Michele Riondino
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Fortapàsc
2009
La valle dei sorrisi
A PE teacher moves to a isolated mountain village where the people appear to live in unshakeable serenity, but soon stumbles across a disturbing ritual. Once a week, the locals are freed of their pain by a lonely boy born with the power to heal one's soul just by hugging them. Trying to rescue him from this madness, the man unleashes his dark side.
Palazzina Laf
Factory managers decide to make a worker a mole to identify the workers who would be best to get rid of. He begins to stalk his colleagues with the aim of reporting them. Soon, not understanding its degradation, he too asks to be placed in the LAF building (acronym for cold rolling mill), a concentration camp reserved for "uncomfortable" workers.
Un'avventura
Apulia, 1970s. Matteo is in love with Francesca, but she wants to leave provincial life behind and see the world. After four years traveling around the world, Francesca returns to her hometown to care for her sick mother, and she and Matteo rekindle their relationship.
Maraviglioso Boccaccio
10 young friends hide out from a deadly disease in the countryside during the 1300s.
Il giovane favoloso
A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.
Bella addormentata
A drama set in different locations during the last six days of life of Eluana Englaro, a young woman who lived 17 years in a vegetative state. A mosaic of several interrelated characters questioning about the meaning of life and hope.
Noi credevamo
1828. In the wake of the repression of revolutionary movements in Southern Italy, three young friends join Giuseppe Mazzini's republican and unificationist cause. Their idealism will clash with the inevitable disillusionment as they grow apart over the decades.
Fortapàsc
Il 23 settembre 1985, a ventisei anni appena compiuti, il giornalista Giancarlo Siani viene ucciso dalla camorra sotto la sua casa nel quartiere residenziale del Vomero, a Napoli.
Dieci inverni
Born of a chance meeting in Venice, Silvestro and Camilla's rocky romance unfolds over 10 winters as new lovers come and go but they are eternally thrust back into one another's arms.