7 and 8

7 and 8 2007

6.76

6th January 1975, in an infant nursery in Palermo (Italy), for a mysterious reason, a male nurse exchanges the labels of baby number 7 and 8. Thirty-one years later Tommaso (7) and Daniele (8) meet each other by accident.

2007

Paz!

Paz! 2002

6.70

Inspired by the work of Italian underground comic book prodigy Andrea Pazienza, "Paz!" is a 24-hour slice of life of a group of university students sharing a flat in 1970s Bologna, grappling with drugs, classes, girls and half-hearted political activism.

2002

Don't Think About It

Don't Think About It 2007

6.60

Still an unsuccessful punk rock musician at 36, Stefano returns to his hometown in the countryside to help with his family's business.

2007

Se devo essere sincera

Se devo essere sincera 2004

5.80

Adelaide is a 40-year-old literature teacher married with children. One day, she learns about the murder of a wealthy and arrogant co-worker of hers, strangled in her own home. Adelaide meets Gaetano, the charming inspector dealing with the case and decides to help him in the investigation, much to her husband's chagrin.

2004

Weddings and Other Disasters

Weddings and Other Disasters 2010

5.20

A single, independent woman finds herself organizing her sister's wedding with the help of her future brother-in-law.

2010

Unlikely Revolutionaries

Unlikely Revolutionaries 2010

5.60

Five ordinary people disillusioned with politics—a perennial temp, a docker, a university professor, a TV reporter, and a convict—decide to kidnap a politician, to dispense justice and use the ransom money to compensate the family of a blue-collar worker who died in workplace accident.

2010

Ravanello pallido

Ravanello pallido 2001

4.00

Gemma works as an employee in the office of an agency that is responsible for launching novice models into their first career steps. However, Gemma does not work in a peaceful atmosphere due to her particularly demanding employer and the harassment she suffers from her own clients. Equally unhappy is her love life, which is why her only friend, as well as her trusted hairdresser, dyes her hair pink. It is from that moment that her life changes radically.

2001

...e se domani

...e se domani 2006

5.65

Mimì reunites after many years with Caterina, with whom he has always been secretly in love. When her husband dies, Mimì decides to become part of her life.

2006

Fuori dalle corde

Fuori dalle corde 2007

5.00

Michele "Mike" Lo Russo is a young Italian boxer who has moved to Hamburg to start a professional boxing career. When his German manager refuses to renew his contract, he returns to Trieste, where his older sister Anna lives. Orphaned at an early age, Anna has dedicated her life to her brother's success. His triumph in boxing seems to be the only way to a better life, both for him and for herself. Once again, Anna helps Mike by begging his old coach to train him again. But the hoped-for boxing matches fail to materialize and Mike becomes increasingly impatient. Bargni, a manager whom Mike met in Germany, persuades him to get involved in the illegal fight club business. After Mike hesitates at first, he finally accepts the tempting offer and enters a world without rules.

2007

Fallen Heroes

Fallen Heroes 2008

4.55

Forty year-old Bruno Ledeux, seen sitting across from the doctor, gives the impression of a man who is no longer young but not yet old.Condemned to remain nothing more than a son, he begins his downward slide, as if a fog had shut him in a cage from which there is no escape. Bruno can never have children .He says nothing about this diagnosis to Anne, his beloved wife. Nor does he tell her about a large debt he has taken out. It is as if Bruno were a man without any qualities or talents. A mediocre man who has lost all pride. Though now everything appears hazy in his memory. Like a river that flows peacefully, showing no signs of the hidden currents at work below. But at times those currents can return to the surface. Without warning.

2008

Flora's Garden

Flora's Garden 2009

7.00

Throughout the seasons, the work of a farmer in his vegetable garden, from the seed to its fruit.

2009