Genre: Italian Movies
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Caesar Must Die (2012)
Cast: Cosimo Raga, Salvatore Striano, Giovanni Arcuri …
Directed by: Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
Brothers Paolo and Vittorio Taviani take their cameras inside Rome's Rebbibia Prison as its inmates stage a production of Shakespeare's &NFi;Julius Caesar&NFi_;. The film reveals…
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Diaz: Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Jennifer Ulrich, Elio Germano …
Directed by: Daniele Vicari
This chilling drama details the events near the end of the 2001 G8 summit, when police stormed a school for journalists and brutally attacked the residents -- men and women from all over…
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Titanic: Blood and Steel (2012)
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Chris Noth, Alessandra Mastronardi …
Directed by: Ciaran Donnelly
Irish immigrant Mark Muir works on construction of the doomed RMS Titanic while hiding his Catholic heritage from the project's Protestant financiers. As the ship is built, Muir falls in…
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A Special Day (2012)
Cast: Filippo Scicchitano, Giulia Valentini, Roberto Infascelli …
Directed by: Francesca Comencini
Gina has a critical job interview and Marco's the driver taking her there. When plans fall through, the two end up hanging out together instead. What unfolds is a life-changing day for…
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It Was the Son (2012)
Cast: Toni Servillo, Giselda Volodi, Alfredo Castro …
Directed by: Daniele Cipri
In this dark satire of family relationships, set in Southern Italy, a poor family headed by a domineering patriarch greedily grabs for -- and then squanders -- compensation cash from the…
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Steel (2012)
Cast: Michele Riondino, Vittoria Puccini, Anna Bellezza …
Directed by: Stefano Mordini
Handsome Alessio works at the local steel factory, although his happiness is tempered by his constant longing for his ex-girlfriend, Elena. While Alessio struggles romantically, his young…
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Pinocchio (2012)
Cast: Gabriele Caprio, Rocco Papaleo, Paolo Ruffini …
Directed by: Enzo D'Alò
This new animated version of the beloved story tells of lonely woodworker Gepetto, whose puppet Pinocchio is brought to life by the tooth fairy. Eager to explore the world, the little wooden…
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The Human Cargo (2012)
Directed by: Daniele Vicari
When the Albanian cargo ship Vlora motored into the Italian port of Bari in August 1991, it contained 10,000 tons of sugar and 20,000 refugees. This moving documentary details what came next…
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Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy (2012)
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Pierfrancesco Favino, Michela Cescon …
Directed by: Marco Tullio Giordana
On December 12, 1969, a huge bomb planted in a bank in Milan killed 17 people, a shocking crime that the Italian police first blamed on anarchists. This drama taken from real-life events…
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Enzo Avitabile Music Life (2012)
Cast: Enzo Avitabile, Amal Murkus, Trilok Gurtu …
Directed by: Jonathan Demme
Jonathan Demme helms this musical documentary that shines a light on the eclectic sounds of songwriter-musician Enzo Avitabile. The film blends performance footage with interviews that reveal…
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The Triplet (2012)
Cast: Raffaele Costagliola, Domenico Manzi
Directed by: Vincenzo Marra
Filmed inside Naples's Secondigliano penitentiary, this personality-driven documentary shadows 29-year-old inmate Raffaele Costagliola, a man with twin brothers who's been in prison…
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Bellas mariposas (2012)
Cast: Sara Podda, Maya Mulas, Micaela Ramazzotti …
Directed by: Salvatore Mereu
Cate is an 11-year-old trapped in a chaotic family with a call-girl sister, a lecherous dad and a violent brother who wants to kill the boy she loves, Gigi. With her pal Luna, Cate sets off…
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Dario Argento's Dracula (2012)
Cast: Asia Argento, Rutger Hauer, Thomas Kretschmann …
Directed by: Dario Argento
When an Englishman, Jonathan Harker, visits the exotic castle of Count Dracula, he is entranced by the mysterious aristocrat, but upon learning that the count has sinister designs on his…
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Low Tide (2012)
Cast: Daniel Blanchard, Melissa McKinney, Vernon Wilbanks …
Directed by: Roberto Minervini
This intimate and melancholic drama portrays the shared and separate lives of a 12-year-old boy and his alcoholic mother as they struggle to get by. The son does his best to keep their…
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Dormant Beauty (2012)
Cast: Isabelle Huppert, Toni Servillo, Alba Rohrwacher …
Directed by: Marco Bellocchio
This multithreaded drama examines ethical conflicts raised by the medical treatment of comatose patients, modeled on real-life events in Italy. The film explores other related ethical…
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Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic (2012)
Cast: Marina Abramovic, Robert Wilson, Willem Dafoe …
Directed by: Giada Colagrande
This hourlong semi-documentary records the musical stage collaboration between director Robert Wilson and veteran performance artist Marina Abramovic. Also included is a wealth of background…
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The Ideal City (2012)
Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Catrinel Marlon, Luigi Maria Burruano …
Directed by: Luigi Lo Cascio
An architect finds Siena is the perfect city to carry out his ambitious ecological project. But when he gets involved in an accident with a mysterious, improbable outcome, he becomes baffled…
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Terramatta (2012)
Cast: Roberto Nobile
Directed by: Costanza Quatriglio
Vincenzo Rabito is an illiterate Sicilian who nonetheless authors a sprawling history of his lifetime, using a musical language all his own. Director Costanza Quatriglio blends Rabito's…
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Me and You (2012)
Cast: Jacopo Olmo Antinori, Tea Falco, Sonia Bergamasco …
Directed by: Bernardo Bertolucci
Bernardo Bertolucci helms this tale about a 14-year-old boy who dreams of being left alone with his stack of horror novels. Astonishingly, the clever lad makes it happen by hiding out in a…
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Le Cose Belle (2012)
Directed by: Giovanni Piperno, Agostino Ferrente
In this gripping documentary, four Neapolitan kids interviewed in 1999 are quizzed again 10 years later by the filmmakers. In the intervening decade, political and economic turmoil have…
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Balancing Act (2012)
Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Barbora Bobulova, Antonio Gerardi …
Directed by: Ivano De Matteo
Civil servant Giulio gets booted from his home by his wife after an ill-considered bout of cheating, but he vows to continue providing for his family. But the struggle to keep his promise and…
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Reality (2012)
Cast: Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone …
Directed by: Matteo Garrone
Jovial fishmonger and small-time con artist Luciano hopes to enrich his humble family by participating in the Italian version of "Big Brother," but his obsession with appearing to be an ideal…
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The Interval (2012)
Cast: Francesca Riso, Alessio Gallo, Carmine Paternoster …
Directed by: Leonardo di Costanzo
Chubby teenager Salvatore is tasked by a local mob leader to guard a rebellious girl named Veronica in a huge, abandoned building. While they explore their surroundings and await the…
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This Must Be the Place (2011)
Cast: Sean Penn, Frances McDormand, Judd Hirsch …
Directed by: Paolo Sorrentino
Armed with new knowledge that his estranged Jewish father suffered mercilessly at the hands of a sadistic SS officer in the 1940s, a now-retired rock star travels to America, where the…
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We Have a Pope (2011)
Cast: Michel Piccoli, Jerzy Stuhr, Renato Scarpa …
Directed by: Nanni Moretti
The pope has died, and the congress of cardinals has chosen his successor. But what happens if the newly elected pontiff doesn't want the job? This comedy follows the Vatican's…