Italian Film Festival 2006
Children Of Rome, Open City
Children Of Rome, Open City
Children Of Rome, Open City and Il Caimano
Children Of Rome, Open City (Figli di Roma Citta Aperta ) (Country: Italy; Year: 2004; Director: Laura Muscardin)
Documentary on the making of Roberto Rossellini's neorealistic classic Rome, Open City.
Il Caimano (The Caiman) (Country: Italy/France; Year: 2006; Director: Nanni Moretti; Writer: Nanni Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, Federica Pontremoli, Heidrun Schleef; Stars: Silvio Orlando, Margherita Buy, Jasmine Trinca, Michele Placido, Daniele Rampello, Giacomo Passarelli, Nanni Moretti, Giuliano Montaldo, Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, Paolo Sorrentino, Elio De Capitani, Tatti Sanguinetti, Jerzy Stuhr, Toni Bertorelli)
Italian B-movie film producer attempts to save his marriage, avoid bankruptcy and pitch a movie attacking Berlusconi.
I Can See It In Your Eyes (Te Lo Leggo Negli Occhi) (Country: Italy; Year: 2004; Director: Valia Santella; Writer: Valia Santella, Heidrun Schleef; Stars: Stefania Sandrelli, Teresa Saponangelo, Stefano Abbati, Camilla Di Nicola, Sergio Albelli, Cloris Brosca)
An ageing singer tries to reconnect with her daughter and granddaughter.
Mother Nature (Mater Natura) (Country: Italy; Year: 2004; Director: Massimo Andrei; Writer: Massimo Andrei, Silvia Ranfagni; Stars: Maria Pia Calzone, Valerio Foglia Manzillo, Vladimir Luxuria)
Visually vibrant comedy about the life and love of a transsexual.
One Man Up (The Extra Man, L'uomo In Più) (Country: |taly; Year: 2001; Director: Paolo Sorrentino; Writer: Paolo Sorrentino; Stars: Toni Servillo, Andrea Renzi, Nello Mascia, Antonio Bruschetta, Angela Goodwin, Enrica Rosso, Peppe Lanzetta)
Two men live parallel lives which are spiralling into despair.
Our Land Our Land
Our Land and One Man Up
Our Land (Our Land, The Earth, La Terra) (Country: Italy; Year: 2006; Director: Sergio Rubini; Writer: Carla Cavalluzzi, Angelo Pasquini, Sergio Rubini; Stars: Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Paolo Briguglia, Massimo Venturiello, Emilio Solfrizzi, Sergio Rubini, Giovanna Di Rauso, Claudia Gerini, Alisa Bystrova)
Cross-genre film with comedy, accidental murder and land-wrangling.
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