Mimmo Mignemi

Santocielo (2023)

In paradise, a group gathers to discuss why people still act selfishly, even though Jesus sacrificed himself for them 2,000 years ago. As a result, a new Messiah is sent to Earth to address the issue. ...

La notte più lunga dell'anno (2022)

The film takes place over the course of a single night: the longest night of the year, between December 21 and 22 (the winter solstice), when the sun sets around 4:30 p.m. and rises the next day at 7:30 a.m. A long night in which the stories, destinies, an ...

Entro Mezzanotte (2019)

The Handyman (2018)

We are all equal before the law, but some are just more equal than others. Antonio is a trainee lawyer who dreams of joining his mentor's prestigious firm. But Salvatore "Toti" Bellastella, the Prince of the Forum, is also an exploitative tyrant! He asks ...

Caccia al tesoro (2017)

Fort Apache Napoli (2009)

The story of Giancarlo Siani, a journalist killed by the Neapolitan Mafia in 1985. ...

Come Into the Light (2005)

In 1990s Palermo, Pino Puglisi is a priest from the neglected Brancaccio neighborhood dedicated in helping kids to get off the streets and creating an embracing place of hope and solidarity in his church, which means trouble for the local Mafia. He continu ...

The Best of Youth (2003)

After a fateful encounter in the summer of 1966, the lifepaths of two brothers from a middle-class Roman family diverge, intersecting with some of the most significant events of postwar Italian history in the following decades. ...

My Name Is Tanino (2003)

During a sun-soaked Sicilian summer, aimless filmmaking undergrad and back-seat radical Tanino has a fling with Sally, a dreamy American tourist from an upper background. When summer ends, Sally flies back home, without ever reaching out. Clueless, a smitt ...

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 ...

The Escort (1993)

The film shows the difficulties of an honest, imperiled judge and his bodyguard of four men, trying to clean up a Sicilian town. Corrupt local politicians, working hand-in-hand with the Mafia, will stop at nothing to prevent exposure of their rackets. ...

Magnificat (1993)

During the Middle Ages, a traveling executioner hires an apprentice to learn the finer points of torture and execution, and a young girl is given by her parents to a Catholic convent. ...

Per odio, per amore (1991)

Cinema Paradiso (1988)

A filmmaker recalls his childhood, when he fell in love with the movies at his village's theater and formed a deep friendship with the theater's projectionist. ...

The Bride Was Beautiful (1987)

The teenage boy, Giuseppe, lives with his mother in Cammarata, a Sicilian mountain village. His father left the family years ago, and has since then settled down as a guest worker in West-Germany and established a family. Under local moral rules, Maria is ...