Francesco De Rosa

The Passion of the Christ (2004)

A graphic portrayal of the last twelve hours of Jesus of Nazareth's life. ...

I fobici (1999)

Four stories about phobias, manias and other complexes. ...

Banzai (1997)

Sergio Colombo is an insurance agent. He had just gone through a divorce so he is a little bit scattered. Wanting to unwind he plans to go to vacation with a magnificent girlfriend but suddenly he is ordered off to Canada in order to sign an important cont ...

S.P.Q.R.: 2,000 and a Half Years Ago (1994)

In 71 BC in Rome, utter disorder reigns in the form of political corruption and bribery involving the senator Cynic (Leslie Nielsen). The situation is claimed to be similar to the "Tangentopoli" situation in Italy in the 1990s: one of the politicians invol ...

Saint Tropez, Saint Tropez (1992)

Four stories intertwine during summer at Saint-Tropez: a couple tries to recapture their spark; a girl falls for a male stripper she met at a night club; a famous pianist tries to prevent his ex-wife from re-marrying; an unsuspecting suicidal man gives a g ...

Piedipiatti (1991)

The inmate Proietti, nicknamed "Er Soffia", getting out of prison. There is the Roman brigadier Vasco Sacchetti, an agent of the narcotics and his old friend who, to celebrate his freedom, invites him to eat fish at Fiumicino. ...

Dark Eyes (1987)

Aboard a ship early in the 20th-century, a middle-aged Italian tells his story of love to a Russian. ...

Momo (1986)

Momo is a young orphan girl who lives in the ruins of an old Roman amphitheater and becomes friends with everybody in the neighborhood. But when a powerful international corporation starts stealing everybody's time, nobody has any time left for her, let al ...

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? ...

A me mi piace (1985)

Arturo is a Tv content autor scared by the love. Mike is an old american friend that come to visit him because his girlfriend has broken with him. Everyone wants somebody to love. ...

Mother Ebe (1985)

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

Thus Spoke Bellavista (1984)

In Naples, Professor Bellavista is a retired man, passionate about the philosophy and thought of Ancient Greece. Every day, in his luxurious apartment, he teaches his lessons of life to the poor-nothing (his friends), who are dazzled by his reasoning. One ...

Le Bal (1983)

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian culture and politics from the 1920s—1980s. A disparate, anachronistic series of characters, including an ordi ...

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 ...

The Bottle Imp (1981)

A poor Native Hawaiian buys a bottle with an imp inside that grants wishes. ...

Si salvi chi vuole (1980)

The daughter of a bourgeoisified Communist MP and a permissive housewife brings home her latest boyfriend, a Neapolitan scoundrel. ...

L'importante è non farsi notare (1979)

Three American secret agents, disguised as women, (the flag sisters) are sent to Rome with the task of discovering a well-known biologist, a Russian transfuga ... ...

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 ...

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 ...

San Pasquale Baylonne, Protector of Women (1976)

La madama (1976)

In the slang of the underworld or "mala" there is a special term for cop: "Madama". But if word were to get around that the "Madama" is Vito (Christian De Sica) they might even start to like the guy. Vito is a funny sort of a cop. For a start he doesn't ...

Flatfoot in Hong Kong (1975)

Inspector Rizzo is accused of drug trafficking. In order to clear his name he has to find out who is the person, from a Mafia ring, who has infiltrated his police department. ...