Pierfrancesco Favino
Favino was born in Rome, Italy. He has appeared in more than forty European films and television series' since the early 1990s, including Gabriele Muccino's The Last Kiss, Gianni Amelio's The Keys to the House, Giuseppe Tornatore's The Unknown Woman and Ferzan Özpetek's Saturn... Read full bio →
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2024
Il maestro
Italy, 1989. After years of hard training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father's expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tournaments. While dreaming of a simple summer vacation, he's instead placed under the wing of ex tennis champion Raul, an unconventional coach hired by his father.
Maria
Maria Callas, the world's greatest opera singer, lives the last days of her life in 1970s Paris, as she confronts her identity and life.
Le Comte de Monte-Cristo
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
L'ultima notte di Amore
On the night before his retirement, police lieutenant Franco Amore is called to investigate the death of a long-time partner of his in a diamond heist in which he was involved.
Comandante
Salvatore Todaro is the captain of the Cappellini. He leads in his own way. The bow is reinforced with steel in the off chance an opportunity to ram a ship arises and his crew is armed with daggers should a hand-to-hand battle occur.
Adagio
Tangled up with blackmail and crooked cops, the son of a former gangster seeks out his father's old friends, who risk everything to save him.
Nostalgia
Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has become a notorious crimeboss.
Promises
When Alexander and Laura meet during a party what they feel for each other is obvious, but she’s about to get married and Alexander shares a daughter with his beautiful wife.
Tutti per 1 - 1 per tutti
The new story based of sequel "Moschettieri del Re - la penultima missione", set in the late 19th century.
Hammamet
The last years of Bettino Craxi, one of the most important and controversial italian leader of the 1980's.
Il traditore
Palermo, Sicily, 1980. Mafia member Tommaso Buscetta decides to move to Brazil with his family fleeing the constant war between the different clans of the criminal organization. But when, after living several misfortunes, he is forced to return to Italy, he makes a bold decision that will change his life and the destiny of Cosa Nostra forever.
The Catcher Was a Spy
Major league baseball player, Moe Berg, a probably gay man lives a double life working for the Office of Strategic Services.
Moschettieri del re - La penultima missione
the four heroes created by Alexandre Dumas: D'Artagnan (Pierfrancesco Favino), Athos (Rocco Papaleo), Aramis (Sergio Rubini) and Porthos (Valerio Mastandrea). Today I am an ungrammatical cattle breeder, a lustful castellan, a friar indebted and a drunken innkeeper, who will be musketeers again for patriotism.
A casa tutti bene
An extended family reunites on an idyllic island to celebrate their grandparents' 50th wedding anniversary. However, a storm causes them to get stuck in there longer than expected, causing secrets and long-held grudges to break out.
My Cousin Rachel
A young Englishman plots revenge against his mysterious, beautiful cousin, believing that she murdered his guardian. But his feelings become complicated as he finds himself falling under the beguiling spell of her charms.
Le confessioni
A G8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the German coast. The world's most powerful economists are gathered to enact important provisions that will deeply influence the world economy. One of the guests is a mysterious Italian monk, invited by Daniel Rochè, the director of the International Monetary Fund.
Suburra
A gangster known as "Samurai" wants to turn the waterfront of Rome into a new Las Vegas. All the local mob bosses have agreed to work for this common goal. But peace is not to last long.
World War Z
A UN representative, writing a report on the great zombie war, interviews survivors in the wake of World War Z.
Rush
A biography of Formula 1 champion driver Niki Lauda and the 1976 crash that almost claimed his life. Mere weeks after the accident, he got behind the wheel to challenge his rival, James Hunt.
Romanzo di una strage
A chronicle of the 1969 bombing at a major national bank in Milan and its aftermath.
Il comandante e la cicogna
A widowed working-class father falls in love with a struggling, poor artist.
ACAB - All Cops Are Bastards
A look at the controversial riot cops unit, told through the stories of three veteran cops and a young recruit.
Baciami ancora
A look at the lives of Carlo, Giulia, and their friends some 10 years after the events of L'Ultimo bacio.
Angels & Demons
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon works with a nuclear physicist to solve a murder and prevent a terrorist act against the Vatican during one of the significant events within the church.
The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian
The Pevensie siblings return to Narnia, where they are enlisted to once again help ward off an evil king and restore the rightful heir to the land's throne, Prince Caspian.
Miracle at St. Anna
Miracle at St. Anna chronicles the story of four American soldiers who are members of the all-black 92nd "Buffalo Soldier" Division stationed in Tuscany, Italy during World War II.
L'uomo che ama
A man is broken hearted at the loss of his lover, then later visits the same pain on the next woman with whom he becomes involved.
Night at the Museum
A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.
La sconosciuta
Haunted by a horrible past, a young Ukrainian woman calculatedly insinuates herself into the life of a rich Italian family.
Romanzo criminale
After serving prison time for a juvenile offense, Freddo gathers his old buddies Libano and Dandi and embarks on a crime spree that makes the trio the most powerful gangsters in Rome. Libano loves their new status, and seeks to spread their influence throughout the underworld, while the other two pursue more fleshly desires.
Mariti in affitto
When Vincenzo Scocozza , an Italian immigrant sculptor living and working in Manhattan, weds the expectant Charlene Taylor, it over complicates his life for he is already married
Le chiavi di casa
Meeting his handicapped son for the first time, a young father attempts to forge a relationship with the teenager.
El Alamein
This WWII drama follows Pvt. Serra, a reluctant Italian student-turned-soldier in Africa. Under Lt. Fiore and Sgt. Rizzo, he battles British forces while struggling with harsh desert conditions and confusing military commands.
Da zero a dieci
Giovanni, Libero, Biccio e Baygon stanno partendo per il weekend, hanno lasciato impegni, famiglie problemi e responsabilità a Correggio e stanno andando a Rimini; luogo che già conoscono ma di cui hanno solo un ricordo lontano: un weekend dell'estate 1980.
L'ultimo bacio
Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of irreversible responsibilities, Carlo finds himself tempted by a bewitching 18-year-old girl, Francesca, whom he meets by chance at a wedding.
Bonanno: A Godfather's Story
The true life story of mafia boss Joseph Bonanno. The story spans from Bonanno's early beginnings in Italy, to his conquests in America.
Il principe di Homburg
The Prince of Homburg, disobeys orders and leads a cavalry charge in battle against the Swedes, which leads to victory. He is court martialled however for disobeying orders and sentenced to death.