Cesare Zavattini Movies

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...

The film follows men from all walks of life, seeking to give meaning to their lives and rediscover their inner peace during a retreat in the...

Turi, a young Sicilian, makes ends meet by doing some occasional work and singing in taverns in a popular district of Rome.

Directed by the incredibly prolific Mario Camerini, Suor Letizia was released in English-speaking regions as When Angels Don't Fly and The Awakening....

Naples of the early twentieth century. A thug keeps a girl completely submissive and, having discovered that she is the daughter of a nobleman, tries...

The story of the Cervi family. Rural farmers brought up to be idealogically opposed to fascism during the era of Mussolini's rule of Italy and World...

A freelance photographer falls in love with a French medical student and becomes pregnant. Faced with the situation, he pressures her to have an...

Based on the Nikolai Gogol story but set in 1950s Italy, "The Overcoat" is the story of a poor city hall clerk whose only desire is to buy a new...

An episodic film based on letters to agony columns, showing the effect of sex on the lives of women.

Started in the summer of 1943 by Lattuada and , the because of the war that raged in Italy at the time, the shooting was interrupted several times...

A man, standing trial for robbery with murder, faces the death penalty. The testimony of an old civil servant may give him a reprieve but not peace...

Documentary about Italian movie director Pier Paolo Pasolini, with interviews with some of his actors and friends.

An industrial overpowered by debts decides to kill his creditor. Not having the courage to do it in person, he hired his former employee who needs...

This documentary studies the life and artwork of photographer Paul Strand, using his own compelling photography as well as interviews with his...

On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.

Vittorio De Sica is a teacher struggling to take care of his family and always dreaming that Parliament will increase the salaries for teachers and...

Nicoletta is a young rebel, cherished by his forgiving father, until an old relative joins the family after the wedding of her sister, and insists...

A behind-the-scenes documentary about director Michelangelo Antonioni as he's shooting his segment of The Three Faces, a vehicle for Soraya, the...

Maria and Paul love them, but they are very young and, moreover, Maria is the daughter of the municipal sweeper while Paul is the lawyer Bonelli,...

Some Italian partisans want to take refuge in a convent to escape German raids. The nuns are a little perplexed at first but then agree since one of...