Anthology crime series penned by some of the foremost contemporary Italian noir writers (Camilleri, Faletti, De Cataldo, Carofiglio, Lucarelli, Fois...)
The renowned Insurance International Co. has created an enquiry network, headed by detective Jack Clementi, to defend itself against insurance fraud. Jack has saved the company enormous amounts of money throughout his successful investigations and his bosses are more than willing put up with his brusque manners, his disconcerting frankness, and his intolerance for any form of company bureaucracy. Yet he is a big guy with a huge heart.
A montley group of free-lance photographers are desperate to grab a good shot of a celebrity.
Kids from a huge apartment complex in Rome form a secret society to unite their forces and get back at the nasty adults who 'oppress' them, playing pranks on them to expose their weaknesses.
Marino Stroppaghetti is a breadwinner in a layoff fund who, in order to make some money, arranges himself by doing small tailoring jobs at home. Desperate for having received the eviction, he turns to the City of Rome, where he discovers that there are as many as 80 thousand questions before his. How to do?
Rome, early 16th century : Imperia is a much admired courtesan , a lover of the wealthy banker Agostino Chigi , but who prefers a man named Angelo del Bufalo , known for his charm and beauty , capable of striking women , despite his its modestwealth, known during a dance at the family palace near Castel Sant'Angelo, known today as the Villa Farnesina . Cesare Borgia , involved in the murder of his brother Juan, and his sister also participate in the inauguration party of the new home of the Chigi family on the TiberLucrezia with her husband Alfonso. During the party, Imperia dances with several knights, until she reaches the arms of a knight who the day before had saved her from a bad encounter with two brigands: that knight is just her angel, with whom she establishes a relationshipsecret. .
Leonardo, an obituary author, lives an isolated and disillusioned life, which is completely turned upside down when he befriends an eccentric group of ghosts. Among them there is also the spirit of Leonardo's father, in a youthful and enthusiastic version that his son does not remember ever experiencing.
Maximus's life has officially come to a standstill, on the brink of a precipice. However, he is magically transported to ancient Rome. There, using his connections, Maximus saves Julius Caesar's life, foiling the assassination attempt that would have killed him and becoming his most trusted advisor.
Giulio, a skilled salesman, father and caring husband, suddenly finds himself homeless, without money, and without a family, when his wife Annalisa asks for a divorce, forcibly removing him from his children with false accusations of violence and drugs.
Two men must struggle to travel to Prague for Champions League Football Final match.
While on holiday in the Caribbean, a bankrupt family pins their hopes on a rich man, two strangers fall in lust, and a technophile gets shipwrecked.
Alex and Dino are two enstablished plastic surgeons used to change their patients' physical aspect with a few cuts of scalpel. Leo and Cosimo are two clumsy cops on the trails of a powerful and dangerous boss of which no one knows the face. All these five characters will stumble upon each other's life, in a comedy full of misunderstandings, twists and laughs, where, in the end, everyone will try to save his own "face".
A film in two episodes. A psychiatrist, forced to pose as a priest because he's being unfairly hounded by the tax authorities, falls in love with the beautiful Angela. In the second episode, an ambassador studies how to become a real lout and seduce a genuine Roman fishmonger.
A common day in the actual Italy, narrated by the different stories of seven different people, it's the starting point for an overview to the 21st century's italian society, among corrupt politicians, unfaithful husbands, hardcore soccer fans and dishonest businessmen.
A policeman who spies on the lives of others, an important banker married to a housewife who poses as a noblewoman. A precarious young masseuse and an electrician madly in love. Very different lives that end up intertwining. But also extremely complicated and troubled lives ... Even if, after all, life is a wonderful thing ...
This 2008 version of Puccini's LA RONDINE (The Swallow) features acclaimed conductor Carlo Rizzi and polished theatre-direction from Graham Vick, recorded at the Teatro La Fenice, in Venice.
Distressed by the uncertainties of a precarious job, Carlo falls prey to an ambiguous financier who, taking advantage of his naivety, offers him unexpected financial help. Carlo accepts, but it doesn't take him long to realize that he has fallen into the trap of an unscrupulous loan shark. It is useless to flee and try to disappear: the heavy threats and humiliations inflicted on his family will force him to commit an extreme act.
Alex Belli is a 37 year old advertising executive whose fiancée Elena has just left him, and who is having difficulty at work trying to think of a good advertising campaign for a new Japanese product. Niki is a bubbly 17 year old student. She has three best friends with whom she shares all her problems, and an annoying ex-boyfriend Fabio who is set on getting her back, but Niki's not interested. One day on his way to work, Alex collides with Niki on a city street. They soon begin a romance, despite their 20-year age gap.
A climax of brutality and violence after a young man hits some cars in a rush.
Sole, a university student bored of her daily routine, meets graffiti artists Pierpaolo and Alex, and her life changes until she falls in love with one of them.
Investigates the life a young man who has decided to enter a Jesuit monastery in Venice, but is then overcome by agonizing doubts before his ordination.
In 2006, as World Cup fever sweeps Italy, high school senior Luca falls hard for dolphin trainer Azzurra and stumbles on a family secret -- right before his exams.
