Carlo Verdone
Also Known As: Carlo Gregorio Verdone
Biography: Carlo Verdone (born 17 November 1950) is an Italian actor, screenwriter and film director. His career was jumpstarted by his first three successes, "Un sacco bello" (1980), "Bianco, rosso e Verdone" (1981) and "Borotalco" (1982). Since the 1990s, he has been introducing more serious subjects in his work, linked to the excesses of society and the individual's hardships in confronting it. Along with Massimo Troisi, Francesco Nuti and Roberto Benigni, he is one of the most important and revelant comedy authors of the '80 and '90 italian cinema.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Adult: No
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The Manual of Love
Overview: Four intertwined stories on the joys and sorrows of love.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2005-03-18
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Manual of Love 2
Overview: Nicola, paralyzed after a car crash, falls in love for his physiotherapist Lucia. Franco and Manuela, a young couple unfit to have children, fly to Barcelona for a specialized treatment for fertility. Filippo and Fosco, two gay men, decide to marry. Ernesto, waiter in a chic restaurant, has a liaison with Cecilia, the new Spanish help.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-01-19
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Grande, grosso e Verdone
Overview: A comic movie divided in three episodes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2008-03-07
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Troppo forte
Overview: Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking the girl to his home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-01-30
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Italians
Overview: Two stories of Italians abroad: in Dubai, a truck driver who smuggles Ferraris for a living teaches the tricks of the trade to his young disciple; in Russia, a clumsy dentist experiences the consequences of sex tourism.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-01-23
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L'amore è eterno finché dura
Overview: Gilberto, 50enne, si fa coinvolgere in una cosiddetta speed-date, una gara in cui i protagonisti devono trovare un partner in 3 minuti. Arrestato, deve confessare tutto in presenza della moglie che lo sbatte fuori di casa. Rifugiatosi da amici scopre che il suo migliore amico è amante della moglie e comincia a tentare di avviare nuove relazioni che falliscono tutte.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2004-02-20
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Carlo Vanzina - Il cinema è una cosa meravigliosa
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-10-25
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Me, Them and Lara
Overview: A priest, after spending years in humanitary missions in Africa, reunites with his family, which is in worse conditions than when he left, and above all meets a young lady who will make him doubt both himself and his faith.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-01-05
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Gallo cedrone
Overview: The life and times of Armando Feroci, a fortyish year old, who's been everything, a divorced husband, a careless father, an unreliable brother. The story is told in flashback by his friends while Armando has been mysteriously kidnapped in an Arab country by an integralist group and condemned to death.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-10-16
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Il bambino e il poliziotto
Overview: Carlo, a police officer, after intercepting a call conducts a drug bust at a private party at the upper class apartment of Rosanna Clerici and she is arrested. Just as the police and party guests are leaving, Giulio, Rosanna's six-year-old son, comes out of his room and asks Carlo where his mother is. Seeing that Carlo is the person responsible for his mother's arrest, Giulio tags along with him until his mother is freed. Carlo does everything possible to have Social Services or somebody look after the kid but is told by the Courts that he is the best candidate for his custody until a better one is found. Even though Giulio manages to turn Carlo's life inside out he ends up getting to like the kid and falling for the kid's mother, Rosanna, while she is in prison. It ends with Rosanna being released from prison and the three of them going out for dinner.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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7 Kilos in 7 Days
Overview: Two not very clever young doctors open a fitness center and promise to let people lose seven kilos in seven days. When the enterprise fails they open a gourmet restaurant.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1986-12-18
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Ma che colpa abbiamo noi
Overview: Seven people in a therapy group are forced to find new ways of coping with their problems when their therapist dies in the middle of a session.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2003-01-10
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Cuori nella tormenta
Overview: Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook. They become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without knowing it, with the same girl Sonia.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-10-19
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Talcum Powder
Overview: Sergio Benvenuti is a shy seller of contracts for a Roman company of music, but because of his character he cannot find even a customer, so he asks for help from a fellow named Nadia.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-22
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Fun Is Beautiful
Overview: Three stories set in summer Rome, three characters all played by Verdone: an awkward young man meets a Spanish tourist; another one plans a trip towards East with a suitcase full of stockings and biro pens; a hippie is visited by his father, who tries to convince him to get back home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1980-01-19
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Soap and Water
Overview: A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1983-10-27
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Bianco, rosso e Verdone
Overview: Three Italians travel to their hometown to vote for elections: Pasquale is a Southern immigrant living in Munich who's genuinely happy to come back to Italy, even if just for a few days, but the country he dreams of is far from reality; Furio travels to Rome with his family, but his niggling attitude threatens to push his wife Magda over the edge; young Mimmo is also going to Rome, but the trip is repeatedly interrupted by worries about his grandma's health.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1981-02-20
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Vitti d'arte, Vitti d'amore
Overview: Necessarily far from the spotlights, Monica Vitti shines in a light intact to the eyes of spectators at every latitude. On scene the artistic path and life full of unpredictable events of an actress both introverted and sunny are recalled, through excerpts from her films and television programs, testimonies of friends and colleagues, leading exponents of Italian cinema of yesterday and today, critics, writers and costume experts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-10-20
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My Best Enemy
Overview: When a neurotic hotel manager fires a maid for allegedly stealing a laptop, her son swears revenge and begins to expose his deepest secrets — only to regret it after falling for his daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-03-10
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C'era un cinese in coma
Overview: A talent agent with a truly talentless client roster, Ercole Preziosi finds himself in trouble when a car crash injures his star comedian, so he turns to his young plucky driver to do stand-up duty.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-03-03
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Grand Hotel Excelsior
Overview: Taddeus is the manager of the Grand Hotel Excelsior. The Summer season begins in May and since then many odd persons frequent the hotel. There is Ilde Vivaldi, in love with Taddeus and the boxer Pericle Coccia who has an important match and falls in love with Maria. There is the Mago di Segrate trying to win world fame by levitating thirty meters high. And there is the waiter Egisto whose daughter is in a Swiss College believing her father is a man of importance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-10-07
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My Sister and I
Overview: Carlo is a responsible sibling who deals with his black-sheep sister Silvia in this situation comedy. When Silvia returns after many years to attend her mother's funeral, Carlo deals with the fallout caused by her many love affairs. Carlo is convinced to kidnap Silvia's child whom she left in a Hungarian children's home, but she soon abandons Carlo and the baby when she takes up with a British rock star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1987-12-19
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Ennio
Overview: A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-02-17
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Journey with Papa
Overview: Armando is the daddy, Cristiano is the adult son. Each of them lives his life in a different way respect the other: Armando is an old play-boy and often he "buys" his women with his money; Cristiano is a shy guy who lives in a community with other guys like him. The movie proceeds showing us, ironically, the differences, the different ways to think, to act, to treat the women between father and son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-12-18
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24 Hours... Not a Minute More
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1973-08-01
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Lucky and Zorba
Overview: A seagull is caught by the black tide of a sinking petrol ship. She manages to fly inland and falls down in a garden by a cat. Moribund, she asks the cat to fulfill three promises: that when she lays her egg he must not eat it; that he must take care of it until it hatches; that he would teach the newborn how to fly.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1998-12-22
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Maledetto il giorno che t'ho incontrato
Overview: Bernardo is dumped by his girlfriend, his career as a rock music critic is beginning to decline and stars to see a psychologist but in the meantime he meets the problematic and shy Camilla, who disrupts his life.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-01-31
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Compagni di scuola
Overview: A group of former high school classmates meets for a reunion 15 years after graduation, only to discover that any innocence or friendship is long lost.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1988-12-21
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Honeymoon Trips
Overview: The vicissitudes of three couples of newlyweds from the celebration of weddings to their respective honeymoons.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1995-12-15
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A Flat for Three
Overview: Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2012-03-02
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Tonight at Alice's
Overview: Saverio and Filippo are two friends and religious leaders of a travel agency in Rome. However, Filippo has trouble with his wife, because she finds out that he cheated on her with a comely girl named Alice.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1990-12-20
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Iris Blond
Overview: Romeo, a lovelorn Roman musician in his 40s with 20 years since his only hit, consults a fortuneteller who predicts he'll find love and money with a foreign singer named for a flower. In Brussels he meets Marguerite, an older chanteuse who interprets Jacques Brel and loves her yappy dog.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1996-12-13
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Perdiamoci di vista
Overview: Comic tale of a cynical TV star's slow-combustion romance with a young paraplegic.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1994-01-27
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Ages of Love
Overview: Roberto is a young and ambitious lawyer who is going to marry Sara. His whole life is perfectly planned out. During a expropriation which he is in charge of, he meets Micol, a gorgeous and provocative young woman from a small village in Tuscany. This is when things start to get complicated... Fabio, a famous anchorman, has been the perfect husband for twenty five years. At a party one night, he meets Eliana, a femme fatale full of surprises. This one-night stand proves to be more than what he bargained for when she refuses to leave... Adrian is an American art history professor who moved to Rome after his divorce. He is friends with Augusto, the building's concierge, whose ebullient daughter Viola is about to disrupt his peaceful existence and relight his fire
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-02-25
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Niente paura
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-17
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Al lupo, al lupo
Overview: Vanni, Gregorio and Livia are brothers. The first is a well-known pianist, the second has abandoned his career as an aspiring violinist to become a deejay. When Vanni discovers that his father has disappeared into thin air, together with Gregorio they decide to call his sister Livia. The three relatives travel the length and breadth of Tuscany to find their missing parent.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1992-12-18
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I due carabinieri
Overview: Two deadbeat friends barely pass the entrance exam for the Carabinieri, the national gendarmerie of Italy, but love for the same woman gets in the way.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-12-21
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L'altro buio in sala
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-03-25
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RomAmor: Alberto Sordi, from Rome to the whole world
Overview: If Rome is the capital of the world, then Alberto Sordi is his true son. He absorbed all the vices and valor of his homeland. His whole life was connected with his beloved city. He owed his first success to another great Roman - Fellini, and Italian became the only obstacle in his international career. On stage, Alberto Sordi might have seemed uncontrollable and rude, but could have been charming and slightly ridiculous. He played scammers and victims, sweet losers and unsurpassed drunkards with the manners of great comedians. But, even jokingly, he always remained serious.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2007-01-01
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Carlo!
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-06-03
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The Great Beauty
Overview: Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep looks past the nightclubs and parties to find a timeless landscape of absurd, exquisite beauty.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2013-05-21
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Sotto una buona stella
Overview: A wealthy broker, Federico Picchioni, within two days forfeits his partner and work, finishing well to living with two children and granddaughter (abandoned by her father). He is, at this point, in the face of many difficulties of adjustment but finds comfort in the help of his neighbor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-02-13
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Roma, santa e dannata
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2023-11-06
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Morto Troisi, viva Troisi!
Overview: The fake report about Troisi's death, with the direction of Troisi himself with Lello Arena and Anna Pavignano. A long of list people greet the comediam, from Gianni Boncompagni to Maria Giovanna Elmi. There is also Benigni, hidden behind a window, and Arena, his guardian angel.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1982-01-21
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Voi siete qui
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-09-08
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Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Overview: To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema. The singular artistic vision of Sergio Leone has transcended national borders, creating the Spaghetti Western genre and transforming the international cinematic panorama forever with his innovative stylistic and narrative solutions, which have now become part of the language of the movies. The film, which is enriched with precious archive footage from the Cineteca di Bologna, including rare audio recordings and film clips shot behind the scenes, sees for the first time the direct participation of the Leone family and has interviews both with Leone’s longtime collaborators and with icons of Hollywood who have been profoundly influenced by his work.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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C'era una volta il prossimamente
Overview: A passionate cavalcade through decades of "coming attractions"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-04-22
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Il mio amico Massimo
Overview: The life and artistic journey of Neapolitan actor Massimo Troisi.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-12-15
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Vittorio racconta Gassman: Una vita da mattatore
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Farewell to Enrico Berlinguer
Overview: A film of Enrico Berlinguer's funeral in Rome, briefly tracing his career as leader of the Italian Communist Party.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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We Are Cinema
Overview: An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-12-16
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I magnifici 4 della risata
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-10-20
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A Beautiful Vacation
Overview: This 2006 documentary was filmed on the occasion of director Dino Risi's ninetieth birthday. It features interviews with his collaborators, friends, and family, as well as Risi himself, who talks candidly about his personal successes and the obstacles he has faced.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2006-12-23
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L'abbiamo fatta grossa
Overview: Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino is a shabby “investigator” who chases cats escaped from their homes. When Arturo and Yuri cross paths, Yuri is under the mistaken impression that Arturo is a consummate professional. He contracts Arturo to follow his ex-wife in order to find proof of her infidelity. But when he accidentally comes into the possession of a mysterious suitcase containing 1 million Euro, a series of hilarious troubles and daring adventures will result in an unpredictable finale…
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-01-28
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Per sempre al Massimo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-06-05
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Tutto Sordi
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-02-24
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That Movement Which I Love So Much
Overview: Noblewoman Livia and her friend Marquis Cecco Ottobuoni take revenge against politician Fabrizio Siniscalchi, Livia's lover who dumped her for political reasons, by setting him up with a young prostitute Anna to cause a scandal.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1976-01-05
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30 anni di SuperQuark - un viaggio sorprendente
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-12-19
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Francesco Nuti… e vengo da lontano
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-11-05
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A Matter of Heart
Overview: Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks. Alberto is a gregarious joker - and chain smoker - who has a strong effect on the impressionable Angelo. However, as one of the men's condition deteriorates, the other becomes more deeply involved in his personal life.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-04-17
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Blessed Madness
Overview: A man dedicated to religion and very faithful husband suddenly finds himself single. The new shop assistant in his shop will overwhelm his life.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-01-11
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Vinilici
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-11-20
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Sergio Leone: The Way I See Things
Overview: Documentary about Sergio Leone
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-08
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Luna
Overview: While touring in Italy, a recently-widowed American opera singer has an incestuous relationship with her 15-year-old son to help him overcome his heroin addiction.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1979-08-29
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Zora la vampira
Overview: Count Dracula trades Transylvania for Italy in search of fresh blood and Western standards of living, but finds instead his ancient love Zora, reincarnated as a young graffiti artist from the Roman hip-hop scene.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2000-09-22
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Si vive una volta sola
Overview: Umberto, Lucia and Corrado discover that their co-worker and friend Umberto is terminally ill, but they can't bring themselves to tell him. They decide instead to organize him an unforgettable holiday trip to the South.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2021-04-28
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L'ultimo gattopardo - Ritratto di Goffredo Lombardo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-09-07
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Sono Gassman! - Vittorio re della commedia
Overview: This brisk, engaging documentary surveys the life, work, and legacy of Vittorio Gassman, the Italian screen icon who began his illustrious career as a serious dramatic stage actor before going on to subvert that image in classic works of commedia all’italiana by Mario Monicelli (Big Deal on Madonna Street), Dino Risi (Il Sorpasso), and Ettore Scola (We All Loved Each Other So Much). Through a wealth of interviews, film clips, and archival footage, Sono Gassman! reveals how Gassman’s comedic screen persona cannily reflected and critiqued mid-20th-century Italian society, while shedding light on the complex inner life of the man himself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2018-10-21
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The Last Movie Painter
Overview: A fantastic journey through the world of Renato Casaro, one of the most important illustrators that the world’s film poster industry has ever known.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-02-06
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Siamo tutti Alberto Sordi?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-04-12
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The Man with the Cigar in His Mouth
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1997-08-06
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Enrico Lucherini - Ne ho fatte di tutti i colori
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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Cecchi Gori - Una famiglia italiana
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2019-10-26
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Io tu noi, Lucio
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2020-09-10
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Cercando La grande bellezza
Overview: Drama, documentary
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-10-24
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What Do You Know About Me
Overview: Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline, the flight of our greatest producers, a crisis among the best writer-directors, the collapse of production. But what are the true causes and circumstances of this decline? In an attempt to provide an answer to this question, Di Me Cosa Ne Sai strives to depict this great cultural change. Begun as a loving examination of Italian cinema, the film transformed into a docu-drama that alternates between interviews with the great names of the past and fragments of cultural and political life of the last 30 years. It is a travel diary that shows Italy from north to south, through movie theatres; television-addicted kids; Berlusconi and Fellini; shopping centers; TV news editors; stories of impassioned film exhibitors and directors who fight for their films; and interviews with itinerant projectionists and great European directors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-10-16
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Noi c'eravamo
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2011-10-26
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Gabriella
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-12-10
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Eroici! - 100 anni di passione e racconti di sport
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-19
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Mario Verdone: Il critico viaggiatore
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2024-10-18
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Una settimana come un'altra
Overview: A comedy feature film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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La scuola romana delle risate
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2025-04-17
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Verdone racconta Leone
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2009-05-03
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Il Bar del Cult
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2025-10-23
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