Franco Pistoni
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: March 06, 1956
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Imago Mortis
2009-01-15
Imago Mortis
Overview: They say that in 1600s, long before the invention of photography, a scientist named Fumagalli, was obsessed with the idea of reproducing images. He discovered that by killing a victim and removing his eyeballs it was possible to reproduce on paper the last image imprinted on the person's retina. He named such tecnique "Thanatography". Today, the same kind of gruesome ritual and abominable crimes r
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-01-15
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Confortorio
1992-01-01
Confortorio
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-01-01
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Perduta
1991-01-01
Perduta
Overview: The tragic story of a runaway girl in the 1970s in Verona.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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What if Gargiulo Finds Out?
1988-05-15
What if Gargiulo Finds Out?
Overview: Teresa is a nurse and does not have an easy life: her husband plays poker and next to her she sleeps only and the father organizes the illegal lot among the sick. So one night Teresa is involved, in spite of herself, in a whirlwind of ambiguous situations, together with Ferdinando and Friariello, met by chance, between camorristi, dog races and a bingo of which he unknowingly becomes the prize. But "has to pass" to "nuttata", this is certain, but how?
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-05-15
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The Last Time We Were Kids
2023-10-12
The Last Time We Were Kids
Overview: Rome, summer 1943. Four children play war while the bombs of real war explode around them. Italo is the rich son of the Federal, Cosimo has his father in confinement and an atavistic hunger, Vanda is an orphan and a believer, Riccardo comes from a wealthy Jewish family. They are different but they don't know it and between them "the greatest friendship in the world" is born, impervious to the divisions of history that bloodies Europe. But on October 16 the Jewish boy is taken away by the Germans together with over a thousand people from the Ghetto. Thanks to Italo's father Federale, the three friends believe they know where he is and, to honor the "spit pact", decide to leave in secret to convince the Germans to free their friend. Yet another imaginative mission becomes reality, the three children travel alone in an Italy exhausted by war, among disbanded soldiers, deserters, occupying German troops, exhausted and hungry populations.
Genres: Drama Comedy Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-10-12
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Postcards from Rome
2008-10-31
Postcards from Rome
Overview: A man wearing shorts leaves his house to go jogging with his dog. All around him, Rome struggles awake at dawn. A lengthy marathon from St. Peter's to the Appian Way, a single shot crammed with centuries of history, freak encounters, and a wacky, vivid sincerity.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-10-31
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Don Bosco
1988-01-31
Don Bosco
Overview: This film depicts the life of Saint John Bosco, who dedicated his life to rescuing abandoned and exploited street children in Turin.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-01-31
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Desperate Crimes
1993-11-24
Desperate Crimes
Overview: In the large industrial port of an Italian city - sailors, women, black market traffickers, sleazy nightclubs, and dingy narrow alleys make up a world of danger, where a young American girl vanishes without a trace while an Italian man tries to track her down. On the way, he encounters a strange group of characters: a beautiful and ambitious prostitute, a girl ravaged by drugs, and the ferocious Joe Nerescu who is battling against a rival gang so he can gain control of the port.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-24
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The Untidiness of the Heart
2013-05-22
The Untidiness of the Heart
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-05-22
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Crack
1991-09-06
Crack
Overview: Although the drug is present in this film, the Crack this movie is about is, metaphorically, the crack in society which all the protagonists inhabit in a rundown neighborhood in Rome.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1991-09-06
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Tale of Tales
2015-05-14
Tale of Tales
Overview: The Queen of Selvascura risks everything to be a mother; the King of Roccaforte falls in love with the voice of a mysterious girl; the King of Altomonte becomes obsessed with a flea and neglects his daughter.
Genres: Romance Fantasy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2015-05-14
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Lecture 21
2008-10-17
Lecture 21
Overview: A student takes a bizarre trip through the Italian Alps after being inspired by a professor's lecture on Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" from his Ninth Symphony.
Genres: Fantasy History Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-10-17
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A Dream House Nightmare
2007-04-13
A Dream House Nightmare
Overview: A couple's pleasant new life in the country is threatened by the mysterious new next door neighbors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-04-13
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The Name of the Rose
1986-09-24
The Name of the Rose
Overview: 14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
Genres: Drama Thriller Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-09-24
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We Can Do That
2008-10-31
We Can Do That
Overview: The film follows Nello, the recently hired director of a newly developed work cooperative of former mental patients. After the closure of state psychiatric hospitals and asylums in Italy under the Basaglia Law many former patients were left with few resources and little hope of reintegrating into society. With the intention of actually improving the lives of his pupils, rather than just sedating them, Nello encourages them to expand their individual abilities and explore the wider world around them although, regardless of intention, there is sometimes a price to pushing boundaries too quickly.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-10-31
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Gli occhi dell'amore
2005-08-27
Gli occhi dell'amore
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Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2005-08-27
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The Barbarians
1987-03-20
The Barbarians
Overview: Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnaps Canary but the stone eludes him. The brothers are taken to be trained as gladiators and years later have grown to be VERY big. They escape and set off on a quest to find the jewel and rescue Canary.
Genres: Adventure Fantasy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-03-20
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Ora non ricordo il nome
2017-05-23
Ora non ricordo il nome
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Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-05-23
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'o Re
1989-01-27
'o Re
Overview: 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.
Genres: History Drama Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-01-27
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Poliziotti
1995-02-10
Poliziotti
Overview: When young cop Andrea is assigned to keep watch over dangerous Godfather Sante, who's in hospital after a fake suicide attempt, the stage is set for disaster.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-02-10
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My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began
2011-03-16
My Friends: Act IV – How It All Began
Overview: Jacopo, Duccio, Cecco, Manfredo and Filippo are five friends who live in Florence of the fifteenth century, during a plague epidemic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-03-16
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Le vie del Signore sono finite
1987-12-19
Le vie del Signore sono finite
Overview: Set in Italy during the 1920s, a barber is in a wheelchair because of a psychosomatic illness after he lost the woman he loves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-12-19
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La bomba
1999-10-22
La bomba
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Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1999-10-22
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All at Sea
2011-03-11
All at Sea
Overview: 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, which stands on top of building.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-03-11
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Krokodyle
2010-11-11
Krokodyle
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Genres: Horror Fantasy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-11-11
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Distant Lights
1987-07-28
Distant Lights
Overview: Alien spirits from outer space land on earth and take over the bodies of the recently deceased--but their purpose isn't what it would appear to be.
Genres: Science Fiction Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-07-28
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