Roberto Romagnoli

Two sisters find themselves clashing on a chilling theme: understand what will become of the body of their dead mother. One would like to cremate her, the other would like to resort her to hibernation.

Rome is shattered by a series of gruesome murders that paint the Eternal City deep red. The suspicion grows that these atrocious crimes are connected with the return of one of the most heinous serial killers of our time - Karl the Butcher.

Two sisters find themselves clashing on a chilling theme: understand what will become of the body of their dead mother. One would like to cremate her, the other would like to resort her to hibernation.

The Reno, or Italian Rhine, may not be as renowned as its Teutonic sibling. Nevertheless, as Lorenzo Pullega’s witty and playful film informs us, the banks alongside this river, which courses through northern Italy, has its own rich and undulating history.

Italian police inspector Coliandro — an ignorant, boorish, but fundamentally kind-hearted oaf, whose entire worldview is informed by American cop movies — protects the good citizens of Bologna, routinely saving the day and foiling the plans of evildoers of all sorts by a combination of dumb luck and genuine bravery, while always falling hopelessly in love with the woman at the center of the case.