Renato De Maria

Vanished into the Night (2024)

A father, immersed in a difficult divorce process, embarks on a dangerous mission when his children disappear from their isolated country house. ...

Robbing Mussolini (2022)

Near the end of WWII, a young bootlegger and his nightclub-singing girlfriend assemble a ragtag team for an dangerous heist: to steal Mussolini's treasure right from his headquarters. ...

Caterina Caselli - Una vita, 100 vite (2021)

The film tells Caselli's story in her own words, as the artist herself shares anecdotes and reflections on her life and career. What emerges is a portrait of a woman who has made her great passion—music—her entire life. ...

The Ruthless (2019)

Milan, Italy, 1967. Santo Russo, a boy of Calabrian origin, arrives north with his parents and younger brother to find better living conditions. Due to an absurd misunderstanding and his father's contempt, Santo ends up in prison, where he gets a "true edu ...

Italian Gangsters (2015)

A journey inside the most sensational exploits of the forgotten post–WWII Italian underworld. Thirty years told through first-hand accounts, reenactments, old movies, newsreels and other archive footage—painting the portrait of a country undergoing maj ...

La vita oscena (2014)

The tragic coming-of-age story of a boy who takes his experiences to the point of seeking death, only to be reborn. His favourite poet chose death, but he finds the strength to survive and tell about his "obscene life". ...

The Front Line (2009)

United by an uncompromising struggle as members of the infamous 1970s far-left terrorist group Prima Linea, fugitive couple Sergio and Susanna have become increasingly alienated from the real world. Their luck runs out when Susanna is captured and thrown i ...

Amatemi (2005)

Married for most of her adult life, Nina plunges into depression after being suddenly deserted by her husband. Eventually, she'll find a way out by having multiple affairs with strangers. ...

L'ombra cinese (2004)

Maigret investigates the murder of a philandering businessman found dead in an apartment building full of colorful tenants. ...

La trappola di Maigret (2004)

A serial killer is stalking the streets of Paris and Maigret has to resort to setting a trap in order to catch him. ...

Doppio agguato (2003)

Italy, 1989. After a prominent coffee industrialist is kidnapped by elusive Sardinian bandits, authorities turn to NOCS (Central Security Operative Unit) commander Valerio Attico, who hastily assembles a task force made of rookies. Based on the true story ...

Paz! (2002)

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students sharing a flat in 1970s Bologna, grappling with drugs, classes, girls and half-hearted political activism. ...

Hotel Paura (1996)

Il trasloco (1991)

It's moving day for the Via Marsili 19th apartment in Bologna, Italy, a former hotbed of the Movement of 1977. While waiting for the movers to finish their job, cultural agitator Franco Bifo Berardi leads us through a decade-long trip down memory lane. ...

Colpiti al cuore (2019)

Aprile (1998)

Nanni Moretti once again muses on the ebb and flow of life in April 1996, as he is about to become a father for the first time and finds himself unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming general elections, where the left is heading into a remat ...