Music Box Films
1) Piranhas
Language
Italiano
Description
Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano (Gomorrah), PIRANHAS follows fifteen year-old Nicola (newcomer Francesco Di Napoli) who lives with his mother and younger brother in the Sanità neighborhood of Naples, a place that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life lush with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his group of friends begin selling drugs, an entryway into the violent, power-hungry...
2) Mia Madre
Language
Italiano
Description
Acclaimed Italian auteur Nanni Moretti finds comedy and pathos in the story of Margherita, a harried film director (Margherita Buy, *A Five Star Life*) trying to juggle the demands of her latest movie and a personal life in crisis. The star of her film, a charming but hammy American actor (John Turturro) imported for the production, initially presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold...
3) L'Immensita
Language
Italiano
Description
Clara (Penélope Cruz) and Felice struggle to raise their three children in 1970s Rome. The eldest, Andrew, is transgender and yearns for another life where he gets to live as the boy he knows himself to be. Clara instinctively strives to protect her son by escaping into their imaginations to defuse family tensions. L'IMMENSITA is a creative and moving film about growing up and breaking the mold.
Language
Italiano
Description
Dramatic retelling of the story of Rita Atria, a 17-year-old Sicilian girl whose father and brother were both Mafia members (and victims) who breaks the vow of silence that enshrouds that world, and gives evidence to famed anti-Mafia judge Paolo Borsellino. Her days are numbered from that moment on.
Language
Italiano
Description
Irene is a single career woman in her 40s with a job to die for. As the secret critic, she checks into the world's finest hotels to assess their standards. Her elegant, unattached lifestyle affords her the freedom to jet around the globe at a moment's notice to experience a world of luxury, but doesn't leave her with much of a personal life. After a chance meeting, she's compelled to re-examine her choices and charts her own path to happiness, despite...
6) Piranhas
Language
Italiano
Description
Based on the novel by Roberto Saviano, this film follows fifteen-year-old Nicola who lives with his mother and younger brother in a neighborhood of Naples that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life luxurious with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his gullible group of friends begin selling drugs, a door into the violent, power-hungry world of crime that begins to threaten their innocence,...
Language
Italiano
Description
A harried filmmaker tries to juggle the demands of her latest movie with a personal life in shambles. The star of her film, a bombastic American actor imported for the production, presents nothing but headaches and her crew is close to mutiny. Away from the shoot, Margherita tries to hold her life together as her mother's illness progresses and her teenage daughter grows ever more distant.
8) L'immensità
Language
Italiano
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Clara and Felice struggle to raise their three children in the 1970's Rome. Their trans son Andrew yearns for another life, escaping into his own imagination to defuse family tension in this creative and moving film about growing up and breaking the mold.
Language
Italiano
Description
Fifteen-year-old Nicola lives with his mother and younger brother in a neighborhood of Naples that has been controlled by the Camorra mafia for centuries. Dreaming of a life luxurious with designer clothing and elite nightclub bottle service, Nicola and his gullible group of friends begin selling drugs, a door into the violent, power-hungry world of crime that begins to threaten their innocence, relationships, and safety.