Gorgius
18 December 2024
Summer 2006. The Italian national soccer team is on its way to the World Cup championship, while a group of teenagers at odds with the world is forced to confront a mysterious creature that has appeared in their neighborhood on the outskirts of the city. Unfortunately, they are the only ones willing to believe in the unknown threat. Rosa and her friends are a group of teens navigating their first conflicts, rebellions, and often complex and enigmatic desires. It is at this pivotal moment in their lives that they face a challenge far greater than themselves.
Based on the novel by Angela Nanetti
Nazi Hunt
17 December 2024
Nazi Hunt delves into the discovery of documents related to war crimes committed by Nazi-fascists in Italy during World War II. Archived by the Military Prosecutor’s Office in Rome since 1960, these files had long been hidden under the pretext that there was “no useful information” to identify the culprits. However, forty years later, young military prosecutor Marco De Paolis chooses to pursue justice. The series narrates his investigations, interrogations, and trials, which led to over 500 cases against Nazi and fascist war criminals. It also provides a deeply personal account of grappling with the profound pain tied to these atrocities, underscored by De Paolis’s assertion that “pain has no statute of limitations.”
Based on the novel by Marco De Paolis
Doula
How many times have we heard that giving birth means performing “the miracle of life”? Well, try saying that to a woman in labor at nine months, and you’ll earn yourself a one-way ticket to a slap in the face. Doulas know this all too well—caring professionals hired specifically to guide their clients through every stage of pregnancy. While they lack medical training, their expertise covers an incredibly wide and practical range: making you crawl to ease contractions, massaging your neck with essential oils before labor, and helping you squeeze milk out of your breasts are just a few of their services. These are intimate and delicate tasks, requiring a doula to be empathetic, nurturing, and attentive. Too bad Adele, the doula protagonist of this story, is none of these things.
Between daily hangovers, accumulated parking tickets, and a sharp tongue always at the ready, Adele is a 35-year-old who acts like a high schooler—and in fact, she shares an apartment with a 23-year-old student. A true champion of irresponsibility, she drifts through a life of week-long temp jobs and Tinder dates that barely last an hour. But she’s not worried: like any good teenager, she’s convinced that she’ll soon stumble upon the entrepreneurial idea of the century—the kind of Jeff Bezos-style stroke of genius that will finally change her life for good. And change it does—but not in the way she expects. After yet another “brilliant” idea leaves her broke, Adele is forced to repay her debt by working as a doula at the agency run by seventy-year-old Gemma. But how can someone who can’t even take care of her own dirty socks handle pregnant women? The truth is, Gemma didn’t offer her the job purely out of charity: this scatterbrained young woman is the daughter of her best friend Teresa, who died years earlier in a car accident caused by Adele herself. It’s a trauma Adele has never recovered from, so much so that she still drives the same dented Panda she was in that night. But Gemma is convinced that beneath the layers of sarcasm Adele uses to shield herself, she’s still capable of great empathy, generosity, and responsibility. And what better way to bring out these qualities than by dealing with the whims, pains, and complaints of a herd of women in the throes of hormonal storms? Adele, on the other hand, thinks Gemma has lost her mind. But what choice does she have? And so, with a solemn promise to get her life together and her trusty Panda racing through the streets of Milan, she prepares to face the unfortunate expectant mothers assigned to her. Little does she know that among influencer moms devoted to placenta encapsulation, control-freak couples on the brink of collapse, and gentle parenting methods gone awry, disaster is always just around the corner. But maybe, so is healing.
Chicca Lopez
Chicca Lopez is a crime-police series that follows the investigations of a young marescialla (sergeant) from Salento, who returns to her homeland after ten years in the North. The series revolves around her cases and her complicated personal life. Chicca, an innovative character with a mysterious past and a fascination for the esoteric, investigates not only local crimes but also the secrets surrounding her parents and childhood, hidden in the archives of a Puglian orphanage. Beyond her external investigations, Chicca faces the hardest one: the investigation into herself. Chicca is, first and foremost, a woman, a daughter, and a lover—roles that can be challenging and painful, and that she must learn to navigate while risking her life daily for her work.
Based on the novels “Pizzica Amara” and “La regola di Santa Croce” by Gabriella Genisi
My Imaginary Frenemy
Emma, a curious and imaginative nine-year-old, loves unicorns, spaceships, and Christmas trees. She lives with her quirky family: her mother Sara, a fan of molecular gastronomy; her witty grandmother Loredana; and her strict father Leo, a science teacher worried about the fantastical world Emma inhabits. Emma’s imaginary friend, Mojito, helps her escape reality, but her parents, on the verge of separation, struggle to understand her. Meanwhile, Bob, Leo’s forgotten imaginary friend, reappears, trying to reconnect with him before disappearing forever. The story follows Emma’s journey to find a balance between her dreams, reality, and the dynamics within her family.
The Marquise
In 1970, Rome is at the height of its social fervor, but that summer ends in tragedy. On August 30, Marquis Camillo Casati Stampa shocks the nation by killing his wife, Anna Fallarino, and her lover, Massimo Minorenti, before taking his own life. The scandal unveils the dark secrets of Rome’s elite. Anna, born into a modest family from Benevento, had long fought for a place in high society, ultimately paying for her ambition with her life. The Marquise, a television series by Roberta Torre, delves into the true story of the Casati Stampa murder, uncovering its deeper roots in Italian history.
Agostino
9 September 2024
This is the new film by one of the most interesting Italian directors on the contemporary scene, Andrea Pallaoro, whose three last works have always been selected for main competition in Venice. This time he will try his hand at adapting a classic written by one of the most significant European and Italian intellectuals of the 20th century, Alberto Moravia, who in 1943 wrote this book entitled “Agostino”, the intense and dramatic coming-of-age story of Agostino, a 13-Years old boy who finds himself questioning his own identity and future during a dramatic summer vacation. Even through the troubled relationship with his mother and an authentic and necessary crisis, the boy eventually discloses the meaning of his life and the desire to rebuild his own world.
Costanera
Diego is a talented yet restless young trumpet player who decides to leave Rome and his girlfriend Alice to follow his musician friend Nacho to Buenos Aires, where he can test his skills in a new jazz recording, which will be the springboard for his musical career. In Argentina, Diego gradually immerses himself in the country, finding new loves and new inspirations, but he cannot escape the usual questions: does he really want to be a musician? And what if he hasn’t yet discovered his true goals?
The Move
13 February 2024
Based on the novel by Georges Simenon.
Executive Producer John Simenon.
Emilio lives a happy life. He has a nice family, a job and now he can finally realize his dream: to leave the narrow streets of the center and move into the house he bought in a new and sparkling suburb. While his wife Bianca and his teenage son Alessandro seem to slide happily into the new routine, Emilio feels the doubt of the wrong choice. His sense of inadequacy is fed by the new neighbors. Listening to their erotic games through the wall, torn between discomfort and excitement, soon becomes an obsession for Emilio, who increasingly disconnects from reality.
Les Italiens
The film tells the true story of Gigi Rizzi, Beppe Piroddi, and Franco Rapetti, three Italian playboys who in the 1960s became the undisputed protagonists of the Bella Vita on the French Riviera, the destination of choice for billionaires and celebrities. In 1968, while revolutions were shaking the world, they set the beaches of Saint-Tropez on fire with their charm and desire to become the number one icons of unbridled pleasure. Photos of Gigi Rizzi with Brigitte Bardot became famous, making him the most desired man on the planet. However, the film also explores their downfall, marking the end of their dreams and the changing times, with the three protagonists destined to remain forever a symbol of the French Riviera.
Firenze
After the death of her parents, Lucia – a middle-age woman – needs to understand what to do with their house – a wonderful villa in the center of Florence where she grew up: for Lucia, taking a decision will mean putting her life into question.
Pompei – The Ancient Domina in Abbondanza Street
The dream of eternal beauty, art as a common thread of history and human restlessness. The vitality of a woman determines the course of events over the centuries. Set in four distinct and distant eras, a “villa”, of the legendary Pompeian Via dell’Abbondanza, rebuilt and frescoed with the help of the most modern digital special effects, “Pompei” is the new work by Giuseppe Gaudino, one of the most eccentric and visionary talents of Italian cinema.
