In a dark, velvety theatre, there is a first kiss between Pietro and Tommaso. When the lights come back on, however, the two students have different expectations of what might follow. The chaos of awakening desire in its complexity and sensuality is told and made almost physically tangible through looks and gestures, approach and retreat, hope and fear.
The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire world in the dark years to come.
A woman escapes a group of bullies seeking to rape her and takes refuge with a seemingly kind couple who have a dark secret hidden in their quiet, secluded house.
Stop-motion short by Massimo Ottoni. Follows the story of some soldiers during the Great War in an Austrian trench on the Italian front.
Ciociaria, early ‘50s. A young farmhand is recruited to participate in Miss Italia selections, but her body measurements are not quite right for the contest. To undergo a terrible process of physical transformation seems to be the only way to be elected Reginetta.
Celestino has communication problems because of his incomprehensible native dialect. When he falls madly in love with a deaf girl called Rosetta, he learns sign language and pretends to be deaf as well in order to court her.
Marco is a shy courier instructed to deliver some jewels in a photo studio. Here he meets Giorgio, the photographer: handsome, gay, cheeky.
A tough detective is on the trail of a dangerous new drug that is flooding the area. With a lot of nonchalance and a perfect wig, he gets closer and closer to the culprits, but doesn't miss out on regularly attending church services. He has to! The only problem is that the local priest turns out to be not so innocent in the drug case.
Documentary about Italian screenwriting legends Agenore 'Age' Incrocci and Furio Scarpelli.
Engel und Puppe is the first film by Italian filmmaker and writer Ellis Donda. Screened at Oberhausen in 1975, Engel und Puppe is a political adaptation of some lines from Rilke's Duino Elegies, featuring the French poet Jacqueline Risset and a young Rossella Or (soon to become an avant-garde theatre actress).
One May afternoon, Nicholas, Daniel and Lollo can still do something to save their friendship: fight against a destiny that wants to divide them.
Roberto Faenza's Nouvelle Vague-inspired graduation film at CSC, shot in 1964 with a then-unknown Raffaella Carrà in the lead role.
Inspired by actual events in Naples, a night shift of three paramedics goes slowly by, deadly dull as ever. Blood and suffering always belonging to the "nobodies" - but an unexpected call is going to jeopardize their lives.
James wakes up in the middle of night after a nightmare regarding war and deaths.
Alessandro is a young director who is always broke and tries to make his short films by begging for favors from his fellow villagers. Suddenly he will understand what is the key to the art of DIY.
In a small town in southern Italy, a mother's vow saves her daughter from certain death. For this grace received, the child will be forced to wear the dress of the Saint who made her awaken.
