Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino

Paolo Sorrentino (Italian: [ˈpaːolo sorrenˈtiːno]; born 31 May 1970; Naples) is an Italian film director, screenwriter, and writer. He is considered one of the most prominent filmmakers of Italian cinema working today. He is known for visually striking and complex dramas and has often been compared to Federico Fellini and Michelangelo Antonioni. He has received numerous accolades including an Academy Award, BAFTA Award two Cannes Film Festival prizes, four Venice Film Festival Awards and four European Film Awards. In Italy he was honoured with eight David di Donatello and six Nastro d'Argento. Sorrentino made his directorial film debut with the Italian comedy-drama One Man Up (2001) for which he received the Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director followed by The Consequences of Love (2004), The Family Friend (2006), and This Must Be the Place (2011). The biographical drama Il Divo (2009) was awarded the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize. He received critical acclaim with the art drama The Great Beauty (2013) which won the Academy Award, the Golden Globe, and the BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He followed with Youth (2015), Loro (2018), and The Hand of God (2021) the latter of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. He is also known for his work on television creating and directing the HBO drama series The Young Pope (2016), and The New Pope (2019). He worked with songwriters Antonello Venditti, Paloma Faith and Mark Kozelek and written three books published in Italian. He works with authors and producers including Francesca Cima and Nicola Giuliano, Toni Servillo and Luca Bigazzi. Actors in his films have included Sabrina Ferilli, Michael Caine, Fanny Ardant, Harvey Keitel, Isabella Ferrari, Elena Sofia Ricci, Sean Penn, Riccardo Scamarcio, Jude Law, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Nanni Moretti, Filippo Scotti, Carlo Verdone, Antonio Albanese, Frank Langella and Jane Fonda.

  • Title: Paolo Sorrentino
  • Popularity: 4.486
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1970-05-31
  • Place of Birth: Naples, Campania, Italy
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  • Also Known As: Паоло Соррентино, 파올로 소렌티노, パオロ・ソレンティーノ
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Paolo Sorrentino Movies

  • 2023
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    Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

    Massimo Troisi: Somebody Down There Likes Me

    7.8 2023 HD

    The life of a dying young man at the short age of only forty-one after playing the lead in Il postino. He was a brilliant stage actor before becoming...

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  • 2021
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    The Hand of God: Through the Eyes of Sorrentino

    The Hand of God: Through the Eyes of Sorrentino

    6.5 2021 HD

    Director Paolo Sorrentino returns to Naples, his hometown, and reflects on his youth in an exclusive tour of the locations of “The Hand of...

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  • 2023
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    Room 999

    Room 999

    6 2023 HD

    In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in...

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  • 2021
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    We Are Cinema

    We Are Cinema

    9.5 2021 HD

    An Italian documentary about Italian cinema.

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  • 2013
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    The Great Beauty

    The Great Beauty

    7.5 2013 HD

    Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep...

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  • 2014
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    Three Touches

    Three Touches

    4.5 2014 HD

    Several actors are members of a amateur soccer team. They followed in their preparations for a particular audition and in their personal life. With...

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  • 2009
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    A Matter of Heart

    A Matter of Heart

    6.018 2009 HD

    Garage owner Angelo and big-time film producer Alberto find themselves occupying neighbouring beds in a Rome hospital after suffering heart attacks....

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  • 2004
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    I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

    I nostri trent'anni - Generazioni a confronto

    1 2004 HD

    Various generations of filmmakers talk about what cinema means for them.

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  • 2016
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    Cinque mondi

    Cinque mondi

    6.5 2016 HD

    Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Gabriele Salvatores, Paolo Sorrentino and Giuseppe Tornatore talk about their idea of cinema.

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  • 2015
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    Cercando La grande bellezza

    Cercando La grande bellezza

    7.8 2015 HD

    Drama, documentary

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  • 2009
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    What Do You Know About Me

    What Do You Know About Me

    1 2009 HD

    Until the 1970s, Italian cinema dominated the international scene, even competing with Hollywood. Then, in just a few years, came its rapid decline,...

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  • 2006
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    The Caiman

    The Caiman

    6.7 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 2004
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    The Consequences of Love

    The Consequences of Love

    7.6 2004 HD

    Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an...

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  • 2004
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    The Consequences of Love

    The Consequences of Love

    7.6 2004 HD

    Lugano, Switzerland. Titta Di Girolamo is a discreet and sullen man who has been living for almost a decade in a modest hotel room, a prisoner of an...

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  • 2008
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    Il Divo

    Il Divo

    7.635 2008 HD

    Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything:...

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  • 2006
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    The Family Friend

    The Family Friend

    7.3 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 2011
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    This Must Be the Place

    This Must Be the Place

    7.002 2011 HD

    A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

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  • 2011
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    This Must Be the Place

    This Must Be the Place

    7.002 2011 HD

    A bored, retired rock star sets out to find his father's tormentor, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S.

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  • 2001
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    One Man Up

    One Man Up

    7.2 2001 HD

    The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends...

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  • 2001
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    One Man Up

    One Man Up

    7.2 2001 HD

    The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends...

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  • 2021
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    The Hand of God

    The Hand of God

    7.6 2021 HD

    In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...

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  • 1998
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    The Dust of Naples

    The Dust of Naples

    4.8 1998 HD

    The title deliberatly recalls the famous L'oro di Napoli (Napoli's Gold) by Vittorio De Sica (1954). Alike De Sica's film here Naples is the real...

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  • 2024
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    Parthenope

    Parthenope

    7 2024 HD

    The long journey of Parthenope’s life, from her birth in 1950 till today. A feminine epic, devoid of heroism but brimming with an inexorable...

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  • 2013
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    The Great Beauty

    The Great Beauty

    7.5 2013 HD

    Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep...

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  • 2013
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    The Great Beauty

    The Great Beauty

    7.5 2013 HD

    Jep Gambardella has seduced his way through the lavish nightlife of Rome for decades, but after his 65th birthday and a shock from the past, Jep...

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  • 2024
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    I Told You So

    I Told You So

    4.1 2024 HD

    In Rome, during a January weekend a sudden heatwave arrives. The sun is initially pleasant, but the heat quickly escalates to a frightening degree,...

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  • 2021
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    The Hand of God

    The Hand of God

    7.6 2021 HD

    In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...

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  • 2015
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    Youth

    Youth

    6.902 2015 HD

    Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical...

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  • 2023
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    Roma, santa e dannata

    Roma, santa e dannata

    6.9 2023 HD

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  • 1970
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    Sue

    Sue

    1 1970 HD

    A biopic about legendary Hollywood talent agent Sue Mengers. Mengers broke the glass ceiling as the female agent who crashed the Hollywood boys club...

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  • 2014
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    Sabbia

    Sabbia

    1 2014 HD

    Academy Award winning director Paolo Sorrentino conveyed a seductive stillness of the volcanic islands of Lipari and Stromboli in Southern Italy in a...

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  • 2015
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    Youth

    Youth

    6.902 2015 HD

    Two lifelong friends bond whilst vacationing in a luxury Swiss Alps lodge as they ponder retirement. While Fred has no plans to resume his musical...

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  • 1994
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    Paradise

    Paradise

    5.3 1994 HD

    A short film by Paolo Sorrentino and Stefano Russo.

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  • 2001
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    The Long Night

    The Long Night

    1 2001 HD

    The long night of Manolo, hairdresser to the stars, on the Champs Élysées during his first experience with cocaine. He goes to discos...

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  • 2001
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    The Long Night

    The Long Night

    1 2001 HD

    The long night of Manolo, hairdresser to the stars, on the Champs Élysées during his first experience with cocaine. He goes to discos...

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  • 2018
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    Loro 1

    Loro 1

    6.8 2018 HD

    "Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010....

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  • 2018
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    Loro 1

    Loro 1

    6.8 2018 HD

    "Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010....

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  • 2014
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    Rio, I Love You

    Rio, I Love You

    4.9 2014 HD

    The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The...

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  • 2009
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    The Slow Game

    The Slow Game

    5 2009 HD

    In an atmosphere between fiction and reality, a rugby game in the suburbs becomes the allegory of the daily struggle of an Italian family against the...

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  • 2009
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    The Slow Game

    The Slow Game

    5 2009 HD

    In an atmosphere between fiction and reality, a rugby game in the suburbs becomes the allegory of the daily struggle of an Italian family against the...

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  • 2024
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    Parthenope

    Parthenope

    7 2024 HD

    The long journey of Parthenope’s life, from her birth in 1950 till today. A feminine epic, devoid of heroism but brimming with an inexorable...

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  • 2024
    imgMovies

    Parthenope

    Parthenope

    7 2024 HD

    The long journey of Parthenope’s life, from her birth in 1950 till today. A feminine epic, devoid of heroism but brimming with an inexorable...

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  • 2006
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    The Family Friend

    The Family Friend

    7.3 2006 HD

    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...

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  • 1995
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    Il verificatore

    Il verificatore

    1 1995 HD

    The portly meter reader Crecenzio is first seen blowing up a building. The reasons for this drastic, desperate act provide the basis for the story,...

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  • 1992
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    Ladri di futuro

    Ladri di futuro

    4.5 1992 HD

    Everyday people, everyday stories. Normal, therefore special. They crave for a tomorrow what they haven't got today: the man or the woman of their...

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  • 1995
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    Sventramento

    Sventramento

    1 1995 HD

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  • 2014
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    Le voci di dentro

    Le voci di dentro

    7.9 2014 HD

    Alberto Saporito spent a very eventful night. His friend Aniello Amitrano was brutally killed and his body was hidden by his neighbors, the...

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  • 2010
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    Napoli 24

    Napoli 24

    1 2010 HD

    The city of Naples is told through 24 short stories that emphasize its complexity, looks and characters.

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  • 2005
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    Fiat Croma

    Fiat Croma

    1 2005 HD

    Short film selling Fiat Croma in different scenarios.

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  • 2009
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    The Other Half

    The Other Half

    6.4 2009 HD

    It tells the story of an elderly woman, confined in a nursing home because of her poor health. Her daughters do not want to take her to the wedding...

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  • 1995
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    Drogheria

    Drogheria

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1994
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    Paradise

    Paradise

    5.3 1994 HD

    A short film by Paolo Sorrentino and Stefano Russo.

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  • 2004
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    Saturday, Sunday & Monday

    Saturday, Sunday & Monday

    7.3 2004 HD

    Although this sounds like a weekend like many others, in the Prior house the atmosphere is rather tense because of some nervousness on the part of...

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  • 2001
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    One Man Up

    One Man Up

    7.2 2001 HD

    The story of two men, both named Antonio Pisapia, who are on the decline and lead strangely parallel lives. One is a pop singer whose success ends...

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  • 2014
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    The Dream

    The Dream

    1 2014 HD

    Valeria follows her parents in a jewelry shop during closure time.

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  • 2009
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    L'Aquila 2009 - Five Directors in the Rubble

    L'Aquila 2009 - Five Directors in the Rubble

    1 2009 HD

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  • 2011
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    In the Mirror

    In the Mirror

    1 2011 HD

    The past is a locked door.

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  • 2014
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    The Dream

    The Dream

    1 2014 HD

    Valeria follows her parents in a jewelry shop during closure time.

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  • 2004
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    Giovani talenti italiani

    Giovani talenti italiani

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2011
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    In the Mirror

    In the Mirror

    1 2011 HD

    The past is a locked door.

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  • 2005
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    Nature: Consuelo

    Nature: Consuelo

    1 2005 HD

    In a small rail-station, a young soldier and a girl are waiting for the train. They both share a very specific attraction to scars.

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  • 2024
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    The Flood

    The Flood

    1 2024 HD

    1792. Louis XVI, his wife Marie Antoinette, and their children have been arrested and imprisoned in the Tour de Temple, a sinister chateau in Paris,...

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  • 2002
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    The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

    The Spring of 2002 - Italy Protests, Italy Stops

    1 2002 HD

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  • 2018
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    Loro 2

    Loro 2

    7.2 2018 HD

    "Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010....

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  • 2018
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    Loro 2

    Loro 2

    7.2 2018 HD

    "Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010....

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  • 1970
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    L'infinito

    L'infinito

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2018
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    Loro

    Loro

    6.7 2018 HD

    Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the...

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  • 2018
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    Loro

    Loro

    6.7 2018 HD

    Internationally released Director's Cut of "Loro 1" and "Loro 2", which were released separately as two movies in Italy. The film talks about the...

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  • 2023
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    Lost Love

    Lost Love

    1 2023 HD

    In Nazi-occupied France, the heart of a young nun is torn between God and Love.

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  • 1998
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    Love Has No Bounds

    Love Has No Bounds

    5.7 1998 HD

    A camorrista follows a surreal path.

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  • 1998
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    Love Has No Bounds

    Love Has No Bounds

    5.7 1998 HD

    A camorrista follows a surreal path.

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  • 2018
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    Little Adventure In Rome

    Little Adventure In Rome

    6.8 2018 HD

    Rome, outdoors, at night. A photographer is frantically shooting a fashion feature, with the Colosseum in the backdrop, when the unexpected occurs:...

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  • 2018
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    Little Adventure In Rome

    Little Adventure In Rome

    6.8 2018 HD

    Rome, outdoors, at night. A photographer is frantically shooting a fashion feature, with the Colosseum in the backdrop, when the unexpected occurs:...

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  • 2017
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    Killer in Red

    Killer in Red

    1 2017 HD

    A man who looks like many others enters a bar to meet a girl. As he waits for her, the bartender tells him about Floyd, a former bartender from the...

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  • 2017
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    Killer in Red

    Killer in Red

    1 2017 HD

    A man who looks like many others enters a bar to meet a girl. As he waits for her, the bartender tells him about Floyd, a former bartender from the...

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  • 2008
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    Il Divo

    Il Divo

    7.635 2008 HD

    Italy, early '90s. Calm, clever and inscrutable, politician Giulio Andreotti has been synonymous with power for decades. He has survived everything:...

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  • 1970
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    Mob Girl

    Mob Girl

    1 1970 HD

    The film follows Arlyne Brickman, who grows up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City where she’s drawn to the glamorous and...

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  • 1970
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    Mob Girl

    Mob Girl

    1 1970 HD

    The film follows Arlyne Brickman, who grows up among racketeers on the Lower East Side of New York City where she’s drawn to the glamorous and...

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  • 2010
    imgMovies

    Napoli 24

    Napoli 24

    1 2010 HD

    The city of Naples is told through 24 short stories that emphasize its complexity, looks and characters.

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  • 2014
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    Rio, I Love You

    Rio, I Love You

    4.9 2014 HD

    The third episode of the Cities of Love franchise, Rio, I Love You is an anthology, created by 10 visionary directors from across the globe. The...

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  • 2021
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    The Hand of God

    The Hand of God

    7.6 2021 HD

    In 1980s Naples, Italy, an awkward Italian teen struggling to find his place experiences heartbreak and liberation after he's inadvertently saved...

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  • 2022
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    Amanda

    Amanda

    6.2 2022 HD

    Amanda, 24, lives mostly isolated and has never had any friends, even if it's the thing she wants the most. Amanda chooses her new mission as to...

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  • 2007
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    Boris

    Boris

    8.555 2007 HD

    Boris is an Italian television series created by Luca Manzi and Carlo Mazzotta, initially produced from 2007 to 2010, with a revival season premiered...

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  • 2023
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.603 2023 HD

    Welcome behind the scenes of Italian show business from the point of view of those in charge of managing the careers - and lives - of the stars: the...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.7 1970 HD

    Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    8.1 1970 HD

    When the most important friend in her life seems to have disappeared without a trace, Elena Greco, a now-elderly woman immersed in a house full of...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.7 1970 HD

    Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.6 1970 HD

    As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    5.8 1970 HD

    Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.6 1970 HD

    As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.6 1970 HD

    As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E17

    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    5.8 1970 HD

    Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short...

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  • 1970
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    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    1 1970 HD

    Six plays staged for TV, under the artistic direction and direction of Paolo Sorrentino. A project dedicated to the genius of Mattia Torre, played by...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E9

    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.6 1970 HD

    As Pope Pius XIII hangs between life and death in a coma, charming and sophisticated moderate English aristocrat Sir John Brannox is placed on the...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E10

    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    7.7 1970 HD

    Lenny Belardo, the youngest and first American Pope in the history of the Church, must establish his new papacy and navigate the power struggles of...

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  • 1970
    imgS1 E6

    Call My Agent - Italia

    Call My Agent - Italia

    1 1970 HD

    Six plays staged for TV, under the artistic direction and direction of Paolo Sorrentino. A project dedicated to the genius of Mattia Torre, played by...

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