Luigi Monfredini

The American Backyard (2025)

A troubled young man falls for an American military auxiliary in postwar Italy. A year later, he relocates to the American Midwest to write his first novel, next to her elderly mother's house—separated by a grim garden. ...

La quattordicesima domenica del tempo ordinario (2023)

Samuele and Marzio, as teenagers, make a promise to be friends forever, but adulthood, women and everyday problems sneak into their lives. ...

The Crypt Monster (2021)

In the '80s, a teenage nerd notices sinister parallels between the story of his favorite comic book and the real life horrors befalling the small town where he lives. He and a few friends seek to investigate. ...

War in Cuba (2021)

Fake news and racial integration: is there a connection? 5 stories, a rifle, the patron' festival and a small community with its everyday life are going to be upset by an outsider, an unscrupulous journalist coming from the big city. ...

Matilde's First Day (2019)

Today is Matilde's first day of school. Her father Claudio had to take her there but he didn't come. ...

Mr. Devil (2019)

In 1950s Italy, a government official arrives in a rural town to investigate a grisly child murder. The culprit is a young boy who claims he acted in order to kill the Devil itself. ...

The Vegetarian (2019)