Lina Wertmüller Movies

Set during the second world war, the sentimental education of a sensual adolescent girl, growing out of her childhood in a small, impoverished...

A group of workers from the south of Italy live collectively in Milan, where money isn't everything, it's the only thing, in 1974.

It is a musical portrait that shines a spotlight on unknown aspects of the creative, visionary and groundbreaking talent of filmmaker and writer,...

A documentary about Vittorio de Sica with clips of his films and testimonials from friends and family.

A charming billionaire manager kidnaps a criminal and locks him up in her private villa in Sardinia.

After a long marriage, Maria and Jeffrey are now in crisis. Trying to keep the family together, she tries to convince their children to attend the...

The uneventful lives of three young men who live in a small, poverty-stricken village in southern Italy.

An account of the life and work of legendary cinematographer and director Carlo Di Palma (1925-2004) and an emotional journey through the great...

At the beginning of the century, in Italy, a wealthy woman Francesca (Loren), adopts a poor little girl named Nunziata. The years pass, Nunziata...

The feature documentary Searching for Mr. Rugoff is the story of Donald Rugoff, who was the crazy genius behind Cinema 5, the mid-century theater...

Rita, a vivacious co-ed flees her boarding school with her music teacher, who is also engaged to her. She wants to take part in a singing contest but...

Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his...

Documentary exploring the formidable life and career of Italian film star Sophia Loren. With interviews with the actress herself, as well as thoughts...

After shooting to fame with Federico Fellini’s “La Dolce Vita” (1960), actor Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) starred in more than...

An American journalist works for a French newspaper. He is writing an article about the reaction against people with AIDS, without knowing he is...

February 20, 1958: the Italian Parliament approved Law No. 75, the "Merlin Law": the end of an institution of Italian society for ages: the brothel....

A documentary about the Italian director Sergio Corbucci.

A bureaucratic snafu sends Marco Tullio Sperelli, a portly, middle-aged northern Italian, to teach third grade in a poor town outside Naples

Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.