Brando Pacitto

It is the end of World War I and the young Italian soldiers are making their way back to San Giovanni Rotondo, a land of poverty, with a tradition of violence and submission to the iron-clad rule of the church and its wealthy landowners. Families are desperate, the men are broken, albeit victorious. Padre Pio also arrives, at a remote Capuchin monastery, to begin his ministry, evoking an aura of charisma, saintliness and epic visions of Jesus, Mary and the Devil himself. The eve of the first free elections in Italy sets the stage for a massacre with a metaphorical dimension: an apocalyptic event that changes the course of history.

In the summer of 1683, 300 000 Ottoman Empire's warriors begin the siege of Vienna. City's fall, will open way to conquer the Europe. The Sept 11 is the day of main battle between Polish cavalry under the King Jan III Sobieski and Turks.

A slacker who does his best to avoid confrontation strikes up an unlikely friendship with a dangerous thug who suddenly forces his way into his life.

A gay couple living in San Francisco takes in two strangers traveling from Italy to start a new life in America, discovering each other and forming the most unlikely of relationships along the way.

Margherita is a 14 year old living in Milano, who shares everything with her friends. They discuss clothes, music, school and that first kiss. A delightful coming-of-age film in which the here and now is all that really matters. Where every little thing is so very important and where feelings sometimes bubble over. In your teens, there’s no room for anything but friendship and love.

Dario, 25, clings to the equilibrium of his teenage years: he still lives at home with his parents and has the same group of friends from high school. During a sweltering August in Rome, he begins seeing two young women—first Caterina, whom he met by chance, and then Lara, the unattainable girl he has always loved—forcing him to choose between staying in his comfort zone and finally letting go.

Ferro and Cate, two kids trying to get to grips with an unplanned pregnancy, their families (rebellious Ferro’s hospitable, ‘normal’ family, and level-headed Cate’s unhinged, atypical one), exams at school, friends and a general lack of jobs.

Lucia is with her friend Flavia in her car, parked in Matteo's neighborhood. Lucia wants to leave him but doesn't know how; he has intimate videos of their relationship. Flavia encourages her to be as clear and determined as possible, hoping for Matteo's understanding. When Lucia and Matteo sit down for coffee, not everything goes as planned.

Mary and Joseph meet in Jerusalem and embark on a journey to Nazareth, which will lead them to know each other and slowly fall in love, even though both are reluctant to admit their feelings. The most reticent is Joseph, who has already had a wife and is the father of two sons and a daughter, and feels too old for Mary.

Two people who can't communicate and what they hide from each other along the way.

Having died from the myth of Orpheus and loves gone wrong, two lovers meet at a subway stop. He searches for her among the different exits and entrances, while she is constantly on the run from her beloved.

With recess abolished, students stage a rebellion to regain their freedom.

Giulio is a widower, struggling to raise three sons, Marco, Rudi, and Mimmo, as best he can. He lives in Rome's working-class Garbatella neighborhood and runs a wine shop with his two brothers. Lucia, meanwhile, comes from Milan's middle-class background; she's divorced and trying to rebuild her life with her two daughters, Eva and Alice. The two meet by chance and recognize each other: they had a fling as teenagers, many years earlier. Yet first love is never forgotten, and so Giulio and Lucia find themselves together again. Their meeting, however, changes not only the lives of a man and a woman, but also those of two families as different as could be. Two families who find themselves living under the same roof without even having had the time to get to know each other well.

Fed up with their families and classmates, two teen girls from a wealthy part of Rome are drawn to the city's underworld and start leading double lives.

Braccialetti Rossi is a story of friendship, values and life, a modern tale about the power of sharing, where protagonists are six young guys that the destiny brings together within a hospital. While laughing, playing, crying and gets excited, as only young people can do, a group is created taking the center of the story.