Vincenzo Cerami

Belle du Seigneur (2012)

English-language adaptation of Albert Cohen's epic Swiss tale of a tortured love affair between a high-ranking Jewish official and the Protestant wife of one of his employees. ...

All at Sea (2011)

Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to his kiosk on the beach. After being assured that his attendants, and Khaled Omar, they did a good job, going to hoist the Italian flag, ...

The Tiger and the Snow (2005)

Love and injury in time of war. Attilio de Giovanni teaches poetry in Italy. He has a romantic soul, and women love him. But he is in love with Vittoria, and the love is unrequited. Every night he dreams of marrying her, in his boxer shorts and t-shirt, as ...

The Manual of Love (2005)

Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love. ...

A.A.A. Achille (2003)

Achille, nine years old, intelligent, sympathetic, and stutterer. The parents decide to treat him and entrust him to Dr. Aglieri, who begins the therapy. ...

The Legend of Princess Parva (2003)

The island of Kiam was once a paradise place with a kind Maharaja as a ruler. But one day the villainous Malaw killed the island's ruler and deprived the Crown Prince Shiva of the throne. The insidious Malaw had the prince locked up in a dungeon in the pal ...

Pinocchio (2002)

Roberto Benigni adapts the classic children's tale by Carlo Collodi for the big-budget family-oriented comedy Pinocchio. ...

Il nostro matrimonio è in crisi (2002)

A young couple a few days before the wedding. She is caught by an identity crisis, gives up everything and finds refuge in a New Age community. Here she finds a real Guru who tries to enlighten her on her way to wisdom. He, in the meantime, will make all e ...

Viper (2000)

Viper is the nickname Leone, a blacksmith in a small Sicilian village, gave to his wife, who ran off with another man. The war ends: the fascists disguise themselves first as communists and then as Christian Democrats, and the poor survive by dancing and d ...

La fame e la sete (1999)

Alex, Ivo and Pacifico three Sicilian twin brothers are reunited for their father's funeral. ...

Life Is Beautiful (1997)

A touching story of an Italian book seller of Jewish ancestry who lives in his own little fairy tale. His creative and happy life would come to an abrupt halt when his entire family is deported to a concentration camp during World War II. While locked up h ...

Uomo d'acqua dolce (1997)

Antonio takes a hit on his head when he's out to buy a jar of mushrooms for his wife, and loses his memory. He reappears five years later unaware that time has passed. ...

TuttoBenigni 95/96 (1996)

One laugh after another, a sparkle of jokes. In the live performance of the 95/96 season Benigni presents the program of his "Partito del Pinzimonio". A torrent of joy. From the Electoral Reform to the reform of the Ten Commandments until Benigni becomes G ...

The Monster (1994)

A vicious serial sex killer is on the loose, and landscape gardener and shop-window outfitter Loris is the prime suspect, thanks to his unfortunate habit of getting caught in compromising situations (for which there is always a totally innocent explanation ...

Johnny Stecchino (1991)

Good hearted but not very wordly-wise, Dante is happy driving the school bus for a group of mentally handicapped children, while feeling he is somehow missing out on life and love. So he is very excited when after nearly being knocked down by her car he me ...

The Voyage of Captain Fracassa (1990)

Serafina, Pulcinella and Isabella are three lusty, beautiful members of a traveling theatrical troupe touring the French countryside in the 17th century, leaving in their wake a crop of broken hearts. This picaresque romantic comedy is based on the 1863 no ...

Open Doors (1990)

Tommaso Scalia is a man who commits three murders: he kills his superior who sacked him, the man who replaced him and his wife. He wants a quick trial and an early execution, but an earnest, principled assistant judge looks for a way to save the murderer f ...

Mortacci (1989)

Before finally entering the afterlife, the dead spend a period in a limbo from which they depart only when, among the living, there is no one who remembers them. Under the care of the salacious Domenico the visitors of a small cemetery recount how they arr ...

Via Panisperna Boys (1989)

The enthusiasms, fears, joys and disappointments of the (private and professional) life of a well-known group of boys fond of physics and mathematics, who just made history as the Via Panisperna boys. ...

I cammelli (1988)

Ferruccio, who knows everything about camels, and Camillo, who acts as his manager, go to Milan to take part in a telequiz. ...

The Little Devil (1988)

Father Maurice, a priest living in a residential college for priests in Rome, is called out one day to "exorcise" the devil from someone. The devil turns out to be in the form of a fun-loving man called Giuditta. What Father Maurice doesn't know is that th ...

High Frequency (1988)

A boy who operates a ham radio and a man who works at a satellite relay station witness the same murder thousands of miles apart and have to figure out how to warn the next potential victim. ...

Stregati (1986)

Lorenzo is the conductor of Radio Strega's night show, making up false court sentences for those who suffer from insomnia. ...

The Malady of Love (1986)

15th-century physician Robert Briand runs a leper colony that accepts new residents who suffer from the ravages of syphilis. When the beautiful Marie-Blanche is brought to the grim, prison-like facility, Briand finds she displays no apparent signs of disea ...

Blame it on Paradise (1985)

A former convict discovers that his son has been adopted by a couple living on the mountains and tries to establish a contact with him ...

My Dearest Son (1985)

A respectable lawyer finds out his son is a heroin addict. Heartbroken, he'll do anything to help his only child, even if it means sharing his hell. ...

Pianoforte (1985)

Maria studies at the university while her boyfriend Paolo is an established journalist. Both are drug addicts. Maria and Paolo try to detox with the help of a specialized clinic but it doesn't last long: back from a trip during which they proved to themsel ...

Secrets Secrets (1985)

Young terrorist Laura shoots both a judge and a comrade, and over time her violent act becomes a thread linking the lives and fates of several other women. Each has her own secret, including the lawyer who listens to Laura as if in a 'trance': moments befo ...

Blow to the Heart (1982)

The son of a university professor discovers his father's secret life and has to decide what to do about it. ...

The Eyes, the Mouth (1982)

A rich Italian's shocking suicide means different things to his twin brother, mother and pregnant lover. ...

The Soup (1981)

Two homeless men in Rome are arrested due to a misunderstanding. In jail, they meet a man who has been arrested for eating and running from restaurants. Together they embark on a series of escapades around Tuscany. ...

A Leap in the Dark (1980)

Mauro, a judge, is worried about his older sister Marta, who took care of him since he was a boy, and now suffers from mental illness and suicidal thoughts. She seems to recover from her depression when Mauro acquaints her with Giovanni, a brilliant actor ...

Beach House (1977)

Summer Sunday at a small beach house at the coast of Rome. Many people and stories: women's basketball team, two sports-obsessed soldiers, two men with their girlfriends and the priest with a big secret, an elderly couple with their pregnant granddaughter, ...

An Average Little Man (1977)

A middle-aged government accountant is determined to secure a stable job for his son before retiring, willing to go to great lengths to achieve his goal. ...

Love Under the Elms (1975)

An adolescent boy and girl meet at a rural, turn-of-the-century Austrian resort where they are vacationing with their respective liberal-minded, single parents. Their budding love affair hits a serious snag when their two parents fall in love as well. ...

Blindman (1971)

A blind, but deadly, gunman, is hired to escort fifty mail order brides to their miner husbands. His business partners double cross him, selling the women to bandit Domingo. Blindman heads into Mexico in pursuit. ...

Forgotten Pistolero (1969)

Mann is a gunman informed by a childhood friend that his father was murdered years earlier by his mother and her lover. To make matters worse, Mann's sister, who is in love with his friend, is held under the thumb of his murderous mom. The two gunmen ride ...

Hate Is My God (1969)

A young man returns to his village, and with the help of a black-clad stranger, seeks revenge for the murder of his brother against three men who are now notable men of the town. ...

The Silent Stranger (1968)

The Stranger comes across some bad guys trying to kill a Japanese emissary for a very important scroll. Before the emissary dies, he asks The Stranger to return the scroll to Japan. Once there he finds himself stuck in the middle of two rival clans and dec ...

It Was Good to Love You (1968)

Andrea, a young man from the provinces, leaves his home, his friends and his girlfriend to go to the city in search of new intellectual satisfactions that he believes he can no longer find in his small world. The young idealist meets Eleonora, a beautiful ...

The Dirty Outlaws (1967)

An outlaw masquerades as a blind man's son in order to trick him into a cache of Gold. After a while he grows attached to the family and all goes well until the outlaws gang comes through town... ...

The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)

A man and his son take an allegorical stroll through life with a talking bird that spouts social and political philosophy. ...

The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1965)

Along a rocky, barren coastline, Jesus begins teaching, primarily using parables. He attracts disciples; he's stern, brusque, and demanding. His parables often take on the powers that be, so he and his teachings come to the attention of the Pharisees, the ...

Revisiting Life is Beautiful 15 Years After (2012)

In this documentary film, directed by Dominique Maillet for StudioCanal, director Martin Scorsese, cast and crew members, and prominent critics and historians discuss Life is Beautiful and its success, as well as Roberto Benigni's career. ...

Voi siete qui (2011)

All at Sea (2011)

Every morning, pushing the wheelchair of his mother, Maurizio along the walkway through the bush and tie him entrance to his kiosk on the beach. After being assured that his attendants, and Khaled Omar, they did a good job, going to hoist the Italian flag, ...

A Thousand and One Hands (1972)

In Morocco, an old dyer and his young son Miloud work transporting wool packs. So begins this story in the hands of thousands of old men, women and children involved in meticulous weaving carpets. ...