Valéria Cavalli

A Sudden Case of Christmas (2024)

An American couple bring their 10 year old daughter, Claire, to her grandfather Lawrence's hotel in The Dolomites, Italy. They usually come for Christmas but this year it's August. The fact is they are breaking up, and once Claire realizes there's not goin ...

Arnoldo Mondadori - I libri per cambiare il mondo (2022)

The exemplary story of one of the most important pioneers of the Italian publishing industry who, with his vision, brought books and reading into the homes of all Italians. ...

Le cose che amiamo di Ale (2022)

The journey of a corageous young man who suddenly finds out he has Leukemia and decides to do something positive about it, to help others. ...

The Hummingbird (2022)

Everyone in Marco's life seems constantly restless, from his brilliant but unhappily married parents to his own wife Marina, or even Luisa, the real love of his life, a girl he met during a fateful summer in the '70s and always stayed in touch with. Traged ...

Moriah's Lighthouse (2022)

Moriah is a woodworking artisan living in a French, seaside town, who dreams of restoring the local lighthouse. When Ben, an American architect, comes to town, it seems as though her dreams will never become reality after she learns he's there to give the ...

Superwho? (2022)

A struggling actor seems doomed to live life as a loser. When he finally snatches a lead role as a superhero named "Badman," he feels like everything is possible, but fate strikes again. ...

Erinnerungen an Lucio Fulci (2019)

Departures (2018)

Ludovico accepted the last choice of his wife, out of love. Now he has to find the courage to reveal this to his daughter. ...

A Perfect Man (2015)

A struggling writer finds a shortcut to fame, but a blackmailer threatens to ruin his perfect life. ...

Beneath Our Footprints (2014)

"You are worse than her. You won't even give her a chance." "That's just it. Maybe she should have given it more thought. If we hadn't been born, she would have been free. She wouldn't have had to take off." "And we wouldn't have been there. Would you have ...

Des frères et des sœurs (2014)

Three siblings gather to celebrate the birthday of their father, on the island of Ré. This is Adele, the elder of the two sisters, who had the idea to organize this surprise. Alice and Antoine adhere immediately. Arnaud, the eldest, is sidelined because o ...

The Past (2013)

After four years apart, Ahmad returns to his wife Marie in Paris in order to progress their divorce. During his brief stay, he cannot help noticing the strained relationship between Marie and her daughter Lucie. As he attempts to improve matters between mo ...

Happy Days Motel (2013)

By chance some surreal characters arrive at the Happy Days Motel taking their grotesque stories. ...

A Gang Story (2011)

After growing up in a poor gypsy camp, Edmond Vidal, aka Momon, has retained a sense of family, unfailing loyalty and pride in his origins. Most of all, he has remained friends with Serge Suttel, with whom he first discovered prison life - for stealing che ...

The Salt of Life (2011)

Gianni is sixty. He is retired but has not become lazy for all that. In fact he is a helpful fellow who gives a hand to all those who need one: shopping for his wife, walking the pretty neighbor's dog, and so on. Everybody likes Gianni, but is it for the r ...

Trahie ! (2010)

Un viol (2009)

L'ultimo Pulcinella (2009)

An Italian actor (Massimo Ranieri) and his son (Domenico Balsamo) stage a show in a Parisian theater. ...

A Man and His Dog (2009)

An elderly gentleman and his dog find themselves out of a home with little means. ...

Paura: Lucio Fulci Remembered - Volume 1 (2008)

This documentary examines the life and legacy of controversial Italian filmmaker Lucio Fulci through interviews with his colleagues, each of whom answers the question, "What is your fondest memory of Lucio Fulci?". The responses are as varied as the peopl ...

Zodiac (2008)

A serial killer targets a rich family that owns a banking group and kills some of its members through an astrological ritual scheme. At the crime scenes he leaves mysterious messages which he signs with the symbol of the zodiac. ...

Fuga con Marlene (2007)

A middle aged woman, recently released from prison robs a jewellery store and takes off with her long lost teenage son ...

The Mother of Tears (2007)

An ancient urn is found in a cemetery outside Rome. Once opened, it triggers a series of violent incidents: robberies, rapes and murders increase dramatically, while several mysterious, evil-looking young women coming from all over the world are gathering ...

A Girl Cut in Two (2007)

A TV weather girl is torn between an older man, a famous married author whom she loves but who won't leave his wife, and a semi-deranged young heir to an industrial fortune who loves her. ...

Contronatura (2005)

"Contronatura" could be described a bit too simply as a romance between a rural woodsman and a suburban pharmacist's wife playing out the struggle between civilization and nature. ...

Shadows in the Sun (2005)

An aspiring young writer tracks a literary titan suffering from writers block to his refuge in rural Italy and learns about life and love from the irascible genius and his daughters. ...

Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003)

The inspirational portrayal of Mother Teresa, a simple nun who became one of the most significant personalities of the 20th Century. Armed with a faith that could move mountains, Mother Teresa followed her calling to help the poor, the lepers, the dying an ...

Après la pluie, le beau temps (2003)

Rose Bonbon, a small singer of light variety with a naughty and colorful imagination, is in the glue with Roger, a characterful brute who thinks he is a manager. Between shabby hotels and cheap restaurants, she meets the handsome Dubel, an impresario on th ...

Streghe verso nord (2001)

Gallio and Teo are two witch defusers. Their task is to track them down and fight them by any means. The second is secretly in love with his sister-in-law Lucilla without knowing that she is a supreme witch. Teo will have to resort to Gallio's teachings (a ...

Between Calmness and Passion (2001)

An appassionato art student and a dispassionate college girl make a vow, saying they would meet each other again in the Florence Cathedral after 10 years. ...

Va Savoir (Who Knows?) (2001)

After finding love and success in Italy, French actress Camille returns to Paris, the city she fled three years ago. She secretly dreads confronting her ex-boyfriend Pierre. Her new lover Ugo also has a secret, as he's meeting with the intriguing Dominique ...

I Dreamed of Africa (2000)

Inspired by the true story of indomitable Kuki Gallmann, the film tells of a beautiful and inquisitive woman who had the courage to escape from her comfortable yet monotonous life in Italy to start anew in the African wilderness with her son, Emanuele, and ...

Milestones (1999)

Following the death of their best friend, four guys and the dead men's sister steal his body and burn it on a beach in Italy to fulfill his last wish. ...

Homer: Portrait of the Artist as an Old Man (1997)

Though he is near death, blind Rene, an elderly Italian-French intellectual, continues to make his annual conference abroad accompanied by his self-centered loyal, beautiful assistant Sibilla who may or may not be his lover. Rene's domineering mother stron ...

Double Team (1997)

A CIA agent is interned for failing to kill an international terrorist. Escaping from his island exile, he teams up with a flamboyant arms dealer and sets out to find the terrorist and rescue the agent's family. Together they're a two-man arsenal... with e ...

Petit (1996)

After a night of drinking on the eve of his wedding, Léo wakes up as a child... ...

La tenda nera (1996)

The new captain of the Carabinieri, Fabio Leopardi, arrives in a quiet provincial town, called to investigate the possible existence of a satanic sect which has led to the death of three people: the parish priest of the town, who died in an alleged acciden ...

C'est jamais loin (1996)

In Dieppe, a taciturn young man is fascinated by a woman whom he has only seen in the street. One day, he leaves Dieppe and Lola, the girl he was living with. He becomes a truck-driver. In the Middle East, Christian's travels end in a prison in the heart o ...

Joseph (1995)

Joseph, favored son of Jacob and great-grandson of Abraham, is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. Rising to become prime minister of Egypt. Joseph governed the country during a seven year famine, during which his brothers visit Egypt seeking grain, ...

Afraid to Love (1995)

A woman discovers that her new boyfriend is a psycho killer. ...

The Tenors (1993)

Henri Pompians, a former income tax inspector,has a dream: to become a lawyer.His first client Mr. Etienne has all the problems of the world: he doesn't feel well in his job, his wife doesn't care very much for his and he had an accident.Later Etienne and ...

Mario, Maria and Mario (1993)

Mario and Maria Boschi, a 30-year-old couple with small children, are hit by a crisis: husband and wife cannot agree on a party name. A colleague, also named Mario, makes an impressive speech, and Maria find herself increasingly attracted to him. She feels ...

Blood and Dust (1992)

The warlike and sentimental adventures of a young French knight who participates in the crusades. ...

The First Circle (1992)

In the USSR, political prisoners who were scientists were not always sent to GULAG, but also to The First Circle (named after Dante's Inferno), a special incarceration unit near Moscow where they could work for the government. ...

Safari (1991)

Marco, a young Roman reporter, travels to Zaire to carry out a report commissioned by an important naturalistic magazine, but when he arrives in Africa he comes across an illicit drug trafficking. ...

Il caso Martello (1991)

Silent Love (1991)

A young restorer is commissioned a job at an old villa which belongs to an aging countess. ...

To Want to Fly (1991)

Maurizio works in a dubbing studio and puts sound effects into cartoons. One day his hands turn into cartoon ones, with a life of their own. ...

Everybody's Fine (1990)

Matteo Scuro is a retired Sicilian bureaucrat, a widower with five children, all of whom live on the mainland and hold responsible jobs. He decides to surprise each with a visit and finds none as he imagined. ...

Via Montenapoleone (1987)

Via Montenapoleone in Milan is the ritziest street in the city and here the destinies of several characters, playboys, models and gays cross and diverge. ...

Summer Games (1984)

In Porto Rotondo, stories circulate about love and jealousy within a group of young people. ...

Warriors of the Year 2072 (1984)

In the future, two television networks compete for ratings by producing violent game shows. One network produces a modern day version of the Roman gladiators, only on motorcycles instead of chariots, and uses convicted murderers as the participants, The ne ...

A Blade in the Dark (1983)

Bruno, an up and coming film composer, has been hired to write the score to a new horror movie. After moving into a secluded villa, life begins to imitate art as a vicious killer starts bumping off anyone and everyone who happens to pay him a visit. ...

Bomber (1982)

Bomber is an unemployed boat captain. One day he meets Jerry, a manager of boxers who are struck by the force of his fists. That is when they see the chance to win big money. ...

The Neighbor (2022)

Riki and Luca are two young men in search of the meaning of their life; they find their answers in the powerful love they feel for each other. A run against the time keeps their destiny on the edge of the abyss. Riki and Luca are often bullied by a nazi-sk ...