Domenico Procacci
Publisher
E1 Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
Italiano
Description
Power, money and blood: these are the values that the residents of the province of Naples and Caserta confront every day. They have practically no choice, and are forced to obey the rules of the "system," the Camorra. Only a lucky few can even think of leading a "normal" life. Five stories are woven together in this violent scenario, set in a cruel world, and one that is deeply rooted in reality.
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Herve Joncour is a married silkworm smuggler in 19th century France. He travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo after his original shipment was destroyed. While in Japan, he spots a beautiful Japanese woman who is the concubine of a local baron. He immediately becomes obsessed. Without speaking the same language, they communicate through letters until war intervenes. Their unrequited love persists however, and Herve's wife Helene begins...
Publisher
Music Box Films
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Italiano
Description
A harried filmmaker tries to juggle the demands of her latest movie with a personal life in shambles. The star of her film, a bombastic American actor imported for the production, presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her mother's illness progresses and her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
Series
Film Movement volume Year 3, film 1
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
It's Steve's birthday, and things can't seem to get better. After receiving a much awaited promotion, Steve returns home expecting to find his wife Alexandra and his two children waiting to surprise him. Instead, he discovers an abandoned house and a mysterious video tape that he is forced to watch.
Publisher
Echo Bridge Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"She" is an inhabitant of the planet Epsilon who's mistakenly transported to Earth ... and dropped into the middle of the Australian outback. She falls in love with a man and as this highly unconventional saga leads you in one surprising direction after another, the man ultimately what he's learned from her to save the planet.
6) Gomorra
Series
Criterion collection volume 493
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
Italiano
Description
Five disparate tales of Naples' mafia underworld, where men and children are caught up in a corrupt system that extends from the housing projects to the world of haute couture. Adapted from the best-selling exposé by undercover Italian reporter, Roberto Saviano.
Publisher
Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Witnessing the deteriorating relationship between her parents, a young girl becomes immersed in her own world. Not having the words to express her emotions, she suspects that words themselves may be the problem, so she stops talking. Through her silence, she attempts to influence her parents' behavior to force them to communicate properly with each other and with her. Gives voice to a girl's confusion, cleverness and hopeful joy as she attempts to...
8) Caos calmo
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Italiano
Description
Pietro has just lost his wife, and he is left alone with their young daughter. He promises the girl that he will wait for her in the car when she returns to school for the first time, but then his temporary offer turns into habit. Now Pietro spends his days in his car, watching the world around him and grieving in his own way.
Series
Publisher
Sundance Selects
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
Italiano
Description
At the Vatican, following the demise of the Pope, the conclave to elect his successor settles on Cardinal Melville. But the faithful gathered in St Peter's Square wait in vain for the new Pope to step out on the balcony. Behind the thick walls of the Vatican panic has set in. After uttering a terrible howl of fear, the Cardinal refuses the office. The officials do everything to try to reason with Melville, including a psychoanalyst, appointed by the...
11) Reality
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
Italiano
Description
A darkly comic look at Luciano, a charming and affable fishmonger whose unexpected and sudden obsession with being a contestant on the reality show Big Brother leads him down a rabbit hole of skewed perceptions and paranoia. So overcome by his dream of being on reality TV, Luciano's own reality begins to spiral out of control.
12) Tickets
Publisher
Facets Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
Italiano
Description
In this anthology film, an elderly businessman finds solace and a new insight into life when he meets a younger woman who arranges his train ticket after his flight is canceled. A young man is torn between an older woman who controls him and a younger one that attracts him. And three Scottish youths on their way to the football match of their dreams are forced to open their eyes and see the bigger picture when they meet an Albanian family. In each...
13) Respiro
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Italiano
Description
Grazia is a carefree mother of three, who soon becomes the focus of her neighbors' gossip. While her fellow Lampedusians work and live hard - oblivious to their native paradise - Grazia alone is courageous enough to blissfully embrace life's treasures. Her wild, sensual and free-spirited behavior reflects the unrivaled beauty of her heavenly seaside village. She is not understood or accepted by the social conventions of the town, nor its strict tribal...