In Venice, in a school of Italian for foreigners, the students have to describe the lives of their classmates without asking them any questions, only by observing them. Piet, 22 years old and Dutch, lives in symbiosis with his cell phone; Lucy, a former teacher from England, dances the tango; Catherine, a beautiful American girl, is always smiling. In the morning they talk a...
A man moves alone in an empty apartment. Behind the camera there is his daughter, following him in his new life as a widower, started four years ago. In the evening, the man gets ready to go to the cinema, where he will meet Vera, an Ukrainian woman who will become his closest friend. Vera has left in Ukraine her daughter, Halina, who sends her mom photos and videos to share...
Padre Nostro is a love story. A daily story which takes place between Salvatore, ninety years old, and Vannino, who is fifty. A spontaneous and true relationship between father and son, an unconventional connection which, sometimes, unsettles the usual beliefs. Salvatore and Vannino share everything, even the bed, half naked, to keep one another company. In spite of manhood...
The movie follows Danny Chanoch along the most important journey of his life, the one that will bring his children, Sagi and Miri, from Israel to his Holocaust. Born in Lithuania, Danny, was deported to a concentration camp. After having seen his family divided in Stuthoff, from Dachau he was transferred to Auschwitz and then to Mauthausen, where he stayed until the liberati...
Going back to the beaches that have left a mark in her life, Agnès Varda invents, with Les plages d'Agnès a sort of "self-documentary collage". Combining parts of her movies, images and reportage, she tells us, with a sincere and playful approach, about the beginnings of her career, first as a photographer for the theatre and then as a movie direc...
Luca, almost fifty years old, decides to go back to rugby, an old passion he had when he was younger and he decides to train with the All Reds team. This is only one of the activities proposed by Acrobax, a squat which has been created in the old dog track of Rome. This experience will lead Luca to experience two tragedies: the death of two young men of Acrobax. Antonio died...
Ciro is a young boxer. He lives in the old quartier of Ventaglieri, in the historical centre of Naples. He is a quiet boy who practices a gory sport and faces difficulties with tenderness and silent tenaciousness as a real champion. The film tells about silences, breaths, bodies, boxing rings, the fans' screams, Ciro's tenderness contrasting the crudity of the boxing, the re...
A journey into the heart of a modern working-class suburb, Ponte di Nona, a few kilometers away from Rome. Sara and Neda lead us through the dynamics of power which influence the daily life of the inhabitants: neighborhoods condemned to decay and neglect, constructed without any infrastructure, public transportation or areas to gather in. The result is a movie which tells ab...
After three years long relationship, Daniela e Marica decide they want a child. The movie tells about the seven months before their journey to Denmark, where they can realize their dream, the reactions of friends, parents and colleagues, the arrival at the clinic in Copenaghen and the suffered wait to become parents. Conflicts, delusions and hopes of an Italian lesbian coupl...
In Macas, in the Eastern part of Ecuador, Fundación Chankuap works as an important mediator between the international members of the foundation and the indigenous communities that live in the forests on the border with Perù. The relationships between the inside and the outside of the forest are regulated with a great precision: every intervention must be carefu...
