Arnoldo Foà

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, leader of the Catholic Church, he must face a challenging destiny that will put the future of the entire world in his hands.

Museviler İsa'yı çarmıha gerince, idamdan kurtulan hırsız Barabbas'ın destansı hikayesidir. Maneviyatıyla olan mücadelesinde, Barabbas çok çetin sınava maruz kalıyor. Sonunda kendini gladyatör arenasında, içindeki şeytanlarla yüzleşip, özgürlüğünü kazanmaya çalışırken buluyor.

Bir sabah odasında uyandığında karşısında polisleri bulan ve onlardan hakkında bir dava açılmış olduğunu öğrenen, ancak ne ile suçlandığını bir türlü öğrenemeyen banka memuru Josef K.'nın gerçek dışı ve absürd durumunun anlatıldığı film, toplum içinde bireyin var oluş yalnızlığını ve paranoyak kâbuslarını romana sadık kalarak yansıtmaktadır. Bir yandan insanın gizli kalmış korkuları, diğer yandan da bürokrasinin çıldırtan yapısı gözler önüne serilmektedir.

In the early 16th century, Italy is ruled by the powerful Borgia family, led by César Borgia and his sister Lucrèce. In a ruthless power play, César plots to have his sister’s husband murdered. But without her brother’s knowledge, Lucrèce has taken a strong lover who will challenge the Borgias.

Karnavallarda gösteri yapan ikinci sınıf vücutçu Zampano, tuhaf bir köylü kızı olan Gelsomina’yı, fakirlikten çaresiz annesinden “satın alır” ve ikisi birlikte yola koyulurlar. Merhametsiz ve suskun Zampano, (Fellini’nin karısı Giulietta Masina’nın; Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin ve Marcel Marceau’nunkilerle karşılaştırılmış garip bir pandomimci uslûbuyla canlandırdığı) masum ve çocuksu Gelsomina’ya, zincir kırma numarası sırasında şapkayı dolaştırmasını, davul çalmasını ve biraz soytarılık etmesini öğretir. Kızı baştan çıkarır, ona köle muamelesi eder ve kaçmaya çalıştığında da döver. Bir taşra sirkine katıldıklarında, Gelsomina nükteci ip cambazı, soytarı Matto’yla tanışır. Zampano ona amansızca sataşan Matto’dan nefret eder. Bir seferinde tahrik üzerine bıçağını çekince tutuklanıp bir geceliğine hapse atılır. Gelsomina, Zampano’yu terk etmek ister ama Matto kızı onunla kalması için ikna eder...

Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.

In 1930s Marseilles two small-time crooks decide to join forces when they meet while brawling over a woman. Starting with fixed horse races and boxing matches, they soon find themselves doing jobs for the local gangster bosses. When they decide to go into the business for themselves, their easy-going approach to crime starts to change.

Palermo, Sicily, 1984. Examining magistrate Giovanni Falcone allies with Tomasso Buscetta, a former mobster, to defeat the clan of Corleone, the ruthless Mafia faction that rules Cosa Nostra with an iron hand, cruelly eliminating all those who dare to oppose its immense power: other criminals, policemen, judges, even innocent civilians. One of them wants revenge, the other wants justice. But only one can survive such an unequal fight.

During a press conference, international star Nina remembers simpler times, flashing back to her days as a maid in a run-down Italian hotel. As a young woman, Nina befriends Contessa Sanziani, an elderly woman who entertains Nina with memories of her vibrant, wealthy life with Count Sanziani. Inspired by her tales of success, young Nina fantasizes about her own adventures and seeks to find the same excitement in her life.

Nearing death, videogame genius Leone Stella holds a contest to find an heir: several people named like him will compete in a live-streamed reenactment of his most famous exploits, and the winner will inherit his billion-dollar fortune.

6th January 1975, in an infant nursery in Palermo (Italy), for a mysterious reason, a male nurse exchanges the labels of baby number 7 and 8. Thirty-one years later Tommaso (7) and Daniele (8) meet each other by accident.

A reconstruction of Napoleon Bonaparte's years after Waterloo, from his exile to St. Helena until his death under mysterious circumstances: between hopes of escape and illness, the former emperor dictates his memoirs. Directed by Vittorio Cottafavi, the film is based on a story by Roberto Mazzucco, with a screenplay by Cottafavi and Giovanni Bormioli.

A clergyman travels to Spain to join the Loyalist side during the Spanish Civil War and finds himself attracted to a beautiful entertainer.

Gianluca, unable to bear the world's ills, decides to climb the Colosseum and isolate himself from everything and everyone. Friends and relatives awkwardly try to reach him and get him down. It will be an opportunity for everyone to stop and reflect; his grandmother tries to convince him with her wisdom that the solution is to face the world as it is, with a lighthearted approach.

The Tartars and the Vikings maintain a fragile peace in the harsh landscape of the Russian Steppe. When the leader of the Vikings, Oleg, declines to accompany the Tartars on a campaign against the Slavs, there is an explosion of violence. After Oleg kills the Tartar leader and kidnaps his daughter, the dead man's brother, Burandai, retaliates by holding Oleg's wife, Helga, hostage. The stalemate can be resolved only on the battlefield.

The story of the life of St. Catherine of Siena

A young writer is invited to stay in a religious hostel run by a sinister, manipulative nun who plays deadly psychological games with the inhabitants.

While her new husband is away looking for work, the wife loses the child she was expecting and uses another woman's baby as a substitute so she won't have to upset her spouse when he returns.

Omar Sultan's army has been defeated. However, Prince Said, son of the Sultan died, encourages people to form an army and fight again to Ibrahim. The town gets excited and running quickly, while crossing the desert, they encounter the enemy caravans and raid without knowing that one of them is Fatima, daughter of Ibrahim, who poses as a singer of the harem. Said, dazzled by the beauty of the girl, released. But soon after, Fatima, who also doesn´t know the origin of the robber, sees him again, and among them born a strong attraction.

Eight-year-old Roger Court is in Venice expecting to reunite with his father, British diplomat Major Court (Trevor Howard), whom he hasn't seen in three years. Roger lives with his Aunt Rose since his mother abandoned him.

In the late 1970s and early 80s, assassinations in Sicily get the attention of Communist deputy, Pio La Torre, who appeals to General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa to become prefect in Palermo and take on the Mafia. Dalla Chiesa approaches the job with the same focus and methods he used in hunting down the Red Brigade.

Le capitan is a 1960 French-Italian swashbuckler film directed by André Hunebelle and starring Jean Marais, Bourvil, Elsa Martinelli and Lise Delamare. It is based on a novel by Michel Zévaco.

Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who's searching for a sailor she had known many years before. Alan and Anna begin the search on board a yacht bound for Greece, but they don't find the sailor. After a stop in Africa, Louis de Mozambique joins the party and suggests that the sailor may never have existed other than in Anna's mind.

Filmed during Orson Welles’s travels through Spain while preparing his unfinished Don Quixote project, this nine-part travelogue documents the country’s landscapes, cities, and cultural traditions—from Andalusia to Pamplona—through an intimate, observational lens. Shot as a series of personal, narration-free travel films, the material was later broadcast by Italian television (RAI) with added voiceover, making the series both a poetic portrait of Spain and a rare glimpse into Welles’s working life, family, and creative process.

A miniseries based upon the eponymous children's classic by Vamba. A mischievous young boy gleefully causes chaos and confusion to his immediate family and acquaintances.