Giuseppe Piccioni

The Shadow of the Day (2022)

In 1938 Italy, after Jews are banned from public life, fascist-abiding restaurateur Luciano nonetheless believes he can still live by his own rules. Everything changes when Anna, a girl with a dangerous secret, begins working at his business. ...

Preghiera della sera (Diario di una passeggiata) (2021)

The film recounts an experience, that of a director and his two actors at grips with a play: from the first meeting to the initial readings, the rehearsals done at home, the ones done on stage and finally the first performance. But an experience that took ...

These Days (2016)

Four girls unknowingly experience the happiest days of their lives during an uneventful best-friend trip to Belgrade. ...

Venice 70: Future Reloaded (2013)

Made for the Venice Film Festival's 70th anniversary, seventy filmmakers made a short film between 60 and 90 seconds long on their interpretation of the future of cinema. ...

The Red and the Blue (2012)

In a Roman high school, a jaded art professor who lost the spark for the job clashes with an ex pupil of his, an adjunct literature teacher who is trying to rescue an eccentric and rebellious student, while the stern headmistress deals with a student from ...

Giulia Doesn't Date at Night (2009)

Guido, an acclaimed writer, leads a seemingly perfect life with his wife and daughter, but his restless search for inspiration leads him into the arms of Giulia, a charming and mysterious swim instructor who's hiding a secret. ...

For One More Hour with You (2005)

Filmaker Alina Marazzi assembles old home movies trying to piece together the life of her mother, Liseli, who committed suicide when Alina was seven years old. ...

The Life I Want (2004)

A relationship develops between seasoned actor Stefano and his young, ambitious co-star Laura when they are cast as the two leads in a film. Stefano must deal with his growing jealousy when Laura's career begins to take off. ...

Margherita, ritratto confidenziale (2003)

Sandra, ritratto confidenziale (2002)

Light of My Eyes (2001)

Antonio is a fallen angel, a rootless chauffeur who relates only to the lonely heroes in the science fiction novels he grew up with. Only through a chance meeting with Maria, a woman struggling to hold onto her daughter and her business, does he discover a ...

Not of This World (1999)

The rumpled owner of a dry-cleaning firm joins forces with a nun to care for an abandoned baby. ...

Love, Money and Philosophy (1996)

Stefano, a philosophy grad student without a future, tries to commit suicide after his girlfriend leaves him. He is saved by Giulio, a wisecracking plumber who takes him home and teaches him the tricks of the trade. When Lucia, a woman disappointed in both ...

Condemned to Be Wed (1993)

A neurotic lawyer is split between the desire to stay faithful to his fiancée and the one to cheat on her. Things take a turn for the literal when one night he splits into two different versions of himself, a soon-to-be-married one and a confirmed bachelo ...

Ask for the Moon (1991)

No-nonsense workaholic Marco runs the family business along with his older brother. When the latter suddenly disappears, Marco has to put aside his job and family to search for him together with Elena, his brother's girlfriend. ...

The Great Blek (1988)

Waiting for the train that will take him away, a man goes back over moments of his small-town upbringing: the relationship with his family, his involvement in the protests of 1968 and a childhood friend died too soon. ...

Preghiera della sera (Diario di una passeggiata) (2021)

The film recounts an experience, that of a director and his two actors at grips with a play: from the first meeting to the initial readings, the rehearsals done at home, the ones done on stage and finally the first performance. But an experience that took ...

Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore (2010)

What Do You Know About Me (2009)

Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. ...

Margherita, ritratto confidenziale (2003)

Sandra, ritratto confidenziale (2002)

Bits & Pieces (1996)

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you've never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love. ...