Paolo Laganà

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Paolo Laganà

Born October 28, 1986 · Italy (age 39)

Paolo Laganà, born October 28, 1986, in Italy, is an Italian-German film director whose work explores themes of queer identity, intimacy, and memory. They currently live and work in Berlin, Germany, where they attended the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).

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ExpectationsExpectations · 2021
Expectations
2021
MovieDrama
A phone call interrupts the passionate encounter between two young men.
For Those Who Love, Leave, and Love AgainFor Those Who Love, Leave, and Love Again · 2026
For Those Who Love, Leave, and Love Again
2026
MovieDrama
Haunted by the memory of an absent, violent father, Paul moves restlessly through Berlin’s night, drifting into fleeting encounters that only deepen his loneliness.
ItakerItaker · 2012
Itaker
6.22012
Movie
2012 Italian drama; title is German slang for "Wop"
Everybody in Our FamilyEverybody in Our Family · 2012
Everybody in Our Family
6.92012
MovieDramaThriller
Marius is a divorced man in his late thirties. His five year-old daughter Sofia lives with her mother, which causes Marius a deep frustration. On the day Marius arrives to take his daughter on their annual holiday, he is told that she is ill but he doesn't believe it and insists to take her with him. The situation soon gets out of control with all the family taking part in a web of humor, violence, childish songs, police interventions and love statements.
DarkroomDarkroom · 2019
Darkroom
5.42019
MovieDramaCrime
Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves to Berlin with his lover, Roland. They begin to renovate an apartment and their happiness seems almost complete. What Roland doesn’t know is that, while secretly checking out Berlin’s night life, Lars is also experimenting with a deadly poison.
Quod erat demonstrandumQuod erat demonstrandum · 2014
Quod erat demonstrandum
6.72014
MovieDrama
A scholar of mathematics would like to publish his research outside Ceaucescu's Romania, but getting it through the border and the State censorship is not easy.
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or MetabolismWhen Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism · 2013
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism
6.32013
MovieDrama
A director with two weeks left on his latest production fakes an ulcer to pursue a romance with his lead actress.
Missing Fragments of a MurderMissing Fragments of a Murder · 2013
Missing Fragments of a Murder
2013
MovieMystery
An attempt to make a thriller film, gives birth to a fragmentary work that evokes this genre's atmospheres in its essence. The lack of a substantial plot and the absence of sound amplify the mystery, inducing the viewer's imagination to rebuilt the missing segments for this 'unfinished film'. As a possible result, questions emerge. Who is the killer? Who is the victim? What actually happened?

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