Italy movies

Hannibal Rising (2007)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Thriller
Countries: Czech Republic | France | Italy | UK
Actors: Aaran Thomas | Gaspard Ulliel | Li Gong | Helena-Lia Tachovská | Richard Leaf | Dominic West | Rhys Ifans | Michele Wade | Richard Brake | Martin Hub | Kevin McKidd | Ingeborga Dapkunaite | Joerg Stadler | Stephen Walters | Ivan Marevich
Directors: Peter Webber
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Based on Thomas Harris’ book of the same name, this prequel shows a young Hannibal Lecter in three different phases of his life from childhood in Lithuania to his ten years in England up to his time in Russia before his capture by FBI agent Will Graham in Red Dragon.

Hotel Rwanda (2004)

Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Thriller | War
Countries: Italy | South Africa | UK | USA
Actors: Xolani Mali | Don Cheadle | Desmond Dube | Hakeem Kae-Kazim | Tony Kgoroge | Rosie Motene | Neil McCarthy | Mabutho 'Kid' Sithole | Nick Nolte | Fana Mokoena | Jeremiah Ndlovu | Sophie Okonedo | Lebo Mashile | Antonio David Lyons | Leleti Khumalo
Directors: Terry George
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Ten years ago some of the worst atrocities in the history of mankind took place in the country of Rwanda–and in an era of high-speed communication and round the clock news, the events went almost unnoticed by the rest of the world. In only three months, one million people were brutally murdered. In the face of these unspeakable actions, inspired by his love for his family, an ordinary man summons extraordinary courage to save the lives of over a thousand helpless refugees, by granting them shelter in the hotel he manages.

Stealing Beauty (1996)

Monday, September 15th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: France | Italy | UK
Actors: Carlo Cecchi | Sinéad Cusack | Joseph Fiennes | Jason Flemyng | Anna-Maria Gherardi | Jeremy Irons | Jean Marais | Donal McCann | D.W. Moffett | Ignazio Oliva | Stefania Sandrelli | Francesco Siciliano | Mary Jo Sorgani | Leonardo Treviglio | Liv Tyler
Directors: Bernardo Bertolucci
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After her mother commits suicide, nineteen year old Lucy Harmon travels to Italy to have her picture painted. However, she has other reasons for wanting to go. She wants to renew her acquaintance with Nicolo Donati, a young boy with whom she fell in love on her last visit four years ago. She also is trying tosolve the riddle left in a diary written by her dead mother, Sara. Directed by Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris).

Silk (2007)

Monday, August 4th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | France | Italy | Japan | UK
Actors: Michael Pitt | Tony Vogel | Toni Bertorelli | Kenneth Welsh | Alfred Molina | Michael Golding | Carlo Cecchi | Marc Fiorini | Leslie Csuth | Toru Tezuka | Hiroya Morita | Akinori Ando | Jun Kunimura | Kanata Hongô | Kôji Yakusho
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Based on the Alessandro Baricco’s novel this is the story of a married silkworm smuggler, Herve Joncour, in 19th Century France who travels to Japan to collect his clandestine cargo. While there he spots a beautiful Japanese woman, the concubine of a local baron, with whom he 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 to suspect.

Funny Games U.S. (2007)

Thursday, June 26th, 2008
Genres: Horror | Thriller
Countries: Austria | France | Germany | Italy | UK | USA
Actors: Tim Roth | Michael Pitt | Brady Corbet | Devon Gearhart | Boyd Gaines | Robert LuPone
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In this exploration of our violent society and how depictions of violence reflect and shape our culture, a middle-class housewife Anna tells the story of how she and her husband George and their 10-year-old son Georgie submitted both physically and mentally to the torture, violence, and death foisted upon them by two young, unexpected, white-gloved visitors at their weekend vacation retreat near a lake.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Diane Lane | Sandra Oh | Lindsay Duncan | Raoul Bova | Vincent Riotta | Mario Monicelli | Roberto Nobile | Anita Zagaria | Evelina Gori | Giulia Steigerwalt | Pawel Szajda | Valentine Pelka | Sasa Vulicevic | Massimo Sarchielli | Claudia Gerini
Directors: Audrey Wells
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Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.

Goodbye Bafana (2007)

Thursday, April 17th, 2008
Genres: Biography | Drama | History
Countries: Belgium | France | Germany | Italy | Luxembourg | South Africa | UK
Actors: Joseph Fiennes | Dennis Haysbert | Diane Kruger | Shiloh Henderson | Patrick Lyster | Faith Ndukwana | Mehboob Bawa | Adrian Galley | Warrick Grier | Leslie Mongezi | Sizwe Msutu | Matthew Roberts | Eduan van Jaarsveldt | Terry Pheto | Giulia Troiano
Directors: Bille August
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GOODBYE BAFANA is the true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner’s name was Nelson Mandela.

Full of It (2007)

Friday, April 11th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: Italy | South Africa | USA
Actors: Ryan Pinkston | Kate Mara | Teri Polo | Craig Kilborn | John Carroll Lynch | Cynthia Stevenson | Amanda Walsh | Derek McGrath | Joshua Close | Matt Gordon | Alex House | Nick Ouellette | Garth Merkeley | Sean Hewlett | Carmen Electra
Directors: Christian Charles
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Sam Leonard (Ryan Pinkston) is the new kid at Bridgeport High School. On his first day, he is humiliated by the school jock Kyle Plunkett (Josh Close), becomes friends with Annie Dray (Kate Mara), and falls in love with Kyle’s girlfriend Vicki Sanders (Amanda Walsh). When he goes to the guidance counselor (Craig Kilborn) for guidance, the counselor gives him the advice to lie to get the other kids to like him. Sam tells lies like “I drive a Porsche”, “My dad’s a rock star”, “My dog ate my homework”, “I never miss a shot” (at basketball) and that Vicki Sanders and his English teacher Mrs. Moran (Teri Polo) are lusting after him. That night, after an argument with his parents (John Carroll Lynch and Cynthia Stevenson), he accidentally breaks the mirror behind his door. The next morning, Sam finds his dog actually eating his homework, he has a Porsche, he never misses a shot, and Mrs. Moran and Vicki Sanders are after him. Now he must find a way to fix what he’s created.

It’s a Free World… (2007)

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
Genres: Drama
Countries: Germany | Italy | Spain | UK
Actors: Kierston Wareing | Juliet Ellis | Leslaw Zurek | Joe Siffleet | Colin Caughlin | Maggie Russell | Raymond Mearns | Davoud Rastagou | Mahin Aminnia | Shadah Kavousian | Sheera Kavousian | Frank Gilhooley | David Doyle | Eddie Webber | Johnny Palmiero
Directors: Ken Loach
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Angie gets the sack from a recruitment agency for bad behaviour in public. Seizing the chance, she teams up with her flatmate, Rose, to run a similar business from their kitchen. With immigrants desperate to work the opportunities are considerable, particularly for two girls so in tune with these times.

Don’t Look Now (1973)

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Genres: Drama | Horror | Mystery | Thriller
Countries: Italy | UK
Actors: Julie Christie | Donald Sutherland | Hilary Mason | Clelia Matania | Massimo Serato | Renato Scarpa | Giorgio Trestini | Leopoldo Trieste | David Tree | Ann Rye | Nicholas Salter | Sharon Williams | Bruno Cattaneo | Adelina Poerio
Directors: Nicolas Roeg
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John and Laura Baxter are living in Venice when they meet a pair of elderly sisters, one of whom claims to be psychic. She insists that she sees the spirit of the Baxters’ daughter, who recently drowned. Laura is intrigued, but John resists the idea. He, however, seems to have his own psychic flashes, seeing their daughter walk the streets in her red cloak, as well as Laura and the sisters on a funeral gondola.