For decades, journalist Jep Gambardella has charmed and seduced his way through the glittering nightlife of Rome. Since the legendary success of his only novel, he has been a permanent fixture in the city's literary and elite social circles. But on his sixty-fifth birthday, Jep finds himself taking stock of his life, turning his cutting wit on himself and his contemporaries, and looking past the lavish nightclubs, parties, and cafes to find Rome itself,...

After 40 years of absence, Felice returns to his hometown: Naples. He rediscovers the places, the codes of the city and a past that eats away at him.

In this furiously paced drama, Chiara, a teenager living in Calabria with her close-knit family, investigates her father’s disappearance just one day after her oldest sister’s birthday. As she gets closer to the difficult truth about her mysteriously missing father – and the crime syndicates that control her region – Chiara is forced to decide what kind of future she wants for herself.

A comic and fictional exploration of the emotional struggles of a newly-elected pope coming to terms with the demands of his position.

Giorgio decides to leave society and goes to live on a desert island with a dog as his only companion. But his hermit's life is disturbed by the arrival of a beautiful blonde who kills his dog out of jealousy. In revenge, he forces her to take the animal's place.

In Naples, a mysterious voice foretells that "the last judgment will begin at 6 p.m". First of all, it is seen as hype, then as the hour approaches, panic sweeps across the town. Everyone reacts in their own individual way but once the threat is apparently past, normal life resumes. For good or bad, it is as if nothing has happened.

This brilliant dark comedic short screened in more than 270 festivals, receiving critical acclaim and winning many international prizes. It’s 9:30pm in a grocery store in Lausanne, Switzerland. The place is run by Egyptians. In a moment of anger, a father looses patience and disciplines his disobedient child. A shocked customer immediately intervenes to express her concern. Other customers join the conversation, they each put in their two cents...

An anthology of films depicting various aspects of Neapolitan life. The Big Chief: A district big wig settles down in a family he reduces to slavery. The Players : A ruined gambler nobleman has no other partner than his caretaker's son. Theresa : A rich man marries a prostitute to punish himself for a young girl's suicide. Pizza on Credit : A nice-looking pizza salesgirl has forgotten her ring at her lover's house. Her husband thinks she has lost...

From Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne comes the story of seventeen-year-old Lokita and twelve-year-old Tori, two immigrants—from Cameroon and Benin, respectively—whose sibling-like bond is the only resource they can depend on in their struggle for survival on the margins of European society. The inseparable pair work as performers in a trattoria, dealing drugs on the side for the restaurant’s abusive cook, while balancing the demands of an indifferent...

Three retirees decide to move away from Rome to find a better standard of living in a country where their meagre pensions will go that much further. Planning for the trip sees the trio trawl the pubs and restaurants of a sun saturated Rome and discover that even at an old age they can still learn one or two lessons about themselves and life.