Movies: Alessandro Pesci

Nanni Moretti takes another look at the ebbs and flows of life in April 1996, as he becomes a father for the first time and seems unable to focus on his documentary about the upcoming national elections....

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the...

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Marco Paolini interviews Mario Rigoni Stern about—among other things—his well-known experience as a soldier on the Eastern front during WWII, culminating in the infamous retreat of the Italian troops, the difficult reintegration into civilian life af...

Four thirtysomething college students share a flat in Florence: Leonardo pursues beautiful Letizia, Rocco moonlights as a night watchman, Bruno needs to graduate to inherit his father-in-law's business, and Pino dreams of becoming a stand-up comedian...

The story of four implausible young rebellious in the Italy of the 90's....

Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love....

At 19, David has his diploma (the first in his family), a job at a car wash, and little else. His family is broke and argues constantly. So, unannounced, David leaves Turin for his uncle's farm in Polesine. Here he learns many life lessons over the c...

Ernesto and Filippo, two high school teachers, couldn’t be more different: Filippo is a cheerful liberal who is constantly online. Handsome and youthful, he is a serial seducer on the social networks. Ernesto, instead is a stern conservative, rigorou...

What is love? In how many forms can it manifest itself? 14 short episodes about love, spanning generations of lovers...to answer....

Plagued by financial problems, ne'er-do-well Guido ends up in jail after faking an armed robbery at his workplace. A year later, just a few days before his release, he's forced by two dangerous inmates to take part in their jailbreak. On the run, Gui...

The film is set against the backdrop of the Algerian War. A determined French commander, who believes Algeria belongs to France, must deal with a soldier who rebels when asked to execute an Algerian freedom fighter. The finale is set in the blisterin...

1989. Amidst the collapse of the Eastern Bloc, the largest communist party in Western Europe—Italy's PCI—announces it's going to change name, vowing to become a new 'thing'. This film shows the debates taking place in various PCI chapters across Ital...

Horror/sci-fi anthology with a punk streak, co-directed by and starring — among other newcomers — Asia Argento....

On My Skin (Italian: Sulla mia pelle, also known as Upon My Skin) is a 2003 Italian crime-drama film written and directed by Valerio Jalongo. It was screened in competition at the 2003 Turin Film Festival....

Two aging men bond over their respective heartbreaks, but it may not be over yet......

Italy, early 80's. A political terrorist is being transferred northward from Sicily for a conjugal visit; during the journey, a police captain tries to make him cooperate....

A convicted terrorist out on parole meets the man she nearly killed 15 years before without recognizing him. He does so but decides to keep quiet and starts to spend time with her — desperate to know the motivation behind her violent acts....

The newly elected Pope suffers a panic attack just as he is about to greet the faithful who have gathered to see him. His advisors, unable to convince him he is the right man for the job, call on a renowned therapist who also happens to be an atheist...

An exploration of the link between science and beauty through the work of scientists at CERN, in Geneva....