Cinema Italian Style 2019 by SIFF
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- DirectorFederico BondiStarsStefania CasiniBetty PedrazziAntonio PiovanelliDafne is a self-aware and bright young woman with Down syndrome. When her mother dies, she has to attend to her father too, on top of attempting to process her own grief.
- DirectorMatteo RovereStarsAlessandro BorghiAlessio LapiceFabrizio RongioneRomulus and Remus, two shepherds and loyal brothers, end up taking part to a journey that will lead one of them to be the founder of the greatest nation ever seen. However, the fate of the chosen one will pass from killing his own brother.
- DirectorGianni ZanasiStarsAlba RohrwacherElio GermanoGiuseppe BattistonLucia, a single mother, struggles to find the right balance between her teenage daughter, a complicated love story and her career as a geometer. Her professional future is compromised when she realizes that the future construction of an ambitious building turns out to be dangerous for the environment because of the inaccurate topographic maps of the city council.
- DirectorPietro MarcelloStarsLuca MarinelliJessica CressyVincenzo NemolatoMartin Eden struggles to rise above his destitute, proletarian circumstances through an intense and passionate pursuit of self-education, hoping to achieve a place among the literary elite.
- DirectorAgostino FerrenteStarsAlessandro AntonelliPietro OrlandoAlessandro and Pietro, both aged 16, film themselves with a cell phone to tell the story of their friendship, the tragedy of Davide, and their everyday lives if the difficult Traiano district of Naples.
- DirectorMarco BellocchioStarsPierfrancesco FavinoMaria Fernanda CândidoFabrizio FerracaneThe real life of Tommaso Buscetta, the so-called "boss of the two worlds," the first mafia informant in Sicily in the 1980s.
- DirectorPhaim BhuiyanStarsPhaim BhuiyanCarlotta AntonelliSimone LiberatiA young Italian man of Bangladeshi descent lives with his family in Rome. He works at a museum and plays in a band. His life takes an unexpected turn when he meets an Italian girl.
- DirectorSimone CataniaStarsVinicio MarchioniMarco D'AmoreJennifer UlrichAntonio and Agostino grew up together in a small town in Sicily; they dreamt of living a different life, somewhere else. Now thirty-year-olds, they both live abroad but they lost touch years ago. When Antonio discovers that the house he grew up in, which had been empty for a long time, is about to be sold at auction, he decides to leave and reconnects with his childhood friend. But their lives have changed a lot. Old conflicts and new revelations bring them through Europe on a truck journey.
- DirectorMichela AndreozziStarsAmbra AngioliniIlenia PastorelliSerena RossiThe story of a gang of French female robbers disguised as men, who operated in the Avignon area in the mid-1980s.
- DirectorCostanza QuatriglioStarsTihana LazovicBasir AhangDawood YousefiHaving escaped from Afghanistan when still a child, Ismail now lives in Europe with his brother Hassan. After several disturbing phone calls, Ismail will have to face the destiny of his family, counting the cost of the senselessness of war and the history of his people, the Hazaras.
- DirectorGuido ChiesaStarsFabio De LuigiMicaela RamazzottiAndrea PisaniGabriele is a divorced dad who is completely focused on taking care of his 10 years old daughter Sofia. Until the day he meets Mara, an old friend of his, and falls in love with her. There is only one problem: Mara seems to hate children.
- DirectorStefano CipaniStarsAlessandro GassmannIsabella RagoneseRossy de PalmaJack has always wanted a little brother to play with, and when Gio is born, his parents tell him his brother is a "special" child. That's when Gio turns into a superhero with amazing powers in his big brother's imagination, like the ones in his comic books. Over time, however, Jack learns the truth: his brother has Down syndrome, a condition Jack decides to keep secret. When he goes to high school and falls in love with Arianna, he hides Gio's very existence from her and his new friends. But how can you expect someone to love you if you conceal such an important part of yourself? In no time, the truth comes out, and Jack realizes that Gio's energy and vitality are contagious. Gio's original outlook does indeed change the world, just like a superhero.
- DirectorLaura ChiossoneStarsAnna FogliettaPaolo CalabresiLucia MascinoSimona is a single mom with a son, Filippo, who has reached his eighth birthday. A party must be organized and Simona dedicates body and soul to the task of hosting a handful of rowdy kids together with their respective parents.
- DirectorAlessandro CassigoliCasey KauffmanStarsIrma TestaLucio ZurloEmanuele RenziniThis intimate documentary follows an exceptionally talented female boxer who wants to hit peak performance, but also longs for the life of an ordinary 18-year-old.
- DirectorFrancesco RosiStarsLino VenturaTino CarraroMarcel BozzuffiAn investigation of the judges' assassinations reveals a political background.