natassja Kinski) is a volatile, exciteable young woman. She forms a romance with Carlo (Stefano Dionisi), who is somewhat callow and is very skittish. Their romance is not an easy one, but they are assisted in coping with its ups and downs by their ...

I Won the New Year's Lottery (1989)

Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his typewr ...

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

An account of Baron Munchausen's supposed travels and fantastical experiences with his band of misfits. ...

My House My House... (1988)

Bartoloni from Milan exchanges apartments with his colleague from Rome and moves toa new place. And everything could be good, if not unexpected trouble with which he will have to face .. ...

Teresa (1987)

Teresa is a young widow who is concentrated on her little business until she hires Gino. ...

Firefighters 2: Heroic Mission (1987)

Following a twinning between the national fire brigade and the special forces of the Canadian firefighters, Captain Carter arrives in Rome. ...

Milan noir (1987)

The story of a woman whose past comes back to haunt her after a former lover re-enters her life. ...

Storia d'amore (1986)

A young woman struggles to overcome the dehumanization of poverty. ...

Big Deal on Madonna Street 20 Years Later (1985)

Fresh out prison, Tiberio reconnects with his old partners in crime, Michele Ferribote and Peppe the Panther, only to realise that a lot has changed--including crime--after twenty years. Can he cope with this new reality? ...

Colpo di fulmine (1985)

Carlo, a thirty-something man-child, platonically falls in love with eleven-year-old Giulia. ...

Mother Ebe (1985)

Based on the story of the woman recently brought to trial on charges of moral plagiarism and witchcraft. ...

Christmas Holidays (1983)

Christmas holidays on the snow of Cortina D'Ampezzo. Mario, a guy from Rome who has not much money, falls in love with the American Samantha, the girlfriend of hypochondriac Roberto. Billo, a singer and a playboy, meets Ivana: she's married with a rich man ...

Soap and Water (1983)

A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model. ...

And the Ship Sails On (1983)

In 1914, a cruise ship sets sail from Naples to spread the ashes of beloved opera singer Edmea Tetua near Erimo, the isle of her birth. During the voyage, the eclectic array of passengers discovers a group of Serbian refugees aboard the vessel. Peace and c ...

Taste of the Sea (1983)

A comedy about the adventures of several families during their sea vacations. ...

The Yellow Panther (1982)

Pasquale Bellachioma, the unfortunate Police Commissioner, creates a "master stroke" that can finally put it to light before their superiors, but the results is continuous failure. ...

Monsignor (1982)

The vows of an ambitious young American priest are tested during World War II. Not only does Father John Flaherty get involved with the black market to raise money for the Vatican, he also falls in love with a young French nun. ...

Sesso e volentieri (1982)

Ten segments, all starring Johnny Dorelli and all having sex and sexual perversions as main theme. ...

Eccezzziunale... veramente (1982)

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter. ...

Talcum Powder (1982)

Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia. ...

Pierino the Pest to the Rescue (1982)

Pierino il fichissimo (1981)

The innkeeper Carmelo subdues a good deal in the sale of his two-Arab tavern. ...

Desirable Teacher (1981)

In a school where the meeting seems more complete sampling of teachers and professors stupid airhead, there is the class of Peter, repeating in life, which is the "grandfather" to the far more young companions concerning jokes and vulgarity. Even outside t ...

Una vacanza del cactus (1981)

A group of five people is going to vacation on the island of Rhodes: among them is the good-natured Augusto, who intends to bring a cactus to the grave of his uncle Michael. ...

Teste di quoio (1981)

A group of clumsy terrorists hold a strange group of inhabitants of a compartment block hostage. ...

Una vacanza bestiale (1980)

A group of friends decide to go on vacation and they use an agency, the Via Col Vento tours, to organize it. The latter promises them a holiday of dreams and absolute fun. ...

My Wife is a Witch (1980)

A witch being condemned to burn to death by the Holy Inquisition makes a contract with the devil to be reborn in our times. ...

Sugar, Honey and Pepper (1980)

Three episodes. In the first episode Valerio is mistaken for a notorious criminal. Very beautiful journalists succeed to bring him to her house for an exclusive interview. She tries to seduce him. In the second episode Giuseppe, an unlucky and ugly man, ...

Café Express (1980)

An Italian laborer foils anyone who tries to stop him from selling espresso on the Milan-to-Naples night train. ...

Arrivano i gatti (1980)

Four young comedians from Verona ('I Gatti di Vicolo Miracoli') go to Rome trying to achieve big success on cinema or TV. ...

Tutti a squola (1979)

The upright prof. Filippo Bottini Said Pippo is an "old-fashioned" teacher in a Roman school. He would like a Heart book-style school but clashes with the harsh reality of modern teaching and in particular with the turmoil of the seventies: strikes, occupa ...

Lobster for Breakfast (1979)

Marco is married to Carla, a rich businesswoman. She's off to Geneva for two days; he has a tryst with Monique, a Swedish air hostess. Carla's flight is canceled, so she heads home about to catch Mario en flagrant. Mario's salvation is Enrico, an old schoo ...

Tutto suo padre (1978)

A young Roman receives from his mother, who is dying, a shocking news: he is the natural son of Adolf Hitler, conceived during a fling between the Führer and the lady during the visit that the German dictator made to Italy in 1938. ...

Tanto va la gatta al lardo... (1978)

Film in four episodes, inspired by the chronicle of the time: three mature sisters give themselves to a stranger, Maria tries to escape her husband, two Bolognese spouses quarrel and do not realize that the civil war has broken out, a Neapolitan fan scanda ...

Porca società (1978)

Paulo joins a student protest, where he meets the socialist Michela. She has been separated from her husband. Paul is intrigued and spiritually attracted by the new political movement. Peaceful demonstrations keep turning into riots. ...

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 ...

Beach House (1977)

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, ...

For the Love of Poppea (1977)

Two scoundrels - Tizio and Caio - didn't want to get into the military service so they decide to escape dressed in women's clothes, but were caught by the guards. Without being able to confirm their right to freedom, the unlucky fugitives were sold into sl ...

Taxi Girl (1977)

Marcella inherits a taxi business from her father and now sets out on the job of her life. With each new fare she becomes involved with sex and crime, all done up 70's Italian comedy style. ...

Mala, Love and Death (1977)

The young Marisa, after having inherited from her aunt, gets involved in blackmail and crime. ...

Suspiria (1977)

An American newcomer to a prestigious German ballet academy comes to realize that the school is a front for something sinister amid a series of grisly murders. ...

The Fiend (1977)

A low rank journalist at Tribuna Sera newspaper receives a letter one day. His correspondence contains a serial killer's letters, which he exploits. ...

Horse Fever (1976)

Bruno Fioretti, known as "Mandrake", is an inveterate gambler who never misses a day at the horse racing track in Rome. He is doubly unlucky: he bets too much on one horse, and his wife is sleeping with his best friend because Mandrake is always at the tra ...

Fear in the City (1976)

The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the cr ...

Burnt By A Scalding Passion (1976)

Virginia and Casimiro are both married with children to passionate spouses, while they are shy and devoted to poetry, crying watching "Anna Karenina" on TV. They commute every day from a little town in Lombardy to Milan and during the journeys they meet an ...

Rome, the Other Face of Violence (1976)

Four bandits commit a robbery in a villa. The maid calls the police and Commissioner Carli immediately orders patrols to chase them. ...

Sorbole... che romagnola! (1976)

Due to a mistake by the travel agency she works for, a young woman finds herself deeply in debt and stranded in a tourist resort full of incredibly stuck-up travelers. As these tourists all insist they are all incredibly thin attractive people despite evid ...

Crimebusters (1976)

Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri ...

Love Sacrifice (1976)

Leonidas, of noble lineage but poor, serves in the house of Count Aristide Of the Fava Dongo, waiting patiently for his death to arrive. He dies at last, but rumors reveal that, on his deathbed, the Count has decided to leave everything to Marco (Claudio E ...

A Common Sense of Modesty (1976)

The film is divided into four episodes that blends sex and comedy. ...

Sweet Teen (1976)

A middle-age businessman marries a much younger woman, but is still carrying on with his sexy secretary. He somehow has the energy, however, to lust after his wife's visiting young niece. ...

Confessions of a Lady Cop (1976)

Gianna Amicucci works in the house of the head of her hometown police force and enters the academy with a kickback from him. She is a beautiful woman (she generously sheds clothes during the film) and has to overcome her male colleagues prejudices, but she ...

Romulus and Remus: The Story of Two Sons of a Wolf (1976)

The history of Rome revisited by the group of Bagaglino (Franco, Montesano, Castellacci and Pingitore). Romulus kills Remus, but also manages to get rid of him. The sister continues to bother him in the ghost robes. When Romulus founded Rome and abducted t ...

The Lady Medic (1976)

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

Eye of the Cat (1975)

Biting, sadistic satire punctuates this dark comedy about a feckless musician named Marcello Ferrari (Nino Manfredi) whose wife Giulia (Mariangela Melato) and kids are stolen away by the domineering, fascist madman Cesare (Eli Wallach). ...

Two hearts, a Chapel (1975)

Aristide receives a big inheritance from his mother, but when he meets a beautiful redhead at the cemetery, his life changes unexpectedly. ...

Violent Rome (1975)

A detective sick and tired of the rampant crime and violence in his city, and constantly at odds with his superiors, is finally kicked out of the department for a "questionable" shooting of a vicious criminal. However, he is soon approached by a representa ...

Who's Afraid of Zorro (1975)

Spain, occupied by the French. Zorro, the intrepid swordsman, has an accident. As a result, his friend, Father Donato, is forced by oath to find a temporary replacement for him. ...

Scent of a Woman (1974)

An army cadet accompanies an irascible, blind captain on a week-long trip from Turin to Naples. ...

The Tempter (1974)

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants. ...

Italian Sex (1974)

A sexy graduate student is giving her thesis presentation, which creates quite a stir since it reveals that she has just posed as a prostitute for several months to do sociological research for her thesis. She relates various stories of her experiences to ...

The Handsome Devil (1974)

Deep South Italian seventies. The performing and penniless sales representative "Tano" Avallone, fell in love with the beautiful Mariangela, sixteen-year-old daughter of the widowed lawyer "Totonno" Fortis Pantaleo. In order to approach the girl, he enters ...

Naked Fists (1974)

A young man comes out of a reform school properly reformed, but life outside will bring him to the underworld again. His second reform will be short-lived. ...

Permettete signora che ami vostra figlia? (1974)

Gino Pistone is an actor in a local theatre, but his plays aren't successful. But then he gets a genius idea: to make a play on the love story of Benito Mussolini and Claretta Petacci. ...

The Sinful Nuns of Saint Valentine (1974)

Lucita has been locked away in a convent by her family in order to keep her away from her lover, Esteban. The pair make plans to elope, but Esteban is accused of heresy before Lucita can escape. Hiding in the convent, Esteban discovers the horrifying depra ...

The Arena (1974)

Female gladiators fight to the death. Inspired by the story of Spartacus, follow the adventures of a bevy of slave girls who, upon finding themselves thrust into the gladiator ring, mount a vicious rebellion to fight their way to freedom. ...

Three Cheers for Us (1974)

A story about ten year old Enrico who spends the summer in the village mostly playing Indians with his friends. ...

The Castro's Abbess (1974)

A young woman is forced into a convent. However, due to her nobility she rises to be an abbess. She has to deal with corruption in the church. ...

How Funny Can Sex Be? (1973)

A nine-episode anthology film about love, sex, and marriage in contemporary, mid-'70s Italy. ...

Stardust (1973)

The lives of two local professional dancers change suddenly as American soldiers stop in their town hoping to be entertained in accordance with the Broadway style. Effectively, they perform up to their expectations. However, as the army men have to march n ...

Rugantino (1973)

A beautiful girl Rosina lives In Rome. Her husband is strong as a bull and jealous as Shakespeare's Othello. Once the husband of Rosina kills a wealthy aristocrat, who sang the serenade to his wife, and now he is hiding from justice. ...

Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West (1973)

Two brothers who continually fight with each other are sent to Stranger City by their mother to work for their brother who owns a saloon where both fall in love with saloon girls. ...

Giovannona Long-Thigh (1973)

When a judge shuts down a high profile cheese factory for violating pollution standards, the owner bribes a monsignor to fix the problem. After they discover the judge has a predilection for married women, the owner employs a prostitute to pose as his wife ...

The Black Hand (1973)

Antonio, an Italian immigrant in New York finds himself drawn into the Mob when his options are limited and his desire to make a new life for himself becomes increasingly difficult. ...

Dirty Weekend (1973)

A man and his mistress have just taken off for a weekend romp when they're kidnapped by a trio of bank robbers. They wind up becoming media "stars" as police and reporters follow them. They all wind up at the beat-up shack of a cranky old codger, with the ...

Beautiful, Rich, Slight Physical Defect, Seeks Soulmate (1973)

Michele, married to Rosaria, is a distinguished Neapolitan who "by profession" contacts only wealthy women, making her believe she wants to marry her to get money to disappear with. With this method he feeds his family. ...

The Last Italian Tango (1973)

A woman feeds her husband with scraps and gives the best food to her lover, whom she hides in the attic. The husband abandons her and goes and lives with a young girl who drags him into a sadomasochistic relationship. ...

The Union (1972)

A Sicilian worker, a member of the internal commission in a factory in Bergamasco, believes he has won it over the owner because he has obtained important improvements, but the astute employer sells the company to a multinational company. ...

The Scopone Game (1972)

An aging American millionairess journeys to Rome each year with her chauffeur George to play the card game scopone with destitute Peppino and his wife Antonia. ...

Le notti peccaminose di Pietro l'Aretino (1972)

Without Family (1972)

Released from the orphanage at the age of thirty, a man dreams of finding his mother. ...

We Are All in Temporary Liberty (1971)

A judge opens an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of an MP. ...

In the Name of the Italian People (1971)

An obscure Italian magistrate suspects that a well-known industrialist commited murder, and decides to investigate him, and bring him to court, whatever it takes. But - will the magistrate have it in him to go against impossible odds, in the name of the It ...

Trastevere (1971)

A retired actor's search for his stray pet strings together this episodic portrait of the ancient Roman quarter. ...