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New Italian Cinema

Featuring an all-star cast, Nanni Moretti’s new film direct from the Cannes Film Festival sees a movie director struggle with his relationship with his family and his latest film which is set during the USSR invasion of Hungary.

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Set in Puglia, this intense crime story of love and revenge, featuring singer Elodie in her first acting role, sees a forbidden love rekindle an old feud between two rival families.

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An eagerly anticipated historical drama from writer/director Michele Placido, starring Riccardo Scamarcio and Isabelle Huppert, exploring the struggles of the notorious Renaissance painter as he is investigated by the Vatican.

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A clash between local fishermen and poachers is surging on the foggy Po River Delta in this gritty and compelling drama starring Alessandro Borghi and Luigi Lo Cascio.

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Based on incredible true events, this gripping historical drama from Marco Bellocchio follows the story of a young boy whose abduction from his parents by the Vatican fuelled outrage in 19th Century Italy and triggered a global scandal.

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Set in 1980s Tuscany, this captivating fable of lost love from Alice Rohrwacher follows a young British archaeologist who gets caught up in an international network dealing in stolen Italian artefacts.

Isabella Ragonese stars in this fierce thriller as a policewoman who has infiltrated a criminal gang in Rome where she encounters her brother - for the first time in years - when they are both involved in the same heist, on opposite sides.

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Actor/director Marco D'Amore sets out on a journey into the heart of Naples, uncovering myths, legends, the labyrinths of the city and the countless stories of one of the oldest and most fascinating cities in the world.

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A recent university graduate and a famous reclusive writer set out on a road trip to a fair in Milan, where the writer will break over twenty years of silence to give a talk in this entertaining generational comedy.

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When a seventeen-year-old girl meets a famous singer during a summer unlike any other, she discovers her own talent and her passion for music in this coming-of-age drama starring Italian X Factor winner Casadilego.

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An affectionate odd-couple drama starring Michele Placido in which an old Italian farmer meets his granddaughter for the first time in Brussels and despite their differences, they face the present together.

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Jasmine Trinca delivers a standout performance as Sara, an Italian journalist kidnapped by ISIS, and the relationship she forms with her keeper Nur, a foreign fighter who was radicalised in London.

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In this personal journey into the cinema of Massimo Troisi, acclaimed director Mario Martone combines film scenes, interviews with Italian cinema stars and critics plus previously unpublished materials to explore Troisi’s life and career.

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Inspired by true events, this Italian box office hit starring Toni Servillo follows playwright Luigi Pirandello on a trip to Sicily in the 1920s where he meets a pair of amateur actors and their meeting brings great surprises.

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Two young rising stars of Italian cinema, Carolina Sala and Rocco Fasano, feature as two newfound friends who embark on a journey that will change their lives forever in this heartfelt drama.

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Winner of best documentary at the 2023 David di Donatello Awards, director Sophie Chiarello follows the pupils of an Italian primary school for five years, capturing their unique perspective on the world.

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Cannes Jury Prize and four-time David di Donatello Awards winner, this epic journey of friendship and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps follows two men over four decades.

Featuring an all-star cast, The First Day of My Life is an absorbing film about love and the meaning of life from the director of 2016 smash hit Perfect Strangers, Paolo Genovese.

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This feature-length documentary is an intimate deep dive into the creative genius of influential Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, celebrating his extraordinary life and career.

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A smash hit at the Italian box office in 2023, this stylish Milanese thriller starring Pierfrancesco Favino follows a police lieutenant who is drawn into a web of crime and corruption on the eve of his retirement.

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Direct from the 2023 Venice Film Festival, this all-star ensemble drama sees a group of friends meet in a seaside villa to celebrate a birthday, only to discover it may be their last reunion.

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In the 1970s in an Italian village, where the idyllic beauty of the landscape belies the toughness of life, a young boy astounds locals by appearing to bend metal simply through the power of his mind.

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