Domenico Balsamo

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Mermaid Killer
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Mermaid Killer

Oct 08, 2022
A group of pirates chases a mermaid until a cave where they will find something that even in their worst nightmares they could never have imagined.
Horror
Rosa Funzeca
5.7

Rosa Funzeca

Oct 04, 2002
Rosa Funzeca, after twenty years as a prostitute, decides to make a change in her life and to look for an honest job that'll allow her to be reunited with her son Fernando. But things are not easy.
Drama
Altromondo
4.4

Altromondo

Jan 08, 2008
An experimental drama entirely composed by monologues. A personal journey through male homosexuality - from darkness to light, from total denial to complete acceptance - as told in monologues performed by actors and adapted from interviews with ordinary Italian gay men. A multicolored kaleidoscopic journey through a varied and multi-faceted aspect of the human experience that is rarely represented on the big screen
Drama
Eroi per caso
6.2

Eroi per caso

Jan 10, 2011
In 1918 Cesare Magnozzi, a roman photographer, is drafted and together with Don Silvano they escort a soldier to the trench.
Drama
Luna rossa
6.3

Luna rossa

Nov 09, 2001
The downfall of a powerful Mafia family by the hands of its young scion. Based on Aeschylus' tragedy, the Oresteia.
Drama
Sogno il mondo il venerdi
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A robbery planned by two Arabs. A player, a waiter and an alcoholic woman find themselves racing against time, dealing with daily routine and everything around it. With no room to breathe, the tension keeps rising ,as their stories unfold it brings them closer and they get acquainted. Karim, the young Arab boy who commits the robbery out of sheer hardship, is befriended by Gianni who is a great support and makes him feel less lonely. Irene, the alcoholic woman is convinced that Gianni is the son her husband took away from her years ago. Last but not least is Betty, the young transexual who lets herself get dragged into the underworld, all in the name of love.
Mille scudi
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Mille scudi

Feb 20, 2020
South of Italy, XIX century. A couple of brigands are chased in the woods. The man has a bounty on his head and is terrified by everything, while the woman takes care of her newborn. They will be safe beyond the river, where they are going to abandon their son to some gang members in order to run faster. But the woman secretly hides the desire to keep the baby...
Drama
Gomorra
8.019

Gomorra

Dec 17, 2021
Patriarche de la famille Savastano, Don Pietro domine la Camorra, la mafia napolitaine, mais doit faire face à ses nombreux rivaux, tout en préparant sa succession.
Crime
Un sacré détective
6.2

Un sacré détective

Oct 24, 2024
Don Matteo est un curé de campagne, à Gubbio, une petite ville en Italie. Son sacerdoce ne s'arrête pas à dire la messe ou confesser ses paroissiens, mais aussi à enquêter sur les différents crimes qui ont lieu dans sa paroisse.
Drama
Salvo D'Acquisto
5.6

Salvo D'Acquisto

Sep 22, 2003
During World War II, 22-year-old Carabinieri deputy brigadier Salvo D'Acquisto makes an heroic gesture of self-sacrifice by "confessing" an act of sabotage for which 22 civilians had been rounded up by the Germans, and is executed by firing squad in their place on September 23, 1943.
War & Politics
Baciamo le mani - Palermo New York 1958
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Palerme. Ida Di Giulio découvre que son mari fait partie d'une organisation mafieuse commandée par Don Cesare et lorsqu'il est arrêté par la police, le commissaire Bellomo lui dit qu'elle doit s'enfuir car elle est dans le viseur de la mafia sicilienne. Elle prend donc un train pour Gênes, avec son fils Salvatore. Ici, elle rencontre une femme de son âge, Gabriella, et son fils Tuccio, qui se dirigent vers New York pour épouser Pasquale Vitaliano. Lorsque le train explose, à cause d'une bombe placée par le père Saro, un prêtre corrompu après avoir découvert la fuite d'Ida grâce à une taupe, Ida parvient encore à se sauver avec Salvatore et pour être en sécurité elle décide de prendre la place de Gabriella, tandis que son fils prendra celle de Tuccio, qui sont mort à leur place. Alors elle prend un bateau pour New York. À son arrivée, elle trouve la famille Vitaliano qui l'attend, ignorant sa véritable identité.
Drama