Piero Natoli
1947 - 2001
The Last Kiss
Gabriele Muccino
Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno
Giulia and Carlo have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of irreversible responsibilities, Carlo finds himself tempted by a bewitching 18-year-old girl, Francesca, whom he meets by chance at a wedding. The possibility of one last youthful crazy fling before the impending prison of parenthood proves to be too attractive to resist.
The Last Kiss
Ferie d'agosto
Paolo Virzì
Silvio Orlando, Sabrina Ferilli
During an August vacation on the island of Ventotene, two groups of Italians with diametrically opposed political views and social backgrounds find themselves living together as neighbors. An incident concerning an African immigrant triggers a series of confrontations that reveal hidden secrets, desires, and grudges.
August Vacation
Cuori al verde
Giuseppe Piccioni
Giulio Scarpati, Gene Gnocchi
Stefano, a philosophy grad student without a future, tries to commit suicide after his girlfriend leaves him. He is saved by Giulio, a wisecracking plumber who takes him home and teaches him the tricks of the trade. When Lucia, a woman disappointed in both men and conventional jobs who has started to work as a prostitute, calls them to repair a sink, for Stefano it's love at first sight.
Love, Money and Philosophy
The Last New Year's Eve
Marco Risi
Monica Bellucci, Francesca D'Aloja
New year's eve at "The Islands" condos. An aging countess's party is crashed by the soccer team from her gigolo's town. While dressing for a dinner party, the wealthy Guilia discovers her husband's affair with her best friend and vows revenge. Next door, a family prepares their vintage Dodge for a drive through the streets. A call girl ties up a lawyer while, unbeknownst to him, three men await the right moment to break into his office. Across the hall, a woman downs pills in a lonely suicide attempt. Two young men hide out in a bedroom smoking dope; one of them has some dynamite. As midnight approaches, each group draws closer to grotesque tragedy.
The Last New Year's Eve
Abbiamo solo fatto l'amore
Fulvio Ottaviano
Daniele Liotti, Valerio Mastandrea
Working together with his friend Leo as a waiter in a dining car, Simone discovers that Silvia, a girl with whom he had a casual relationship, is pregnant and wants to keep the baby.
Abbiamo solo fatto l'amore
Il momento magico
Luciano Odorisio
Stefania Sandrelli, Sergio Castellitto
Three young friends – aspiring film director Roberto, aspiring producer Ben and aspiring comedian Cico – move to Rome looking for a career in a film industry that they discover being well past its heyday.
Magic Moments
Il cielo è sempre più blu
Antonello Grimaldi
Monica Bellucci, Asia Argento
Dive into the Eternal City – see Rome like you’ve never seen it before. Storefront robberies, bizarre murders, career dreamers, and cameos from Italy's foremost directors and actors feature in this star-studded omnibus tale about life and love.
Bits & Pieces
Armonica a bocca
Piero Natoli
Luisa Maneri, Antonio Ballerio
The story of a turbulent relationship between Elisa, a mentally unstable young woman, and her psychiatrist who, meets her after she's hospitalized when she faints in a subway station. He advises her to stay in the hospital, but she wants to feel free.
Mouth Harmonica
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Piero Natoli
Piero Natoli, Joanna Chatton
No-budget satire on the bleak state of Italian film industry & distribution circa late-'80s-to-early-'90s. Mercurio, a down-to-earth, perennially underseen independent filmmaker, tries to get a distribution company to release his latest movie.
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