The Bigamist

Pictura

A documentary film directed by seven famous directors, and narrated by several famous Hollywood actors. The film attempts to give the general filmgoing public a taste of art history and art appreciation.

Il paradiso terrestre

A documentary on the paintings of Gerolamo Bosch.

Il dramma di Cristo

The documentary focuses on Giotto's frescoes in Padua.

The Invention of the Cross

A text read by the narrator traces the vicissitudes of the crucifixion of Jesus, while the objective of the two directors investigates the style of Piero della Francesca by exploring his frescoes in the Arezzo church of San Francesco.

Cavalcade of a Half Century

A historical documentary tracing Italy’s turbulent first half of the twentieth century, from the assassination of King Umberto I in 1900 to the proclamation of the Italian Republic after World War II. Moving through monarchy, fascism, war, and renewal, the film situates political upheaval alongside cultural moments such as the Holy Year celebrations.

Il Cantico delle creature

Second art short film dedicated to Giotto's work, this time to the frescoes of the Basilica of Assisi, with the words of the laude of St. Francis accompanying the "animated" images of the paintings.

Le ragazze di Piazza di Spagna

Picasso

The evolution of Picasso's painting up to his “pink phase.”

Racconto da un affresco

The first art film by Emmer and Gras dedicated to Giotto's frescos in the Scrovegni Chapel in Padua. By capturing the humanity of the figures that populate the story of the life of Jesus, the two Directors treat the series of paintings like a true canvas, isolating the single scenes from the context of the work, and then re-composing them in a new synthesis. The film was re-edited in 1946 and entitled Il dramma di Cristo.

Goya

Presents life in 18th century Spain as the painter Francisco de Goya showed it to us.

Destino d'amore, ovvero, piccolo mundo al platino

A film comprising of numerous sentimental depictions of love.

Guerrieri

A short Italian film from Luciano Emmer & Enrico Gras using paintings to tell a story of warriors.

L'allegoria della primavera

The elegant allegories of Botticelli are our guides as we explore a universe in which mysticism and paganism meet.

High School

It's the last year of highschool of a group of teenagers, and now they have to face their final exam, and the loves, happy or not, that sprung during those years of school.

Sunday in August

The plot weaves several episodes with several groups of people, Roman families, youth gangs and young love couples, who spend a Sunday at the beach of Ostia.

Islands in the Lagoon

A documentary about the Venetian lagoon, with the words of Diego Fabbri narrating scenes of strips of land swallowed up by the sea, of small boats sailing on the water, of men and women concentrating on their work in a world which is "a false sea and a false land."