Luisa De Santis Movies

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered "letter to Juliet" -- one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover's Verona...

Bruno Bonomo was a famous producer of B-movies in the ‘70s. After a long hiatus, Bonomo offers a screenplay to RAI centered on the figure of...

After the 1815 Restoration, an aging revolutionary finds himself reluctantly involved in an attempted insurrection in Southern Italy while growing...

In 1848 Milan, a thief and a baker witness the chaotic final days of the Italian Revolution.

The documentary aims to tell the story of a director who managed to capture the attention of the whole world and, due to his political and aesthetic...

Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives alone in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He...

The young priest Father Giulio returns to Rome, his hometown, after a long pilgrimage. Don Giulio hopes to live peacefully with his family and his...

At the age of six, Dario watched the first moon flight on television. Since then, his dream has been to fly to the moon. For the past three decades,...

A brief tribute to the great director, spanning through some insights about his character, his works, his life, through the words of critics,...

The story of salvation is told from the perspective of the Roman governor in Judea, Pontius Pilate.

Young Alvise's body is paralyzed, or at least he thinks so. He is infatuated by his beautiful aunt Lea. What starts as innocent therapy and care soon...

Mirko and Genziano are two 35-year-old brothers who have not seen each other since their mother died in a freak accident in which they were...

In 1939 Vicenza, a young petty thief befriends the local priest. Based on the novel by Goffredo Parise.

Acqua e anice is a “dance hall road movie” about Olimpia, a legendary ballroom dancer and a fixture at local dance halls, who, at age...

A man in his forties has had enough. He leaves his loveless family, uninspiring job and fake friends and tries to find something more. He meets a...

Caterina, a young teacher, has a hobby of singing and occasionally delights her students.

The stories of five women very different from each other, yet linked by morbid and violent love experiences, are intertwined in a drama inspired by...

Nicola is a man who has spent much of his life in a mental institution, though not always as a patient. Nicola's mother suffered from mental illness,...