Italian Films 2014


1. 2014 Tutta colpa di Freud

Francesco Taramelli is a psychoanalyst who is dealing with three patients going through various hurdles in their love lives.
Director: Paolo Genovese
Stars: Marco Giallini, Vittoria Puccini

2. 2014 Pasolini

A kaleidoscopic look at the last day of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini in 1975.
Director: Abel Ferrara
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Riccardo Scamarcio

3. 2014 Soap Opera

Soap Opera is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alessandro Genovesi.
Director: Alessandro Genovesi
Stars: Fabio De Luigi, Diego Abatantuono

4. 2014 Andiamo a quel paese

Valentino and Salvo, unemployed in search of fortune and recommendation, leave Palermo for a small country called Monteforte, where, they'll try to survive to the Italian crisis opening a sort of hospice.
Director: Ficarra
Stars: Tiziana Lodato, Fatima Trotta

5. 2014 Anita B.

Immediately after WWII, Anita, a young survivor of Auschwitz, looks at the world with worried eyes. She quickly finds herself involved in an intense and passionate affair that almost shatters her, but eventually gives her the strength to rebel and start a new life.
Director: Roberto Faenza
Stars: Andrea Osvárt, Antonio Cupo

6. 2014 Anger of the Dead

In a world ravaged by a virus that turns people into cannibals, a pregnant woman (Alice) manages to survive. Alice, in the company of two other men, strives to reach an island untouched by the plague.
Director: Francesco Picone
Stars: Aaron Stielstra, Michael Segal

7. 2014 Black Souls

The story of three brothers, the sons of a shepherd, close to the ndrangheta and of their divided soul.
Director: Francesco Munzi
Stars: Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta

8. 2014 Darker Than Midnight

Persecuted by his father for being different, androgynous boy Davide, 14, leaves home to live on the streets of Catania.
Director: Sebastiano Riso
Stars: Vincenzo Amato, Davide Capone

9. 2014 Fasten Your Seatbelts

Elena and Antonio are too different in terms of character, life choices, worldview, and the way they relate to others. However, they are overwhelmed by a mutual attraction they're trying hard to avoid; but to which they succumb to.
Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Stars: Kasia Smutniak, Francesco Arca

10. 2014 Hungry Hearts

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
Director: Saverio Costanzo
Stars: Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher

11. 2014 The Invisible Boy

Michele is thirteen year old, shy, unpopular at school, and in love with Stella. After wearing a costume for a Halloween party, he finds out that he's invisible.
Director: Gabriele Salvatores
Stars: Ludovico Girardello, Valeria Golino

12. 2014 The Mystery of Dante

The film investigates the life and philosophy of Dante Alighieri through a series of interviews with intellectuals, artists, masons and men of faith.
Director: Louis Nero
Stars: F. Murray Abraham, Taylor Hackford

13. 2014 Un Natale Stupefacente

On Christmas' Eve, uncle Greg and uncle Lillo are suddenly forced to take care of 8 year old nephew. His parents were mistakenly arrested for cultivation of drugs. The two uncles are very different, and inadequate to the task.
Director: Volfango De Biasi
Stars: Claudio Gregori, Pasquale Petrolo

14. 2014 Sapore di te

Italy 1980's - The sun, the sea and the relaxation of the summer vacation are ideal for nostalgic memories, passionated love affairs and funny comfusions.
Director: Carlo Vanzina
Stars: Vincenzo Salemme, Maurizio Mattioli

15. 2014 Two Days, One Night

Sandra, a young Belgian mother, discovers that her workmates have opted for a significant pay bonus, in exchange for her dismissal. She has only one weekend to convince her colleagues to give up their bonuses so that she can keep her job.
Director: Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Stars: Marion Cotillard, Fabrizio Rongione