Let's Hope It's a Girl

Let's Hope It's a Girl 1986

6.89

Let's Hope It's a Girl is a multifaceted exploration of the pointlessness of sexual stereotypes. Liv Ullmann is a countess who, after her divorce, takes over the family farm. Realizing that she can't rely on the patriarchal society structure for assistance, Ullmann runs the farm herself with the help of her female servants and relatives. When the Count (Philipe Noiret) comes back into her life, he and his male buddies find themselves outclassed by the expertise of the ladies.

1986

Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations

Dearest Relatives, Poisonous Relations 1992

7.33

Like every year, everyone is going back to the ancestral family's home for the Christmas holidays. But this time, the old folks have a surprise, a good surprise for them. They have decided to go living with one of their children and make him or her inherit the family house.

1992

Conquest

Conquest 1983

5.40

A young man, armed with a magical bow and arrows, embarks on a mystical journey through a mystical land to rid it of all evil and joins forces with an outlaw to take down an evil witch bent on claiming the magic bow for evil.

1983

I picari

I picari 1987

5.50

The adventures of a couple of scoundrels in the Spain of the 16th century.

1987

Panarea

Panarea 1997

3.10

During a summer weekend in the island of Panarea, a series of stories of love between the vacationers are intertwined.

1997

Crime at Porta Romana

Crime at Porta Romana 1980

5.70

A police inspector is called to Milan to investigate a murder case since he grew up in the same ghetto as the suspect.

1980

The Odd Squad

The Odd Squad 1982

5.00

Sicilia 1943, after the landing, between the invading Us army and the defender Italian army, a 2000 years old roman bridge resist to all kind of attacks. Both the army decides to definitively destroy it before the opponent does. But to the chaotic mad American platoon is opposed an Italian military band exchanged for a terrible special commando. Probably the bridge will survive another 2000 years!

1982

Afghan Breakdown

Afghan Breakdown 1991

5.40

During the main withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a company of hardened paratroopers under the command of Major Bandura are joined by Steklov, the son of a high-ranking officer.

1991

Highway Racer

Highway Racer 1977

5.40

Maurizio Merli stars as a hot-shot police driver who has more guts than brains, often landing him in hot water with his middle-aged mentor, who was once a legendary police interceptor responsible for numerous large scale arrests.

1977

'o Re

'o Re 1989

7.32

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.

1989

Squillo

Squillo 1996

2.70

Maria, a provincial Polish girl, travels to Milan to pay her older sister Eva a surprise visit. The sisters haven't seen each other in seven years and Eva has changed a lot. She lives in a luxurious apartment and dresses in designer clothes. Although she pretends to be an interpreter, Eva is actually a call-girl and, one night, fails to return from an appointment. Maria enquires at the hotel where Eva last worked. Eva's body is soon found. The investigation is conducted by Inspector Messina, a trendy cop. Maria and Messina become an inseparable investigating team. Maria poses as a call-girl in order to reveal her sister's killer and they use mobile phones to keep in touch.

1996

Giovanni Falcone

Giovanni Falcone 1993

7.30

The story of the first ever "anti-mafia judges pool" established in the '80s at the Palermo Courthouse, in Sicily, in the '80s, while two mafia families started a 10-year-long war to obtain the complete control of smuggles.

1993

College

College 1984

5.20

A romance between a student of a college of high class and a cadet of the nearby Naval Academy.

1984

Speed Cross

Speed Cross 1980

2.00

Undercover cop Fabio Testi infiltrates the world of motocross racing.

1980

The Devils of Monza

The Devils of Monza 1987

4.00

The young noble Don Monza is caught and thrown out by the nun Virginia de Leva when she catches him flirting with one of her nun sisters across the stone wall between their gardens. He hears the rumor that she'd have an affair with her trustee - so he kills him in a set-up duel and aims to take his place. Against her initial resistance, Monza manages to win her heart - and to get into her bed. This doesn't stay a secret for long, but Monza, now in love, does everything to keep it going.

1987

Close Friends

Close Friends 1992

5.80

Fifteen-year-old Sabrina has lived with her father since he split with her mother. As the film unfolds it gradually becomes clear that Sabrina is a victim of incest.

1992

Torna

Torna 1984

5.50

Salvatore manages a gas station and a cafeteria in the outskirts of Naples, but bad luck has stolen his beloved wife, left alone, the pain has crushed all the projects and removed any desire to live. Then one night, Angela, eager for a different and simple life, enters his life.

1984

Domino

Domino 1988

5.00

A woman director is making a film about Billie Holiday. She wants to learn from her how to "feel" again, how to love again.

1988